Participants: Brenda Walsh
Series Code: KT
Program Code: KT000044
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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. 00:13 It's time to share there's a world out there; 00:14 let's tell them that He loves us so. 00:16 Let's tell them that He loves us so. 00:20 Kids time, kids time, kids time, kids time. 00:33 Oh hi boys and girls, how did you like that music 00:37 that I was humming, does it make you feel sleepy 00:40 if so that's no surprise is it. For it's a lullaby song 00:44 that's soft and gentle and helps small children 00:47 and babies to relax and go fast asleep. Do you know 00:50 a great composer wrote it for his own children 00:53 and it has become the most famous lullaby in the whole 00:56 world. Today's Bible story tells about a young man 01:00 who didn't need a lullaby in order to fall asleep and 01:03 although he was tired and people do need lots of rest 01:06 when they're tired, he picked the most unfortunate time 01:09 and place to fall asleep. In fact, he was sleeping 01:13 when he should have been listening. We will learn 01:16 more about that in just a bit later, 01:18 but first let's talk about sleep for just a moment. 01:23 We can talk about two different kinds of sleep 01:25 okay, one is the physical kind of sleep, the sleep 01:28 that you experience every night when you go to bed, 01:31 that sleep is extremely important, 01:34 another kind of sleep might be called symbolic sleep. 01:38 Now that's a pretty big word isn't, but I'm going to 01:41 tell you what that means. If you've ever played 01:44 base ball and someone hits a ball right towards second 01:47 base and the second base man just lets that ball fly 01:50 right past him, someone might yell he was sleeping 01:54 on the job. Or perhaps someone has an important job 01:59 such as a meteorologist. Now that's a big word too 02:02 isn't. But that is a person who forecast the weather 02:07 and somehow that person just hasn't paid any attention 02:11 to the instruments so tell him or her that a big storm 02:14 is coming, someone might say that meteorologist was 02:18 sleeping on the job. Now, let me ask you neither that 02:22 second base man nor the meteorologist were actually 02:25 sleeping on the job were they? 02:28 Physically they were awake, but what we need when we say 02:31 that someone is sleeping on the job is that they're 02:34 really not paying attention to things that are 02:36 important. You know the Bible tells us some very 02:40 important things and it even tells us things that will 02:43 happen in the future. For example, it will tell us 02:47 that Jesus is coming again right here, right back 02:50 to this earth and he wants us to be reading the signs 02:54 that tell us that he is coming very soon. 02:57 So you know what boys and girls let's not fall asleep 02:59 like that young man in our story today. 03:02 Sleeping when we should be listening and let's not 03:05 fall asleep symbolically either, simply by not paying 03:09 attention to the important messages Jesus gives us 03:12 in the Bible. Well right now boys and girls 03:15 I can't wait for you to see this great big Hippo that 03:18 Ranger Jim is going to show you, let's watch and see. 03:30 Hi boys and girls, Ranger Jim saying welcome to 03:32 Nature Time. We're glad you can join us today. 03:34 We're at a very special place Homosassa park in Florida 03:39 it's in the North West part of Florida, if you come to 03:41 Florida with your family this is one place you want 03:43 to come to see. This gets Ranger Jim's gold star. 03:47 This is a place where you can see birds and animals, 03:49 manatee things of all kinds. So put this on your 03:53 itinerary to come and see this place. We have a big 03:56 hippopotamus over here and he is named Lucifer, 04:00 Lucifer one time was a movie star many years ago 04:03 when this was a wildlife park, 04:06 they were making movies and they had the hippopotamus 04:08 that comes some time will attack boats and he did this 04:11 kind of things so he would quite a celebrity 04:13 and then when this part went just strictly to native 04:16 animals then Lucifer didn't fit in because he is a 04:18 native of Africa and so they were going to sell him 04:21 but there is not