It's time to share
there's a world out there,
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looking for a friend like Jesus.
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It's time to share
there's a world out there,
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let's tell them
that He loves us so,
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let's tell them
that He loves us so.
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Kids Time, Kids Time, Kids Time.
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Hi, boys and girls.
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Do you know what I
am holding in my hand?
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This is an idol
that some people worship
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because they
don't know the true God.
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This idol is made out of stone
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and if you can see his face,
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it doesn't look very friendly,
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it doesn't look very
powerful to me either.
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There are many kinds of idols,
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and the idol in our story
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today represented
a God called Baal,
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who many people
believed was very powerful.
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People thought Baal
send the storms and thunder
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and lightening and
rain to water the earth
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and make their crops grow.
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If you were a Baal worshiper,
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you would have been
afraid of making him angry
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because he might punish
you by not sending the rain,
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then no crops or
gardens would grow
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and there'd be no
cereal for breakfast
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or no soup for lunch and
no bread for your dinner.
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I'm so glad the Bible tells us
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about a different kind of God.
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This God loves
to have people happy
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and give them good things.
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This is a God who loves us
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and we never have
to be afraid of Him.
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No matter where
we go or what we do,
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God is with us,
giving us good things
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and protecting us.
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Why not do
something special today.
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Start making a list
of all the good things
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that God gives you, all
the good things in your life.
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These are called blessings
and they can be anything
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from your pet
goldfish or your kitten
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to a nice teacher or
just maybe you're thankful
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for that warm sunshine.
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I wonder how long
your list will be.
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Now Ranger Jim has a
couple of God's little creatures
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to show us today.
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Hi, boys and girls,
Ranger Jim here again today.
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We have a beautiful
creature to see and enjoy
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as you can see that I
am holding in my hands,
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a beautiful Blanding's Turtle
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with his beautiful yellow throat
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and also the
bottom of his shell,
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his plastron is yellow also.
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This is the shyest
of all the turtles,
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in fact he is one
of the shyest creatures
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that we have in all of nature.
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When this creature
becomes frightened,
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he will go to the
bottom of the lake
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and sometime
spend an hour there.
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He holds his
breath and has the ability
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also to absorb
oxygen through his skin.
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And so any other
turtle would be backup
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in just a very short
time looking around to see
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what caused the disturbance.
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Not true Mr. Blanding's turtle,
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he stays down in the bottom,
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or he is safe until he is sure,
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then he puts his nose up very,
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very carefully
and looks all around.
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Quite often this
turtle is mistaken for a snake
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because he has a very long neck
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and with his
head stuck in the air
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sometime people
mistake him for a snake.
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Now he's going to
stick his neck out for you
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and that's good, we can see more
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of this anatomy that way.
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The Blanding's
turtle reaches maturity
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at about the age of
three and these creatures get
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to be about twice the
size of this and they would be,
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in the
neighborhood of three pounds
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or something like that.
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The female leaves the water
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and goes out into the open
area of a field if she can,
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and she finds a nice
sandy place or loose soil.
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And she begins to
dig with her front
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and rear feet and
makes a depression
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as deep as she
can make in the soil,
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and then she turns
and deposits her eggs.
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She lays 25 or 30 or more eggs,
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as a general rule
about 30 eggs she lays
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and that's the end of all of her
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caring for the creatures.
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She leaves the eggs
and after she covers them
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and goes back into the water
and carries on a normal life.
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And then she leaves
it up to the Sun to warm
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and to incubate
the eggs and hatch.
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And when the
tiny little hatchlings
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come from the eggs,
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they're about the
size of your thumbnail,
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very, very small creatures.
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And they are
especially secretive,
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in fact there are
many people who study them
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and we know very little
about their feeding habits
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and their life
when they're this age.
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And so, we just
enjoy the Blanding turtle
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and if I can turn him up now,
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I'd like to turn him
up just about to show you
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the bottom of the
shell, he has a hinge,
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plastron and the
muscles don't develop in this
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until they're
about three years of age.
