Joyful Moments in Christ

1. Amazed — Feeling very surprised and filled with wonder.
2. Began — Past tense of begin; started to do something.
3. Bring — To take something to a place or person.
4. Carry — To hold and move something from one place to another.
5. Ceiling — The inside top surface of a room.
6. Come — To arrive at a place.
7. Completely — All the way, with nothing left out.
8. Crippled — Not able to walk or move the body in a normal way.
9. Dares — Is brave enough or bold enough to do something.
10. Easy — Not hard to do.
11. Every — All of the items or people in a group.
12. Everyone — All people.
13. Faith — Trusting and believing in God.
14. Filled — Full of something.
15. Find a Way — To discover a path or method to do something.
16. Forgive — To stop being angry with someone who has done something wrong.
17. Forgiven — When someone says you do not have to be punished for a wrong thing you did.
18. Friend — A person you like, trust, and care about.
19. Go — To move from one place to another.
20. Great — Very big, good, or important.
21. Happened — Took place; something that occurred.
22. Heal — To make a sick person healthy again.
23. Hole — A space or opening in something.
24. Home — The place where a person lives.
25. How Much — The amount or level of something.
26. Immediately — Right now; without waiting any time.
27. In Front — Before or ahead of someone else.
28. Insult — To say something very disrespectful or rude to someone.
29. Knew — Already understood something in your mind.
30. Lord — A name showing respect for God.
31. Lowered Down — Moved something from a high place to a low place.
32. Lying Before — Resting flat on the ground in front of someone.
33. Man — An adult male human being.
34. Mat — A thin rug or blanket used for sleeping or carrying.
35. Men — Plural of man; adult male human beings.
36. Mind — The part of you that thinks and makes choices.
37. One Day — At a certain time in the future or past.
38. Other — A different person or thing.
39. Paralyzed — Not able to move part or all of your body.
40. People — A group of men, women, or children.
41. Pharisee — A religious leader in the Bible who taught people to follow God’s laws.
42. Picked Up — Lifted something off the ground.
43. Power — Strength or ability to do something.
44. Praising — Saying good things about someone, often about God.
45. Prove — To show that something is true.
46. Put Down Before — To place someone or something in front of another person.
47. Question — Something you ask when you want to know more.
48. Really — Truly or actually; not pretending.
49. Respect — A good feeling you show toward someone you think is important.
50. Roof — The top part of a building.
51. Room — A space inside a building with walls, a floor, and a ceiling.
52. Said — Told someone something.
53. Saw — Looked at something with your eyes.
54. Say — To speak with words.
55. Sick — Not healthy; feeling bad in your body.
56. Son of Man — A name Jesus used to call himself.
57. Sins — Bad things people do that go against God.
58. Sitting — To be resting on a chair or a seat.
59. So Many — A very large amount of things.
60. Stand Up — To rise from sitting to standing on your feet.
61. Such Things — Things like what was just said or done.
62. Take — To grab or get something for yourself.
63. Teachers Of The Law — Religious leaders in Bible times who taught God’s laws.
64. Teaching — The act of helping people learn something.
65. Tell — To give information with words.
66. Thinking — Using your mind to have ideas or understand something.
67. Thought — Past tense of think; an idea or thing you think in your mind.
68. Through — From one side to the other side.
69. Today — The current day; this day.
70. Too — Also; in addition.
71. Town — A place where people live, smaller than a city.
72. Tried — Past tense of try; made an effort to do something.
73. Walk — To move by taking steps with your feet.
74. Went Up — Climbed or moved to a higher place.

1. Authority — The right or power to tell people what to do.
2. Bed — Something you lie on to sleep or rest.
3. Blasphemy — Saying bad or wrong things about God.
4. Carry — To hold and move something from one place to another.
5. Crowd — A large group of people in one place.
6. Earth — The world where people live.
7. Easier — Not as hard to do.
8. Faith — Trusting and believing in God.
9. Find — To see or get something you were looking for.
10. Forgiven — When someone says you do not have to be punished for a wrong thing you did.
11. Friend — A person you like, trust, and care about.
12. Get Up — To stand up from sitting or lying down.
13. Group — A number of people together in one place.
14. Heal — To make a sick person healthy again.
15. House — A building where people live.
16. In Front — The part that faces forward or is nearest to someone.
17. Knew — Already understood something in your mind.
18. Let Down — To lower something from higher to lower.
19. Made — Created or built something.
20. Middle — The center part of something.
21. Opening — A hole or space you can go through.
22. Paralyzed — Not able to move part or all of your body.
23. Pharisees — A group of Jewish religious leaders in Bible times.
24. Pick Up — To lift something off the ground.
25. Power — Strength or ability to do something.
26. Present — Being in a place at a certain time.
27. Prove — To show that something is true.
28. Roof — The top part of a building.
29. Sick — Not healthy; feeling bad in your body.
30. Sin — Doing something God says is wrong.
31. Son of Man — A name Jesus used to call himself.
32. Teach — To help people learn something.
33. Teachers Of The Law — Religious leaders in Bible times who taught God’s laws.
34. Thoughts — Ideas or things you think in your mind.
35. Tiles — Flat, hard pieces used to cover a roof.
36. Town — A place where people live, smaller than a city.
37. Try — To make an effort to do something.
38. Walk — To move by taking steps with your feet.

Jesus Heals a Crippled Man
17 One day Jesus was teaching the people.
The Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there too.
They had come from every town in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem.
The Lord was giving Jesus the power to heal people.
18 There was a man who was paralyzed, and some other men were carrying him on a mat.
They tried to bring him and put him down before Jesus.
19 But there were so many people that they could not find a way to Jesus.
So they went up on the roof and lowered the crippled man down through a hole in the ceiling.
They lowered the mat into the room so that the crippled man was lying before Jesus.
20 Jesus saw how much faith they had and said to the sick man,
“Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
21 The Jewish teachers of the law and the Pharisees thought to themselves,
“Who is this man who dares to say such things?
What an insult to God!
No one but God can forgive sins.”
22 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said,
“Why do you have these questions in your minds?
23-24 The Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins.
But how can I prove this to you?
Maybe you are thinking it was easy for me to say,
‘Your sins are forgiven.’
There’s no proof that it really happened.
But what if I say to the man,
‘Stand up and walk’?
Then you will be able to see that I really have this power.”
So Jesus said to the paralyzed man,
“I tell you, stand up!
Take your mat and go home!”
25 The man immediately stood up in front of everyone.
He picked up his mat and walked home, praising God.
26 Everyone was completely amazed and began to praise God.
They were filled with great respect for God’s power.
They said, “Today we saw amazing things!”

Luke 5:17-26 (ERV)

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man
17 One day when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the Law were sitting there who had come from every town in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present for Jesus to heal the sick.
18 Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a bed, and they tried to carry him into the house and put him in front of Jesus.
19 Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles, and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of Jesus.
20 When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven, my friend.”
21 The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks such blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!”
22 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Why do you think such things?
23 Is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
24 I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, pick up your bed, and go home!”
25 At once the man got up in front of them all, took the bed he had been lying on, and went home, praising God.
26 They were all completely amazed! Full of fear, they praised God, saying, “What marvelous things we have seen today!”

Luke 5:17-26 (GNT)