MODULE 1: HEALINGS AND MIRACLES
LESSON 1: MULTIPLICATION OF FOOD
VOCABULARY: bread, fish, loaves, enough, Miracles, heals, towns, broke, secluded
STORY: There is a man. His name is Jesus. He is a man who helps a lot of people. Not only does he help a lot of people, but he also performs many miracles and heals many people. Often, people cannot believe what they have seen Jesus do. They don’t understand how Jesus does it. But Jesus teaches us how to have faith and believe in God. One day after performing many miracles and healings, Jesus left to a secluded place to be alone. But Jesus was a special man and he could not go anywhere without people following him. Many people followed Jesus out of town. Everyone stayed with Jesus for a long time, until it was time to eat. When it was time to eat, Jesus’ helpers did not know how they were going to feed everyone because they were so far out of town and only had some fish and bread. It was not enough food to feed the amount of people who had followed Jesus out of town. They asked Jesus what to do. Jesus told his helpers to feed all the people. His helpers did not know how they could feed everyone but they listened to what Jesus said. They only had five loaves of bread and two fish. Jesus knew what he was going to do. Jesus broke the bread and gave it to his helpers. His helpers gave it to the people. Everyone ate and ate and ate. They ate as much as they wanted. They never ran out of food. No one could believe it. How did such little food feed so many people? Even after everyone was done, there was food leftover. There were about 5,000 people who ate that day. No one could believe it, but that is what Jesus does. He performs miracles.
STORY WITH QUESTIONS: There is a man. (Is there a man or woman?) His name is Jesus. (What is his name?) He is a man who helps a lot of people. (Does he help a lot of people?) Not only does he help a lot of people, but he also performs many miracles and heals many people. (Who heals many people?) Often, people cannot believe what they have seen Jesus do. (Can people believe how Jesus does many miracles?) They don’t understand how Jesus does it. But Jesus teaches us how to have faith and believe in God. (What does Jesus teach us?) One day after performing many miracles and healings, Jesus left to a secluded place to be alone. (Where did Jesus go and why?) But Jesus was a special man and he could not go anywhere without people following him. Many people followed Jesus out of town. (Who followed Jesus?) Everyone stayed with Jesus for a long time, until it was time to eat (How long did people stay?) When it was time to eat, Jesus’ helpers did not know how they were going to feed everyone because they were so far out of town and only had some fish and bread. It was not enough food to feed the amount of people who had followed Jesus out of town. (Did the helpers think they could feed the people?) They asked Jesus what to do. (Who did they ask for help?) Jesus told his helpers to feed all the people. (What did Jesus tell them?) His helpers did not know how they could feed everyone but they listened to what Jesus said. (What did the helpers do?) They only had five loaves of bread and two fish. (What did they have to eat? Is that enough food for everyone?) Jesus knew what he was going to do. Jesus broke the bread and gave it to his helpers. (What did Jesus do?) His helpers gave it to the people. (Who did the helpers give the food to?) Everyone ate and ate and ate. They ate as much as they wanted. (Did everyone eat? Did they eat a lot?) They never ran out of food. No one could believe it. How did such little food feed so many people? Even after everyone was done, there was food left over. (Did the five loaves feed everyone?) There were about 5,000 people who ate that day. (How many people ate that day?) No one could believe it, but that is what Jesus does. He performs miracles. (Who performs miracles?)
ACTIVITIES:
- Review the Vocabulary Words .
- Listen to Audio 1 as you read the story.
- Listen to Audio 2 – Story with Questions as you read the story and answer the question.
- Discuss the main points and have the students write out sentences in their notebooks:
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- What miracle was presented in this story?
- Who performs miracles?
- How do people feel about miracles?
- How do you feel about miracles?
5, End class in prayer