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Okay, and so the function
of that is that he can withdraw
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his very delicate
neck and limbs in the front
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and he snaps this shut
and they have enough force
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that you can stick
your finger in there
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and it will pinch
your finger, okay.
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So if your dog or
some animal comes along
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and finds this
creature, begins to rotate
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all in the
ground and chewing it,
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it withdraws into his plastron
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and this closes very tightly.
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And then if we
turn him up this way,
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you can see the
back closes also.
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And here is a little
clue to the sex of this turtle
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and it is the sex of this,
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that she cannot get
all of her legs inside
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because there isn't enough room.
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And I know that
when I found this turtle,
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she was out in
some very soft sand,
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ready to go
about laying her legs.
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So that means in her body cavity
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the eggs are developing
and more and more and more
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she becomes crowded.
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And so had not
Ranger Jim found her
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and brought her to
show you on television,
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by now she would
perhaps have laid her eggs.
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And I promise you this,
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that when Ranger
Jim finds a turtle
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or any kind of creature
that I show to boys and girls.
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I take that creature
back to the exact same spot
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where I caught it, okay.
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So I will take Mrs.
Blanding turtle back
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to where I captured her,
I will release her there.
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Then she can go
about raising her family.
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So we would expect that
of Christians wouldn't we?
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We don't to take a creature
if we were to release it
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in the strange area,
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would not know
where a source of food was
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or even a source of water, okay.
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We're going to exchange those
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and I have another
creature for you to see here.
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And this is the Painted turtle,
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this is the
Eastern Painted turtle,
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very interesting creature
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looks as though
someone had painted,
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enameled its shell, doesn't it?
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A beautiful turtle and
they have a very interestingly
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of identifying them.
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I can tell that
this is a young female
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because she has very
short black front toenails.
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The males all have
long, soft white toenails.
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And this comes into
play when they're mating,
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the male swims along beside her
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and tries to attract her
with the beautiful colors.
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Then he swims backward
beside her and courting her
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all along the way
and she has nothing to do
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with him for a while.
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But eventually she
will stop in the water,
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then he comes up
almost nose to nose with her
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with his long soft toenails
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and begins to caress her cheeks,
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oh, isn't that romantic?
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Not for us, but it
is for turtles, okay.
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And so then they fall in love
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and then they live
happily ever after, okay.
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So that's basically the story
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of the Eastern painted turtle.
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You can tell them,
you can identify the sex
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by the length of the toenails.
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Once again, boys and girls,
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the wonderful
creator Jesus we have,
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has made these
things and we can study them
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and just learn forever.
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I look forward to the day,
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when we can go with Jesus
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and learn truly all about them.
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What a wonderful
heavenly Father we have.
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So Ranger Jim saying as always,
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don't you dare
forget to tell Jesus
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that you love them, because
He really does, love you.
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Hi, boys and girls.
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Knowing Jesus is so much fun,
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sometimes you just want to sing.
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Psalms 89:1 talks about that.
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Hannah, can you tell
us what that verse says?
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I will sing of the
mercies of the Lord forever.
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Boys and girls, will you join us
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on this fun song for Jesus?
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I will sing of the
mercies of the Lord
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Forever I will sing, I will sing
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I will sing of the
mercies of the Lord
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Forever I will sing of
the mercies of the Lord.
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With my mouth will I make known
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Thy
faithfulness, thy faithfulness
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With my mouth will I make known
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Thy faithfulness
to all generations.
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I will sing of the
mercies of the Lord
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Forever I will sing, I will sing
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I will sing of the
mercies of the Lord
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Forever I will sing of
the mercies of the Lord.
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Today, boys and girls,
have fun singing for Jesus.
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Hi, we have a really
yummy recipe for you today.
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Some Mexican dish.
It's Burrito Casserole.
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And I'm gonna read you
the ingredients right now.
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Okay, let's get started.
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Okay, first we're
gonna start with the salsa,
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put some salsa in.
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Why don't you go ahead
and stir that around, Jody.
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Just put a thin
layer on the bottom, just.
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Okay. You want to tell them
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why we put this
on the bottom, Kate.
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We're putting
this on the bottom,
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so our tortillas don't burn.
