Changing Gears - Week 3
Clank! Beep! Clunk! Kids love robots, especially ones that can transform into something new or have really cool abilities. In this four-week series from Jesus’ ministry on earth, our kiddos will be introduced to a different story each week that shows us how God’s truths never change, but Jesus changes everything — including us! We’ll see that we change when we know who God is, our past doesn’t change God’s love for us, and that Jesus changes how we see things because Jesus can change anything!
BIG IDEA: Jesus changes how we see things.
READ: Jesus Heals a Blind Man: John 9; Ephesians 5:8–14
MEMORY VERSE
Elementary:
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
Toddler Twist:
"Jesus makes me new!" 2 Corinthians 5:17
WATCH:
Preschool- teaching video
Elementary- teaching video
SONG: Nothing is Impossible
COLORING: Jesus heals a blind man
DISCIPLE: Read John 9 together.
Have you ever heard the saying, "Day by day nothing changes, but suddenly everything is different?"
For example, fingernails grow two to three times faster than your toenails. I bet that you have never felt your fingernails or your toenails growing.
We don't always notice the change happening around us, but it is definitely happening. But Jesus changes how we see things.
What are some things that we don't notice changing until they have changed? As a family, write or draw your answers on a sheet of paper.
Pray: Dear God, thank you for your miracle-working power in the Bible story we heard today. Thank you that you miraculously change the way we see things, too. We pray that you help us to see the world and people around us like you do. Help us to be the change that helps change others to be more like you. Amen.
DISCUSS:
What question did the disciples ask Jesus as they passed by the blind man? Why do you think they asked this question?
What did Jesus do when he saw this blind man? How does this show us how we should respond to people in need?
In what ways were the religious leaders who saw or heard about this miracle, "blind"?
Ephesians 5:13 says that everything that the light touches also becomes a light. What do you think that means?
How do you know God is with you even though you can't see God?
What does it mean to live in the light and not darkness?
Can you think of one way Jesus challenges and changes our way of seeing and thinking?