Hello there. Happy Sabbath.
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Come on in. We're
about to meet with the King.
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Good day. I'm Auntie Nat.
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And I'm Auntie Cecily.
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We're so glad you've decided to
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join us in our worship time with
the King. Auntie Cecily, I know
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you want to say hello to
someone who's been watching the
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program.
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Yes. I want to say a big hello
to Reeanna from New South Wales.
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Hello, Hi, Hi.
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We would like to know where you
are watching us from. Drop us a
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line and let us know.
Our address is on the screen
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So quick write it down now.
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I know the children that are
here would love to know who is
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watching and being blessed. We
also can't forget to say hello
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to Teddy. You're so quiet here
Teddy, you're such a good boy.
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Jireh, can you please say
a prayer for us to open our
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worship time?
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Yeah. Dear Jesus, thank you
for this day. Please help us to
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learn more about you and
in Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you very much Jireh.
Aunt Cecily, how's your week
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been?
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I've had a very busy week
but I always look forward to the
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Sabbath where I can have a rest.
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Yes, I'm so happy that the
Sabbath is here. No housework
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on the Sabbath. Isn't that
wonderful. I'm so grateful to
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God for that. Let's have a look
at our blessing box and see what
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we can do for someone else
on the Sabbath. Abigail, you're
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going to read that for us today.
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Call someone on the phone that
you know has had a difficult
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week and pray for them.
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Oh, that would be a wonderful
blessing. I think that would be
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a very thoughtful thing to do,
especially for someone who lives
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a long way away and we can't
just jump in the car and go say
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hello to them.
Children sometimes a thoughtful
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phone call and a prayer with
a grandparent, or relative or a
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friend can be such an
encouragement to them.
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But always remember to ask mom
and dad first before you make
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the call. Can you think of
someone that you could call,
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Abigail, to talk to them and
encourage them with a prayer?
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My grandma in South Africa.
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You know what? I think she
would love to hear from you.
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That would be such a blessing
to here. Auntie Cecily, you have
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a blessing for us as well.
Can you share that with us?
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Yes I do. Hope you don't mind
if I nurse Teddy while I talk
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to you.
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That's okay. He's been
a bit restless hasn't he?
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Do you remember last week we
spoke about reading and testing
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the word of God. When we do
that we'll find that the Bible
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has many blessings and promises
for us. We also have spoken
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about Jesus' promise to take
us home. Later we'll learn about
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Samson's very interesting
journey with God. He gave his
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heart back to God after leaving
Him for a time. And when he gave
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his bad heart back to God it was
a very noisy and loud event. We
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know that Jesus' second coming
will be very loud and noisy too.
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Matthew 24:31 and
1 Thessalonians 4:16
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tell us that God will shout and
use trumpets to herald Jesus'
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return. And when Jesus returns
to take us home to heaven it's
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not going to be a secret or a
quiet event and everybody will
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know about it. You know, we're
told in Revelation 1:7 that
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every eye will see Him. We will
all know when Jesus returns.
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So remember to
believe in God's promises.
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Wow, Auntie Cecily no one's
going to be confused whether
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Jesus has come or not. Everyone
will know about it. Oh Pastor
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Rick, I'm so glad that you've
arrived. Thank you for sharing
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your talent with us so
that we can sing praises to God.
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Glad to be here and glad to be
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singing some of these beautiful
songs. And the song that I'd
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like us all to sing is I So
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Happy and the reason is
because Jesus is with us.
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Pastor can we
please sing You Can Smile?
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Ah, that's a great song. Why can
we smile, anyone have an idea?
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Because Jesus loves us.
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Jesus loves us, yes. Anyone else
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You're happy? Jesus makes
us happy. This is a great song,
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You Can Smile.
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And again.
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Pastor Rick can we
sing More About Jesus?
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More about Jesus. Ooo,
isn't that a beautiful sound.
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More about Jesus. We're
going to sing it twice okay?
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Okay one more time.
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Thanks Pastor Rick. It's so good
to praise God in song. Guess
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what? Dr. John's back with some
more wonderful stories for us.
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We learn so much from his
stories so let's go and join him
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in his study.
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Hello boys and girls. I'm
Dr. John and welcome back to
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story time. And welcome
boys and girls wherever you are.
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You know, a lot of these mission
stories involve boats because
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in the old days that was the
only way you could travel. They
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had big boats and they had
little boats and they had medium
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size boats and this boat was
a medium size boat. It could go
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in the seas, not the really
big seas but you know when you
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got on the Portal and sailed
in that don't have breakfast
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because so many people got sea
sick and their breakfast would
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go to the fishes. This
little boat sailed backwards and
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forwards everywhere during it
life and then came the war and
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the Japanese were coming to the
Solomon Islands and they were
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really worried and they started
up the boats. They had four
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boats and three of them started
up but the motor wouldn't go.
