• leper: a person with an incurable, contagious disease that attacks the whole body

Luke 17:11-19 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well."

*Leviticus 13 explains how leprosy was handled under Moses' law. The priests were the men who decided whether leprosy was contagious or not. The priests had the power to declare these men healed and clean.

• But he told us to go to the priests - we're only doing what he said!
• He's God, he knows I'm grateful.
• I have so many things to do now that I can be a normal person again! I'll thank Him later.

• I'm obeying God - so he owes me these blessings.
• God knows my prayers before I offer them. Why should I have to tell him?
• I'm very busy right now, I'll thank him later.
• I hurting so much because of ________. Why is he not helping me?
• God didn't do that for me, it was: my hard work, nature, my friend, luck.

• Make a thank you card to God. Fully thank him for one blessing and what it means to you.
• Make a mural of blessings that the church provides for the students. Display the mural where the congregation can see it.

• Musical blessings
• Around the room: Have students stand in a circle. Have the first student say one thing they are thankful for. Have the next person repeat the first and add a second. Continue around the room until everyone has added two or the group can't continue.
• Worksheet: I'm Thankful For...

1. God wants us to thank him once a year in November.  F
2. Some days may go by without anything to thank God for. F
3. God appreciates our praise even when he already knows we're thankful. T
4. There is more than one way to thank God.   T
5. God is the giver of every good and perfect gift. T

1 Thess. 5:16-18 "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
 
Psalm 138:1 "I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise."

1. Name four blessings that start with the letter T.
2. Unscramble this word:          frunatelug
3. Recite the memory verse.

1. Draw a blessing for which you are thankful.
2. Put together a puzzle made from the picture of the leper.
3. Turn to the person next to you and thank them for something.

1. How can we cheer ourselves up when we are disappointed, discouraged, or upset? (count our blessings)
2. How do you feel when you do something nice for someone and are not thanked?
3. How must God feel when we are not appreciate of his gifts?
4. What kind of relationship does God want with us?

1. Can we be obedient without being thankful? (2 Cor. 9:7)
2. Read Romans 1:28-31. Can we be pleasing to God without being thankful?
3. Read Phil 4:6. Thankfulness can bring us _____________.

1. How many lepers returned to thank Jesus?
2. Was the thankful leper a Jew?
3. What did the other lepers do that was right?

1. Who else can we show our gratefulness to?
2. Name three reasons why the healed lepers would be grateful. (healed from a fatal illness, can live inside the city, can be with their families and friends again, can worship God in the temple again...)
3. Are ungrateful people happy? How can we be happy?