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Okay, our next, our
next one is our tortillas.
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Gonna take these tortillas,
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and always wash
your hands before use,
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before you do
things with your hands.
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I'm gonna put
these down on the sides.
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We're gonna tear a little
bit of tortilla, at the edges.
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Here we go.
Little bit more, okay.
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Okay, looks good. Okay.
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Now we're gonna put
some beans down. Okay.
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Why don't you
take those down, Jody.
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Now go ahead and stir. Okay.
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Here we go. Um, it smells good.
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I love chili beans, okay.
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Why don't you put
a little bit more.
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Here we go. That looks so good.
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Okay, next thing we're
gonna put on veggie cheese.
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Just sprinkle the cheese around
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and this is veggie cheese,
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it's a great
alternative for cheese.
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It tastes really good. Okay.
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Just sprinkle on that
lightly all over your pan.
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Here we go, okay.
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Okay, and then the next thing
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we're gonna put
on is our tortillas.
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Stuff that. Break it up, okay.
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Then we're gonna
put on more salsa.
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Yeah, spread this around. Okay.
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Now let's put a little bit more.
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We're gonna put on some beans.
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Little bit more
in here. Here we go.
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Take some more beans. Okay.
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Looks good.
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It's looking great. Yes, it is.
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This is one of our
favorite casseroles.
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Okay, and then the next thing
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we put on is
cheese, more cheese.
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Put more cheese on,
I'll do that for you.
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Okay. You have to
get your cheese on.
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Then we're gonna put
more tortillas. Tortillas on.
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We pull this up on
the sides a little bit.
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That break some up,
stick them in there. Okay.
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Now we put on more beans. Okay.
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Okay. Keep coming.
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Looks good. Okay,
then we're gonna put on,
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we're put on some more cheese.
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Looks good. Okay.
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Now we put on some olives.
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Some more olives, decorate this.
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Spread them all around.
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And after you're
done with everything,
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you put it all in.
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You can bake this in the oven
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for 30 to 40
minutes at 350, okay.
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Make sure again, it does
help to put in the oven too.
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Okay. And we have a
finished product over there.
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And we've taken a piece,
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cut a piece out
of it to show you.
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And we're gonna
decorate that for you
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and show you how we decorate it.
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You can do whatever
really whatever you want.
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We take lettuce. Okay.
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And put tomatoes on,
just have fun with it.
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It doesn't matter
whatever you wanna start with.
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Put some tomatoes on it. Cheese.
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Just have fun,
isn't that pretty. Good.
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And this sour cream
is tofutti sour cream
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and it's very good for you,
00:14:24.51\00:14:27.73
and it's really tastes
good, tastes exactly like,
00:14:27.74\00:14:31.10
almost exactly
like regular sour cream.
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We really like this a lot,
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it's a good
alternative for sour cream.
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Doesn't that look yummy?
00:14:38.06\00:14:40.29
It sure does.
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I can't wait to
bite into that one.
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You have to try
this recipe at home.
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Why don't you
invite some company over
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or friends or something,
they're gonna love this one.
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Looks really good.
Well, until next time.
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Keep cooking. And eat healthy.
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Oh! No, that's okay
you're not disturbing me.
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I was just thinking
about some of the things
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that have been
happening here in Israel.
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If you got a moment, come
on over and I'll show you,
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with you what I'm thinking.
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My name's Elijah, and I
live back in the mountains.
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Before Ahab became King.
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I had been hoping and praying
00:15:26.20\00:15:27.94
that a King would
come to the throne,
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who would love God,
and would worship him,
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and who would be a good example
00:15:33.26\00:15:34.58
for the people to follow.
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But when Ahab became King,
00:15:36.64\00:15:38.03
he decided he
didn't want to obey
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or a worship God.
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And then he went
and married Jezebel,
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the daughter of
the King of Sidon,
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who was also a prophet of Baal.
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And when Jezebel came to Israel,
00:15:48.92\00:15:50.62
she brought with her the
worship of Baal in a big way.
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Before long, the King
was worshiping Baal too
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and then he set up
idols and altars to Baal
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along the paths and the wood.
