Lesso 13 135 Jesus Heals the Blid Ma Mark 10:46-52 First- ad secod-graders have may fears. Some childre fear losig a paret or other relative. Others are afraid of the dark or imagiary mosters. These fears are very serious to first- ad secod-graders; do t take them lightly. This lesso will give you the opportuity to help alleviate some of the kids fears by showig them they ca trust Jesus ad have faith i him. Use this lesso to help kids uderstad what it meas to have faith i Jesus. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started 2 Bible Exploratio Radom Acts of Carig (about 15 mi.) Act out examples of carig ad kidess. Healig Hads (about 15 mi.) Act out the Bible passage i a o-prep, o-practice skit. The Meaig of Mercy (about 10 mi.) Lear the Key Verse, ad sig a sog. Bible, CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bibles, CD player, copies of the lyrics page (at the ed of the lesso) Teacher Pack: CD Bible Poit We have faith i Jesus. Key Verse ot because of righteous thigs we had doe, but because of his mercy (Titus 3:5). Weavig Faith Ito Life Kids will show they have faith ad trust i Jesus. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
136 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Weavig Faith Ito Life Care Cubes (about 20 mi.) Create cubes, ad play a game. My Bible Fu, several pairs of scissors, tape, scrap paper, markers Tear out the Lesso 13 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. 4 Lastig Impressios Daily Challeges (about 5 mi.) Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. Weavig Faith at Home (about 2 mi.) Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. My Bible Fu Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Witer Quarter Lesso 13
137 Jesus Heals the Blid Ma Mark 10:46-52 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Blid Bartimaeus Cries Out to Jesus for Healig Leavig Jericho o his way to Jerusalem, Jesus had gathered a crowd. Bartimaeus blidess did t prevet him from hearig the ruckus of the approachig crowd ad from askig who was creatig all the fuss. Whe he foud out, his cries of So of David i addressig Jesus were ot just a way of idetifyig Jesus lieage. Sice the term So of David is clearly a referece to the Messiah, Bartimaeus was shoutig both to the crowd ad to Jesus that he believed Jesus was the promised Messiah. Although Jesus was surrouded by a crowd ad was set o reachig his destiatio, his ears ad heart were attued to the cry of oe callig out for mercy. Bartimaeus eeded Jesus mercy, ad Jesus heard his cry. because of aythig good we ve doe or ay specific set of words we repeat. Jesus shows us he cares for us by takig care of our eeds as we ackowledge our depedece o him ad trust i him to meet those eeds. Ad what Jesus asks i retur is that we do as Bartimaeus did ad follow Jesus alog the roads of our lives, o matter how old or youg we may be. The Jesus Coectio Do you have a good fried who you usually talk to about your problems? Jesus is the ultimate fried. As Bartimaeus leared, we ca cry out i faith whe we eed Jesus help! Ad we ca have faith i Jesus to meet our eeds i oe way or aother. Pray hoestly about your eeds, ad the focus o the reasos you have faith i Jesus to help you, heal you, or simply hear you. You ca write your prayer here. Bartimaeus Hails Jesus as the So of David I ackowledgig Bartimaeus idetificatio of him as the So of David, Jesus was also makig a statemet. Earlier i his miistry, he d avoided beig idetified as the Messiah. But ow, as he was makig his last trip to Jerusalem, where he would be crucified, he was ready for his idetity to be kow. Bartimaeus Faith Iitiates the Healig Notice that Bartimaeus faith i Jesus iitiated his healig. Jesus did t say, Because you ve lived a good life i spite of your hardship, I ll heal you. He did t say, Because your parets were so faithful to me, I ll give you your sight. Jesus respoded to Bartimaeus faith. Thigs have t chaged. Jesus respods to our eeds o the basis of our faith, ot Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
