Participants: Brenda Walsh
Series Code: KT
Program Code: KT000243
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00:04 It's time to share there's a world out there, 00:08 Looking for a friend like Jesus. 00:12 It's time to share there's a world out there; 00:16 let's tell them that He loves us so. 00:20 Let's tell them that He loves us so. 00:24 Kids Time, Kids Time, Kids Time. 00:31 Hi, boys and girls. There isn't a lot of good news 00:34 to read about at least not in the newspaper, is there? 00:36 The world is full of people who are sick and dying 00:39 and losing their homes because they don't have 00:41 enough money to pay their bills. 00:43 And the paper is full of sad stories. 00:45 I rather read about the stories about God taking 00:48 care of his people and there are plenty of stories 00:50 like that, I told a lot of them in a book I wrote 00:53 about Hurricane Katrina and I met hundreds of 00:56 people who told me personally how God took 00:58 care of them when that big storm hit. 01:00 So believe me boys and girls there is plenty of 01:03 good news out there. Our Bible story today is 01:06 about a woman who thought she was going to 01:08 lose everything. It would have made a great 01:10 newspaper story, huh! But God stepped in and well, 01:14 you have to wait and see what happened. 01:16 First let's get ready for nature time. 01:25 HI, boys and girls. Welcome to nature time. 01:28 You know, we're here again in beautiful 01:30 Western Montana, Up at Glacier National Park 01:32 and what I like to talk today is something that 01:37 may seem just a little bit different for nature time. 01:40 But it's one of the forces of nature. 01:43 Now you would think is a force of nature be maybe 01:46 a great storm or maybe the waves of a huge ocean 01:51 rolling in or Tsunami, but we're gonna talk about a 01:55 forest fire. Now you might say a forest fire, 01:58 that's a horrible thing. Well, let's talk about 02:01 this for a minute. These trees that you see behind 02:03 me like this one here that's been scorched black 02:05 and unfortunately it's been killed, it has opened 02:08 up the canopy for some very necessary foliage 02:11 in plants that wouldn't normally grow under heavy 02:14 shade. Many of the animals here in 02:16 Glacier National Park rely heavily on eating these 02:20 plants and they need open areas. 02:24 While it does definitely alter and change the 02:27 appearance of this forest and in some ways it does 02:30 do damage. Let's talk for a moment about erosion. 02:34 When a forest fire goes through it burns all of the 02:37 little grasses and it lives the forest floor 02:39 susceptible to being washed away. 02:42 There is not much top soil in a forest like this, 02:45 with only pine needles falling on it and decaying 02:48 down. It takes hundreds of years to make just a 02:51 quarter inch of top soil here and so after a fire 02:54 goes through, much of that top soil is washed down 02:57 into the lower valleys and into the lower meadows. 03:00 Many of those meadows need that top soil. 03:02 So they can have a healthy plant base, 03:04 that's so necessary on this fragile echo system. 03:08 God has created plants that come up with very, 03:11 very little top soil. The fire weed for instance, 03:15 that's a very necessary plant. Many of the species 03:18 that live here in Glacier National park and all 03:19 over the Western United States, 03:22 eat that fire weed and rely on it heavily and so 03:25 when that plants comes up, also the little hummingbirds 03:29 they need that also to survive on. 03:32 Many of the tree species here depend on forest fire, 03:35 like the Lodgepole Pine. The pine cone of the Lodgepole 03:39 does not open up and reseed the forest without 03:42 extreme heat. That extreme heat is only available 03:45 through forest fire. Now let's talk a little bit 03:48 about what's very harmful about a forest fire. 03:51 In many areas forest fire is responsible for 03:54 burning many, many peoples' home. 03:56 Forest fire is responsible for destroying much property 04:00 and boys and girls, that is a sad thing. 04:02 Also it makes our forest not look as beautiful 04:05 and green as God would like it to be. 04:08 Boys and girls, the only place we need a hot fire 04:10 burning is in our hearts, let this little light of mind 04:13 become a raging flame, telling others about Jesus, 04:16 until next time this is Ranger Rod saying 04:19 let's all enjoy God's great outdoors. 05:11 Welcome to learning time. Thanks for joining us today. 05:14 You know, we've got an interesting lesson 05:16 and you can do this at home. 05:18 I love things that you could do at home. 05:20 You all like to do experiments at home? 05:21 Yeah. Oh! Great, and I've got three helpers 05:24 I have Macy over here. Macy, what's one of 05:27 your most favorite foods? Vegetables. 05:30 You like vegetables. Oh! Vegetables are good for us, 05:32 aren't they? Yeah, very good. I've got Danielle 05:35 over here. Danielle, do you have a favorite food 05:37 that you like? Corn. Corn, you know corn's. 05:40 It's healthy for us, isn't it? Oh! You can fix corn in 05:42 so many different ways. I've got Tiara up here. 05:45 Tiara, what you like to eat the most? Apples. 05:49 Apples, you know apples are great for us, 05:51 aren't they? Yeah, an apple day is supposed do what? 05:53 Keep the doctor away. Oh! That's right. 05:56 Oh! Hey, what where do I get, 05:57 I have my helpers up here, come on up here 05:58 and help us to learn something. 