As you read the story of Jesus healing the leper, pay attention to what the Lord says and does when he heals him.
Lesson: Jesus is able and willing to heal 1. Game: Tag Have one kid wear a hat or something distinctive. This kid has to try to tag the other children. All other children have to keep away from this kid. Once they are tagged/touched by this kid, they have to go behind the kid and hold his/her shoulders. The more children the kid touches, the longer the chain of children behind him/her. Game ends when there are 10 or 15 kids in the chain. (play by ear, according to crowd and time; avoid over rowdiness) 2. Story: Tell the story of Jesus healing the leper from Luke 5:12-16. Picture ideas #1, #2 Act it out idea: use baby powder to cover face, arms etc to depict leprosy; wipe off when "healed" Jesus went to town one day and met a man with leprosy. Who knows what leprosy is? Leprosy is a disease that affects the skin, nerves, limbs and eyes. It can cause fingers and toes to be shortened and deformed. It’s an infectious disease. In the Bible, leprosy can also refer to other infectious skin diseases. Just like the game, if you are too close to the leper, you could get infected with leprosy yourself. So nobody liked to be near a leper. If they saw a leper coming, they would go far, far away. These lepers were outcasts; they had to stay outside of town. When they come into town, they had to announce loudly, “Unclean, unclean” to warn others of their presence. Can you imagine what it’s like to live like that? This leper must have been so tired of living this way. When he saw Jesus, he forgot all the rules of staying away from other people. He fell face down to the ground and begged Jesus, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” This man must have heard of Jesus’ miracles. He knew Jesus could heal him. But was Jesus willing? Maybe he wasn’t good enough to be healed. Maybe Jesus couldn’t be bothered about someone like him. Maybe Jesus didn’t want to be contaminated by him. How do you think Jesus reacted? Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. Isn’t that amazing? Nobody wanted to be near lepers. Nobody touched him for years. And here was Jesus, touching him! Jesus could have just stood at a distance and healed the man, but He reached out and touched him, showing His love. Then Jesus said, “I am willing. Be clean!” And immediately ... the leprosy left him! Praise the Lord! 3. Lesson: Good news for today! The prophet Isaiah tells us that Jesus will “carry our sicknesses and diseases”. But even though we know Jesus can heal us, sometime we don’t think He wants to. We think that maybe He won’t heal us because we’ve been naughty or we’re not good enough. We think maybe He’s got more important things to do. We think maybe He wants us to be sick so we can learn a lesson. But the truth is that Jesus took all our sicknesses on the cross when He died. He is able to heal us. And more importantly, He is willing! He is reaching out to touch us with love and compassion! If anyone of you are sick today, put your hand on the part of the body that’s not feeling well. And pray this prayer: “Thank you Jesus that when you died on the cross, You carried all my sins and sicknesses. Thank you Jesus that you are able to heal me. Thank you Jesus that you are willing to heal me. In Jesus’ name, I receive my healing. Amen!” Memory Verse: “He carried our sicknesses and our diseases.” Isaiah 53:4.or “Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Mark 1:41 4. Activity Ideas: a. Craft: Materials: Notecards and band aids Have the kids sit in 3 small groups. On one side of the notecard: Stick 2 band aids on it as a cross and write the memory verse on the card. On the other side of the notecard: Write a prayer of thanks for Jesus’ healing for themselves or other people. “Thank you Jesus for healing me of _________” or “Thank you Jesus for healing my mummy of ___________” Pray together with each kid. Assure kids that Jesus is able and willing to heal them all the time! ***** Youth Bible Study Leader's Guide Jesus is able and willing to heal Read Luke 5:12-16. 1. Who did Jesus meet in the village? A man covered with leprosy. 2. What is leprosy? Leprosy was a dreaded and infectious skin disease that leads to physical disfigurement due to loss of sensation at the nerve receptors (they cannot feel pain) and degeneration of tissue. 3. How were people with leprosy treated? (cref Lev 13:45-46) According to the Law, people with leprosy were considered “unclean” and shunned. They had to live apart from their family, outside the town, and shout “unclean” when in the presence of others. In the Old Testament, leprosy was a sign of God’s judgement and a consequence of sin. When Jesus came, He demonstrated God’s grace and compassion by showing love and healing to lepers. 4. What did the man do when he saw Jesus? Why do you think he said that? He fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” He probably heard of the miracles Jesus had been performing and knew He was able to heal him. But he wasn’t sure if Jesus was willing to or not. Maybe he wasn’t good enough to be healed. Maybe Jesus couldn’t be bothered about someone like him. Maybe Jesus didn’t want to be contaminated by him. Maybe Jesus thought he deserved to have leprosy. 5. How did Jesus respond? Why do you think He did what He did? Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. He said, “I am willing. Be clean!”And immediately the leprosy left him. Nobody wanted to be near lepers. Nobody touched him for years. Jesus could have just stood at a distance and healed the man, but He reached out and touched him, showing His love. But more importantly, Jesus said that He was willing to heal the man. And He tells us the same thing today: Whatever our sickness or problems, He is willing to heal and solve them for us! In fact, He already did at the cross 2000 years ago! 6. What did Jesus tell the man to do next? Jesus told the man not to tell anyone about the miracle but to go show himself to the priest and offer the sacrifices as a testimony to them. This was so the man could be reconciled back to his family and society. 7. Still the news got out, and people flocked to Jesus who was still willing to heal them of their sicknesses. But where would Jesus often go to and why? He would withdraw to lonely places to pray. He knew that all good things came from God. He could only give what He had received from God, not from His own strength. So Jesus loved to spend time with His heavenly Father and receive from Him. Likewise, whatever we do or give, it has to come from the overflow of our lives, not from our own selves or strength. So before we serve or minister, we should spend time with God and receive from Him. Then it will overflow from our lives to others around us. Lesson: The prophet Isaiah tells us that Jesus will “carry our sicknesses and diseases”. But even though we know Jesus can heal us, sometime we don’t think He wants to. We think that maybe He won’t heal us because we’ve been naughty or we’re not good enough. We think maybe He’s got more important things to do. We think maybe He wants us to be sick so we can learn a lesson. But the truth is that Jesus took all our sicknesses on the cross when He died. He is able to heal us. And more importantly, He is willing! He is reaching out to touch us with love and compassion! If anyone of you are sick today, put your hand on the part of the body that’s not feeling well. And pray this prayer: “Thank you Jesus that when you died on the cross, You carried all my sins and sicknesses. Thank you Jesus that you are able to heal me. Thank you Jesus that you are willing to heal me. In Jesus’ name, I receive my healing. Amen!” Memory Verse: “He carried our sicknesses and our diseases.” Isaiah 53:4.
Use the Jesus Heals a Leper Word Search as a fun activity for your next children's sermon.
Use the Jesus Heals a Leper Word Search as a fun activity for your next children's sermon.
Use the Jesus Heals Ten Lepers Coloring Page as a fun activity for your next children's sermon.
This printable Bible craft is a character cone called "Jesus Heals A Leper". Use this craft to visualize the story of Jesus' miraculous healing of the leper in Luke 5:12-16. It is such a powerful way to tell this story, watch their eyes light up when they see a miracle take place right in front of them with this character cone! All of our crafts include both full color (as pictured) and black & white (for coloring). We hope this craft helps your little makers understand the healing power of Jesus! Go on + make good things with your hands + your heart. God said so. BUY 2 GET 1 FREE – HEALING CONE PACK (Leper + Blind Man + Withered Hand): https://biblecraftclub.etsy.com/listing/1653853697 ________________________________________ DOWNLOAD INCLUDES PDF FILES FOR: (1) Printable Craft in: - Full color - Black & White * 8.5 x 11 (standard printer page) for you to print at home DIGITAL PRODUCT: You're getting a magical PDF file delivered to your email with your purchase. There is no physical product arriving in your real mailbox. Print the PDF out at home or stroll over to a print shop. As soon as your payment goes through, your download links will appear – like magic. Swing by your Etsy account anytime to get them again – click on "You > Purchases & Reviews" and boom, your PDFS will always be there. LEGAL STUFF FOR ETSY BUYERS: Don't sell or pass around this PDF. When you buy it, it's for one-time use only, so print as many copies as you need for that one-time. If you are a school or church planning to include this in your teaching or curriculum, just grab a license from us here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1654543239/ Once you've downloaded your purchase, it's a done deal — no refunds, unless it's our fault, which happens from time to time, we're only human. Shoot us a message if that happens, and we'll sort it out as soon as we can! LEGAL STUFF FOR ETSY SELLERS ONLY: We've got our Sherlock hats on when it comes to spotting our designs showing up as 'inspired' creations. We're not fans of the copycat game, so if you try it, we've got a whole playbook on how to report it. Please be respectful of our original designs –creating them takes a ton of brainpower, time and effort. Do us a solid and let your creative juices flow into your own unique stuff. Bummed we even have to state this in our listings.
Here is a great set of free printable coloring pages of "Jesus Heals the Leper."
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Here are three simple crafts for your Sunday School class on the topic of saying thanks. They are based on the story in Luke 17:11-19 when Jesus healed 10 men with leprosy, but only one came back to offer his gratitude. Download our printable directions and watch our video instructions below.
