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bibletimewww.besweb.com STORY 1: Peter helps Dorcas KEY VERSE: READ: Acts 9: 42 Acts 9: 36-43 Ask someone to help you find this verse. A8 Peter went to many towns and cities to tell people about Jesus.
At a seaside town called Joppa, there lived a lady called Dorcas.
Q: Write down the name of the town where Dorcas lived below the picture.
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Dorcas loved Jesus. Because of this love, she did all she could to help other people. She fed the poor. She made clothes for those who needed them.
Q: Why did Dorcas help other people?
Because she l ______Jesus.
Q: What did Dorcas do to help?
She fed the p ______and made c ______for those who needed them. / 6 level 2 But, one day, Dorcas became very ill and died. Everyone was sad about this.
Q: Underline the sentence which describes how everyone felt when Dorcas died. Everyone was happy. Everyone was sad. / 2
Peter was visiting Joppa at this time. Two men went to get Peter. They said to him,“Please come at once.”
Q: What did the men say to Peter?
“P ______c ______a __ o ______.”
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Straight away, Peter went to where Dorcas lived. When he arrived at her house he went inside, knelt down and prayed. Then Peter said,“Dorcas, get up!”
Peter took Dorcas by the hand and helped her to her feet. She was now alive and well!
Because of this wonderful miracle, many people believed in Jesus and became Christians.
Q: Colour the words and picture.
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Christians today haven’t seen the miracles that Jesus and Peter did, but when they read about them in the Bible, they too can believe.
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STORY 2: Peter learns from God KEY VERSE: READ: John 3: 16 Acts 10: 9-23 Ask someone to help you find this verse.
After Dorcas had come back to life, Peter stayed in Joppa for some time.
Peter thought that Jesus had died only for His own people, the Jews. However, while Peter was still in Joppa, staying at a house belonging to a man called Simon, God taught Peter a very important lesson.
Q: Whose house was Peter staying at? Underline the correct answer.
Simon’s house Dorcas’ house Philip’s house / 3 At midday, Peter was praying. God spoke to Peter and told him that God loves everyone and everything He has made.
Q: What was Peter doing at midday?
P______. / 3 Three times God told Peter that everyone, not just the Jewish people, are important to Him.
While Peter was thinking about what God had said, three men arrived at the house. These men invited Peter to go with them to the house of a man called Cornelius. He was a Roman army officer.
Q: Shade in the number of men who came to see Peter.
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Cornelius lived about 40 miles away, in Caesarea. But he was a foreigner. Peter had never been in the house of someone from another country. What was he going to do?
www.besweb.com Peter remembered what he had just learned - all people are important to God, no matter what country they come from.
Q: Put the answer to these questions in the Crossword.
1. What was the name of 1 the town where Peter J was staying? 2 3 2. To whose house was C O Peter invited? I 3. At whose house was 4 Peter staying? P 4. Who was praying at midday? /8
The next day, Peter went with the three men to see Cornelius.
Christians today believe that the good news about Jesus is for everyone - people in our school, our street and all over the world!
God helps people to tell others about Him.
Q: Colour the words.
/3 that He gave His only begotten Son...”
John 3: 16
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STORY 3: Peter and Cornelius KEY VERSE: READ: Acts 10: 43 Acts 10: 23-48 Ask someone to help you find this verse.
It took Peter and the three men a whole day to get to Cornelius’ house at Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them.
He had invited all his friends and family to his house to listen to what Peter had to say.
Q: Who had Cornelius invited to listen to Peter?
His f ______and f ______. / 4
When Peter came into the house, Cornelius knelt at Peter’s feet. Peter knew that God is the only one to whom people should bow down. Immediately he said to Cornelius, “Stand up, I am only a man!”
Q: What did Peter say to Cornelius?
“S ______u __, I a __ o ______a m __ __ !”
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“God told me to send for you,” Cornelius said to Peter. “We are all eager to hear what He has to say to us.”
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Simon Dorcas God / 2 Peter then started to speak to Cornelius, his friends and his family.
Q: Write down the first letter of each object to discover who it was that Peter spoke about.
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While Peter was speaking in the house, they all believed and so had their sins forgiven.
Peter now knew that the good news about Jesus was for everyone in the whole world!
Q: Decorate the words of the Key Verse.
believes in
receives
of
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STORY 4: Peter is rescued KEY VERSE: READ: James 5: 16 Acts 12: 1-19 Ask someone to help you find this verse.
King Herod didn’t like the followers of Jesus. He had one of the apostles, James, put to death. Soon after this Peter was arrested and put in prison.
Q: Draw a line from each question to the correct answer.
Who didn’t like the followers James of Jesus?
Who was put to death? King Herod
Who was put in prison? Peter / 6
All the Christian friends of Peter met together to pray for him.
In prison, on the night before his trial, Peter was asleep. He was chained to two guards, when suddenly an angel came and woke him up!
Q: Who came and woke Peter up? An a ______. / 2
“Quick, get up!” said the angel. The chains fell off Peter’s wrists. He got up and followed the angel through the prison door.
Nobody stopped them. The guards didn’t shout,“Stop that man! He’s escaping!” Everyone seemed to be asleep.
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