Sunday School - 3rd Grade

Reading Portion: Matthew 15: 21-28

Lesson:

1. Jesus went to a place called Tyre and Sidon. There, a woman came running to Jesus, crying out: "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession."

2. Jesus didn’t say anything!

3. The disciples said, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

4. To that, Jesus replied: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” (The first reason why Jesus came down to earth was for the Jews – but because the Jews rejected Jesus, Jesus came for all men).

5. The woman noticed that He didn’t send her away. So she wouldn’t leave Jesus – She just kept calling on Him, asking Him to help her.

6. Jesus finally answered her, “It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs.”

7. "Yes, Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

8. Jesus admired the woman’s faith and healed her daughter.


Moral: Divine healing is the children’s bread. To receive it, we should humble ourselves, and pray believing, without getting discouraged till we receive the answer.

Memory Verse: Hebrew 11: 6 - But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.