We begin this unit with a story of a man who had a thankful heart so that our preschoolers can see thankfulness played out in action. Bible Truth: Jesus loves a thankful heart. Bible Story: Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one said, "Thank You." Bible Study: Luke 17:11-19 sing As you are singing for worship, tell the children that when we sing to Jesus we are saying, "Thank You" to Him. Tell that today we are going to hear a story about a man who said, "Thank you" to Jesus. teach In addition to reading this story from a children's Bible storybook, here's a captivating visual to help you illustrate it. I used a pair of bath gloves, but this will work with any gloves. Cut out twenty little circles, draw happy faces on ten, and sad faces on the other ten. Hot-glue the sad faces to the back side of the gloves, and the happy faces to the palm side. Attach a Band-aid to each finger on the sad side of the glove. You will also need a little red heart. I attached a "hook" piece of Velcro to the heart. Since the Velcro hooks to the bath glove, the heart can easily be placed on and removed from the glove. Wear the gloves as you tell the story! The Bible tells us a story about ten men who were very, very sick. Let's count the men. Wiggle each finger as you count. They had a disease called leprosy. Can you say leprosy? That means they had owies all over their bodies. They wore Band-Aids everywhere to cover their owies. They were so sick, they couldn't go home to their families, and they had to stay away from people. If they touched anyone, the other person would get sick too! They went to lots of doctors, but the doctors couldn't make them better. One day they saw Jesus walking down the road, and they cried out to Him. Move the gloves to either side of your mouth as you raise your voice to "call out". "Jesus, have mercy on us! Heal us Jesus!" Do you know what Jesus did for them? He healed them! Close your hands into fists. Turn your hands and open them to show the happy side. Wow! Jesus did a miracle! He answered their prayer and he healed them! They had no more owies. Now they could go home and give their families big hugs and kisses! Move your hands as though they are running away. But one man stopped. Stop your hands. Close your fingers except one pointer finger. He went back to Jesus, bowed down, and said, "Thank You Jesus! Thank You for healing me and taking away my leprosy!" Bend your finger as if to bow. Jesus said, "I healed ten men. Why did only one come back? Where are the other nine?" Then Jesus blessed the man who remembered to say, "Thank You," because he had a thankful heart, and Jesus loves a thankful heart. Add the heart to your pointer finger. Open your hands to show the ten healed men, and only one with a thankful heart. Do you want to be like the nine men who forgot to say, "Thank You," or do you want to have a thankful heart? Yes, I want to have a thankful heart too. We can say, "Thank You" to Jesus for all the beautiful things that He created. We can thank Him for dying on the cross for us, giving us a clean heart, and giving us a home in Heaven with Him forever. Lead the children in a prayer of thanksgiving. practice For the rest of the service, as you are doing a craft, and/or eating a snack, help the children practice saying, "Please and thank you." When they remember to say, "Thank you," praise them for having a thankful heart like the man in today's story. Remind them that Jesus loves a thankful heart. read If you have a book about manners, and saying, "Please and thank you," it would be good supplement to this lesson if you have extra time at the end. craft one thankful heart For this craftivity you will need: this activity page Band-aids red paper scissors crayons glue To prepare, make double-sided copies of the activity page, and cut out a red heart for each child. In class, provide crayons for coloring. Give each child two Band-aids to stick on to the sick leper side of the activity page, and one red heart to add to one finger on the healed leper side of the activity page. thank You Jesus Print this activity page for your kids to color, and follow the coloring directions on the page. I found the original coloring page of Jesus here. It would also be fun to add a sticker to the man who is colored yellow, to help distinguish the one from other nine, especially for younger children who may not yet be ready to follow the coloring directions. As the children are coloring, count the men symbol figures with them. Count how many were healed, how many said, "Thank You," and how many forgot.
Luke 17 Ten lepers Bible Mazes
Scripture Reference: Luke 17:11-19 Suggested Emphasis: Express thankfulness to Jesus, God and others. Memory Verse: “Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord because he is good. His love continues for…
In Matthew 8:1-4 we are given the account of the healing of the leper by Jesus Christ. The good news is that Jesus is still willing and able to cleanse.
Use the Jesus Heals Ten Lepers Multiple Choice as a fun activity for your next children's sermon.
Free printable preschool Bible lesson. Jesus healed many people throughout His ministry. In Luke 17:11-19, Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one was thankful.
Being grateful is among the best traits promoted by the Bible. This can be seen in the story of the ten lepers whom Jesus healed. In this post, let us take a deeper look at Luke 17:11-19 and learn what it teaches us about thankfulness.