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And he tried to force
people to worship Baal,
00:16:02.18\00:16:04.37
because he said Baal is
the one who sends the rain,
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not the Lord.
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Made me sick to see how
confused the people were,
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they didn't know whether
they should worship the Lord
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or worship Baal.
00:16:14.55\00:16:16.88
So I started to
pray and asked the Lord
00:16:16.89\00:16:18.76
that if He would do
something to cause the people
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and the King to realize
00:16:21.46\00:16:23.10
that Baal was
nothing but a fake,
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and that he was the
only one worthy of worship.
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One day while I was praying,
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the Lord impressed me
that now was the time for God
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to display his power.
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And so down the
mountain side I went,
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across the valley all
the way to King's Palace
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and I didn't stop until
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I should face to
face with the King.
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I looked him straight in the eye
00:16:42.24\00:16:43.66
and I raised my
hands toward heaven.
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And I said, "As the
Lord God of heaven lives,
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before whose presence I stand,
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there shall not be dew
or rain until I say so."
00:16:50.84\00:16:54.70
With that I
turned around and left.
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The Lord directed me
over toward the Brook Cherith,
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where He had water, there
was water for me to drink,
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and every morning
before the Sun came up
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and every evening
before the Sun went down,
00:17:08.20\00:17:11.32
God sent ravens to feed me.
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After the water in
the brook dried up,
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God directed me
back over to Zarephath,
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where a widow gave me
food to eat and water to drink.
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It was probably
about three years,
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and God told me
that it was time now
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to go back to King Ahab.
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So back to the
Land of Israel I went
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and I met King Ahab on the road.
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And when he saw me,
he frowned and he said,
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"Is that you, you
troubler of Israel?"
00:17:42.37\00:17:44.38
And I looked at him and I said,
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"I've not troubled Israel.
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You have and that
you have not remembered
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the commandments of the Lord,
and you followed after Baal."
00:17:50.97\00:17:54.15
Now gather all the
people to me up in Mount Carmel,
00:17:54.16\00:17:57.82
along with all of
the prophets of Baal.
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So at a point of time,
00:18:01.83\00:18:04.34
the King assembled all of
the people at Mount Carmel,
00:18:04.35\00:18:06.94
including the prophets of Baal.
00:18:06.95\00:18:09.03
When they had
gathered all around me,
00:18:09.04\00:18:11.03
I asked them,
"how long are you going
00:18:11.04\00:18:12.86
to waver between serving
the Lord or serving Baal.
00:18:12.87\00:18:17.85
If the Lord is
God, then serve Him.
00:18:17.86\00:18:20.31
If Baal is God, then serve him."
00:18:20.32\00:18:22.15
People were too
afraid to answer,
00:18:24.49\00:18:27.17
so I told them I'm the
only prophet left in Israel.
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A prophet of God, but
there are 400 prophets of Baal.
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I challenged the
prophets of Baal to a contest
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to determine
who the real God is.
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We'll both build altars.
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They can build an altar to Baal,
00:18:45.86\00:18:47.28
and I'll build an
altar to the Lord.
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Then we'll prepare
that altar by placing wood
00:18:49.57\00:18:52.43
in a sacrifice
ready to be burned.
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But neither of us will
start the wood on fire.
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And then they can pray to Baal,
00:18:58.87\00:19:00.67
and I'll pray to
the Lord in heaven.
00:19:00.68\00:19:04.45
And the one who
demonstrates his power
00:19:04.46\00:19:08.36
by sending fire down from heaven
00:19:08.37\00:19:10.41
to consume the
sacrifice, He will be God.
00:19:10.42\00:19:17.06
All the people thought
that was a pretty good idea
00:19:17.07\00:19:18.96
and so they
agreed to that contest.
00:19:18.97\00:19:21.16
Then I turned to the
prophets of Baal and I said,
00:19:22.42\00:19:25.70
since there are so
many of you, you go first.
00:19:25.71\00:19:28.34
And so they did.
00:19:28.35\00:19:29.66
They made their altar
00:19:29.67\00:19:31.26
and they put their
sacrifice on the wood
00:19:31.27\00:19:33.49
and then they started to pray.
