YEA Lesson Library
Race to the Pool
About This Lesson
This lesson teaches the miraculous healing of the crippled man at the Pool of Bethesda.
Scriptures
Exodus 15:26
Psalm 6:2
Psalm 30:2
Psalm 41:4
Psalm 103:1-5
Isaiah 53:5
Matthew 15:28
Luke 9:1-2
John 5:1-16
James 5:15
Words to Know
CRIPPLE - having legs that don’t work right, unable to walk
FAITH - belief, trust, confidence
MIRACLE - something that only God can do
STIR - cause the water to move
The Lesson
Inside the city of Jerusalem was a beautiful pool. An angel visited the pool from time to time. The angel would stir up the water. Then, the first person who stepped into the pool would be healed. Sick people came to the pool and waited for the angel. Blind and crippled people were brought to the pool. Everyone wanted to be the first person in the pool. They all wanted to be healed.
One Sabbath day after the Feast, Jesus came to this pool. Many sick people were waiting for the angel to stir the water. One poor man couldn’t walk. His legs didn’t work right. He hadn’t been able to walk for a long, long time. He had to lay on his bed roll.
Jesus saw this poor man lying there. He asked the man, “Would you like to get well?” The man told Jesus that he couldn’t get into the pool. He couldn’t walk, he would have to crawl. When the angel stirred the water someone else always got there first!
Jesus can heal sick people. So, He told the man to pick up his bedroll and walk! At that very moment the man was healed! He stood up, rolled up his bed roll and began walking and jumping. Wow! It was a miracle! The man didn’t need to get into the water. All he had to do was believe and obey Jesus. His faith in Jesus made him well.
Daily Devotions
Sunday - Matthew 15:28
Monday - Luke 9:1-2
Tuesday - Psalm 6:2
Wednesday - James 5:15
Thursday - Psalm 41:4
Friday - Psalm 30:2
Saturday - Isaiah 53:5
Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the children will be able to:
1. Tell why the man couldn’t get into the pool.
2. State that Jesus can make sick people well.
3. State that the man was healed because he did what Jesus told him to do.
4. Say that Jesus wants everyone to obey Him.
Topics & Themes
Angel
Belief, Faith
Bethesda
Crippled
Healing
Jerusalem
Jesus, His Ministry
Jesus, His Miracles
Healing
Obedience
Physical Infirmities -
crippled
Materials Needed
Bible, YEA Students’ and Teacher’s books, attendance and memory verse charts, stars, songbook, CD or cassette tape, music player, sleeping bag, kiddie pool (empty)
Preparation
A teacher is many things. It is your job, through colorful language and a passion for the
subject, to create curiosity in the students. You make secrets unfold as belief in God grows and behavioral changes are made. Your success as a teacher will be determined by how you prepare, the time you spend in prayer for your class and for each individual student, and what you do in class. Teachers who do things right are efficient. And teachers who do things right over and over again, consistently are effective.
When the children have reached their comfort level, transition from playing to hearing
with this little rhyme: Let’s join hands and march around. When the lesson begins we can’t make a sound. All eyes on the teacher, all ears tuned to listen. It’s time to sit down and hear what Jesus has given. (Seat the children on the floor around an empty kiddie pool.)
Review Questions
1. Who stirred up the water in the pool?
2. Why couldn’t the man get into the pool?
3. What did Jesus ask the man?
4. What did Jesus tell the man to do?
5. Did the water in the pool heal the man? What did?
REACH Activity
Letter: P
Words: pool, prayer, person, people, poor, pictures
Sentence:
BLIND AND CRIPPLED PEOPLE CAME TO THE POOL TO BE HEALED. A POOR MAN GOT TO THE POOL TOO LATE. AFTER JESUS HEALED HIM, HE WAS SO HAPPY HE JUMPED UP AND DOWN!
Song
“Isn’t He Wonderful” is on page 42 of the Kids Classics Collection.
Closing Prayer
Thank you, Father, for showing that Jesus can make sick people well. You can make me well when I am sick. Help me believe in you and obey you like the poor crippled man. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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