Participants: Brenda Walsh
Series Code: KT
Program Code: KT000002
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00:03 It's time to share there's a world out there,
00:07 looking for a friend like Jesus. 00:10 It's time to share there's a world out there, 00:13 let's tell them that He loves us so, 00:17 let's tell them that He loves us so. 00:20 Kids Time, Kids Time, Kids Time. 00:26 Hi, boys and girls. 00:27 Do you know what I am holding in my hand? 00:29 This is an idol that some people worship 00:32 because they don't know the true God. 00:34 This idol is made out of stone 00:37 and if you can see his face, 00:39 it doesn't look very friendly, 00:41 it doesn't look very powerful to me either. 00:45 There are many kinds of idols, 00:46 and the idol in our story 00:48 today represented a God called Baal, 00:50 who many people believed was very powerful. 00:53 People thought Baal send the storms and thunder 00:56 and lightening and rain to water the earth 00:58 and make their crops grow. 01:01 If you were a Baal worshiper, 01:02 you would have been afraid of making him angry 01:05 because he might punish you by not sending the rain, 01:08 then no crops or gardens would grow 01:10 and there'd be no cereal for breakfast 01:12 or no soup for lunch and no bread for your dinner. 01:16 I'm so glad the Bible tells us 01:18 about a different kind of God. 01:20 This God loves to have people happy 01:23 and give them good things. 01:24 This is a God who loves us 01:26 and we never have to be afraid of Him. 01:29 No matter where we go or what we do, 01:31 God is with us, giving us good things 01:33 and protecting us. 01:35 Why not do something special today. 01:37 Start making a list of all the good things 01:39 that God gives you, all the good things in your life. 01:43 These are called blessings and they can be anything 01:46 from your pet goldfish or your kitten 01:48 to a nice teacher or just maybe you're thankful 01:51 for that warm sunshine. 01:53 I wonder how long your list will be. 01:56 Now Ranger Jim has a couple of God's little creatures 01:59 to show us today. 02:07 Hi, boys and girls, Ranger Jim here again today. 02:09 We have a beautiful creature to see and enjoy 02:12 as you can see that I am holding in my hands, 02:14 a beautiful Blanding's Turtle 02:16 with his beautiful yellow throat 02:17 and also the bottom of his shell, 02:19 his plastron is yellow also. 02:21 This is the shyest of all the turtles, 02:23 in fact he is one of the shyest creatures 02:25 that we have in all of nature. 02:26 When this creature becomes frightened, 02:28 he will go to the bottom of the lake 02:29 and sometime spend an hour there. 02:31 He holds his breath and has the ability 02:33 also to absorb oxygen through his skin. 02:35 And so any other turtle would be backup 02:37 in just a very short time looking around to see 02:40 what caused the disturbance. 02:42 Not true Mr. Blanding's turtle, 02:44 he stays down in the bottom, 02:45 or he is safe until he is sure, 02:47 then he puts his nose up very, 02:49 very carefully and looks all around. 02:51 Quite often this turtle is mistaken for a snake 02:53 because he has a very long neck 02:55 and with his head stuck in the air 02:56 sometime people mistake him for a snake. 02:59 Now he's going to stick his neck out for you 03:01 and that's good, we can see more 03:02 of this anatomy that way. 03:04 The Blanding's turtle reaches maturity 03:06 at about the age of three and these creatures get 03:09 to be about twice the size of this and they would be, 03:13 in the neighborhood of three pounds 03:15 or something like that. 03:16 The female leaves the water 03:18 and goes out into the open area of a field if she can, 03:22 and she finds a nice sandy place or loose soil. 03:24 And she begins to dig with her front 03:26 and rear feet and makes a depression 03:29 as deep as she can make in the soil, 03:30 and then she turns and deposits her eggs. 03:32 She lays 25 or 30 or more eggs, 03:35 as a general rule about 30 eggs she lays 03:37 and that's the end of all of her 03:39 caring for the creatures. 