Story
Say: Everyone close your
eyes. No peeking. We are going to pretend that we are blind,
that means that this is what we see even when our eyes are open. What are some things that we can do now that
we couldn’t do if we were blind? (let the children answer) Today we are going to read a story about a
blind man and what Jesus did to help him.
Read “Blind Bartimaeus ” in any children's story bible
Lesson
Say: What was wrong with Bartimaeus? (he was blind) How did he learn about Jesus if he couldn’t
see him? (by listening) Did he believe that Jesus could help him to see?
(yes) How did Jesus know that Bartimaeus
needed help? (Bartimaeus asked for help)
Jesus told Bartimaeus that Jesus helped him because he
had faith that Jesus could help him. Do
you think that if we pray to Jesus and believe he can help us that he will?
(Yes) It is important that we ask Jesus
for help and trust that he can and will.
But that’s not all, Jesus gave us an example. It is also important to Jesus that we help
people like he did. Jesus helped
Bartimaeus by healing him. We can’t heal people but we can help them just like
we did today. If someone is cold, we can give them a blanket. We can take care of
each other. God takes care of people and
he uses us to help him. When we help people, it shows them that God loves them.
Big Idea
We need to trust Jesus to help us and we need to helper
others.
Memory Verse
Your faith has healed you – Mark 10:52
Prayer (Take prayer joys and
requests)
Say a prayer thanking God for being there for us and asking
Him to help us trust him and to help to be able to be helpers for other people.
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