138 GETTING STARTED Radom Acts of Carig What You ll Do Welcome kids warmly as they arrive, ad ask them how their week wet. Gather everyoe together. Say: Today we ll hear about a ma who had faith i Jesus he kew Jesus cared about him. Let s play a game to show differet ways we kow someoe cares about us. Put kids i groups of four to five childre. The say: I your group, thik of some ways people show they care for each other. I ll give you a few miutes to thik, ad the we ll take turs actig out the thigs you thought of. Ready? Start thikig! Give kids a few miutes to thik of ways to show carig. Circulate betwee groups to offer help as eeded. If kids have trouble thikig of ways people show care to others, suggest ways such as takig care of someoe who s sick, prayig for someoe, helpig a elderly eighbor rake leaves, givig someoe a hug, ad brigig cookies to a eighbor. Ivite groups to take turs showig carig actios they thought of, while the kids i the other groups try to guess the actios. Whe all the groups have had at least oe chace to act out a idea, lead everyoe i a big roud of applause for their performaces. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: Name oe of the thigs someoe acted out, ad explai how that actio would show someoe really cares about you. Tell about some people you trust to always care for you. What are some thigs you kow Jesus does to care for you? How does kowig these thigs help you trust ad believe i Jesus? Say: Jesus loves you so much. He takes care of you every momet of every day, eve if you ca t see all the thigs he s doig to care for you. We kow we ca trust that Jesus will always care for us, ad that s why WE HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. Witer Quarter Lesso 13
139 2 BIBLE EXPLORATION Healig Hads What You ll Do Ope your Bible to Mark 10:46-52, ad show childre the passage. Say: Today we ll hear about a blid beggar who had so much faith i Jesus that he did whatever he could to get to Jesus ad Jesus healed him. The blid ma s ame was Bart. Well, actually his ame was Bartimaeus, but we ll call him Bart for short. As we liste to what happeed, we ll act it out. Do t worry you wo t have to lear ay words or do ay actios by yourself. We ll act it out together without words. Just keep your eyes o me, ad I ll lead you through the actios. Are you ready? Healig Hads Supplies Bible CD player Teacher Pack CD: Jesus Heals Bart (track 24) Have the childre stad i a lie facig you. Play Jesus Heals Bart (track 24 o the CD), ad lead childre i siletly actig out the bold-faced words i the script below. Jesus Heals Bart The place is Jericho. Bartimaeus, a blid ma, walked oto the scee with his hads out i frot of him to avoid ruig ito aythig. He stumbled as he walked ad fially foud a place to sit dow beside the road. Poor Bart held out his hads, askig for moey from the people passig by. Moey, please! he shouted. Moey, please, for a poor, blid ma. But most people just passed Bart by. Some of the people gave him moey as they passed. Others had o moey to spare but gave him high fives. Still others just walked by with their oses i the air ad igored him. Bart hated askig people for moey, but he had o other way to get moey for food, clothig, or a place to live. Fially, late i the day, Bart heard a large crowd shoutig, Jesus is comig! over ad over. Bart heard loud stompig footsteps ad souds of laughter. Jesus really was comig! With Jesus out i frot of the crowd, all the people came, leapig ad clappig! Bart was excited like the rest, so he cupped his hads ad bega callig out to Jesus, Jesus, So of David, have mercy o me! People i the crowd did t like how Bart was shoutig to Jesus. They rubbed their chis ad crossed their arms. Who does this beggar thik he is, callig for Jesus attetio? they asked. The people held their figers up to their lips ad shh d Bart ad told him to be quiet! Jesus suddely stopped ad held out his arms to getly quiet the crowd. He poited to Bart ad said, Call him. Everyoe was surprised that Jesus wated to talk with Bart he was just a blid beggar. But they waved their arms at Bart. Cheer up! O your feet! they cried. He s callig you. Bart could t believe it! He was so excited, he threw his coat aside ad jumped up. The, with arms held out i frot of him, he ra to Jesus. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
