Participants: Brenda Walsh
Series Code: KT
Program Code: KT000076
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00:03 It's time to share there's a world out
00:06 there looking for a friend like Jesus, 00:10 it's time to share there is a world 00:12 out there. Let's tell them 00:14 that He loves us so. Let's tell them that 00:18 He loves us so. Kids time, 00:22 Kids time, Kids time. Hi, boys and girls. 00:25 How do you like my little bonsai tree? 00:28 Isn't it cute? Do you know, 00:30 you might think that this is just a 00:31 baby tree and that it will get a 00:33 whole lot bigger, but this tree is 00:35 as big as it will ever get. 00:37 It's called a bonsai tree and it's carefully 00:42 grown in such a way that it will 00:43 always be small. In today's Bible 00:46 story you are going to hear about a tree 00:48 and it wasn't a bonsai tree and it wasn't a 00:51 small tree either, but the man who 00:53 climbed up into this tree was so small that 00:57 we might even call him the bonsai man. 00:59 He was all grown up, he was smart and 01:02 he was educated and he had a good job, 01:05 but he didn't have a normal height. 01:07 The Bible doesn't tell us whether or not 01:10 it bothered this man to be shorter than the 01:12 other people, but it does tell us 01:14 of one time when it caused him a problem, 01:16 but not for long. A little bonsai man, 01:20 he solved his problem very quickly, 01:22 perhaps you have something different 01:24 about you, perhaps you're shorter 01:26 than all your friends or maybe your 01:29 taller than all your friend, 01:31 and then they feel like a big giant, 01:32 or perhaps you're the only one in your class 01:35 with glasses or maybe the only one in your 01:37 family with red hair. If so, why not be 01:41 like our little bonsai man in our story today. 01:44 Accept whatever it is different about 01:46 yourself and face it as a challenge, 01:49 never let it hold you back in doing 01:51 something worthwhile, you might even 01:54 begin to think of yourself as lucky that 01:55 you're not just like everybody else. 01:57 You know, I'm sure that Jesus enjoys all the 02:02 differences he sees in boys and girls 02:04 and grown ups too, but before the 02:06 story Ranger Jim is going to talk to us 02:09 about an insect with its own differences 02:11 called a Praying Mantis. 02:14 Hi boys and girls, Ranger Jim saying 02:23 welcome to the Nature Time, 02:25 we're glad you can join us today, 02:26 look what I have, isn't this a beautiful 02:28 little guy. This is known as 02:30 the Praying Mantis, I don't know if 02:31 you've ever seeing one or not. 02:33 You should look for them when you're 02:34 out for a walk, if you're out 02:35 around Goldenrod plants and things like that. 02:37 In the Northern part of United States we would 02:39 find these, so that's part 02:40 of August into September and maybe 02:42 into October. They're starting life 02:44 as a tiny little ant like creature 02:47 and they progressively grow until 02:48 they're this size. Now this is an 02:50 adult Praying Mantis and this is the female. 02:53 This is the mommy Praying Mantis and you 02:54 say well Ranger Jim how would know that? 02:56 You look at their bottom, 02:57 well I'm not going to turn it over because 02:59 I'm hanging onto so she won't turn. 03:01 Look at their abdomen and the male have 03:04 eight segments. You can count them 03:05 1, 2, 3 what you're looking forward 03:07 is one with 6, when you find one 03:09 with 6 segments on the lower part of her 03:10 abdomen that means it's a mommy or a female 03:13 and you can put it in a glass jar or you can 03:16 put it in a small aquarium that's dry 03:18 and put in a piece of under brunch of some 03:21 kind with leaves on it, so they can perch 03:23 on that, then you can go out and you could 03:25 catch crickets, so you can get 03:26 small grasshoppers or any kind of thing 03:29 you want because this is a predator. 