03:40 She leaves the eggs and after she covers them 03:43 and goes back into the water and carries on a normal life. 03:47 And then she leaves it up to the Sun to warm 03:49 and to incubate the eggs and hatch. 03:51 And when the tiny little hatchlings 03:54 come from the eggs, 03:55 they're about the size of your thumbnail, 03:57 very, very small creatures. 03:59 And they are especially secretive, 04:01 in fact there are many people who study them 04:03 and we know very little about their feeding habits 04:06 and their life when they're this age. 04:09 And so, we just enjoy the Blanding turtle 04:12 and if I can turn him up now, 04:14 I'd like to turn him up just about to show you 04:15 the bottom of the shell, he has a hinge, 04:18 plastron and the muscles don't develop in this 04:21 until they're about three years of age. 04:23 Okay, and so the function of that is that he can withdraw 04:26 his very delicate neck and limbs in the front 04:30 and he snaps this shut and they have enough force 04:33 that you can stick your finger in there 04:34 and it will pinch your finger, okay. 04:36 So if your dog or some animal comes along 04:38 and finds this creature, begins to rotate 04:40 all in the ground and chewing it, 04:42 it withdraws into his plastron 04:44 and this closes very tightly. 04:48 And then if we turn him up this way, 04:49 you can see the back closes also. 04:52 And here is a little clue to the sex of this turtle 04:55 and it is the sex of this, 04:57 that she cannot get all of her legs inside 04:59 because there isn't enough room. 05:01 And I know that when I found this turtle, 05:03 she was out in some very soft sand, 05:05 ready to go about laying her legs. 05:07 So that means in her body cavity 05:09 the eggs are developing and more and more and more 05:12 she becomes crowded. 05:14 And so had not Ranger Jim found her 05:16 and brought her to show you on television, 05:17 by now she would perhaps have laid her eggs. 05:21 And I promise you this, 05:22 that when Ranger Jim finds a turtle 05:24 or any kind of creature that I show to boys and girls. 05:27 I take that creature back to the exact same spot 05:30 where I caught it, okay. 05:31 So I will take Mrs. Blanding turtle back 05:33 to where I captured her, I will release her there. 05:37 Then she can go about raising her family. 05:39 So we would expect that of Christians wouldn't we? 05:43 We don't to take a creature if we were to release it 05:45 in the strange area, 05:46 would not know where a source of food was 05:48 or even a source of water, okay. 05:51 We're going to exchange those 05:52 and I have another creature for you to see here. 05:54 And this is the Painted turtle, 05:56 this is the Eastern Painted turtle, 05:58 very interesting creature 05:59 looks as though someone had painted, 06:01 enameled its shell, doesn't it? 06:03 A beautiful turtle and they have a very interestingly 06:06 of identifying them. 06:07 I can tell that this is a young female 06:09 because she has very short black front toenails. 06:13 The males all have long, soft white toenails. 06:17 And this comes into play when they're mating, 06:19 the male swims along beside her 06:21 and tries to attract her with the beautiful colors. 06:23 Then he swims backward beside her and courting her 06:26 all along the way and she has nothing to do 06:28 with him for a while. 06:29 But eventually she will stop in the water, 06:32 then he comes up almost nose to nose with her 06:34 with his long soft toenails 06:36 and begins to caress her cheeks, 06:38 oh, isn't that romantic? 06:40 Not for us, but it is for turtles, okay. 06:43 And so then they fall in love 06:45 and then they live happily ever after, okay. 06:47 So that's basically the story 06:49 of the Eastern painted turtle. 06:50 You can tell them, you can identify the sex 06:53 by the length of the toenails. 06:54 Once again, boys and girls, 06:56 the wonderful creator Jesus we have, 06:58 has made these things and we can study them 07:01 and just learn forever. 