140 Jesus took Bart s had ad looked at him. Jesus asked, What do you wat me to do for you? Bart lowered his head ad aswered Jesus. Rabbi, I wat to see, Bart said. The Jesus said ad did somethig very amazig. Jesus said, Go, your faith has healed you. The people all started whisperig to each other i surprise. Bart slowly opeed his eyes. He bliked ad bliked. At first, Bart had to shield his eyes from the bright sulight. But whe Bart realized that Jesus had healed him ad that he could actually see, he started leapig ad jumpig with joy. I m healed! I m healed! Thak you, Jesus, he cried. Thak you, Jesus! Everyoe i the crowd got excited, too. The people bega to joi hads, dacig ad shoutig, Jesus is great! Jesus is great! Bart followed Jesus as they walked alog the road together. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What actios that you did i this activity seemed to show Bart s faith to you? Why do you thik Bart s faith was importat? What are some ways to act like someoe who has faith i Jesus? How does your faith i Jesus help you? Say: Jesus told Bart that his faith healed him. The fact is, Jesus loved Bart ad wated to care for him, o matter what. But Bart had a faith i Jesus that was so strog that he did whatever he could to get to Jesus. WE HAVE FAITH IN JESUS, too. Ad whe we have thigs we eed Jesus to care for, we ca be bold ad go to Jesus, too, because we have faith that he ll take care of us. The Meaig of Mercy Supplies Bibles CD player copies of the lyrics page (at the ed of the lesso) Teacher Pack CD: Because of His Mercy (Titus 3:5a) (track 25) The Meaig of Mercy What You ll Do Say: Bart was just a poor, blid beggar sittig by the side of the road askig people for moey. Jesus was busy ad had lots of people crowdig aroud him. He did t have to take the time to help a poor guy like Bart. But he did. Thik about someoe who s helped you, but did t have to maybe someoe who s very busy or someoe who seems very importat. Allow time; the ivite kids to share. Say: Jesus always took time to help ad pay attetio to people, eve though he s God. Ad he s always payig attetio to us, too. Our Key Verse tells us why. Help kids fid Titus 3:5 i their Bibles. The read aloud: ot because of righteous thigs we had doe, but because of his mercy (Titus 3:5). Have kids repeat the verse with you several times. Say: There was othig so woderful about Bart to make Jesus stop ad pay attetio to him. It s just like our Key Verse says: Jesus did t help Bart because of the righteous, or good, thigs Bart had doe. After all, Bart was just a beggar! Jesus helped Bart because he had mercy for him. To have mercy meas to show kidess ad extra-special care to someoe. Jesus cared so much for Bart that he was willig to stop what he was doig ad heal him right o the spot! Witer Quarter Lesso 13
141 Say: Our Bible Poit remids us WE HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. We kow he loves us ad take care of us, ot because of aythig good we do, but because he wats to show us kidess. Let s thak Jesus for his kidess to us as we sig a sog. Had out lyrics pages to the kids. The play Because of His Mercy (Titus 3:5a) (track 25 o the CD), ad lead kids as they sig alog. Not because of the righteous thigs we have doe, But because of his mercy. Right o! Not because of the righteous thigs we have doe, But because of his mercy. Right o! Ad it s ot because of what we ve doe. He saved us Whe the love of God came through his So. Ad it s o reward for what we give. Ad because of his mercy we will live. (Repeat from the begiig.) His Mercy (Titus 3:5a) by Dea-o. 2005 Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: Why does Jesus kidess make you wat to sig? What other thigs do you do whe someoe is kid to you? What ca you do to help others kow about Jesus kidess? Say: WE HAVE FAITH IN JESUS because we ve see his kidess toward others we read about i the Bible. Ad he shows his kidess i our lives, too. We re so thakful because he takes the time to love ad care for us. Let s tell others about our faith i Jesus this week. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
142 3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Care Cubes Supplies My Bible Fu several pairs of scissors tape scrap paper markers Care Cubes Easy Prep Tear out the Lesso 13 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. Care Cubes What You ll Do Have kids form a circle. Say: Let s make Care Cubes to help us otice the ways Jesus cares for us. Because whe we otice Jesus i our lives, it helps our faith to grow stroger. Go aroud the circle, ad let each child ame a way Jesus cares for us. Give each child a My Bible Fu page, ad set out the other supplies. Show childre how to cut out the four Care Cube pictures ad the Care Cube itself alog the solid lies. Have kids set aside the Care Cube pictures. Say: Draw a picture o oe of the white squares o your Care Cube to show a way Jesus cares for you. Allow time. Now draw a picture o the other white square