03:30 This insect attacks and kills and consumes 03:33 eats other smaller insects and when it is 03:37 very small it catches insects like tiny little 03:40 vinegar flies and little nets and it 03:43 progresses up and it gets large 03:44 enough and it can catch small flies. 03:46 Then it gets a little bigger and it can catch 03:48 house flies and it continues to get larger, 03:51 and larger, it needs a larger supply of food. 03:54 It has more strength and it's able to catch 03:56 larger insects. Its front legs, 03:58 if I were to spread them out for 04:00 you they're knife like in that like a 04:02 pocket knife, they open. 04:04 Now she has her claws open, 04:06 and she reaches out and catches, 04:08 she springs out and grabs an insect on 04:10 the inside. God has provided 04:11 with tiny little spines, 04:13 very sharp on the inside. 04:15 She grabs the insect and she grasps it 04:18 and hangs onto it and then she consumes it. 04:21 So that is not a pretty sight to many people. 04:23 I know boys and girls who enjoy that. 04:25 My wife says I have a little bit of a mean 04:27 streak, it isn't that I have a mean steak, 04:29 it's just that I enjoy watching the process 04:31 that takes place in nature. 04:33 So when this insect watches, 04:36 turns his head. It is the only 04:38 insect boys and girls that we have that 04:39 can turn his head right and left. 04:41 In fact she can turn her neck so fast, 04:44 she can turn around and look directly 04:45 behind her. And this is sometimes 04:48 call the Popeye okay. 04:50 You can see she has very enlarged eyes, 04:53 it stick off on the side of their head. 04:54 They are very movement sensitive, 04:57 anytime that they see an insect near them 04:59 that moves they catch that movement and they 05:02 train their eyes on it and watch it, 05:03 they're not prone to fly out and grab 05:06 an insect as much as they are to lay and 05:08 waiting and just wait very patiently. 05:11 Now they're called a Praying Mantis because 05:13 you see not so much now because 05:14 I'm holding her and she is frightened, 05:16 but normally she holds her front claws up 05:19 in a position of prayer just waiting for 05:22 something to come by, 05:23 no she's not praying that is simply the 05:25 position that she has assumes, 05:26 they're in readiness to grab their prey 05:28 when it comes by. So this is a very, 05:31 very interesting insect and she lays a 05:34 pot of eggs, very large body, 05:37 and when I first place this in an aquarium, 05:41 she had begun to lay the eggs and begins 05:43 to come out the back of her body just 05:45 spewing out like a little tiny ribbon 05:47 of form and it grows and grows and grows. 05:50 It is a very, very sticky substance and it is 05:54 very strong and it is perfect insulation. 05:57 She lays this along on a protective branch 06:00 sometime she likes to get around a barn or 06:03 I find them usually. I look for them 06:04 around a grain drill or something, 06:06 because they like to get up under a board 06:07 or some protection from the rain not always, 06:10 sometimes they would just be out on just a 06:13 regular level wind, but if she does 06:16 that it's always the same, 06:17 she deposits the eggs there and then goes 06:20 about her own life. She completely 06:21 forgets about her babies, 06:23 all of her chores finished. 06:25 She has nothing more to do, 06:26 now I've talked about that I'm going to 06:28 put Mrs. Mantis over here and open the case 06:31 so you can see it. This is what it 06:33 looks like when it's laying on a branch 06:34 okay. So, boys and girls when you're out 06:36 in nature and you're looking for things 06:38 always keep your eyes open. 06:39 If you see a little lump on a branch go 06:41 and look at it, I'm going to open 06:43 this now, so you can see inside in here 06:45 would be 300 tiny little eggs and when 06:48 these eggs hatch next spring when it gets 06:50 warm long in June, July, maybe then they 06:54 come forth these tiny little creatures about 06:57 the size of a tiny, tiny little spider 06:59 and a little bit of a silk on the back of it. 07:02 They spin out like that and they come slowly 07:04 down to ground just gently they don't fall 07:06 often hurt themselves another example of how 07:08 God provides boys and girls for even the 07:10 Praying Mantis. So Ranger Jim 07:12 as always telling you boys and girls don't 07:15 forget to tell Jesus that you love Him, 07:16 because He really does love you. 07:27 Hello, boys and girls welcome to Music Time 07:30 with Budicus. Our producer Brendacus 07:34 wanted us to do a song about Zacchaeus. 