BARTIMAEUS RECEIVES HIS SIGHT – Bible Story
Instructions: When you hear the word “shout” in this Bible story, cup your hands around your mouths and say, “Jesus, have mercy on me!” Let’s practice.
Story: “Money, please do you have any money?”Bartimaeus asked as he sat by the side of the road. Bartimaeus was blind and could not see to work, so he begged for money.
“Money, please! Do you have any money you can give me?”.
People were hurrying by with their donkeys and sheep and it seemed as if no one cared about him.
“Money, please! Do you have any money you can give me?”
Soon he heard someone in the crowd of people say, “Is it really true?”
Another individual responded, “He’s HERE!”
Bartimaeus stood to his feet and said, ”What’s all the excitement about? What is it? What’s going on?”
“It’s Jesus!” someone said. “He’s on His way to Jerusalem.”
Bartimaeus responded, “I’ve heard about Jesus. He teaches and heals people. HEALS!”
As soon as blind Bartimaeus thought about how Jesus healed people, hope zoomed up within him. He shouted, (children respond).
“Stop talking so loud,” someone said to him.
Again Bartimaeus shouted, (children respond).
“Be quiet!” another person said to him.
Bartimaeus shouted, (children respond).
Someone in the crowd said, “What’s happening?”
Another person responded, “Jesus stopped walking.”
Someone else went to Bartimaeus and said, “Jesus wants to talk to you.”
Jesus asked Bartimaeus, “What is it you want me to do for you?”
Bartimaeus said to Jesus, “Lord, that I might receive my sight.”
Jesus said to Bartimaeus, “Because you believe that I can do this for you, you shall see.”
Bartimaeus looked around at everyone. He looked up at the sky. He looked at the trees. And then he said loudly, “I CAN SEE! I CAN SEE! Jesus, thank You! This is the greatest thing that has happened to me my whole life! Thank you for healing me so I can see!”
Song: Bartimaeus from Miracle Mud album. (Click on song title to hear a clip.)