Lesso 12 125 Four Frieds Help a Paralyzed Ma Mark 2:1-12 Youg childre become ueasy whe adults are t happy with their behavior. They ll try to make the hurt relatioship ormal agai. Kowig that they do t have to try to make their relatioship with God right ca make all the differece i the world to them. Use this lesso to help them uderstad that God wats to forgive them ad give them his peace. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started 2 Bible Exploratio Key Verse Shout (about 15 mi.) Make baers for the church, do a cheer, ad lear the Key Verse. Jesus Heals (about 25 mi.) Play a game, ad hear a moder-day roofer tell what happeed i Mark 2:1-12. Bible, My Bible Fu, CD player, 3 pieces of poster board or butcher paper, scissors, markers, copies of the lyrics page (at the ed of the lesso) Teacher Pack: CD Bible, CD player, blaket Teacher Pack: CD, Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Ma poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Tear out the Lesso 12 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. Cut a upside-dow V shape from oe short ed of each sheet of poster board or butcher paper. Bible Poit Jesus forgives us. Key Verse If we cofess our sis, he is faithful ad just ad will forgive us our sis (1 Joh 1:9). Weavig Faith Ito Life Kids will ask for forgiveess whe they si ad will thak Jesus for his forgiveess. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 12 Witer Quarter
126 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Weavig Faith Ito Life 4 Lastig Impressios Healig Houses (about 20 mi.) Make houses, ad ask for forgiveess. 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. foam cups, paper plates, several pairs of scissors, crayos, gree yar, glue, slips of paper My Bible Fu Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Witer Quarter Lesso 12 Grades 1 & 2
127 Four Frieds Help a Paralyzed Ma Mark 2:1-12 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Jesus Makes Caperaum His Home Base From this passage ad others, it s apparet that Caperaum was Jesus home base for much of his miistry. Jesus was ow drawig a crowd everywhere he wet, ad Caperaum was o exceptio. Eve though Jesus had just arrived, o oe was tured away ad everyoe was welcomed util the house was filled ad people were stadig outside the door! Four Frieds Help a Paralyzed Ma Get to Jesus The persistece the four frieds showed i gettig the paralytic before Jesus demostrated their faith that Jesus could heal him. Some suggest that it was their faith aloe that prompted Jesus to heal the ma ad forgive his sis. However, that seems icosistet with the rest of Scripture, which cosistetly emphasizes persoal repetace ad faith. Istead, it s likely the paralytic s faith was similar to that of his frieds ad that his faith simply was t metioed here his frieds probably would t have doe what they had without their paralyzed fried s coset. Ad it s possible that the paralyzed ma was uable to speak clearly eough to express his ow faith. he demostrated that he had the power to do both. Ad by the order he chose, he also demostrated that i his priorities the forgiveess of sis is more importat tha physical healig. This passage says the people were amazed. I Matthew s ad Luke s accouts of this icidet (Matthew 9:2-8; Luke 5:17-26), we see that people also were filled with awe, the Greek word for which ca also be traslated as fear. They wet away praisig God, kowig that forgiveess is available i Jesus. The Jesus Coectio A relatioship with Jesus satisfies all our eeds. Jesus provides help, comfort, healig, ad forgiveess. Because of his five frieds, this ma foud healig ad forgiveess! Praise God for the forgiveess you ve received, ad thak God for the people who helped you fid friedship with Jesus ad his forgiveess. Praise God for these good thigs today. You ca write your prayer here. Jesus Healigs Amaze ad Shock His Critics Everyoe i the house (ad o the roof!) was likely shocked whe Jesus first forgave the paralytic s sis. The skeptical teachers of the Law who were preset did t have to say aythig for Jesus to kow what they were thikig. He clearly iteded to force them to face head-o who he really was. Evidece that sis were forgive was ot immediately visible, but healig the ma s paralysis was. Whe Jesus healed the ma, Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 12 Witer Quarter
128 GETTING STARTED Key Verse Shout Supplies Bible My Bible Fu CD player 3 pieces of poster board or bulleti board paper scissors markers copies of the lyrics page (at the ed of the lesso) Teacher Pack CD: If We Cofess (1 Joh 1:9) (track 22) Key Verse Shout Easy Prep Tear out the Lesso 12 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. Cut a upside-dow V shape from oe short ed of each sheet of poster board. Key Verse Shout What You ll Do Welcome kids warmly as they arrive, ad ask them how their week wet. Gather everyoe together. Give each child a My Bible Fu page. Ope your Bible to 1 Joh 1:9, ad show kids the verse. Say: Today we get to hear about how JESUS FORGIVES US. Our Key Verse is writte o our My Bible Fu pages. It says, If we cofess our sis, he is faithful ad just ad will forgive us our sis (1 Joh 1:9). Have kids repeat the verse