07:37 Zacchaeus, what is it that you do 07:41 for a living? I collect money 07:44 and you owe me some money, 07:46 I don't think I like Zacchaeus very much, 07:56 as a matter of fact a lot of people 07:59 didn't like him, but one person did 08:02 and we would like to sing that song for you. 08:08 Zacchaeus was a wee little man. 08:12 And a wee little man was he. 08:15 He climbed up in a sycamore tree. 08:19 For the Lord he wanted to see. 08:22 And as the Savior passed that way. 08:26 He looked up in that tree. 08:29 And He said, Zacchaeus, you come down! 08:34 For I'm going to your house today. 08:37 For I'm going to your house today. 08:40 Boys and girls we're gonna try it again 08:44 this time do the action with us. 08:46 Zacchaeus was a wee little man. 08:50 And a wee little man was he. 08:53 He climbed up in a sycamore tree. 08:57 For the Lord he wanted to see. 09:00 And as the Savior passed that way. 09:04 He looked up in that tree. 09:07 And He said, Zacchaeus, you come down! 09:11 For I'm going to your house today. 09:14 For I'm going to your house today. 11:25 Tomias, is everything ready for banquet? 11:27 Yes master. Are you sure 11:28 all the details have been taken care of? 11:30 Yes master. Make sure to doubly check 11:32 and please go and tell the others, 11:34 yes master. You must know 11:37 that for a very long time I have not 11:39 been happy, everything people say about 11:43 me is true. Zacchaeus, he's a cheat. 11:46 Zacchaeus makes himself rich by charging 11:50 even the poor, as Chief Tax Collector 11:53 I have been very greedy. 11:55 I've charged even the poorest people 11:57 more than I'm required to and the extra 12:00 I've kept for myself. I have far more 12:04 luxuries and privileges than other people do, 12:06 but I recently have felt so guilty about my 12:10 dishonesty that I really have enjoyed 12:13 the money and fine things that we have. 12:15 Then just this morning I've heard that Jesus 12:20 was coming to town. I've heard such 12:22 wonderful things about him, 12:24 how he heals people of all kinds of diseases. 12:27 How he loves children and tells stories that 12:30 keep everyone hanging on his every word and 12:33 I've also heard how friendly he is to all 12:36 kinds of people, even tax collectors like me. 12:40 Well I've made up my mind that 12:43 I just had to see him, I somehow felt 12:46 the just one glimpse would make me a 12:49 better man, but actually seeing 12:53 Jesus wasn't that easy. When I got onto 12:56 the Jericho road where he was expected to pass. 12:59 The crowd was like a wall in front of me 13:01 and you know I'm not very tall I 13:05 started jumping up and down trying to 13:07 see over their heads, but I just couldn't 13:09 then I spot a little sycamore tree by 13:13 the side of the road, before I knew it 13:15 I found myself shimming up the tree, 13:17 scooting out on to old limb overlooking 13:20 the road. I must look 13:22 kind of funny, now that 13:25 I think of it. I guess a lot of 13:27 people were starring at me with their 13:28 mouths open. Never expecting to 13:31 see a chief tax collector act 13:34 so undignified, but the important 13:37 thing is I got to see Jesus, 13:40 there he was in the middle of the crowd. 13:45 He wasn't taller than most people and 13:48 he didn't dress differently than others, 13:50 but somehow I knew that it was Jesus. 13:54 Then he looked at me. 13:56 He looked right up into the sycamore tree 13:59 and his eyes looked deep into mine. 14:02 I couldn't look away, I could hardly breath, 14:06 his eyes, his eyes were so kind, 14:10 so forgiving and understanding. 