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And the officer, the army
officer, he said, All right
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burn it. No, no, no, don't burn
our boat. We love the Portal.
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Burn it! He got two big drums
of petrol and he poured it over,
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he threw in a match and whoof
it caught on fire. Well all the
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natives were crying and the
officer got on his boat and he
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sailed out and there were flames
everywhere. And as soon as he
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turned his back there was a big
blanket that just went phoof and
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the flames stopped. Oh, they
were so happy. The boat was very
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dirty and it had burn marks
on it but it was still okay.
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Oh, the Japanese are coming!
We can see the boats. Quickly,
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let's hide the Portal. And they
took it across the lagoon and
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they found a little creek and
they pushed it right up to the
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very top. Then, they put some
leaves on it and more leaves
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until it looked like a great
big bush. And they took out the
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motor and they pulled all
the parts, every nut, bolt and
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spring and hid them. For three
years it lay in that creek, dark
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covered with leaves and the
Japanese never ever found it.
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And when the war was finished
Pastor Ferris can back and he
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said, oh, too bad about the
Portal wasn't it. Oh no! We've
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got the Portal! No, I've got
here a piece of paper from the
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government, it was burnt. No!
No, we've got the Portal. Come
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with me. And they pulled out
from underneath all the leaves
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this boat, all black, all dirty
but it still floated. Ah, this
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is wonderful. Where's the...
Oh that's not a motor. That's a
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hump of iron. Where are all the
bits and pieces, the nuts and
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bolts. Ah, you watch and
they beat the drums, poom, poom,
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poom, poom and the message
went right around the islands
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and people turned up and they
found a lady who was wearing
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something round her neck. What
is that you've got round your
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neck? Oh, oh, it's a nut
and it's all shiny. You've been
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wearing it round your neck
for how many years? Three years.
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Ah, he was so pleased. And then
somebody else came up. What have
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you got? Yes I've had that in my
pocket for three years and it's
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all shiny. Somebody else came up
Yes, I've had this in my pocket
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for all these years. And
so every bit came, even the
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pistons; I hid that under my
house and covered it with oil.
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You know they put all the pieces
back together and Pastor Ferris
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says now I hope it will start
because these pieces have been
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everywhere. If it is missing
one piece, it won't start. And
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he got the starting rope and
he tied it round and everybody's
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watching. Not a noise from the
crowd. Will it start, will it
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start and he pulled it, Froom,
putt, putt, putt, putt. They
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were so happy you know. They
would never let one little bit
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that had a burn mark. Somebody
tried to paint it. No, we must
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leave it there because that's
the only part of the Portal that
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ever got burned. And Jesus had
marks on His hands after he was
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crucified and he will have those
marks there forever and we want
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that mark on the Portal forever
because it is a sign that God
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saved the boat. And that's the
story of the Portal. Thank you
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boys and girls.
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All right boys and
girls. Welcome to our Bible
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study. If you haven't got your
Bibles ready yet go get them now
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so you can follow along with
us. Anna, can you please say a
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prayer to open
our Bible study time?
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Yes. Dear Father, thank you
for our Bibles. Help us to learn
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more about you today. Please
be with the children watching at
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home. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Amen. Thanks Anna. Now Kate
who was it that we studied about
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last Sabbath. Gideon. Gideon,
yes. It was an interesting story
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wasn't it. And did God use
Gideon to help the Israelites
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win the battle. Yes. He did
didn't he? Okay, now we're going
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study about another judge today
and his name was Samson. And
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Anna I'd like you to start
with reading Judges 13:1-3.
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Again the children of Israel did
evil in the sight of the Lord
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and the Lord delivered them into
the hand of the Philistines for
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forty years. Now there was a
certain man from Zorah of the
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family of the Danites whose
name was Manoah and his wife was
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barren and had no children. And
the angel of the Lord appeared
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to the woman and said to her.
Indeed, now you are barren and
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have born no children but you
shall conceive and bear a son.
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Thanks Anna. So God was going
to raise up another deliverer
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through Manoah and his wife
who had not been able to have
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children. But an Angel visited
Manoah's wife and tells her that
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she is now going to have a baby
boy. Okay Matthew, let's read
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Judges 13:4-5.
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Now, therefore, please be
careful not to drink wine or
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similar drink and not to eat
anything unclean. For behold,
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you shall conceive and bear a
son and no razor shall come upon
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his head. The child shall be
a Nazarite to God from the womb
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and he shall begin to deliver
Israel out of the hand of the
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Philistines.