much of a market for a 6,000 pounds 04:24 hippopotamus and so the local people heard about 04:26 that and they said that isn't fair that they would 04:28 sell Lucifer and so the State of Florida has granted him 04:32 citizenship. So Lucifer is officially now a native 04:36 with the State of Florida and we were happy that we can 04:39 come today and tape him and I have a piece of watermelon 04:42 I don't know if he is going to come over or not. 04:44 We have the other in showing now and he wouldn't pay 04:48 any attention if I gave him a watermelon but just let me 04:50 tell you that his head, on the top of his head his eyes 04:53 and nostrils are located and that so that he can spend 04:56 most of his time in water. The word hippopotamus is the 04:59 combination of two words that means a river horse 05:02 and he spends most of his time in the water during 05:04 the day time because he has very thin sensitive skin 05:08 and some people think that the hippopotamus perspires 05:12 blood he does in fact God, when he created this creature 05:15 knowing he had a very thin skin that would become 05:17 easily chapped and perhaps sun burned, gave him the 05:22 ability to create a pink substance and it's like a 05:25 hand lotion that maybe when you have a chapped place 05:28 on your face or your hands that mommy puts on you 05:30 and that's what the hippopotamus has, 05:32 I'll throw the watermelon now and we will see 05:34 if he will eat the watermelon okay. 05:35 Hey Lucifer, do you like watermelon, oh I just only 05:38 frightened him, but Lucifer lives in the waters I said 05:42 before at night he goes out to feed and he goes out 05:45 sometimes in forest 3 or 4 mile from the river 05:47 and feeds maybe for 5 hours eating a 100 pounds of 05:51 grass, his wide lips of his faces like a lawnmower, 05:54 he goes along, his lips are very powerful and he crops 05:57 off the grass and just cuts it like a lawnmower, 06:00 then he comes back to river where he spends a day 06:02 wallowing in mud or staying in the water where he is 06:04 comfortable. Alright, the only creature that would 06:07 attack a hippopotamus on land would be a very foolish 06:10 lion, because he has terribly long sometimes 16 to 18 06:14 inches tusk in his jaws that he can tear an alligator 06:17 apart or a lion, so he is safe from attack unlike most 06:22 animals would be in Africa, they give birth of course 06:25 to live young, having a baby that weighs 40 to 50 pound 06:28 that's a big baby isn't it? And the baby suckles his 06:31 mother being a mammal and the baby also learns at a 06:34 very early age when their in the river to protect 06:36 their self from the crocodile, 06:38 he rides on his on his mother's back, he balances 06:40 up on his mother's back so that the crocodiles can't 06:43 get to him. Now the hippopotamus would can stay 06:47 submerged under water for 10, 15 minutes, he doesn't 06:51 normally do that, but in an emergency he could do that. 06:54 He walks along on the river bottom and the baby 06:57 hippopotamus learns to walk under water before he 07:00 learns to walk on land. So the hippopotamus, 07:03 this one weighs approximately 6,000 pounds 07:07 and hippopotamus do get to the length of 14 to 16 feet 07:11 long and can weight over 8,000 pounds only out 07:16 weighed in the mammal world by the elephant 07:18 and so this is a tremendous animal and I wish that you 07:22 could be here to see him okay. When you are seeing 07:24 him on tape, he is magnificent with his big 07:27 feet and toe nails and all and his big mouth gapping 07:30 open, but if you could be here it is really a thrill 07:34 and we are so appreciative and keen and the people here 07:36 that allow us to come and see this. So boys and girls 07:39 whatever it maybe a small hummingbird or a 07:42 hippopotamus, a massive big mammal like this our 07:46 heavenly God Father made it and he made it perfect 07:49 the very first time didn't he. So once again Ranger Jim 07:53 telling you don't forget to tell Jesus that you love 07:55 him because he really does loves you. 08:07 Hey daddy it's time for you to talk. 08:15 I'm so glad that God never sleeps, 08:19 wake up daddy, wake up. 08:29 Can you imagine how it feels to know the God 08:32 who made the earth and