00:19:33.50\00:19:35.11
Oh Baal hear us, they prayed,
00:19:35.12\00:19:37.59
but there was no answer.
00:19:37.60\00:19:39.50
Louder and louder
they've started to pray
00:19:39.51\00:19:41.52
and there was still no answer.
00:19:41.53\00:19:42.86
So now they started to jump
around the altar, no answer.
00:19:42.87\00:19:47.31
In desperation they
started to take knives
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and they started
to cut their clothes
00:19:49.65\00:19:50.89
and then they
started to cut themselves
00:19:50.90\00:19:52.22
until the blood just flowed.
00:19:52.23\00:19:54.95
Still there was no answer.
00:19:54.96\00:19:58.29
All day long they continued
00:19:58.30\00:20:00.08
until finally towards evening
00:20:00.09\00:20:02.90
they were exhausted, confused,
00:20:02.91\00:20:05.82
weak from the loss of
blood and unable to continue
00:20:05.83\00:20:09.68
they withdrew from the contest.
00:20:09.69\00:20:11.60
I turned to the
people and I told them
00:20:13.10\00:20:14.58
to draw closer
to me and they did.
00:20:14.59\00:20:17.71
Then I repaired
the altar the Lord
00:20:17.72\00:20:19.49
that had been broken down.
00:20:19.50\00:20:21.89
And I prepared the
sacrifice on the wood,
00:20:21.90\00:20:24.34
and then I dug a ditch
00:20:24.35\00:20:25.93
all the way around, the altar.
00:20:25.94\00:20:28.55
And then I had them pour a water
00:20:28.56\00:20:29.95
on top of the
sacrifice until it ran down
00:20:29.96\00:20:32.53
over the top of the sacrifice
00:20:32.54\00:20:34.36
and down the
sides of the alternate
00:20:34.37\00:20:35.90
filled the ditch.
00:20:35.91\00:20:37.09
All the people
watched and waited.
00:20:38.42\00:20:40.53
Then I stood in
front of the altar
00:20:41.97\00:20:43.75
and I raise my hands
towards heaven and I prayed,
00:20:43.76\00:20:46.48
Oh Lord, let Israel
know that you are God here,
00:20:46.49\00:20:51.23
and that I'm your
servant and I've done
00:20:51.24\00:20:53.09
all of these
things at your command.
00:20:53.10\00:20:55.53
No Lord, let the people know
00:20:55.54\00:20:57.74
that you're
willing to forgive them
00:20:57.75\00:20:59.10
of their sin, almost
before I could say amen,
00:20:59.11\00:21:02.62
fire flashed
down from heaven like
00:21:02.63\00:21:04.36
a frozen lightning bolt
and it burned the sacrifice
00:21:04.37\00:21:07.50
and the wood and it
even burned up the stones
00:21:07.51\00:21:09.72
that made up the altar.
00:21:09.73\00:21:11.07
When the people saw that
00:21:11.08\00:21:12.30
they fell down on their faces
00:21:12.31\00:21:13.90
and they cried,
the Lord he is God,
00:21:13.91\00:21:15.45
the Lord he is God.
00:21:15.46\00:21:17.12
Oh what a
wonderful day that was,
00:21:17.13\00:21:20.33
because not only
the God show the people
00:21:20.34\00:21:22.40
that He was the real God,
He also let them know that
00:21:22.41\00:21:26.68
He was willing to
forgive them of their sins.
00:21:26.69\00:21:29.15
Oh, what a
wonderful day that was!
00:21:31.05\00:21:34.29
And that night God send a
great rain to water the Earth.
00:21:35.81\00:21:39.83
Oh, thank you for letting
me relive this story with you.
00:21:39.84\00:21:43.47
But now it's time for me to go.
00:21:43.48\00:21:45.49
But before I go,
let's all remember
00:21:45.50\00:21:48.81
that when we recognize
the Lord as God in our lives
00:21:48.82\00:21:52.82
and we ask Him to
forgive us of our sins.
00:21:52.83\00:21:55.25
He will forgive us every time.
