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Healed by God
Object Lesson & Story
by David Boyd
Supplies: First-aid kit
Show the various items in the first-aid kit. Talk
about how each item can be used to help someone who is in need.
Discuss God as the great Healer. Ask the boys if there are items
in the first-aid kit to heal someone who is lame, blind, deaf, or
paralyzed. Explain that human wisdom and medicine are limited. Ask
if there is a limit to what God can do. Read the following true
story, and then have the children answer the questions:
Around 50 years ago four great men of God felt
Him leading them to preach the gospel to the Cuban people. These
men were Missionary James Nicholson; Hugh Jeter, the superintendent
of the Assemblies of God in Cuba; Reverend Ortez, the assistant
superintendent of the Assemblies of God in Cuba; and Evangelist
T.L. Osborn. An old stadium was reserved and the crusade meetings
were announced. The crusade started with 500 people on the first
night-not many people for the huge stadium. On the second night
there were 800. People began to get saved and to get healed. People
who were deaf began to hear. One person with a tumor saw the tumor
instantly disappear. Another person was blind and God helped him
see! Soon thousands were coming to the crusade meetings. The missionaries
were really busy.
God continued to pour out His Spirit on the Cuban
people there and at other crusades all over the country. God proved
to the Cuban people that He was real by showing His power and healing
the sick. Many blind and deaf people were healed. People who couldn't
walk before could now run. People who were paralyzed could suddenly
move their limbs. As more people were healed, more people believed
that God was real. Soon the evangelist was on the radio telling
people about Jesus. People were getting saved and healed right in
their own homes!
No one knows how many thousands of people began
to believe in Jesus during these great crusades. We need to keep
praying for the people of Cuba, that God will once again send revival
to this land so that thousands of people will believe in Jesus and
His wonderful healing power.
- Why was a crusade being held in Cuba?
- From what were people healed?
- Did the healings bring people to salvation?
- Does God heal today?
For more true missions stories, visit the BGMC
web site or contact the National Assemblies of God Children's
Ministries Agency and BGMC at (417) 862-2781 or Dboyd@ag.org.
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