Devotion Time - Day 11

Hi there!! Here is the post that I should have given you all yesterday sorry! We were gone from very early till very late at our church camp for the day! We had lots of fun, but are very tired today!! I will get another post or two up for you in the next little while to catch up! Enjoy!! Kate

Day 11

Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12, Luke 5:17-26

“A hole in the roof” p. 328 in The Beginner’s Bible

Treasure Hunt Resources: An empty tissue box, and other materials needed to model the story!

Beginning Activity/Chat: Have the children go and find their crafty treasure. Have a look at the materials and ask the children if they think they know what they might be making. Keep it a surprise and read the story together first!

In our true story from the bible today we are going to hear about a man who was paralysed and his very loving friends who took him to find Jesus to be healed.

Read “A hole in the roof” Beginner’s Bible p.328

THIS TRUE STORY FROM THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT JESUS HAS THE POWER TO HEAL PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM WELL AGAIN, LIKE HE DID FOR THE PARALYSED MAN.

Questions:

1.        Why were all the people together at the house? (Because Jesus was there and they had heard he was healing people and making them well again!)

2.        Were there just a few people there to see Jesus or lots of people? (Lots of people! There were so many people there they couldn’t all fit in the house!)

3.        What did the paralysed man’s friends do to help him get in and see Jesus? (They went up onto the roof and lowered him down through a hole in the roof)

4.        What did Jesus do when the man was lowered down in front of Him? (He told the man that he could stand up and walk again. That because of his faith in Jesus his sins were forgiven and he was well again!)

Together use the craft materials to build the house from the story and the mat to lower the man down. As you build it talk with the kids about how it might feel to be paralysed and how exciting it would have been to know that Jesus could heal this man, as indeed he can still heal today.

Prayer:

Thank you, Lord Jesus for you amazing miracles that you have in the bible. Thank you that you can still do miracles today. Please help us to always have faith in you and trust you with all our hearts. Amen

Memory Verse Activities:

Continue practicing the song and actions to the verse!

For something different and fun if you have a camera that can record video, you could get the children to put on a show for you and record them saying/singing their memory verse in the way that is the most memorable for them....be it the song and actions, posters with pictures, while they are standing on their head etc!!! If they are old enough they could even help be the ones taking the video with the camera too. Then you can have some fun watching them afterwards together!


Written and Compiled by Kate McIntosh, March 2012