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Wow. Thanks Matthew. So God had
some special plans for this baby
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just like He has some special
plans for you too. But this
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baby was to born a Nazarite who
was to live a life dedicated to
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God. We just read that Manoah's
wife was not to drink any wine
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or eat anything unclean
during her pregnancy. Another
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interesting thing we just read
that after the baby was born,
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they were never to cut his hair.
Now Bethany, can you please read
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Judges 13:24-25.
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So the woman bore a son and
called his name Samson and the
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child grew and the Lord blessed
him. And the Spirit of the Lord
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began to move upon him at
Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and
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Eshtaol.
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Mmm. So God was preparing
Samson for a work He wanted
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him to do. Kate can you
please read Judges 14:1-3.
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Now Samson went down Timnah
and saw a woman in Timnah of the
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daughters of the Philistines.
So he went up and told his
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father and mother saying, I have
seen a woman in Timnah of the
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daughters of the Philistines.
Now therefore get her for me
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as a wife. Then his father and
mother said to him, is there no
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woman among the daughters of
your brethren or among all my
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people that you must go and get
a wife from the uncircumcised
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Philistines. And Samson said
to his father get her for me for
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me for she pleases me well.
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Mmm. So Samson wants to marry
a woman from the Philistines who
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were actually the Israelites
enemies. Samson's parents try
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and persuade him to marry of
the Israelites girls but Samson
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chooses to ignore their advice.
Let's continue to see what
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happens. Caleb, can you
please read Judges 14:5-6.
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So Samson went down to Timnah
with his father and mother and
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came to the vineyards of Timnah.
Now to his surprise a young lion
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came roaring against him and the
Spirit of the Lord came mightily
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upon him and he tore the lion
apart as one would have torn
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apart a young goat though he
had nothing in his hand, but he
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did not tell his father or
his mother what he had done.
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Thanks Caleb. So imagine
killing a lion with your bare
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hands. One of Samson's gifts
from God was his mighty strength
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God was going to use this
to deliver the Israelites from
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their enemies. Now J J can
you please read Judges 14:7-9.
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Yes. Then he went down and
talked with the woman and she
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pleased Samson well. After some
time when he returned to get
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her he turned aside to see the
carcass of the lion and behold a
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swarm of bees and honey were
in the carcass of the lion. He
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took some of it in his
hands and went along eating.
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When he came to his father and
mother he gave some to them and
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they also ate, but he did not
tell them that he had taken the
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honey out of the
carcass of the lion.
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Thanks J J. So Samson found that
the bees had made a hive in the
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body of the dead lion that he
had killed a little time before.
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Do you know what? He ate some
of the honey and he even shared
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with his parents without telling
them where it came from. Now
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Numbers 6 tells us that
a Nazarite is not to touch
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anything that is dead and
Leviticus 11 tells us that a
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lion is actually unclean because
it has four paws. So Samson is
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not really living the life
that God had intended for him or
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ordained him to live. So if
we were to continue reading, the
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wedding feast with this girl
that he wanted to marry from
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the Philistines went ahead.
But you know what? It ended in
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disaster because his wife
betrayed him. Samson took off
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and left his poor wife behind
and when he cooled down and he
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came back to get her, his
father-in-law had given her
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to another man. And do
you think Samson was furious?
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He was. He was very, very
angry. Let's see what happens.
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Aunt Cecily can
you read Judges 15:4-5.
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Then Samson went and caught
300 foxes and he took torches,
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turned the foxes tail-to-tail
and put a torch between each
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pair of tails. When he had set
the torches on fire, he let the
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foxes go into the standing grain
of the Philistines and burnt up
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both the shocks and the standing
grain as well as the vineyards
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and olive groves.
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So time went on and Samson fell
in love with another Philistine
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girl. Her name was Delilah and
the Philistine leaders found out
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about this and approached
Delilah. Let's see what happens.
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Matthew can you
please read Judges 16:5.
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And the lords of the Philistines
came up to her and said to her,
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Entice him and find out where
his great strength lies and by
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what means we may overpower
him that we may bind him to
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afflict him and every one of
us will give you eleven hundred
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pieces of silver.
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Mmm. So the Philistines want to
get rid of Samson and they knew
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if they could find the source of
his strength they could capture
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him. Now Bethany can you
read Judges 16:6-9 please.
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So Delilah said to Samson,
Please tell me where your great
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strength lies and with what
you may be bound to afflict you.
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And Samson said to her, If they
bind me with seven fresh bow
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strings not yet dried, then
I shall become weak and be like
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any other man. So the lords
of the Philistines brought up to
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her seven fresh bowstrings, not
yet dried and she bound him with
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them. Now men were lying in
wait staying with her in the
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room and she said to him, The
Philistines are upon you Samson.
