When my heart begins to fear
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He is my light
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I can smile for He is near
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Jesus my light
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When I am blue and feeling sad
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He is my light
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He reminds me I can be glad
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Jesus my light
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He is the Light,
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Yes, Jesus my light
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In Him is no darkness
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in Him is no night.
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Wherever He leads me
He makes my way bright
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I'll shine for
Jesus Jesus my light
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Here comes, Aunt Francine.
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Hey kids, I'm
so glad to see you.
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Thank you for letting
me come to your tree house.
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I'm so excited where
we can learn about Jesus.
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Welcome to Jesus My Light,
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where we learn to
be shining for Jesus.
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Do you know that Jesus
has a very special place
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for you in heaven?
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But you know what?
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He knows everything about
you, even before you were born.
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Did you know that? Yeah.
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Yeah, I hope you do,
because He is so wonderful.
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He knows everything about
you, even before you were born,
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and it doesn't matter,
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the most humble
beginnings that you've had,
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wherever you come from, it
matters where you're going.
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You know that?
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Isn't He wonderful?
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That reminds me of a song.
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Would you like
to sing it with me?
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I'm thinking of a
song, isn't He wonderful?
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Can you play that for us, Ben?
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Let's do it.
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Isn't He wonderful
Wonderful, wonderful
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Isn't Jesus, my Lord, wonderful!
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Eyes have seen Ears have heard
It's recorded in God's Word
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Isn't Jesus my Lord, wonderful!
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Thank you. You're welcome.
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I really enjoy singing.
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I don't hold the note
very well, but I like to sing.
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You know what?
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You know, would you help
us see if there's any mail
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that we have today?
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I would like to see.
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You know, sometimes we can
read a love letter from Jesus.
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We have some mail.
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Oh, really? Yeah.
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Wow, I can't wait.
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I'm so glad that Jesus
wrote His love letter for us.
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But you know what?
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I like reading
letters for my kids too.
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Do you want to
see what it is? Yeah.
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So can we put our crayons away
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and let's see
what this letter says.
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I need to see.
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There's a letter
right here and it says,
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"Dear Aunt
Francine, my name is Aleigha.
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And I'm almost seven years old.
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And for my birthday,
I've been saving up money
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for the 3ABN Kids Network."
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Oh, that's so sweet.
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"I would like to be on
one of your programs someday."
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Wouldn't that be
wonderful if she could join us
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on Jesus My Light?
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Yeah. Yeah. That
would be wonderful.
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Hey, thank you for coming, Ben.
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Are you ready for
a Bible story? Yes!
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So let's start
from the very beginning
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of the New Testament.
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Now who was going to be
born in the New Testament?
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Do you know who that is? Jesus.
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You're right.
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And even before Jesus was
born, what town was He born in?
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Bethlehem.
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But did His parents
come from Bethlehem?
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No. No.
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Do you know where
they lived before that?
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Nazareth. You're right.
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And did you know that
that was about a 90 mile track?
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Now that might have
taken, you right, it's wow.
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It might have
taken four to seven days
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for them to travel.
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And I'm assuming since
Mary was very pregnant,
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I'm thinking it was
closer to the seven days,
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don't you think?
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Yeah. I think so.
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And so when they
finally get there,
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what happened?
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Was there room for them?
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No. No.
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Can you imagine that
there's hardly any room?
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And Joseph has to help
with the delivery of the baby.
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Oh my goodness.
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Can you imagine your
parents having a baby
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and not even in a
home in your own home?
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That is pretty
humble beginnings,
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don't you think?
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I can't imagine what
that would have been like.
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And so here they are,
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and who comes to
announce the baby?
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To some of the lowliest people.
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Who are they out in
the fields? Shepherds.
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Yes, right, the
shepherds were out in the field,
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and they were there
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and they saw the
beautiful angels?
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And they said, "Oh,
we must go worship."
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And were they excited?
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Yeah! I think so.
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They were really
excited to see Jesus.
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And so they come.
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And I don't know what they
did, but they were weary bit.
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You have to understand that
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one thing is a very interesting,
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you know, shepherds,
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did you know that shepherds
weren't really looked upon
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as having an important job?
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People didn't look
good upon them very well.
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They kind of
looked down on them.
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But you know why Jesus was born
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in Bethlehem?
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And the angels told about Jesus?
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Why do you think that is?
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Can you think of it?
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I think He wanted to say
that Jesus is for everyone.
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Do you know that
there are some kids
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that have no mommy?
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Or sometimes they
have been adopted?
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Yeah.
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Or they go from
foster home to foster home?
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And they don't feel like
they have the love of Jesus,
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and they don't feel loved.
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Isn't that sad?
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But Jesus wanted to be
sure that everyone knew
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how much He loved them.
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And that's why He came
and let the shepherds know
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and to welcome baby Jesus.
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But you know what?
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Not only that, do you
know that there's a...
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Sometimes a
mother sheep is called,
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do you know what it's called?
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What a mother sheep is called?
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Do you know
what it is? It's ewe.
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An ewe. Good job.
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It is a ewe.
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And we sometimes
for some reason or not,
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we don't know why,
she has a baby lamb.
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And sometimes
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she cannot take
care of that lamb.
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And she rejects
that lamb and says,
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"I don't want that lamb."
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And you know what
we call that lamb?
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Doesn't it start with the B?
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You're right. Do
you know what it is?
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It's called the bummer lamb.
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Yeah, bummer lamb. Oh, bummer.
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You know how you say, oh bummer,
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and sometimes
you make a mistake.
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I sometimes make mistakes
and we say, "Oh, bummer."