sky and sea. 08:35 When he created all the universe, 08:38 his mighty plan included you and me 08:42 While this experience is our imagination 08:46 It's a fact all that yes is true and it just can't 08:51 keep him to myself, I'll pass him on to you 08:56 Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know 08:59 Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know 09:02 Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know 09:06 Who Jesus is. Who Jesus is. 09:09 Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know 09:12 Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know 09:16 Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know 09:19 Who Jesus is. Who Jesus is. 09:23 Can you imagine how it feels to have a friend 09:26 who never slumbers, he never sleeps 09:30 Can you believe that when he comes into your heart 09:33 and says he live there, it's for keeps 09:37 While this experience is our imagination, 09:41 it's the fact all yes it's too 09:44 And I just can't keep it to myself I'll pass it on to you 09:51 And I just can't keep it to myself, I'll pass it on to you 09:56 Yes you. 10:14 He is good, he is good. His love endures forever. 10:22 Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. 10:28 He is good, he is good. His love endures forever. 10:35 Give thanks for he is good. 10:42 He is good, he is good. His love endures forever. 10:49 Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. 10:55 He is good, he is good. His love endures forever. 11:03 Give thanks for he is good. 11:09 For His unfailing love and his 11:13 wonderful deeds give thanks, 11:18 give thanks to the Lord. 11:23 He is good, he is good. His love endures forever. 11:30 Give thanks for he is good. 11:37 He is good, he is good. His love endures forever. 11:44 Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. 11:50 He is good, he is good. His love endures forever. 11:57 Give thanks for he is good, Give thanks for he is good. 12:29 Is it morning? Is it time to wake up? I'm still tired, 12:36 let me wash up and I'll be right with you, 12:42 there that's better here, now I'm awake. 12:46 How are you boys and girls? 12:50 My name is Eutychus before last night no one here in 12:54 Troas really knew who I was, but now I'm the talk 12:58 of the town. Let me tell you why. 13:02 I came to Troas to find work, I used to be a slave 13:06 but my master set me free. He gave me a week's worth 13:10 of wages so I could come here and find a job 13:14 and that's the reason I was sleeping when you came by, 13:17 I have a new job I'm working down at the boat docks, 13:22 unloading the cargo ships it's really hard work 13:26 unloading bananas from Egypt, cloth from Italy 13:30 and spices from India. All day long I'm working hard 13:35 at night I return here to sleep and to get some supper. 13:40 The other day while I was working a group of excited 13:43 people came down to the docks, they were all talking 13:46 about the arrival of a man named Paul. It's seemed 13:49 that they couldn't wait for him to arrive. 13:53 You see a member of your family I asked, not exactly 13:56 they said we're part of a new church group that's just 13:59 began here in Troas, what group is that I asked? 14:04 We're Christians they said, we're followers of Jesus 14:08 Christ. Paul has shared with us the most exciting news 14:14 Jesus is God's son. The savior of us all, 14:19 this made me very curious I had to find out more, 14:24 I waited all day long for Paul's ship to arrive from 14:28 Macedonia, I watched as the group assembled there on 14:32 the shore, all day long I waited and watched 14:35 and finally the ship from Macedonia came in, 14:40 all those who had assembled embraced Paul 14:43 and they smiled and welcomed him and the others who 14:45 were traveling with him. It seemed like this group 14:50 really loved each other as I was there watching one 14:54 of members of this new church group came and said 14:58 if you would like to find out more about this church 15:01 group why don't you come to the meeting at the big house 15:05 it's happening this week. Paul will be speaking there 15:08 and you are more than welcome to come. 15:11 Being new in town I liked the idea of going to a meeting 15:15 and finding out more about Christians, 15:19 the next day when I went into work, 15:21 everyone was talking about the meeting at the big house, 15:24 there were so excited about what Paul was sharing with 15:27 them, I thought I will go to that meeting tonight. 