30 - The Paralytic at the Pool

Introduction:

Talk to the children about how it is not comfortable when one is sick. If we have to stay in bed because we are sick, we probably get bored and tired. Our story today is about a man who had to stay on his bed for the longest time. Learn about the power and love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Lesson Outline:

There was once a very special pool or a small lake. Once a year, an angel would come and stir the water. If anyone was sick and jumped in the water when it was stirred by the angel, that person would get better right away. A lot of people waited around the pool trying to get in when the angel stirred the water. 

One day Jesus was walking near that pool and saw a sick man on his bed. Jesus knew he had been sick for a long time. Jesus asked him: “Do you want to be made well?” The man said: “Yes, but there’s no one to help me get into the pool when the water is moved.” Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your bed and walk.” Right away, the man was made well, got up, and was able to walk. The man was very happy that he could walk again, because he had been on his bed and not able to move for 38 years, which is a very long time. All the people who saw him walking were very surprised and were asking him who healed him. 

Our Lord Jesus can do everything and help us, because He loves us. If someone is sick, we should pray and ask our Lord Jesus to help him or her, because He can heal the sick and make them feel better.  

Memory Verse: 

“Rise, take up your bed, and walk” John 5:8

Song: Jesus Loves Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epQQAwbD-vQ 

1- Jesus loves me! This I know. For the Bible tells me so. 

Little ones to Him belong. They are weak, but He is strong.

Refrain:

Yes, Jesus loves me!

Yes, Jesus loves me!

Yes, Jesus loves me!

The Bible tells me so.

2- Jesus loves me, He who died. Heavens gate to open wide

He will wash away my sin. Let His little child come in

3- Jesus, take this heart of mine. Make it pure and holy Thine

On the cross, You died for me. I will try to live for Thee

4- “Jesus loves me! This I know. As He loved so long ago,

Taking children on His knee. Saying, ‘Let them come to Me.’

5- “Jesus loves me still today. Walking with me on my way,

Wanting as a friend to give. Light and love to all who live.

6- “Jesus loves me! He will stay. Close beside me all the way;

Thou hast bled and died for me. I will always live for Thee.