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Healer – Lesson 4

2s and 3s Divine Attribute God is Healer Dios es Sanador Heart Response Pray to Him Ore a Él

Memory Verse Psalm 103:3

“He forgives all my sin. He heals all my sickness.”

Salmo 103:3 “Él perdona todos mis pecados y sana

todas mis enfermedades.”

POINTS OF EMPHASIS: 1. Jesus healed many people from sin and sickness. 2. We can trust and believe that God has the power to heal. 3. We can pray to God and ask Him to heal us. 4. God forgives our sin when we ask and believe.

PERSONAL PREPARATION: In this unit we will take a look at the lives of several people who were in seemingly impossible situations – a paralyzed man (Mark 2:1-12), the father of a dying girl (Luke 8:40-56), a blind man (John 9), a group of lepers (Luke 17:11-17) and grieving friends after Lazarus’ death (John 11:17-44). As you read through these Bible stories you will get a sense of how desperate these people were to be near Jesus. They knew Jesus had the power to heal them; they broke social barriers just to get near Him. They didn’t worry about what the world thought of them. They needed Jesus and lived liked they believed that He had something they needed more than anything else. As you prepare to share this lesson with your class, take some time to pray. Tell God about the areas that need to be restored in your life. Ask Him to be your strength and your light in all areas of your life. He has the power over death and He can bring light to even the darkest part of our hearts. Ask Him to show you the areas where you are holding back because of social barriers or reputation. Surrender all of it to Him and thank Him for the provision that has already taken place. God loves His people and is worthy of our worship and our entire lives. As you teach your class, look for opportunities to point the children to Jesus. Model for them what it means to ask for God’s help and to thank Him for His answers. Teach them not only who God is but create space for them to seek God and pray to Him. CENTER TIME - 10-20 minutes as the kids begin to arrive

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To help the children transition into class, please use a center format at the beginning of each service. Set up three centers in your classroom to allow children options of activities. Ideas include, but are not limited to:

1. Read books on the floor. 2. Color at the table. 3. Play with blocks on the floor. 4. Play with puzzles at the table. 5. Play with Play-Doh at the table.

OPENING ACTIVITY – 10 minutes at the start of service The following activity is provided to begin engaging the children for the upcoming lesson. As the teacher of your class you have an important opportunity to come alongside the parents of these children to teach them about God.

Thankful Hearts Supplies

Heart on red half-sheet (1 per child) Crayons

Tape Pass out hearts and have your class draw pictures of what they are thankful for. While they are working, introduce them to today’s Bible lesson. Explain that Jesus loves a thankful heart. In our Bible story ten men were healed but only one man came back and remembered to thank Jesus. We can be thankful that God heals not just our bodies but our hearts, too. When they are done, help them roll their hearts into cones to look like megaphones and tape them in place so they do not unroll. When you are all done, you can have your class use their hearts as megaphones and say “thank you” to Jesus. BIG GROUP TIME – please check your classroom schedule Please talk to your class about the purpose of this time – to have fun worshiping God together. Give your class practical ideas of what this means (obey the teachers up on the stage; sing and praise God with a happy heart; keep your hands to yourself; etc.). Teachers, you are crucial in helping create a peaceful, orderly environment to worship God during this time. Thank you for your help! SMALL GROUP TIME – 25-30 minutes Bible Lesson

Supplies Bible Lesson picture – thankful leper (1 per bin)

(Open your Bible.) The Bible says, “He forgives all my sin. He heals all my sickness.” Psalm 103:3. Can you say that with me? (Have the children repeat the Bible verse with you 1-2 times before beginning the story.) We have been learning about many of the miracles Jesus performed while He lived here on earth. Jesus was able to make sick people well. God is our healer. Let’s listen (touch ears) to another true story from the Bible about Jesus healing ten men.