15:34 And that's what I did, when I finished work the first 15:38 place I went was to that big house, I didn't have any 15:41 trouble finding it, it was right in the middle of town 15:44 and it was three stories tall, already people were 15:48 gathering, they gathered in the upstairs room 15:51 where Paul was going to speak. 15:55 It seemed right at the very beginning Paul knew exactly 15:59 what I needed to hear. How did he know that I was 16:02 lonely, how did he know that I needed to experience 16:06 the love of God, how did he know that my life was 16:10 missing Jesus. Everyday this week it's been the same 16:16 thing, I've worked so hard so that I could get all the 16:20 ships unloaded and so that I could go and see and be 16:24 with the Christian group. Now the week is over, 16:29 all week long I went and tonight is the very last 16:34 night that Paul is going to be here in Troas. 16:39 Since it's the last night that Paul is going to be 16:41 here the room is very very crowded I walked in 16:46 and I couldn't find a place to sit, all the seats on the 16:50 ground were taken in the room and then I looked across 16:54 and I saw a window that was open aha, I'll sit there. 16:59 So I made my way through the crowd and I brought 17:02 myself up in the windowsill. As the meeting progressed, 17:07 Paul preached and it began to get dark outside, 17:10 so the owners of the house lit candles and lamps 17:15 and it began to get very warm in the room, 17:20 I was very sleepy because I've been working hard all 17:23 week but I wanted be hear every single word that 17:25 Paul said. He preached and preached and preached 17:30 and I listened and listened and listened, 17:35 after a while my eye lids begin to get very, very 17:39 heavy, the rest of the story is what I've been told 17:45 because I fell asleep during the message. 17:48 The next thing I knew I was lying on my back in the 17:51 courtyard, Paul was standing over me and the whole 17:54 group had gathered around what happened, what happened 17:58 I asked, Eutychus, you fell asleep during the message, 18:04 you fell down here to the courtyard, you were dead, 18:08 you weren't breathing, we all thought that Paul's last 18:12 night here would end in the tragedy of your death, 18:15 but Paul came down here, he put his body across your 18:20 limp body and then Paul startled us all by standing 18:25 up and he said Eutychus, is not dead he is alive 18:31 and then I woke up. I went back upstairs to that third 18:36 floor and the meeting continued until the sun came 18:40 up. I'm now a Christian, how could I not be, 18:48 the love of God is real it is seen in all of the people 18:52 in the new church that I'm going to. 18:56 Are you a Christian? Boys and girls, do you love Jesus? 19:03 If you do, then Jesus will pick you up when you fall 19:09 down. Just like Paul came down and raised me back to 19:14 life I'm an illustration of the power of God. 19:21 I'm glad that Jesus picks us up. Whenever we fall down, 19:26 whenever we make a mistake his love is real 19:31 and by the way boys and girls thank you for waking 19:33 me up this morning, it's time for me to go to work. 21:09 Thank you Benjamin and John, for that beautiful song, 21:12 I really enjoyed it. Well, I have special guest for you 21:15 today I would like you to meet I would like to 21:17 introduce you to Adam. Hi, Adam, Hi, thank you 21:19 for joining me and kids time today and how old are you? 21:23 I'm 11. You're 11 years old, what grade are you in, 21:26 6th, 6th grade, do you like school? Is that, 21:30 you've being honest here, it's okay huh 21:32 and is the school pretty exciting for you? 21:37 No, I don't think so, but what kind of things excited 21:40 do you like sports, right. Aha! What's your favorite 21:43 sport? It has to be basketball. Basketball, 21:46 I see a little gleam in your eye when we're talking 21:48 about basketball right. Well you know I think you were 21:52 telling me about some Christian calendars, can you, 21:55 what is a Christian calendar? Well