several times with you. Say: There are some big words i that verse. Basically, it meas that whe we tell God we re sorry, he ll forgive us for the wrog thigs we do. Now, that s good ews! God will always forgive us whe we go to him! Let s share that awesome ews with the rest of our church. Put kids i three groups, ad give each group oe baer ad markers. Say: Let s make baers to tell everyoe about the good ews that JESUS FORGIVES US. Each group will take part of the Key Verse, ad the we ll hag them all together. Assig your groups as follows: Group 1: If we cofess our sis, Group 2: he is faithful ad just Group 3: ad will forgive us our sis. Ecourage kids to write their phrases i large letterig. They ca refer to their My Bible Fu pages for the words to the verse. As they work, walk aroud ad explai to the groups what their phrases mea. Here are simple explaatios of each phrase: To cofess meas to tell God whe you ve doe somethig wrog. Faithful ad just meas that God is fair. To forgive us our sis meas that whe we re sorry, God wo t be mad at us for doig somethig bad. As kids fiish writig the words, say: Thik of oe thig that remids you of Jesus love for you. You might thik of a cross, a heart, a su, a smile, or aythig that makes you happy. Each perso i your group ca draw the thig that represets Jesus love o your baer. It s okay if two of you i the same group wat to draw the same thig. Make sure you leave eough room o your baer for everyoe to draw a picture. Allow time. Witer Quarter Lesso 12 Grades 1 & 2
129 After childre fiish their baers, ivite groups to share their phrases with everyoe ad tell what it meas to them. Help kids if they have trouble explaiig their phrases. The say: Whe people have excitig ews like this, sometimes they carry baers ad cheer. Let s do a cheer to celebrate Jesus love ad forgiveess. Have kids sit i a circle. Desigate oe or two childre i each group to hold the baer. Ask everyoe else to hold the My Bible Fu page. Say: I ll read the Key Verse aloud. You ll jump up ad shout the segmet of the Key Verse that s o your baer as I read your part. If you re holdig a My Bible Fu page, wave it i the air as you shout. Check for uderstadig. The lead the childre i the cheer a few times. The had out the lyrics page ad play If We Cofess (1 Joh 1:9) (track 22 o the CD). Ecourage kids to hold up their baers as the appropriate words are sug. (Chorus) If we cofess, if we cofess our sis, He s faithful ad just ad will forgive us our sis, Ad purify us from all urighteousess, If we cofess, if we cofess our sis. God says he will set us free if we cofess our sis. God says he will set us free if we cofess our sis. (Repeat chorus.) If we cofess, if we cofess our sis. If We Cofess (1 Joh 1:9) by Carol Smith. 2003, 2006 Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What are some thigs you like to aouce ad celebrate like we did i this activity? What about this verse makes you wat to celebrate? Tell about a time you forgave someoe recetly. Say: It s really excitig to kow that JESUS FORGIVES US. Ad whe we re really excited about somethig, we might wat to shout it from our rooftops, or sig a sog about it, or write it dow so other people ca read about it whe we re ot aroud. This week we ll lear how JESUS FORGIVES US, ad it ll be excitig eough to wat to celebrate ad share the good ews with others! Display your baers somewhere i the church for the rest of the week. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 12 Witer Quarter
130 2 BIBLE EXPLORATION Jesus Heals Supplies Bible CD player blaket Teacher Pack CD: Herma s Roof (track 23) Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Ma poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Jesus Heals What You ll Do Show kids the Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Ma poster. Say: Today we get to hear about how Jesus healed ad forgave a ma whose legs did t work. Have kids lie o the floor alog a wall i your meetig area. The stad i frot of the opposite wall. Say: I a miute we ll play a ew game. Here s how to play: Whe you hear me say, You re healed, stad up ad walk toward me. But whe I say, Stop, freeze i place ad lie back o the floor util you hear me say, You re healed agai. Whe you reach the wall by me, shout, I m healed! Check for uderstadig. Start the game. Whe everyoe reaches the opposite wall, have kids sit dow i a circle. Ope your Bible to Mark 2:1-12, ad show kids the passage. Say: Mark 2:1-12 tells about the miracle of Jesus healig a ma who could t walk. We ll hear what happeed from a ma who works o top of buildigs! Let s climb a ladder to the rooftop to meet this ma. Have the kids preted to climb a ladder. The play Herma s Roof (track 23 o the CD). The arrator will tell you to pause the CD six times (times idicated are approximate). Follow alog, ad lead the childre i the discussio ad activities; the press play agai. At the first pause (0:42), say: Talk i pairs about a really hot day you experieced. Allow time. Let s hear what else the roofer has to say. At the secod pause (1:38), say: Talk with a parter about a time you were distracted by somethig. Allow time. The roofer is still tellig about that lemoade. Let s liste. At the third pause (2:34), say: Take turs carryig your frieds o the blaket. Oe perso at a time ca lie o the blaket while the others hold ad lift the sides for a momet. Allow time. Let s hear more from the roofer about those frieds. At the fourth pause (3:06), say: Talk with a parter about whether you have lots of faith like the frieds i the Bible. Allow time. At the fifth pause (3:31), say: Talk with a parter about why you thik what Jesus did was amazig. Allow time. At the sixth pause (4:07), say: Talk with a parter about some ways Jesus ca use you to help someoe. Allow time. I thik the roofer has a little more to say. Let s liste. Say: Herma told us about two really amazig thigs Jesus did for this paralyzed ma. Witer Quarter Lesso 12 Grades 1 & 2
