what is a miracle? christians believe that jesus performed many miracles, all of which showed...
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What is a miracle?
Christians believe that Jesus performed many miracles, all of which showed God’s power at
work.
What miracles do you know?
1. Jesus walks on water
2. Jesus calms the storm
3. Jesus heals the blind man, leper, girl…
4. Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead
5. Jesus turns water into wine
6. Jesus heals the paralysed man
What’s happening in this picture?
Jesus got in the boat and sailed off to a solitary place.
When the crowds heard this, they followed him on foot
from the towns. As Jesus landed he saw the large crowd
and had compassion on them, healing their sick.
Jesus feeds five thousand
As evening approached the disciples came to him and said,
“This is a remote place and it’s already getting late. Send the
crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy
themselves some food.”
Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them
something to eat.”
“This boy here has offered us his lunch - five loaves of bread
and two fish,” they answered.
Jesus feeds five thousand
“Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people
to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two
fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the
loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples
gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and
the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces
that were left over. The number of those who ate were about
five thousand men, besides women and children.
Jesus feeds five thousand
What’s happening in this picture?
How many baskets were left over?
Your challenge!
Send a Cow’s Big Picnic
Christians believe that God can use whatever we offer him, just as Jesus used the boy’s small offering to feed 5000 people!
Your challenge is to organise a picnic! See how much money you can collect for Send a Cow, to help us work with people who live in poverty in Africa, so that they can learn to feed themselves.
Your challenge!
Perhaps you could put out 12 empty baskets at your picnic and invite people to make a donation to the work or Send a Cow. How much would you gather in?
What difference could you make?
Jesus Feeds 5000