it's a calendar that 21:59 they're called God's creation that they when you open 22:02 them up they have a picture on them and then a Bible 22:08 verse and an Bible verse? Uhuh. And what were you 22:11 doing with those calendars? Well, we were selling them 22:14 door to door for a school fundraiser. And you were 22:17 and you decided to do something extra than that. 22:20 What did you do. We decide with each sail to give away 22:24 a steps to Christ. Now that's a special book that 22:27 tells about being close to Jesus right yep. 22:30 And what happened, did you have some unusual experience 22:34 that happened because of that? Yes, there was this 22:37 little old lady she said that it was an answer to her 22:43 prayer, I came and brought her that calendar because 22:45 she can't get out much. Oh, so that really brought her 22:49 a blessing. Hmm. Well, you're gonna need to pray 22:51 for her too, you just planted a seed there, 22:53 we need to pray and ask the Holy Spirit to water it, 22:55 right boys and girls. Now you've also had, 22:57 you believe in prayer don't you? Hmm and what, 23:01 you had a very an incident recently where you had an 23:04 opportunity to pray, can you tell me about that? Yeah. 23:07 Please do tell the boys and girls. Saturday evening, 23:12 afternoon, we were walking in the woods and then 23:16 we came up to this dear stand with a clearing 23:22 and then we walked a little bit then we decided to 23:26 turn back, so we came to this ditch that was very close 23:32 to where we live and we either turn left or right. 23:36 So we took the wrong way, so we ended up walking along 23:41 the ways and once we've finally realized that 23:47 we were lost, we, was it starting to get dark? Yeah, 23:53 it was starting to get dark so we knelt down and prayed 24:00 and we said dear Jesus please help us out of this 24:03 mess that we've got ourselves into, in Jesus name, amen. 24:07 Huh! And so did Jesus help you? Yes, he, well we walked 24:15 in and there was this old road that had some tire 24:19 tracks on it and then we walked into this clearing 24:22 and we saw a house, but first we had to passed 24:26 through some, a barbwire fence, we had to climb a 24:30 fence that have bulls and cows in it. Oh my Goodness, 24:34 that is kind of scary. Yeah and then we had to climb 24:40 over the fence to get to the house and we knocked 24:44 on the door and it happened to be my best friend 24:47 saying in an article. So, oh and you had an opportunity 24:53 to witness too because you've told many people 24:54 that story how God answers prayers, yep. 24:57 So that was a wonderful way to witness 24:59 wasn't it boys and girls? Well, I want to just 25:01 thank you for coming today and we might have 25:03 time to read one letter and I'll you, Oh we've got 25:07 a beautiful picture, can you hold that up for me 25:09 and this letter says dear Brenda my name is Janelle, 25:12 and I'm five years old, I love Jesus and I love angels. 25:16 I share Jesus love at home by doing work from 25:18 mommy like sweeping the kitchen and making my bed. 25:22 I like praying to Jesus and I ask him to give me a 25:24 new heart. Thank you for doing Kids Time, love Janelle. 25:28 Well thank you so much for that letter Janelle 25:31 and I'm glad that you love to share Jesus 25:33 and you love to pray, I think this time there is another 25:36 card here from Michigan and this one on the card says 25:40 all things are possible with him says to Brenda, 25:43 we like Kids Time and the Kids Time books, 25:46 thank you for a kids time love Glesni, Andrew and Keira, 25:50 and God loves you. Thank you so much, 25:52 isn't that a beautiful card boys and girls, 25:54 says all things are possible with him and all things our 25:57 possible with Jesus aren't they? Did you see that, 26:00 well thank you so much Adam for being on the program 26:03 today, I want to encourage you to keep witnessing 26:05 will you? I'll never stop witness seem for Jesus, 26:09 I'm glad too and boys and girls I want to encourage 26:12 you to witness for Jesus, get someone to smile today 26:14 won't you. Tell them how much Jesus loves them 26:17 alright and Jesus loves you too remember 26:19 boys and girls it's Kids Time to share Jesus. |
Revised 2014-12-17