00:21:55.26\00:21:58.48
Wasn't that an exciting story?
00:22:11.97\00:22:14.15
I'm so glad we
worship the real God
00:22:14.16\00:22:16.27
and not an idol
like Baal, aren't you?
00:22:16.28\00:22:19.18
Let's check our mail box now,
00:22:19.19\00:22:20.64
there might be
a letter from you.
00:22:20.65\00:22:22.54
I hope so. I
love getting letters.
00:22:22.55\00:22:25.83
Just open the box, I
do have some letters.
00:22:25.84\00:22:29.24
Oh! And quite a
few of them today too.
00:22:29.25\00:22:31.84
Oh let's see who they're from.
00:22:31.85\00:22:34.29
All right, Oh,
yes. What is this?
00:22:34.30\00:22:38.01
Even one that's a priority mail.
00:22:38.02\00:22:40.55
Somebody thought
that was pretty important,
00:22:40.56\00:22:42.84
didn't they? Oh!
It's important to me too.
00:22:42.85\00:22:46.15
There's one here
from Marissa Suttonm
00:22:46.16\00:22:49.68
and one from Daniel Varez
00:22:49.69\00:22:52.93
and one from Jessie in Idaho.
00:22:52.94\00:22:57.78
Oh, one from Baraboo, Wisconsin.
00:22:57.79\00:22:59.83
Oh quite a few today.
00:22:59.84\00:23:01.30
Let's see if-- I'll see
if I can share some with you.
00:23:01.31\00:23:05.15
Oh I love getting letters.
00:23:05.16\00:23:06.67
Let's see what
Marissa have to say.
00:23:06.68\00:23:08.65
Oh, you know what?
00:23:11.54\00:23:13.19
Marissa sent us a picture too.
00:23:13.20\00:23:15.40
Thank you, Marissa.
00:23:15.41\00:23:16.43
Let's show the boys and
girls at home your picture.
00:23:16.44\00:23:18.94
That's such a beautiful picture.
00:23:20.37\00:23:21.66
Thank you, Marissa.
00:23:21.67\00:23:22.82
This letter says, dear Brenda,
00:23:22.83\00:23:25.29
my name is Marissa
00:23:25.30\00:23:27.09
and here's some ways
00:23:27.10\00:23:28.68
that I have
shared Jesus with others.
00:23:28.69\00:23:31.14
I go door to door
and pass out literature
00:23:31.15\00:23:33.62
with my mom and daddy
00:23:33.63\00:23:35.28
on Sabbath afternoons
00:23:35.29\00:23:36.81
and sometimes we give
out loaves of bread too.
00:23:36.82\00:23:40.31
One Friday I wanted to
give our neighbor Lisa,
00:23:40.32\00:23:42.79
a loaf of bread
00:23:42.80\00:23:43.78
and when mom and I
went to give her the bread,
00:23:43.79\00:23:46.38
I asked if Britney her daughter
00:23:46.39\00:23:48.53
could come over for worship.
00:23:48.54\00:23:50.14
And Lisa said,
yes, and she came too.
00:23:50.15\00:23:53.03
They learned all
about the Sabbath,
00:23:53.04\00:23:55.07
it's fun to show kindness
and share Jesus with others.
00:23:55.08\00:23:58.66
Thank you, so much
for letting me share.
00:23:58.67\00:24:00.86
Love Marissa.
00:24:00.87\00:24:02.35
Marissa, thank you very much
00:24:02.36\00:24:03.74
for sharing your letter.
00:24:03.75\00:24:04.94
I enjoyed hearing
how you shared Jesus,
00:24:04.95\00:24:07.46
that was a
wonderful way to witness.
00:24:07.47\00:24:09.31
You want to keep praying too
00:24:09.32\00:24:11.19
that Jesus will keep
working on her heart.
00:24:11.20\00:24:13.44
Now there's one
here from Daniel Varez.
00:24:14.56\00:24:17.11
Let's see what
Daniel has to say.
00:24:17.12\00:24:18.86
Daniel says, dear
Brenda, I'm six years old
00:24:23.33\00:24:27.29
and I'd like to
play the computer.