14:13 Then he actually called me by name he said 14:18 in his quite, warm voice; Zacchaeus, 14:20 come on down, I'd like to have 14:24 dinner at your house today. 14:25 Can you imagine the privilege, the honor, 14:30 the blessing that we're about to share 14:32 and that's how I know that he loves me, 14:36 and that's how I know I will never ever 14:41 be the same again. After looking into 14:45 his face I know that I will never cheat 14:48 another man again. I will not lie or 14:51 steal or do anything mean because 14:54 he loves me. I know that 14:57 he has never done any mean or wrong 14:58 things in his life and I wanna be like him. 15:02 What's more anybody I've ever cheated 15:06 I will pay them back four times as much, 15:09 and I'm going to give half of what 15:12 I have to the poor. I can't wait to 15:16 tell Jesus this, oh I hear him now, 15:19 let's go out to meet him. 15:35 Jesus loves me and he loves you too. 15:41 Come and see how much He cares for you. 15:46 You will never find a friend so true. 15:52 Jesus loves me. And He loves you. 15:57 Jesus loves me and he loves you too. 16:04 Come and see how much He cares for you. 16:10 You will never find a friend so true. 16:16 Jesus loves me. And He loves you. 16:30 Thank you to the Meadows family for 16:31 that beautiful message and song. 16:33 Well boys and girls I'm enjoining your cards 16:36 and your letters, and your emails, 16:37 I just love hearing from you, and you are 16:40 out there witnessing for Jesus and I love it 16:42 that you're sharing that with me too and 16:44 I can share with all of you all the blessings, 16:46 but before I get reading letters today 16:49 I want you to meet a friend of mine 16:50 that's here with me. And this is Aaron. 16:52 Hi Aaron. Hi, thank you for coming today, 16:54 can you tell our boys and girls what it is 16:56 you do to share Jesus? Well me and my 16:59 youth group we baked a bunch of cookies like 17:01 Chocolate chip cookies and Monster Cookies 17:03 and we went on a couple of streets and 17:06 we pass them out to some walkers. 17:08 And well they thought, it was, 17:10 you know they had to pay for them 17:12 or it was for to support something. 17:15 We just told them, no, 17:16 we're just doing this to show that Jesus love, 17:20 love with Jesus. Right. 17:21 And they were really happy, 17:23 a lot of them were hungry, 17:26 and some other people went to the 17:29 fire station and to the hospital. 17:33 Oh that's awesome, now did you 17:35 have any special experiences it all? 17:38 Yes, when we were raking the leafs. 17:43 You do, you, you do other things too, 17:46 yeah, tell me about the other things you do. 17:47 Well we rakes the leafs for this one place 17:50 where abused mothers and their children go, 17:52 to stay when they don't have enough money. Now, 17:55 do they pay you, is this a job 17:57 that you go there. No, 17:58 we just do it for free to be nice and 18:01 well we were there and we gave out some 18:05 guys who rake leafs, it was a lot of fun. 18:07 We gave some guidance to the kids and 18:09 some adult lessons to the adults. 18:10 And we had a lot of fun raking leafs because 18:12 we jump into the leafs and it was a lot of fun. 18:15 So you play, got to play a little bit too, 18:17 yeah. Oh that's wonderful now 18:19 did you have any especial experiences 18:21 that happened to you when you 18:22 were doing that? Yeah, when we 18:24 gave the guides to the kids they really happy, 18:27 'cause I think they didn't have that many 18:28 books to read. And I think 18:30 they may have read them all and their moms 18:31 have read them all to them and so I think they 18:34 were very happy that they can read 18:35 some of them, and they probably 18:37 learned a lot about Jesus. 