Lesson NL8

Bread from Heaven

Open with prayer.

Introduce and show the Bread from Heaven video (NEST)

Bible reading:

Matthew 14: 15-21 feeding 5000

Mark 6: 35-44 feeding 5000
Luke 9: 10-17 feeding 5000

This reading takes 5 minutes.

Specific questions: none

Open ended questions:

1. Did anyone see any difference between what was on the video and what we read in the
Bible? (On the first and second class, tell the kids that this question is coming as we start the
video.)
2. What difference did you see in the same story covered by different Bible books? Which
Bible book did you like the best? Why?
3. What was the best thing you saw from either the video or the Bible reading?
4. How do you think Jesus took this small amount of food and fed everybody?
5. Where do we see Jesus’ love we should have for total strangers?

Names covered on earlier lesson:

Mary: mother of Jesus

Joseph: husband of Mary
Herod: evil local ruler who wanted to kill baby Jesus
John the Baptist
Matthew tax collector turned disciple
Gabriel
Andrew (Peter’s brother)