07:02 I look forward to the day, 07:04 when we can go with Jesus 07:05 and learn truly all about them. 07:08 What a wonderful heavenly Father we have. 07:10 So Ranger Jim saying as always, 07:13 don't you dare forget to tell Jesus 07:15 that you love them, because He really does, love you. 07:27 Hi, boys and girls. 07:28 Knowing Jesus is so much fun, 07:30 sometimes you just want to sing. 07:32 Psalms 89:1 talks about that. 07:35 Hannah, can you tell us what that verse says? 07:37 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 07:42 Boys and girls, will you join us 07:44 on this fun song for Jesus? 07:49 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord 07:52 Forever I will sing, I will sing 07:57 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord 08:00 Forever I will sing of the mercies of the Lord. 08:05 With my mouth will I make known 08:09 Thy faithfulness, thy faithfulness 08:13 With my mouth will I make known 08:17 Thy faithfulness to all generations. 08:22 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord 08:25 Forever I will sing, I will sing 08:30 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord 08:33 Forever I will sing of the mercies of the Lord. 08:41 Today, boys and girls, have fun singing for Jesus. 08:51 Hi, we have a really yummy recipe for you today. 08:54 Some Mexican dish. It's Burrito Casserole. 08:58 And I'm gonna read you the ingredients right now. 09:18 Okay, let's get started. 09:20 Okay, first we're gonna start with the salsa, 09:22 put some salsa in. 09:23 Why don't you go ahead and stir that around, Jody. 09:28 Just put a thin layer on the bottom, just. 09:33 Okay. You want to tell them 09:35 why we put this on the bottom, Kate. 09:37 We're putting this on the bottom, 09:38 so our tortillas don't burn. 09:40 Okay, our next, our next one is our tortillas. 09:43 Gonna take these tortillas, 09:46 and always wash your hands before use, 09:49 before you do things with your hands. 09:52 I'm gonna put these down on the sides. 09:59 We're gonna tear a little bit of tortilla, at the edges. 10:06 Here we go. Little bit more, okay. 10:13 Okay, looks good. Okay. 10:16 Now we're gonna put some beans down. Okay. 10:19 Why don't you take those down, Jody. 10:21 Now go ahead and stir. Okay. 10:27 Here we go. Um, it smells good. 10:32 I love chili beans, okay. 10:36 Why don't you put a little bit more. 10:39 Here we go. That looks so good. 10:42 Okay, next thing we're gonna put on veggie cheese. 10:45 Just sprinkle the cheese around 10:48 and this is veggie cheese, 10:50 it's a great alternative for cheese. 10:52 It tastes really good. Okay. 10:55 Just sprinkle on that lightly all over your pan. 11:00 Here we go, okay. 11:04 Okay, and then the next thing 11:05 we're gonna put on is our tortillas. 11:13 Stuff that. Break it up, okay. 11:18 Then we're gonna put on more salsa. 11:24 Yeah, spread this around. Okay. 11:31 Now let's put a little bit more. 11:32 We're gonna put on some beans. 11:34 Little bit more in here. Here we go. 11:39 Take some more beans. Okay. 11:44 Looks good. 11:51 It's looking great. Yes, it is. 11:54 This is one of our favorite casseroles. 11:56 Okay, and then the next thing 11:58 we put on is cheese, more cheese. 11:59 Put more cheese on, I'll do that for you. 12:09 Okay. You have to get your cheese on. 12:12 Then we're gonna put more tortillas. Tortillas on. 12:20 We pull this up on the sides a little bit. 12:24 That break some up, stick them in there. Okay. 12:29 Now we put on more beans. Okay. 12:40 Okay. Keep coming. 12:47 Looks good. Okay, then we're gonna put on, 12:52 we're put on some more cheese. 13:04 Looks good. Okay. 13:12 Now we put on some olives. 13:17 Some more olives, decorate this. 13:24 Spread them all around. 13:28 And after you're done with everything, 13:30 you put it all in. 13:31 You can bake this in the oven 13:32 for 30 to 40 minutes at 350, okay. 13:36 Make sure again, it does help to put in the oven too. 13:39 Okay. And we have a finished product over there. 13:43 And we've taken a piece, 13:45 cut a piece out of it to show you. 13:50 And we're gonna decorate that for you 13:52 and show you how we decorate it. 13:54 You can do whatever really whatever you want. 13:57 We take lettuce. Okay. 13:59 And put tomatoes on, just have fun with it. 14:04 It doesn't matter whatever you wanna start with. 14:07 Put some tomatoes on it. Cheese. 