Blanket Challenge!
You need: A blanket/sheet, A cuddly toy, Someone else to help you.
TASK: Place the toy in the middle of the blanket. Your challenge is to carry it across the room holding the blanket without it tipping or falling off.
Reflect: What made this easy/hard? Did you have to concentrate? How quickly could you walk to ensure they didn’t fall? In what way did you have t work as a team with the other people helping to make this a success?
What does the Bible say?
Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
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Discuss
- How did God work through Peter?
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- They were on their way to the temple to pray
- He was carried to the temple to beg for money
- He said they didn’t have any money
- He told the man to walk
- He helped the man stand up
- He jumped to his feet, walked, and praised God
- They were amazed that the man could now walk!
- He worked through Peter to heal the man who couldn’t walk
- He’s the one who really healed the man.
- Man who couldn’t walk
- Peter
- John
- People walking by
- God
Peter, as a follower of Jesus, was always ready for God to work through him. Peter probably prayed every day and asked God to work through him so more people would come to know Jesus. The man who was healed and all the people who saw the miracle saw Jesus’ power and were amazed! God worked through Peter, and God can work through us too.
- Walking and Leaping song. Watch the song. Can you join in with some actions?
Activity
You can make your own ‘Happy Man Healed’ using the template and instructions here:
Prayer
Help us to trust in you and have faith that you can work through us to do amazing things, just like you worked through Peter. Help us to remember to recognise you in all the amazing things you do in our lives, just like the man who was healed. May we be faithful and willing to live our lives for you.
Amen.
The Answers!
1. They were on their way to the temple to pray Peter and John
2. He was carried to the temple to beg for money Man who couldn’t walk
3. He said they didn’t have any money Peter
4. He told the man to walk Peter
5. He helped the man stand up Peter
6. He jumped to his feet, walked, and praised God Man who couldn’t walk
7. They were amazed that the man could now walk! People walking by
8. He worked through Peter to heal the man who couldn’t walk God
9. He’s the one who really healed the man. God