of oe thig you believe about Jesus. Allow time. Demostrate how to fold a Care Cube o the dotted lies ad tape the cube together, leavig the lid ope for ow. The have kids crumple small pieces of scrap paper ad place the paper wads iside the cubes to make them firm. Fially, let kids tape the cubes closed. Whe kids fiish drawig, have them tape their pictures to the remaiig sides of their cubes. Make sure kids write their ames somewhere o their cubes. Say: These Care Cubes show us ways that Jesus cares for us ad reasos we ca have faith i him. Let s use these Care Cubes to play a game. Have childre sit i a circle o the floor, ad give the kids a chace to explai their additioal drawigs. Choose a child to start, ad have the child getly roll his or her Care Cube across the circle to someoe else. Have that child look at the picture o the top of the cube that was just rolled ad say a oe-setece prayer aloud, thakig Jesus for that way he cares for us or that reaso we ca have faith i him. For example, if the picture o top of the cube shows Jesus healig someoe, the child might say, Thak you, Jesus, for healig us or Thak you, Jesus, that we ca have faith i you to heal us. The have the player roll his or her cube to someoe else i the circle. Cotiue play util each child has rolled ad received a cube. The have kids retur the cubes to their owers. Witer Quarter Lesso 13
143 Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: How ca you use your Care Cube this week to make your faith i Jesus strog? Pick somethig o your Care Cube. What helps you have faith that Jesus cares for you i that way? What ca you use your Care Cube for to tell others to have faith i Jesus? Say: Noticig ad remidig ourselves of all the ways Jesus shows up i our lives helps our faith grow stroger. Ad whe our faith grows stroger, we grow stroger. WE HAVE FAITH IN JESUS, ad we ca help others by carig for them ad tellig them about Jesus. Let s remember the blid ma this week as we share about Jesus with others. 4 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges What You ll Do Say: Let s thik about how WE HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. Daily Challeges Supplies My Bible Fu Have kids fid this week s Daily Challeges o their My Bible Fu pages ad choose oe to do this week. They ca choose oe or more of these three optios: Use your Care Cube to show a fried how much Jesus cares for him or her. Teach a family member the Key Verse, ad tell him or her that Jesus saved us! Write dow three thigs Jesus has doe to show you he cares about you ad he s with you. Make sure you choose a Daily Challege as well, ad tell kids what you chose. Kids will be more iclied to follow through o their commitmets whe they see you doig the same. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. Ask: What s a practical way you re goig to do your Daily Challege? Iclude a time, a place, ad other ideas. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
144 Say: Like the blid ma did, WE HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. We kow he s God ad he made us. We kow he cares for us every day as he gives us the thigs we eed. Let s show Jesus we have faith i him as we follow through o our Daily Challeges this week. Weavig Faith at Home Ecourage kids to talk with their parets about the Daily Challeges they chose ad what they leared about faith i Jesus. Kids ca also do the activities i the HomeCoect sectio of their My Bible Fu pages with their families. Talk to your Director about emailig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Take a couple of miutes to pray with your kids. Ecourage kids to thak Jesus for ways they kow he cares for them. Pray: God, we kow Jesus loves us ad cares for us. Ivite kids to tell ways they kow Jesus cares for them. The cotiue: WE HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. Help us to trust him this week. I Jesus ame, ame. Witer Quarter Lesso 13
145 Lyrics Because of His Mercy (Titus 3:5a) Not because of the righteous thigs we have doe, But because of his mercy. Right o! Not because of the righteous thigs we have doe, But because of his mercy. Right o! Ad it s ot because of what we ve doe. He saved us Whe the love of God came through his So. Ad it s o reward for what we give. Ad because of his mercy we will live. (Repeat from the begiig.) His Mercy (Titus 3:5a) by Dea-o. 2005 Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved.! OK TO COPY Lesso 13 Witer Quarter