14:13 Just have fun, isn't that pretty. Good. 14:19 And this sour cream is tofutti sour cream 14:24 and it's very good for you, 14:27 and it's really tastes good, tastes exactly like, 14:31 almost exactly like regular sour cream. 14:33 We really like this a lot, 14:35 it's a good alternative for sour cream. 14:38 Doesn't that look yummy? 14:40 It sure does. 14:42 I can't wait to bite into that one. 14:44 You have to try this recipe at home. 14:46 Why don't you invite some company over 14:48 or friends or something, they're gonna love this one. 14:50 Looks really good. Well, until next time. 14:54 Keep cooking. And eat healthy. 15:05 Oh! No, that's okay you're not disturbing me. 15:07 I was just thinking about some of the things 15:09 that have been happening here in Israel. 15:11 If you got a moment, come on over and I'll show you, 15:14 with you what I'm thinking. 15:17 My name's Elijah, and I live back in the mountains. 15:22 Before Ahab became King. 15:26 I had been hoping and praying 15:27 that a King would come to the throne, 15:30 who would love God, and would worship him, 15:33 and who would be a good example 15:34 for the people to follow. 15:36 But when Ahab became King, 15:38 he decided he didn't want to obey 15:39 or a worship God. 15:41 And then he went and married Jezebel, 15:44 the daughter of the King of Sidon, 15:46 who was also a prophet of Baal. 15:48 And when Jezebel came to Israel, 15:50 she brought with her the worship of Baal in a big way. 15:54 Before long, the King was worshiping Baal too 15:57 and then he set up idols and altars to Baal 16:00 along the paths and the wood. 16:02 And he tried to force people to worship Baal, 16:04 because he said Baal is the one who sends the rain, 16:06 not the Lord. 16:09 Made me sick to see how confused the people were, 16:12 they didn't know whether they should worship the Lord 16:14 or worship Baal. 16:16 So I started to pray and asked the Lord 16:18 that if He would do something to cause the people 16:21 and the King to realize 16:23 that Baal was nothing but a fake, 16:24 and that he was the only one worthy of worship. 16:27 One day while I was praying, 16:29 the Lord impressed me that now was the time for God 16:32 to display his power. 16:34 And so down the mountain side I went, 16:36 across the valley all the way to King's Palace 16:38 and I didn't stop until 16:39 I should face to face with the King. 16:42 I looked him straight in the eye 16:43 and I raised my hands toward heaven. 16:45 And I said, "As the Lord God of heaven lives, 16:48 before whose presence I stand, 16:50 there shall not be dew or rain until I say so." 16:54 With that I turned around and left. 16:58 The Lord directed me over toward the Brook Cherith, 17:01 where He had water, there was water for me to drink, 17:04 and every morning before the Sun came up 17:08 and every evening before the Sun went down, 17:11 God sent ravens to feed me. 17:14 After the water in the brook dried up, 17:17 God directed me back over to Zarephath, 17:20 where a widow gave me food to eat and water to drink. 17:25 It was probably about three years, 17:30 and God told me that it was time now 17:32 to go back to King Ahab. 17:35 So back to the Land of Israel I went 17:38 and I met King Ahab on the road. 17:40 And when he saw me, he frowned and he said, 17:42 "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?" 17:45 And I looked at him and I said, 17:47 "I've not troubled Israel. 17:48 You have and that you have not remembered 17:50 the commandments of the Lord, and you followed after Baal." 17:54 Now gather all the people to me up in Mount Carmel, 17:57 along with all of the prophets of Baal. 18:01 So at a point of time, 18:04 the King assembled all of the people at Mount Carmel, 18:06 including the prophets of Baal. 18:09 When they had gathered all around me, 18:11 I asked them, "how long are you going 18:12 to waver between serving the Lord or serving Baal. 18:17 If the Lord is God, then serve Him. 18:20 If Baal is God, then serve him." 18:24 People were too afraid to answer, 18:27 so I told them I'm the only prophet left in Israel. 