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Making Deaf Ears Hear

Jesus Heals People

Day 162of 180
Week 33of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Jesus has power to heal people

2

Learn how Jesus showed compassion through healing

3

Recognize God's love through Jesus' miracles

📖 Scripture Connection

Mark 7:31-37

“Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the Sea of Galilee, through the middle of the region of Decapolis.”

— Mark 7:31-37 (WEB)

Demonstrates Jesus' miraculous healing power and compassion

📦 Materials Needed

  • World English Bible
  • Bandages
  • Cotton balls
  • Blank paper
  • Colored pencils
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we're learning about how Jesus helped a man who couldn't hear!

💭 Review Question: What special things did Jesus do to help people in our last lesson?
2Teaching (8 min)

Jesus saw a man who couldn't hear and couldn't speak clearly. He wanted to help this man feel better.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Jesus cared about people who were hurting
  • He used His special power to help the man
  • Jesus touched the man's ears and helped him hear
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think the man felt before Jesus helped him?
  • What would it be like to hear for the first time?
3Activity: Listening Adventure (10 min)
interactive

Children practice communicating without hearing

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put cotton balls gently in ears
  2. Try to listen to parent reading a simple sentence
  3. Remove cotton and discuss how hard it was to hear
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use hand signals to communicate

Challenge: Try to read lips while someone speaks

4Closing (3 min)

Jesus loves people and wants to help them!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did Jesus do in today's story?
  • How did Jesus show He cared?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You that Jesus loves and helps people.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about Jesus helping people walk!

💎 Memory Verse

John 20:31

“These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God.”

— John 20:31 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Whisper Chain: Children sit in a circle and whisper the verse, trying to keep it exactly the same by the last child

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This miracle shows Jesus' divine power and compassion

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, engaging tone
  • Encourage questions
  • Help child connect miracle to God's love
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find abstract concepts of healing difficult

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's emotional response to Jesus' kindness

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw a picture of Jesus helping the man
  • Act out the healing miracle
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library healing-themed coloring page

Ready for Tomorrow?

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