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Jesus was traveling to a city called Jerusalem. Can you say “Jerusalem”? (Allow time for children to repeat.) On His way, He came to a small village. He could see ten men (hold up ten fingers and count to ten) walking toward him. The men were saying, “Jesus, help us!” Do you think these men needed help? (Yes!) Do you think these men were in trouble like our verse says? (Yes!) You are right! These men were in trouble. They had a terrible disease called leprosy. Can you say “leprosy”? (Allow children to repeat.) When someone has leprosy, they have sores or “boo-boos” all over their body (point to different places on your body). These sores or “boo-boos” hurt badly (point to one spot on your body and say “ouch!”). These men were in trouble. They needed help. Who did they ask for help? (Jesus!) That’s right! They asked Jesus for help! Now, let’s hear what happened. When Jesus looked at them he said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” When the men left, Jesus and started walking toward the priests, guess what happened? (Allow time for the children to answer.) As the men walked, their leprosy went away! They didn’t have “boo-boos” over their bodies anymore! (Rub arms over your body as you continue.) Jesus had healed all ten (hold up ten fingers) men! One (hold up one finger) of the men ran (make your fingers run on the table/floor in front of you) back to Jesus when he saw that he was healed. This one (hold up one finger) was saying, “Praise God, I am healed!” The man thanked Jesus for healing him. (Show lesson picture.) When Jesus saw the one man (hold up one finger), Jesus said, “Didn’t I heal ten men (hold up ten fingers)? Where are the other nine? Are you the only one to come back and say, ‘Thank you?’” Jesus told the man, “Stand up and go. Your faith has made you well.” Wow! That is an amazing story of God healing not just one (hold up one finger) man, but ten (hold up ten fingers) men! Wow! Jesus is amazing! Jesus is powerful! Let’s pray to Jesus right now. Prayer Prayer time may not be appropriate immediately following story time. If this is the case, we ask that you be intentional about praying spontaneously or formally with the children at other times during class. Lord, thank You for Your Word, the Bible, that teaches us that You are our healer! Help us to remember as we grow that You are a healer of not only bodies, but also of sinful hearts. Show us our sin; help us to see how yucky it is. Show us how You are the only One who can save us from our sin and give new life. Thank You for who You are. Amen.

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Healed Supplies

Person cutout (1 per child) Red dot stickers (3 per child) Adhesive bandage (1 per child)

Have the children color the person and then put a few dot stickers on the leper’s body to represent his disease. Then have the children put a bandage on his body to represent how he is now healed by Jesus. (If you have the person cutouts with faces already on them, you might want to say something about the fact that even though the person is smiling, he would not have been happy to have the sores, but once Jesus healed him, he was very happy!) ***Have fun and let them do the crafts themselves, as much as possible. This is a hands-on way for them to learn who God is and remember what they learn. It doesn’t matter if they place the label or stickers in the wrong spot. What matters is teaching them who God is. ***

**FOR 11:15AM CLASSES WITH KIDS STAYING 2 SERVICES**

Thank You, Healer Supplies Dot stickers (3 per child) CD

Place three stickers on the back of each child's hand. Explain that the spots are like the skin disease that the men had. Have children dance around the room as the music plays. As they dance, let the student helpers or teacher remove the stickers (one per child at a time) from the children’s hands. Have the child practice saying "thank you" when the helper/teacher removes the spot. When the child says "Thank You," the helper/teacher claps and cheers. If the child forgets, the helper/teacher can remind them of what to say. Continue until all the spots have been removed. SNACK & ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES – last 30 minutes Please wash the children’s hands before snack time and say a prayer thanking God for the food. As they are eating their snack, please take time to go over the review questions. Review Questions

1. How many lepers did the Lord meet? (Ten.) 2. What did the lepers do? (They asked the Lord to heal them.) 3. What did the Lord tell them to do? (Go show themselves to the priests.) 4. Before they even made it all the way to the priests something wonderful happened.

What was it? (The ten lepers were healed.) 5. How many lepers came back to thank Jesus? (One.)

I am Thankful

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Supplies Chairs (1 per child) CD (1 per bin) Set of 12 pieces of different colored cardstock (1 set per bin)

1. Tape colored paper on the back of the chairs (facing the children) – not every chair will

have a piece 2. Place the chairs in a circle (like for musical chairs) 3. Play music 4. When the music stops, children sit down (every child should have a chair)

If they are sitting in a chair with a colored piece of construction paper, they say something they are thankful for that corresponds to that color. For example, if they sit where there is a yellow piece of paper, they could say, “I am thankful for sunshine” or “I am thankful for yellow flowers.” Continue playing as long as time and/or children’s interest allows. Reinforce when they mention things that God created that God is creator, provider, all-knowing, generous, rescuer and relational. Tips for 2s: When the music stops, pick a color and help the child with that color think of something they are thankful for. If this is still too challenging call out the color and have them shout “I am thankful”; “God is Healer”; “I can talk to God when I pray.” Be creative. END-OF-CLASS ACTIVITY IDEAS – as time allows If you have time remaining at the end of class, consider doing one of the following activities with the children until the parents arrive (or make up your own!). Keep your class’s size and dynamics in mind when choosing.

! March around the room, reciting the memory verse. You can choose a different leader or have the children do different things (hop on one leg, skip, take turns reciting the verse, whisper, etc) for each lap around the room.

! Have children color quietly at the table. You can give them specific direction for their art, such as “draw a picture of something you learned in the lesson today” or “draw a picture of someone you will pray for this week.”

! Play a game of Memory Verse Telephone. Have children sit in a circle (or around the table). Tell the children that you will whisper a message to the person on your left and that person will whisper the same thing to the person on his/her left. Go around the entire circle that way. Have the last person say what he/she heard out loud. You may need to split the verse into 3-4 word phrases to make it easier to remember. Go over the full verse a few times at the end of a round.

! Pray! Ask the children for prayer requests and spend time praying for each one and their families. Let children pray out loud if they would like.

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