18:31 A prophet of God, but there are 400 prophets of Baal. 18:36 I challenged the prophets of Baal to a contest 18:39 to determine who the real God is. 18:43 We'll both build altars. 18:45 They can build an altar to Baal, 18:47 and I'll build an altar to the Lord. 18:49 Then we'll prepare that altar by placing wood 18:52 in a sacrifice ready to be burned. 18:55 But neither of us will start the wood on fire. 18:58 And then they can pray to Baal, 19:00 and I'll pray to the Lord in heaven. 19:04 And the one who demonstrates his power 19:08 by sending fire down from heaven 19:10 to consume the sacrifice, He will be God. 19:17 All the people thought that was a pretty good idea 19:18 and so they agreed to that contest. 19:22 Then I turned to the prophets of Baal and I said, 19:25 since there are so many of you, you go first. 19:28 And so they did. 19:29 They made their altar 19:31 and they put their sacrifice on the wood 19:33 and then they started to pray. 19:35 Oh Baal hear us, they prayed, 19:37 but there was no answer. 19:39 Louder and louder they've started to pray 19:41 and there was still no answer. 19:42 So now they started to jump around the altar, no answer. 19:47 In desperation they started to take knives 19:49 and they started to cut their clothes 19:50 and then they started to cut themselves 19:52 until the blood just flowed. 19:54 Still there was no answer. 19:58 All day long they continued 20:00 until finally towards evening 20:02 they were exhausted, confused, 20:05 weak from the loss of blood and unable to continue 20:09 they withdrew from the contest. 20:13 I turned to the people and I told them 20:14 to draw closer to me and they did. 20:17 Then I repaired the altar the Lord 20:19 that had been broken down. 20:21 And I prepared the sacrifice on the wood, 20:24 and then I dug a ditch 20:25 all the way around, the altar. 20:28 And then I had them pour a water 20:29 on top of the sacrifice until it ran down 20:32 over the top of the sacrifice 20:34 and down the sides of the alternate 20:35 filled the ditch. 20:38 All the people watched and waited. 20:41 Then I stood in front of the altar 20:43 and I raise my hands towards heaven and I prayed, 20:46 Oh Lord, let Israel know that you are God here, 20:51 and that I'm your servant and I've done 20:53 all of these things at your command. 20:55 No Lord, let the people know 20:57 that you're willing to forgive them 20:59 of their sin, almost before I could say amen, 21:02 fire flashed down from heaven like 21:04 a frozen lightning bolt and it burned the sacrifice 21:07 and the wood and it even burned up the stones 21:09 that made up the altar. 21:11 When the people saw that 21:12 they fell down on their faces 21:13 and they cried, the Lord he is God, 21:15 the Lord he is God. 21:17 Oh what a wonderful day that was, 21:20 because not only the God show the people 21:22 that He was the real God, He also let them know that 21:26 He was willing to forgive them of their sins. 21:31 Oh, what a wonderful day that was! 21:35 And that night God send a great rain to water the Earth. 21:39 Oh, thank you for letting me relive this story with you. 21:43 But now it's time for me to go. 21:45 But before I go, let's all remember 21:48 that when we recognize the Lord as God in our lives 21:52 and we ask Him to forgive us of our sins. 21:55 He will forgive us every time. 22:11 Wasn't that an exciting story? 22:14 I'm so glad we worship the real God 22:16 and not an idol like Baal, aren't you? 22:19 Let's check our mail box now, 22:20 there might be a letter from you. 22:22 I hope so. I love getting letters. 22:25 Just open the box, I do have some letters. 22:29 Oh! And quite a few of them today too. 22:31 Oh let's see who they're from. 22:34 All right, Oh, yes. What is this? 22:38 Even one that's a priority mail. 22:40 Somebody thought that was pretty important, 22:42 didn't they? Oh! It's important to me too. 22:46 There's one here from Marissa Suttonm 22:49 and one from Daniel Varez 22:52 and one from Jessie in Idaho. 