18:38 Oh that's wonderful, so you really are quite 18:41 active in your church, you sounds like 18:42 you have a good active youth group 18:44 doesn't it boys and girls? Yeah. 18:46 Well I really enjoyed hearing that and 18:50 I wanna thank you Aaron for sharing that 18:51 with us today. Well boys and girls, 18:54 I'm sitting here, I'm so curious 18:55 I wanna read some cards and letters 18:57 and emails to you and there's one that's 18:59 like a package and I'm always curious, 19:01 because I never know what's gonna be inside. 19:03 So lets take a look, I'm really 19:05 wanting to know, somebody send me 19:08 a Kids Time activity book, 19:09 oh I usually send that to you boys and girls 19:12 let's find out why I'm very curious now. 19:14 Let's see here, let's open, 19:16 this one is from Eric from Harrah, 19:18 Oklahoma and oh something just fell out 19:23 boys and girls it's a check 19:25 of $500 for Kids Time. 19:28 Oh it says Dear Miss. Brenda 19:30 I'm a 95-year-old kid that wrote to you 19:33 at camp meeting and told you 19:34 that I would in my second childhood, 19:36 do you remember? Yes Eric, 19:38 I do remember now, he said 19:40 well I love your program, 19:41 so I'm sending you a check for $500 19:44 to apply to the Kids Time programs. 19:46 Kids Time is the best program on TV today. 19:49 Thanks to you for producing such a program 19:52 and I'm sending back the pamphlets, 19:54 the Kids Time pamphlet, 19:55 describing the program and 19:57 I've colored everything in, 19:58 so that you can see. 20:00 I like every part of your program 20:02 and I really enjoy the Ranger Jim 20:04 and his accomplishments and every part 20:06 of this program is good to watch and 20:08 the kids can really sing. 20:09 Thank you so much, yours truly, Eric. 20:12 Eric, thank you so much and 20:14 I can't thank you enough for your generous gift. 20:16 It's, it's people like you that make these 20:19 programs possible. And I just can't 20:22 tell you how warmly and sincerely enough, 20:24 how much we really do appreciate this and, 20:26 and I know, kids everywhere are gonna 20:30 benefit and know more about Jesus 20:31 because of it. So thank you 20:32 so much, here's a self portrait 20:35 that he drew of himself and 20:36 you're a beautiful artist, 20:38 beautiful artist, thank you so much. 20:40 He says he's 95 years-young and 20:42 I would agree Eric, you're 95-years-young 20:45 and let's just take a look in 20:48 the Kids Time book. 20:49 This is the cover, for those of you 20:50 if you write to me and tell me how 20:52 you share Jesus. I will send you 20:53 one of these booklets and inside he 20:56 has just finished, look at eyes 20:58 dancing on the owl, he has just 21:00 put some much life into them and he's filled 21:03 out all the puzzles and the games and look 21:06 at that, he's just done such a wonderful job. 21:09 Thank you so much Eric. I just really ask God 21:13 to richly bless you for your kindness. 21:18 Well I wanna read this letter. It's from Jamaica 21:19 in the West Indies and let's see who this is from, 21:25 and we got a picture, I love pictures. 21:26 Can you hold that up for me Aaron and this says, 21:30 Dear Miss Brenda, I love watching Kids Time 21:32 on Sabbath mornings I'm 5-year-old and 21:34 I love to go church I share Jesus by lending 21:37 my Bible to my classmates. See I send a picture 21:41 of myself, your friend, Abigail. Abigail, 21:43 thank you so much for your picture and you know 21:45 what, anytime you share the Bible, 21:47 you share Jesus. Well before I read, 21:50 I got some more emails I wanna read to you, 21:51 but before I do, I want to take you to Russian 21:54 where I was recently visiting there with some 21:56 Russian children and there is somebody there 21:59 that wants to tell you how they share Jesus. 22:02 I'm so excited to be here today. 22:03 I am here with so many boys and girls that 22:07 love Jesus, and do you know where I'm? 22:08 I'm in Russia and I'm here with Julia who 22:11 is going to interpret for us because I don't speak 22:13 Russian and they don't speak English, 22:16 but can't you tell how much they love Jesus 22:18 by all those smiling faces, look at that boys 22:20 and girls. Oh and they gave you a nice Russian 22:23 hello and who is this right next to me? 22:27 My name is Sasha, hi Sasha, 22:31 I'm so happy you're here today and I'm happy 22:33 that you're going to tell us something that 22:35 you do to share Jesus? [Foreign Language] 22:42 I speak my classmates about Jesus. 