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3.1 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

Christian Religious Education · Grade 8 · 7 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Challenges and sicknesses young people face, and how they involve God
  • The setting of the miracle: Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46)
  • Bartimaeus cries out: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy (Mark 10:47-48)
  • The healing: the cloak, the question, faith, sight restored (Mark 10:49-52)
  • Lessons learnt from the healing of blind Bartimaeus
  • Applying the lessons when faced with health challenges; prayer; visiting the sick
  • Depending on God when faced with challenges

What you will be able to do

  • describe the healing of blind Bartimaeus
  • discuss lessons learnt from the healing of blind Bartimaeus
  • apply lessons learnt when faced with health challenges
  • desire to depend on God when faced with challenges

Key questions

“How does the healing of blind Bartimaeus build your faith in God?”

Lessons

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  1. Challenges youths face, and involving God
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Brainstorm Grade 8 sicknesses and challenges, and how to involve God without ignoring clinics or trusted adults.
  2. On the road from Jericho: Mark 10:46
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Place, crowd, and a named blind beggar, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus.
  3. Son of David, have mercy: Mark 10:47-48
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Bartimaeus shouts a messianic title and asks for mercy; the crowd rebukes; he shouts all the more.
  4. Your faith has healed you: Mark 10:49-52
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Jesus stops and calls; the cloak is thrown; the need is named; sight is given; Bartimaeus follows.
  5. Lessons from the healing of Bartimaeus
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Jesus stops for the ignored; cry mercy; persist; name the need; faith; follow; bodies matter.
  6. Faith in illness: prayer and visiting the sick
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Apply Bartimaeus to health challenges: clinic plus prayer, a composed prayer, and a school visit of encouragement.
  7. Depending on God after Jericho
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Desire to depend on God in challenges; answer the inquiry; review the sub-strand with a faith journal.