Hey, everyone. I'm Allison, and I do not feel good.
Hey. These aren't real.
Okay, I'm being silly.
I'm not really sick, but we all feel that way sometimes.
hHve you ever gotten sick?
It's not very fun.
Now, when you feel sick, you probably take medicine or maybe go to the doctor, right?
Well, today we're talking about a guy who got
really sick, and he needed God to help him feel better.
To hear more about our story, let's snap on the count of three.
One, two, three.
Now do you know what this is?
It's a Bible, and it's all about God's story and how he rescued us.
In the beginning, God made the whole world and everything in it.
He made the sun and moon and planets and stars.
He made forests and mountains and oceans.
He made all kinds of animals - like lions and elephants and birds.
Next, God made his most special creation of all - people, like you and me.
The first two people were named Adam and Eve.
They lived in a beautiful garden filled with flowers and trees and fruit.
They got to spend time with God every day, and it was good.
Can you show good?
Great job.
Then something sad happened.
Can you show me sad?
A snake lied to Adam and Eve, and they believed him and disobeyed God.
Then all the wrong things came into the world, like sickness and sadness and death.
But the story doesn't stop there, because even though Adam and Eve disobeyed God,
God still loved them, just like he loves us.
And he came up with a rescue plan so that Adam and Eve and you and me could be close to God again.
And our rescuer is Jesus.
Can you show me the sign for Jesus?
Great job.
Now, there was a man named Naaman, and he was really sick.
He had a disease on his skin, and it hurt so bad.
Have you ever been sick or gotten hurt?
It's not very fun,
Naaman was also kind of mean.
He didn't treat people very kindly.
But then he met someone who was about to change his life
forever, and she was someone you might not expect.
Let's see what happens.
Let's all sit on the floor crisscross applesauce.
Great.
Put your listening ears on.
Now, bring your hands together, and put them in your lap.
Great job.
Now, let's get started.
We're going to talk about a man who was sick and the brave little girl who helped him.
Remember, do what I do.
Our story begins a long, long time ago with a man named Naaman.
Let's all stand up.
Naaman was a brave soldier.
Let's all pretend to be soldiers.
That means standing up very straight, very tall and very brave.
Naaman was a brave soldier who won many fights, but he was really sick.
He had a skin disease all over his body, from down to his toes to the top of his head.
On top of being sick, Naaman didn't follow God, and he was really mean to lots of people.
One time, Naaman was so mean, he captured a girl and took her from her family and put her to work.
The little girl could have been really mad at Naaman,
but instead of being angry at Naaman, she helped him.
She told him if he visited the prophet Elisha in Israel,
he could be healed of his bad skin disease.
Well, Naaman was still feeling pretty sick so he took his horses and chariots,
and he went to visit Elisha's house.
Elisha sent a messenger to meet Naaman, and the messenger said,
"Go wash yourself in the Jordan River seven times. Then your skin will be healed."
Naaman was furious.
He wanted to talk to Elisha, not Elisha's messenger.
He wanted Elisha to say a prayer for him, not to tell him to take a bath in a stinky river.
Naaman was angry.
Show me angry.
Later, Naaman's servant encouraged him to do what Elisha had said.
So he went to the stinky, dirty Jordan River and dipped himself seven times.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
When Naaman obeyed, his skin disease went away.
He was completely healed.
All better.
Naaman tried to thank Elisha by giving him gold
and silver and fancy clothes, but Elisha wouldn't take it.
Elisha knew he hadn't healed Naaman.
God had healed Naaman.
And guess what happened after that.
Sit down with me.
Naaman believed in God, too.
Not only had God healed Naaman's body, he held his heart.
So now that we're sitting down with our hands and our laps, let's thank God for this story.
God, thank you for reminding us that you are big, and you are powerful,
We love you.
Amen.
Thanks for moving along with me as we heard a part of God's story.
See you next time.
Wow, Elisha told Naaman to dip himself in a dirty, stinky river seven times.
Naaman probably thought this was pretty weird.
What could a river do to help him?
The thing is, sometimes God asks us to do things we don't totally understand.
He wants us to obey him, no matter what.
And that's what Naaman did.
He obeyed God, and because of that, God healed him of his sickness.
He made the skin disease totally disappear.
But even more importantly, God healed Naaman and helped him feel better on the inside, too.
God wants us to obey him, too, just like Naaman did.
When we obey God, we do what he tells us to do, even if we don't always understand it.
So what's one way that you can obey God this week?
Think about it in your head really hard right now.
Got it?
Let's pray and ask God to help us do that right now.
When we pray, that means we talk with Jesus and listen to him and he listens to us, too.
You can say these words after me.
Hey, Jesus.
We love you.
Help us to obey you.
Help us to follow you.
Amen.
Now, let's worship.
We're gonna give all our attention to Jesus.
So let's stand up and sing as loud as you can while we sing this special song.
Tell me what to do, I'll do it.
Tell me who to be, I'll be it.
Show me what to see, and I'll see it.
You can be the boss of me.
Oh, the boss of me.
Oh, you can be the boss of me.
And I don't want anybody else to be the boss of me.
Teach me what to know, and I'll know it.
Show me where to go, and I'll go.
It's only you that makes me me.
So you can be the boss of me.
Oh, the boss of me.
Oh, you can be the boss of me.
And I don't want anybody else to be the boss of me.
Everybody's got somebody that they're answering to.
Criminals and cops, principals and presidents too
But when it comes to who will have a say in what I say and do
Jesus is the only one I'd ever choose.
You are good and true.
You know just what to do.
And no one could ever be greater than you.
You are good and true.
And I want to be like you.
And no one could ever be greater than you.
Thanks for hanging out with me.
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And more importantly, remember we can obey God.