22:57 Oh, one from Baraboo, Wisconsin. 22:59 Oh quite a few today. 23:01 Let's see if-- I'll see if I can share some with you. 23:05 Oh I love getting letters. 23:06 Let's see what Marissa have to say. 23:11 Oh, you know what? 23:13 Marissa sent us a picture too. 23:15 Thank you, Marissa. 23:16 Let's show the boys and girls at home your picture. 23:20 That's such a beautiful picture. 23:21 Thank you, Marissa. 23:22 This letter says, dear Brenda, 23:25 my name is Marissa 23:27 and here's some ways 23:28 that I have shared Jesus with others. 23:31 I go door to door and pass out literature 23:33 with my mom and daddy 23:35 on Sabbath afternoons 23:36 and sometimes we give out loaves of bread too. 23:40 One Friday I wanted to give our neighbor Lisa, 23:42 a loaf of bread 23:43 and when mom and I went to give her the bread, 23:46 I asked if Britney her daughter 23:48 could come over for worship. 23:50 And Lisa said, yes, and she came too. 23:53 They learned all about the Sabbath, 23:55 it's fun to show kindness and share Jesus with others. 23:58 Thank you, so much for letting me share. 24:00 Love Marissa. 24:02 Marissa, thank you very much 24:03 for sharing your letter. 24:04 I enjoyed hearing how you shared Jesus, 24:07 that was a wonderful way to witness. 24:09 You want to keep praying too 24:11 that Jesus will keep working on her heart. 24:14 Now there's one here from Daniel Varez. 24:17 Let's see what Daniel has to say. 24:23 Daniel says, dear Brenda, I'm six years old 24:27 and I'd like to play the computer. 24:29 I like hearing about you, boys and girls too, 24:31 the things that you like to do. 24:33 Says that he specially likes the Jesus game 24:36 and he likes to sing. 24:37 Says to share Jesus, I went with my class 24:40 to the nursing home and we drew pictures 24:42 of the Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath 24:45 on big pieces of poster board. 24:47 Well, that sounds good. 24:49 We showed our pictures and took turns 24:51 telling about God's work. 24:53 Well, Daniel, that was a wonderful way 24:54 to share Jesus. 24:55 I know that made Him very happy. 24:58 You know, I've been thinking about my list of blessings 25:01 and it's a very long list. 25:03 I'm so thankful for so many things. 25:05 I'm thankful for my family, I'm thankful for my children 25:09 and my grandson. 25:10 I'm thankful for the birds that fly in nature, 25:13 the beautiful things that God has given us. 25:16 But I think right at the top of the list, 25:18 I'd have to put as number one, 25:20 that Jesus loves me and he takes care of me 25:23 just as he did for Elijah. 25:25 He's just as powerful today boys and girls, 25:28 as he was in the Bible times. 25:30 But of all the wonderful things 25:32 that God can do, 25:33 I think the most wonderful thing of all 25:36 is that Jesus forgives us for our sins. 25:39 When we do something wrong, He will forgive us. 25:42 All we have to do is ask Him. 25:45 I have an idea, 25:46 let's take our list of blessings 25:48 and thank Him for each and every one of them. 25:50 Let's tell Him that we love Him. 25:52 For He never gets tired of hearing that, does He? 25:55 Do you get tired if someone tells you, 25:57 they love you? No. 25:59 But do we want to keep Jesus all to ourselves? 26:02 No, of course not. 26:04 Let's share Him with others. 26:06 That way will make Jesus happy, 26:08 other people happy, and ourselves happy. 26:12 Isn't that wonderful? 26:13 I wonder what ideas you have for sharing Jesus? 26:17 Would you write and tell me. 26:19 You know it doesn't have to be something big, 26:21 you don't have to know how to sing 26:24 or to play the violin or the piano 26:26 or to do anything really that's difficult 26:29 or you think is so special. 26:31 There's so many ways you can share Jesus. 26:33 You don't have to preach a sermon 26:35 or write a book either. 26:36 But do think of kind things, 26:38 be truthful even if others lie. 26:41 And you stand up for someone 26:42 if other children are picking on them too, okay. 26:45 You know, boys and girls, 26:47 Jesus loves you. 26:48 Remember, it's Kids Time to share Jesus. |
Revised 2014-12-17