Bible Story Lessons

Peter was a good man and loved Jesus.  He was always ready to do what God wanted him to do.  A short time after the Holy Spirit had come upon Peter and James, they went to God's temple one day to pray.  Peter saw a man lying there who was not able to walk.  He was sitting at the gate of the temple which was called "Beautiful".

This man was begging, but Peter didn't have any money to give this poor cripple, but he did something for him which was much better.  He said, "Silver and Gold have I none, but such as I have I give unto you!  In the name of Jesus Christ, stand up and walk!"

Peter used the power of God to make the man's legs well so he could walk!  Wasn't that a wonderful and kind thing to do?  The Holy Spirit was upon Peter so that he could make sick people well and dead people come alive, just as Jesus did.

Many people saw what Peter had done and wanted to know what was happening.  Peter was able to tell them about Jesus and that He was the One whom the prophets of God had said would come.  He told them that Jesus' enemies had put him to death, but that God had made him alive again.  Then Peter explained that the power which God had given to Jesus, and now to the himself and the other apostles, was what had made this lame man well.

The man was very happy when he found out he could walk just like other people!  The Bible says that he leaped and jumped up and down, praising God for His goodness!  I think you would have done the same, don't you?

God used Peter to heal a lame man, and we can pray to Jesus when others are sick and ask Him to heal them.  Are there any people that you know are sick?  Our memory verse says, "Pray one for another" (James 5:16).  Let's join hands and ask Jesus to heal and make these people well again.

God bless!