22:46 And do most of your classmates 22:47 know about Jesus? [Foreign Language] 22:55 Very few kids know about Jesus. 22:58 And when you tell your friends about Jesus 23:00 what do you tell them? [Foreign Language] 23:06 I tell them that Jesus is God, 23:14 that he wants all of us to be happy and 23:16 be with him in heaven. And, and he does 23:21 whenever your, do your classmates do they make 23:24 fun of you or give you a hard time when 23:26 you talk about Jesus? [Foreign Language] 23:34 Most of them listen. Oh that's wonderful 23:37 and does that make you feel happy inside 23:40 when you share Jesus? [Foreign Language] 23:45 I feel very happy. You know boys and girls, 23:47 it does makes us very happy to share Jesus, 23:50 let's have the boys and girls tell you 23:52 goodbye now okay. Say bye boys and girls. 23:54 [Foreign Language] Bye. 23:59 Well thank you Sasha for sharing Jesus and 24:01 telling everyone about it. You know boys and girls 24:03 wherever you live, why don't you send 24:05 me a video, if you can't come here to 24:07 Southern Illinois to be on sharing time in person, 24:10 then send me a video and let me know how 24:12 you share Jesus won't you? I have an email here 24:15 that said, dear Miss Brenda, my name is Candice 24:18 and I'm eight-years-old. I have a brother Alex 24:21 who is 5-years-old, and we leave in South Africa. 24:24 We watch Kids Time every week and when 24:26 we're not able to then my grandpa records it for us. 24:30 He shares Jesus by making recording of some of 24:32 the programs and giving it to people to watch. 24:35 That's a wonderful way to share Jesus isn't it Aaron. 24:38 It says Alex and I share Jesus by showing 24:40 the tapes to our friends Jessica, 24:42 our cousins Keanu, Keanu, who is one-year-old 24:47 and also loves Kids Time, when he hears the 24:49 Kids Time jingle he runs to the screen and claps 24:52 his hands and he loves it when children sing. 24:56 We would love an activity book. 24:58 Thank you for these wonderful programs, 25:00 love Candice, Alex, and Keanu, and I hope 25:03 I'm pronouncing Keanu right, it's KEANU. 25:06 And they're from South Africa and thank you 25:09 so much, I love emailing, getting your emails. 25:12 There is another email it says, Dear Miss Brenda, 25:15 please send me an activity book, thank you, 25:17 love, Laura. Then I get another that says, 25:20 Dear Miss. Brenda, although my daughter was 25:23 very cryptic in her letter, I can vouch for her 25:25 that she loves Kids Time. She watches it twice 25:28 a day if she can. Thank you for providing such 25:30 a wonderful program for children. 25:32 Love, Laura's mom, Carolyn. Well, thank you 25:35 so much Laura and keep on watching Kids Time 25:38 won't you? And I have a letter here from 25:41 Ashburnham, Massachusetts and it says, 25:44 Dear Miss Brenda, my name is Samuel, 25:46 I'm 7-years-old and I share Jesus by speaking 25:49 to others about him. I have a sister who is 25:52 5-years-old and her name is Rebecca. 25:54 We both share Jesus by singing, 25:57 please send us each an activity book God bless you, 25:59 Sammy. Thank you Sammy, I'd be happy to send 26:02 you an activity book and keep sharing Jesus 26:05 won't you? Well I wanna thank you Aaron 26:07 for coming here today, I'm very glad to be here. 26:10 Well I'm glad you're here too and you know what 26:12 I wanna encourage you to keep sharing Jesus 26:14 won't you? Yes, I will. Awesome, 26:17 because boys and girls, I also wanna encourage 26:19 you to keep sharing Jesus. I want you to find 26:21 someone today, give them a big old smile, 26:23 tell them that Jesus loves them. 26:25 He is coming soon and you wanna be neighbors 26:27 with Him on Glory Street, 26:28 because it's Kids Time to share Jesus. |
Revised 2014-12-17