Peter Heals the Lame Man Sunday School Lesson for Kids -
God Gives Peter the Power to Heal
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about the power God gives all of us.
Needed: Bibles
Intro Game: Get Up!
Have students lie down on the floor. Sitting is fine if you don’t have enough room for everyone to lie down. When you yell, “Get up!” everyone should get to their feet and jump into the air as quickly as they can. The first person to jump gets to be the next caller. Play as long as time allows. Be sure to give everyone a chance to be the caller, even if you have to ask someone who’s already done it to give up their turn.Lesson
Do you remember how Jesus was always healing people and making them better?
Do you think a normal person could do that too, or could only Jesus do it?
(Read Acts 3:1-5.)
What was the problem with the man? (He couldn’t walk.)
Ever since he was born, the man’s legs wouldn’t work right, so he could never walk. And since he couldn’t walk, he could never get a job. He had to have people bring him to the church so that he could beg for money from people going into the church.
Do you think Peter and John will give the man any money?
(Read Acts 3:6-16.)
How was Peter able to make the man who had been crippled walk? (God gave Peter the power to heal him.)
Peter couldn’t have healed the man by himself. He needed God’s power to do it. Peter said he was able to heal the man because he believed in Jesus.
Do you think God could give you power if you believe in Jesus? (Yes.)
God might not give us all the power to heal people as Peter did, but if we have faith in Jesus, then God can give us the power to do incredible things for Him.
He can give us the power to resist the devil’s temptations and do the right things that God wants us to. He can give us the power to tell other people about Him. He can give us the power to do nice things for other people and help them feel good.
There are lots of things God can give us the power to do if we believe in Him.
Game: Who Has the Power?
Have students close their eyes. Explain that when you walk among them and tap one student on the shoulder, that student is the Healer. When you tap them, they should look up and point to another student.
Have everyone open their eyes and say that the student the Healer pointed to is healed and is not the Healer. Students then have the opportunity to guess who the Healer is. If they guess more than one person, have them take a vote. If the majority votes for the actual Healer, they win and the game is over. Choose a new Healer and play again.
If the majority is wrong, the person the Healer pointed at is out. Have everyone close their eyes and then, ask the Healer to point to another student. The game continues until students guess the real Healer or the Healer is one of the last two students left. If the Healer makes it to the end, they win.
Play as long as time allows. Then, explain that in the story, Peter was the healer, but God could give any of us the power to do miracles.
Game: Disciple Tag
Explain that when Peter told everyone that he was a follower of Jesus and that God had given him the power to heal the man, he was trying to help other people believe in Jesus too.
Choose one student to be It. When they tag someone, that person links hands with them and joins their team. They continue adding people to their team, linking hands with each one until all but one student is part of their chain. That remaining student becomes It for the next round.
Play two or three rounds and then, explain that when we tell people about Jesus, we want them to believe in Jesus too. If they do, they become a Christian and join our team. Then, they help us tell more people about Jesus.
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