Healing in the Streets
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Acts 5:12-16; The Acts of the Apostles, pp. 77, 78
I don’t feel well,” announced Katie. “My
stomach hurts.”
“My stomach hurts too,” said her little brother
we should go to see the doctor.” They hurried to
Dr. Cato’s office. The waiting room was full. But
Dr. Cato would help them all. And she did. In a few
Willie. days Katie, Willie, and their mother were just fine.
“I’m not feeling well either,” added Mother with Peter and the other apostles helped a lot of sick
a sigh. “I think we all have a slight fever. Maybe people too. But they weren’t doctors. They had
a special kind of healing power. The Holy
Spirit used them in a special
way.
I t was such
an exciting
time! The apostles
were busy from
early morning
to night. “It’s just
like Jesus said it
would be!” Peter
exclaimed. He raised
his long, strong
arms in praise
to the Lord.
“Remember what
Jesus told us just
before He went
up into heaven?
He said that we
who believe on
Him would touch
the sick. And the
sick would be
healed!”
The other
apostles nodded
their heads in
agreement. They had
seen Jesus perform so
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The Message
I serve when I Memory Verse
bring healing to others.
“Always give your-
selves fully to the
many miracles. And they had heard Him promise work of the Lord”
to give power to His followers to do the same. (1 Corinthians 15:58).
Now it was happening. They were filled with the
Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit was using each
of them in a mighty way! They were performing
signs and wonders! They were healing the sick!
They were helping people in trouble!
The apostles and the new believers often
met together on Solomon’s Porch at the And the Bible says that everyone who came
Temple. They never tired of sharing the good was healed! The good news about Jesus was
news about Jesus with each other. And they spreading like wildfire!
often prayed together there. Each day more
and more people believed in the Lord.
Large numbers of men and women
joined the group of believers.
Every day was a new adventure.
(Every day is always an adventure
when a person is being used
by the Lord.) Life was full of
miraculous moments. Sick
people were brought out into
the dusty streets. They lay
there on their beds or mats in
the hope that Peter’s shadow
would fall on them. They
believed they would be healed
if it did.
Crowds of people came.
Pushing, hurrying crowds. Not
only from all over the city, but
also from the towns and villages
around Jerusalem. Cripples
limped in from the countryside.
Blind men and women were
led into Jerusalem. People with
evil spirits in them were brought.
Anyone with sick relatives or friends
looked for a way to carry them to the apostles.
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S A B B A T H S U N D A Y
D O With your family, visit someone who is S H A R E During family worship, today talk about
someone who is ill. Think of at least three ways your
sick. Share your Bible lesson with them and
family can help them. Then make a plan to do so this
pray that God will bless them. Read together
week. Be sure to tell what and when.
Acts 5:12-16 and tell the sick person that God
loves them. D R A W Draw pictures to show how you will help.
S I N G On your way home, sing together Put the pictures where your family will see them every
“This Little Light of Mine” (Sing for Joy, no. day.
134). D O Write your memory verse on a self-sticking
bandage and put the bandage on a stuffed toy, doll,
M O N D A Y or action figure. Leave it there until you can say the
memory verse without help.
R E A D With your family, read the
lesson story from Acts 5:12-16. Talk
about your town. Where do people go T U E S D A Y
who need healing? Who helps them? R E A D During worship, review Acts 5:12-16. After each
What kind of healing do they get? verse, tell what you might see on those streets that day.
Where would you go if you had a sore Name the kind of healing a crippled child needs. A deaf person.
throat? a broken leg? a high fever? a An unhappy family. A homeless man. A child who has no
toothache? friends.
S H A R E Find out what to do if you
are the first to arrive at an accident. S H A R E Decide on a person you will help today. A family
Make a poster that tells and show it member? Your teacher? Someone who is sick? How will you
to your family. help? Make a plan and do it.
D O Teach your memory verse to D O Sing together “Give Me Oil in My Lamp” (Sing for
your family. Joy, no. 132). Be sure to sing the fourth verse (“Give me
love in my heart, keep me serving”).
W E D N E S D A Y
S H A R E During family worship today, talk about healing at home and how your family
can be ready when someone is sick or discouraged. Make a list of medical supplies you need.
If necessary, make a shopping list and plan to get what you need.
T H I N K What do you need to help someone who is discouraged? tired? hungry? What can
you do to treat a burn? a cut finger?
D O Say your memory verse together, then pray that God will help you always to be ready to
help others.
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T H U R S D A Y F R I D A Y
R E A D During worship, read John 13:34, S H A R E At worship time, act out the Bible
35 together. What directions did Jesus give His story. Then take turns telling how each person
disciples? What does He want us to do today? helped someone this week. How did the person
How can we be Jesus’ disciples? Pray that God who was helped respond? How did you feel about
will lead you as you help others. helping them?
S H A R E Put a self-sticking bandage in a R E A D Read together Isaiah 6:8. Talk
small plastic bag. Take it with you today and use about where God wants your family to be. Does He
it, if you have a chance, to help someone. have a special place for you? Say your memory
verse together.
D O Stand in front of a mirror and say your S I N G Sing “God Made Our Hands” (Sing
memory verse. Then thank God for His healing
power. for Joy, no. 57).
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