131 He healed his heart by forgivig him, ad he healed the ma s legs so he could walk. Jesus healed the ma o the iside first, ad the he healed him o the outside. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What do you thik of the fact that Jesus forgave the paralyzed ma first, istead of just healig him? Which do you thik is more importat: to have our hearts healed or to have our bodies healed? Why? Tell about a way Jesus heals you. Say: Jesus is so awesome that he ca heal our bodies ad our hearts, too! I ll bet that the paralyzed ma was really happy whe Jesus forgave him! Ad I ll bet he was happy that his frieds helped him see Jesus. Whe we ask him to, JESUS FORGIVES US ad heals us, too. 3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Healig Houses What You ll Do Say: The paralyzed ma s fried lowered him through a roof where Jesus was preachig. Today we ll make somethig to represet the house where Jesus healed the paralyzed ma. Give each child a plate ad cup. Have childre tur the cups upside-dow ad draw o them so they look like houses. Help each child cut a slit i the top of his or her cup ad tear a small hole that will fit a slip of paper through it. Demostrate how to glue gree pieces of yar o the top of a cup to represet a thatched roof. Fially, have childre put glue aroud the lip of their cups ad attach them to the paper plates. Healig Houses Supplies foam cups paper plates several pairs of scissors crayos gree yar glue slips of paper Whe the houses are complete, had each child a slip of paper. Gather kids with their houses i a circle. Say: The paralyzed ma s frieds helped him by takig him to Jesus. They kew that JESUS FORGIVES US. All we have to do to be forgive is to ask Jesus. Whe we tell him we re sorry for doig somethig bad, he forgives us right away. That s how much Jesus loves us! Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 12 Witer Quarter
132 Say: Thik of somethig you wat Jesus to forgive you for. Allow time. Write or draw that thig o the slip of paper. Allow time. Like the frieds lowered the paralyzed ma through the roof, put your slip of paper through your roof, ad ask Jesus for forgiveess for that thig. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What was it like to ask for forgiveess i this way? Why do you thik it s importat to ask Jesus for forgiveess? Say: The frieds kew that Jesus could help the paralyzed ma. Ad Jesus did help him i more tha oe way! Jesus healed him ad forgave him. JESUS FORGIVES US, too. This week, whe we do wrog thigs, let s remember the paralyzed ma ad how Jesus forgave him. 4 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges Supplies My Bible Fu Daily Challeges What You ll Do Say: Let s thik about how JESUS FORGIVES US. 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: Whe you hurt someoe s feeligs this week, ask him or her for forgiveess, rememberig that Jesus forgives us for all of our sis ad we do the same! This week whe you do somethig wrog, write or draw a picture o a slip of paper, ad ask Jesus to forgive you as you lower the slip through the roof of your healig home. Draw a picture of what you thik Jesus looks like, ad hag it up i your room, rememberig each time you see it that Jesus forgives your sis! 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. Witer Quarter Lesso 12 Grades 1 & 2
133 Say: Just as Jesus forgave ad healed the paralyzed ma, JESUS FORGIVES US ad heals us. Let s remember to thak Jesus ad to tell others about 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 Jesus forgiveess. 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. Pray: God, thak you for sedig Jesus to forgive us. Thak you that we ca always go to you whe we do somethig wrog, ad you ll always forgive us ad love us. Please forgive us for these thigs... Allow a few momets for kids to siletly talk to God about areas i which they eed forgiveess. I Jesus ame, ame. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 12 Witer Quarter
134 Lyrics If We Cofess (1 Joh 1:9) (Chorus) If we cofess, if we cofess our sis, He s faithful ad just ad will forgive us our sis, Ad purify us from all urighteousess, If we cofess, if we cofess our sis. God says he will set us free if we cofess our sis. God says he will set us free if we cofess our sis. (Repeat chorus.) If we cofess, if we cofess our sis. If We Cofess (1 Joh 1:9) by Carol Smith. 2003, 2006 Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved.! OK TO COPY Witer Quarter Lesso 12 Grades 1 & 2