Elisha & Naaman

1. STORY: Elisha & Naaman (2 Kings 5:1-19)

You may choose to use a video, or have it interactive, with a kid acting as Naaman. Can put some powder on his skin to depict leprosy and use a blanket to depict River Jordan etc.

Example of the story from the little girl’s point of view:

• Hi! I want to tell you what happened to a friend of mine very long ago.
• I lived with some special people and I helped them in their house. They were very kind to me.
• My boss, Naaman, was a very important man. He took care of the soldiers for the king. One day, he began to get very bad skin sores called leprosy. He was very upset and did not know what to do. No one had ever been cured of this disease.
• I spoke up and told him that in my country there was a man of God named Elisha, who could cure his problem. He was so excited. He packed his clothes and hurried off to visit the man.
• When he got to Elisha’s door, a helper came instead of Elisha. He told Naaman to dip 7 times in the Jordan River and he would be clean.
• Naaman was upset. He was disappointed that Elisha did not come to the door. He went away mad.
• On the way, some of Naaman’s friends talked to him and asked him to go to the Jordan river. They stopped and Naaman dipped in the water 7 times. (Count to 7)
• When Naaman came up out of the water, he was clean! Naaman was well! God cured his sickness!
• Naaman saw that God was the only real God. He believed in God that day and only followed Him.

2. LESSON

• God can do the same thing in our lives. You and I may not have leprosy like Naaman did. But we all had a dreaded disease once. In fact, it was fatal. This dreaded disease is called Sin, and it leads to death! God made a way to help us clean out all the dirty sin that we have in our life — Jesus came as a man, died in our place and rose from the dead to pay the price for our sin.
• It took faith for Naaman to go dip in the river — a very basic and humbling act — and be healed. If we want to be healed from sin, we just need to have faith in Jesus — it’s that simple!
• We don’t have to wash in a river — Jesus’ blood washed us clean (1 John 1:7; Rev 1:5)
• Naaman dipped in the river Jordan 7 times. 7 is the number of perfection. Jesus’ work on the cross was perfect and complete!
• Leprosy makes the skin white as snow in a BAD way (Exo 4:6; 2 Kings 5:27). When Jesus washed us clean, we become white as snow in a GOOD way! “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. (Isaiah 1:18)
• We can also learn from our lesson how to help others know about God. The little girl spoke up and told her friends about God and how to find Him. We can do the same thing!

3. ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS

• Memory Verse: 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

• Sing this song to the tune of “Mulberry Bush.”

Seven baths did Naaman take, Naaman take, Naaman take,
Seven baths did Naaman take, count them all right now.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!

Seven baths and Naaman’s well, Naaman’s well, Naaman’s well
Seven baths and Naaman’s well count them all right now.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!

Thanks to God who made him well, made him well, made him well,
Thanks to God who made him well, All-le-lu-ia!
Resource: Mission Arlington