00:24:27.30\00:24:29.09
I like hearing about
you, boys and girls too,
00:24:29.10\00:24:31.59
the things that you like to do.
00:24:31.60\00:24:33.58
Says that he
specially likes the Jesus game
00:24:33.59\00:24:36.17
and he likes to sing.
00:24:36.18\00:24:37.82
Says to share
Jesus, I went with my class
00:24:37.83\00:24:40.52
to the nursing home
and we drew pictures
00:24:40.53\00:24:42.44
of the Six Days of
Creation and the Sabbath
00:24:42.45\00:24:45.23
on big pieces of poster board.
00:24:45.24\00:24:47.84
Well, that sounds good.
00:24:47.85\00:24:49.22
We showed our
pictures and took turns
00:24:49.23\00:24:51.15
telling about God's work.
00:24:51.16\00:24:53.07
Well, Daniel, that
was a wonderful way
00:24:53.08\00:24:54.87
to share Jesus.
00:24:54.88\00:24:55.85
I know that made Him very happy.
00:24:55.86\00:24:58.86
You know, I've been thinking
about my list of blessings
00:24:58.87\00:25:01.48
and it's a very long list.
00:25:01.49\00:25:03.62
I'm so thankful
for so many things.
00:25:03.63\00:25:05.68
I'm thankful for my family,
I'm thankful for my children
00:25:05.69\00:25:09.12
and my grandson.
00:25:09.13\00:25:10.87
I'm thankful for the
birds that fly in nature,
00:25:10.88\00:25:13.89
the beautiful things
that God has given us.
00:25:13.90\00:25:16.54
But I think right
at the top of the list,
00:25:16.55\00:25:18.85
I'd have to put as number one,
00:25:18.86\00:25:20.85
that Jesus loves me
and he takes care of me
00:25:20.86\00:25:23.77
just as he did for Elijah.
00:25:23.78\00:25:25.89
He's just as
powerful today boys and girls,
00:25:25.90\00:25:28.31
as he was in the Bible times.
00:25:28.32\00:25:30.57
But of all the wonderful things
00:25:30.58\00:25:32.25
that God can do,
00:25:32.26\00:25:33.85
I think the most
wonderful thing of all
00:25:33.86\00:25:36.54
is that Jesus
forgives us for our sins.
00:25:36.55\00:25:39.37
When we do something
wrong, He will forgive us.
00:25:39.38\00:25:42.30
All we have to do is ask Him.
00:25:42.31\00:25:45.46
I have an idea,
00:25:45.47\00:25:46.68
let's take our list of blessings
00:25:46.69\00:25:48.34
and thank Him for
each and every one of them.
00:25:48.35\00:25:50.90
Let's tell Him that we love Him.
00:25:50.91\00:25:52.96
For He never gets tired
of hearing that, does He?
00:25:52.97\00:25:55.52
Do you get tired
if someone tells you,
00:25:55.53\00:25:57.41
they love you? No.
00:25:57.42\00:25:59.50
But do we want to keep
Jesus all to ourselves?
00:25:59.51\00:26:02.60
No, of course not.
00:26:02.61\00:26:04.31
Let's share Him with others.
00:26:04.32\00:26:06.32
That way will make Jesus happy,
00:26:06.33\00:26:08.64
other people happy,
and ourselves happy.
00:26:08.65\00:26:12.05
Isn't that wonderful?
00:26:12.06\00:26:13.34
I wonder what ideas
you have for sharing Jesus?
00:26:13.35\00:26:17.49
Would you write and tell me.
00:26:17.50\00:26:19.20
You know it doesn't
have to be something big,
00:26:19.21\00:26:21.88
you don't have
to know how to sing
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or to play the
violin or the piano
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or to do anything
really that's difficult
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or you think is so special.
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There's so many
ways you can share Jesus.
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You don't have
to preach a sermon
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or write a book either.
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But do think of kind things,
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be truthful even if others lie.
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And you stand up for someone
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if other children are
picking on them too, okay.
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You know, boys and girls,
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Jesus loves you.
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Remember, it's Kids
Time to share Jesus.
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