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But he broke the bowstrings as
a strand of yarn breaks when it
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touches fire. So the secret of
his strength was not yet known.
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So Delilah's trick work? No.
You know what? She tried it two
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more times until something
happened. Kate can you please
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read Judges 16:15-17.
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Then she said to him, How
can you say I love you when your
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heart is not with me. You have
mocked me for these three times
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and have not told me where your
great strength lies. And it came
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to pass when she pestered him
daily with her words and pressed
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him so that his soul was vexed
to death. Then he told her all
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his heart and said to her,
No razor has ever come upon my
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head for I have been a Nazarite
to God from my mother's womb.
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If I am shaven, then my strength
will leave me and I shall become
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weak and be like any other man.
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Mmm. So Samson gave in and
told Delilah his secret. Now if
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we were to continue reading
we, know that Delilah shaved his
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head while Samson slept.
His strength left him and the
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Philistines captured him. Do
you know? There were actually no
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magic powers in the hair itself
but once that last sign as a
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Nazarite had gone God left
him. He'd already broken so many
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other vows that this was kind
of like the last straw. Caleb
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can you please
read Judges 16:21-22
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Then the Philistines took him
and put out his eyes and brought
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him down to Gaza. There they
bound him with bronze fetters
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and he because a grinder in the
prison. However, the hair of his
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head began to grow again
after it had been shaven.
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Mmm. Thanks Caleb. So Samson
ended up a prisoner. Let's have
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a look at Mrs. White's writings
in our Torch Light and see what
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they shine on the
verses that we just read.
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In suffering and humiliation, a
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sport for the Philistines,
Samson learned more of his own
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weakness than he had ever known
before and his afflictions led
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him to repentance. As his
hair grew, his power gradually
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returned.
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Thanks J J. So God had to humble
him in prison and he had to
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learn to rely on God's strength
instead of his own physical
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strength. During his prison
experience, Samson repented and
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he gave his heart back to God.
Let's have a look at our memory
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verse now and go to Isaiah 40:29
and let's read that together.
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He gives power to the weak, and
to those who have no might He
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increases strength.
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God is our strength isn't he. So
the Philistines decided to have
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a celebration to worship their
idol, Dagon, their fish god, and
00:24:14.48\00:24:18.55
called Samson to perform
for them. Anna, can you read
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Judges 16:28 and 30
and let's see what happens.
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When Samson called to the Lord
saying, Oh Lord God remember me
00:24:24.16\00:24:30.20
I pray. Strengthen me I pray
just this once my God that I may
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with one blow take vengeance on
the Philistines for my two eyes.
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Then Samson said, Let me
die with the Philistines and he
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pushed with all his might and
the temple fell on the lords and
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all the people who were in it.
So the dead that he killed at
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his death were more than
he had killed in his life.
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Mmm. Wow. Do you know what.
God had intended a happy and
00:24:55.96\00:25:00.33
happy and fulfilled life for
Samson in serving him and his
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fellow man. But instead because
of the way Samson chose to live
00:25:04.73\00:25:10.61
his life, his biggest impact
was his death. Do you know what,
00:25:10.64\00:25:14.68
God wants us to give our hearts
to Him now so our lives right
00:25:14.74\00:25:18.38
now can be a blessing to others.
Thank you boys and girls for
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reading along with us. We have
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into more depth than what we
studied today. Here's how you
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can get that.
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Hey, boys and girls. Like Auntie
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Hey, Nick don't forget about
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Oh yes. While you're there
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Thanks Nick and Sarah. Yes boys
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from you. Auntie Nat, can
you tell us what we're going to
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study about next week?
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Yes, next Sabbath we're
going to study about someone who
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believe and chose to
follow her mother-in-law's God.
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Girls and boys can you look
in your Bibles and work out who
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that is? We look forward
to studying that with you next
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week. Aunt Cecily shall
we go over our memory verse?
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Yes. Are you ready boys and
girls. Let's read it together.
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Isaiah 40:29-He gives power to
the weak, and to those who have
00:26:24.81\00:26:32.75
no might, He increases strength.
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Ben, what did you
learn about the King today.
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That when Jesus comes back we're
going to know it because it's
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going to be so noisy.
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Oh yes. Nobody's going to miss
it. Now it's time to sing our
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farewell song to the boys and
girls again. Would you like to
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turn around and do that?
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¤May God bless you and keep you,
and fill your heart with love¤
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¤May God guide and protect
you and watch you from above¤
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¤As Sabbath after Sabbath
we greet the day of rest¤
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¤The day the king of glory
has sanctified and blessed¤
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¤Good bye my
friends till we meet again¤
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¤For another day with the King¤
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Good bye. See you next Sabbath.
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¤ ¤
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