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And so, yeah,
it's a bummer lamb,
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and that poor bummer
lamb would totally die
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if it wasn't for the
shepherd getting involved.
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And so the shepherd takes
that little baby lamb home
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and takes care
of it and feeds it.
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And then when
that baby bummer lamb
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is now all grown up, and
is put back into the field,
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and the shepherd starts calling,
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hello, my sheep,
who comes running first?
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The bummer lamb. You're right.
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The bummer lamb
comes running first.
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I wonder?
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Because he knows the
voice of the shepherd.
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Do we know who the
voice of our Shepherd is?
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I hope so. You're right.
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It's Jesus. We want Jesus in us.
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Do we recognize His voice?
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Now there's
something in the Bible
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that we know
somebody else recognized Jesus
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and it was at his dedication.
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Do you know who that was?
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Do you know who
that was? Simeon.
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It was Simeon.
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And Simeon, he
wanted, he recognized Jesus.
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But you know what's interesting
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is that the first priest
who actually dedicated Jesus
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didn't recognize who Jesus
was as the savior of the world.
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Can you believe that?
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Why would He and
Simeon recognize it?
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I would like to see
what it says in the Bible.
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See, would you like
to see some pictures?
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Yes.
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I would like to
see what happens here.
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And let's see, do
we have this story?
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Here is Simeon.
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And I can just see
the dedication of Jesus.
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Wouldn't it be
nice to just imagine
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what it would have been like?
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Now, Lord, let me Your
servant depart in peace,
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as You have said,
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for I have seen with my own eyes
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how You'll save Your people.
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Now all people
can see Your plan.
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He's a light to show
Your way to all the nations
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and He'll bring honor
to Your people Israel.
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Many Jews will
fall and many will rise
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because of this boy.
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He is a sign from God
that many will not accept.
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The secret thoughts of
many will be made known.
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And the things
that happen to you
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will be painful
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like a sword
cutting through your heart.
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Joseph. Don't worry.
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God will help us.
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Oh, thank You, Lord.
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I've seen the
Savior of the world.
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Blessed be His holy name.
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I have seen Jesus.
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I'm so glad it
wasn't only Simeon
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that recognized Jesus.
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Who else recognized Jesus?
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Anna. Anna.
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Do you know how old she was?
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She was 84 years old.
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Wow. She was kind of old.
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But you know what?
She prayed and she fasted.
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Do you know what
it means to fast?
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Yeah. What does it mean?
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Should not eat.
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Not eat, because she
wanted to hear God's voice
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and listen to the Bible.
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I'm so glad that Anna
and Simeon recognized Jesus.
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And you know what?
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He wants us to recognize
Him too in our hearts, right?
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But how can we do that?
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What can we do to
have Jesus? By praying.
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By praying. What else can we do?
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Reading the Bible.
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Now let me ask you
this, fellowshipping
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and telling others about
it, about shining the light.
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You're right. But you know what?
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How many of you
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actually have
done that this week?
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Have you done
that this week? Yes!
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Oh, yes.
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We need to be able to do
something like that, would you?
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Hey, how many of
you are excited about
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having some questions?
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Do you think you can
handle some questions?
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Yes! And see if
you were listening?
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But even before that,
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let's start with something else.
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I have some interesting.
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Let's see if we can
find out a little bit more
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about the bummer lamb.
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Do you see this
picture of the bummer lamb?
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Yeah. Does he look sad?
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Yeah. Yeah, he looks pretty sad.
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And here's Jerusalem.
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Do you know how many
watchtowers they had?
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Sixteen. No, they had 34.
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And you know what?
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The walls were 2.5 miles long,
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and they were 40 feet high,
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and they were eight feet thick.
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That's pretty
amazing. But you know what?
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It was a big center
place for everyone to be there.
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Are you ready for
those questions now?
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Yeah!
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Everything was
pretty big. All right.
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Let's see if you
were paying attention.
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Approximately how many miles
did Mary and Joseph travel?
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Was it A, let's do
some sign language,
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A, 35 miles?
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No. Was it B, 50?
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Or was it C, 90?
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How many of you
think you know? C.
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C. You're right.
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Thank you. You're right.
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How about,
here's another question,
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how do we know that God knew you
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before you were born?
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Is it A, because it
says it in the Bible?
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Is it B, because
your parents told you so?
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Or is it C,
because I just know it?
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A.
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A. You're right.
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Where's that
found? It's in Psalm 139.
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One more question.
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Are you ready for
the third question?
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Yeah. All right.
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We know that that little lamb
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that was
abandoned was called what?
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A bummer lamb.
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A, a bummer lamb?
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B, you were paying
attention, a baby lamb?
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Or C, what?
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Let's see, a little lamb?
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What do you think it was? A.
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We said A, a bummer lamb.
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You're right
guys, so all know it.
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Hey, you're ready to do a craft?
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Yeah, Levi, come and
bring that craft over.
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We're going to
have to make some room.
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And let's see,
Ginger, you ready to come?
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Let's make some room.
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Oh, you can put
the picture right here.
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And, oh, do you
know what this is?
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Since we were talking
about the bummer lamb,
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do you know what this is?
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It's a horn. It's a horn.
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It's a ram's horn.
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Do you want to try
blowing that for me?
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Oh, that's pretty
cool. You're right.
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So how many of
you would like to work
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on the curly lamb craft?
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Me. Yay!
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Yes, let's work on that.
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How many of you...
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Would you like to
help me pass this out?
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Let's make some
room and pass this out.
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It doesn't matter
where you come from.
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But what does matter
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is who lives in
your heart, right?
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We want Jesus as our
example to shine through us
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in every which way.
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So let's pray that
Jesus will live in your heart.
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