06:00 Now we've got some, what are these things up 06:03 here guys? What are these things? Cans. 06:06 They're cans, that's right. You know, and guess 06:07 where I found these? In the trash can. 06:09 That's right. In the trash, do you throw cans away 06:11 like this when you are at home? No. 06:13 No, we should do what?. Recycle. 06:16 Recycle. Well, you know, I'm gonna show a very 06:18 interesting experiment. Do you know, 06:19 do you know that these cans can scream? They will? 06:22 Have you ever heard a can scream? No. 06:25 Oh! Well, you're just about ready to hear a can scream. 06:28 Now you can do this at home to try to annoy your 06:30 friends and family. Yeah, be kind of cool wouldn't it? 06:33 Okay, so we got a straw. Why don't you get, 06:35 grab your straw. You got a straw, okay, 06:37 and what are we gonna do? Oh! Let's take the 06:42 wrappers off of the straw. It's not a bad idea to do 06:45 that, okay, not a bad idea. Okay, let's take that 06:50 straw, okay, I will take the wrappers, okay, cool. 06:53 You clean up after yourself? Yes. 06:56 I am glad to hear that because if you make a 06:58 mess who should clean it up? You should. 07:01 That's right. Alright, are you ready to do this? 07:04 Okay, now what I want you to do is I want you 07:05 to get your cans in front of you just like that, 07:07 okay, and you can put one hand to keep them 07:09 together right on top, just like that and take the 07:12 straw and put the straw right in your mouth. 07:15 Can you put your straw in your mouth? 07:16 Okay, alright, now get down kind of low 07:18 and we want you to blow real hard, 07:21 can you get down lower then, go just like that, 07:23 put the straw right between those, 07:25 almost between, but not quite, and blow as hard 07:28 as you can in between those two cans and they 07:30 ought to scream. Are they screaming? 07:34 Are they screaming? No, they're not screaming. 07:39 Well, you know, maybe we ought to try something 07:41 different. Maybe we need to blow harder. 07:42 Why don't you try harder. Oh! Did you hear that? 07:46 Yes. Try it again, hard as you can. 07:51 Oh! Did you hear that one? Yeah. 07:53 Did you hear that straw and that cans? 07:57 That is oh! Oh! Okay, and they're screaming, 08:01 aren't they? Yes. And they're making a sound 08:05 aren't they? Okay, you can stop, you can stop. 08:07 Okay, do you suppose is happening what we're 08:11 doing the air goes past, air goes right past that 08:14 can in fact it goes right in between the cans just 08:17 like this and it vibrates the can and since that 08:20 can is vibrating so quickly it puts a vibration in the 08:24 air and it screams and we hear that as sound. 08:26 Isn't that cool? Yes. 08:29 If you blow really, really hard it will scream louder. 08:32 You want to hear it even louder than that. Yes. 08:35 Okay, can I try? I am going to use her cans 08:38 right here. Now remember all you have to do just 08:40 hold the cans like they so won't move 08:42 because you're going to be blasting the air right 08:44 through them. Let's see if I can make loud. 08:46 Are you ready? Yeah. 08:47 You might want to cover your ears, I don't know, 08:49 let's try this. Here we go. Wow! Try again. 08:58 Isn't that cool. Yeah. Wow! Would you like to 09:04 try that at home? Yeah. 09:07 Oh! That would be fun, wouldn't it? Yeah, 09:09 you know we can get things to vibrate 09:11 and when those vibrations that vibration travels 09:13 in the air and then what picks up the vibration. 09:16 Our ears. Our ears, and then our brain interprets 09:20 that as sound. Do you like that kind of sound? Yes. 09:23 Oh yeah, it's noise isn't it? It's not music but 09:26 that's very interesting. You can take objects that 09:28 you just might find around the house or maybe 09:31 in the trash, right, but remember recycle those 09:34 if you can. And we can make a musical instrument, 09:36 is this a musical instrument? No. 09:39 Really not music, is it? But it sure is an 09:41 interesting sound, isn't it? Oh! I think so 09:45 and you know, I think that we need to listen 09:47 to sounds that are pleasant. Is this a pleasant sound? 09:50 No. Would you like to hear that all day long? No. 09:54 I would like to hear more pleasant sounds like 09:56 somebody's voice or maybe singing, right, or music 09:58 or maybe a musical instrument. 10:00 And those are really pleasant sounds, 10:02 isn't that great? Yeah. 10:04 And you know, boys and girls every time we talk 10:06 to Jesus and we meditate, you know, 10:08 I think those are pleasant sounds that he likes to 10:10 hear. He wants to hear from us, doesn't he? Yes. 10:13 I think so too. Well, remember boys and girls 10:16 whenever we learn more about science 10:18 we're learning more about our creator God. 10:34 Hi, how are you? Good. Joel, can you come 10:37 and help this customer, please? 10:39 He'll get you whatever you need? 10:47 Bread, fresh bread. Hi, how are you? 10:51 Good. You need some bread? Can I help you, 10:55 right over here. We'll give you what you need. 10:59 Thank you sir. Excuse me, excuse me, 11:05 do you need something? Yes, 11:07 I'm interested in this bread, 11:08 it looks very delicious. Well, this is, 11:10 sir do you want to buy bread or you just 11:12 interested in looking at it. 11:13 I am just looking at the bread and the whole 11:15 business and everything and I am looking at 11:16 you make your bread, why it looks wonderful. 11:18 Why are you here to take my business 11:20 or you just here to be a spectator? 11:23 Well, why would you think I want to take 11:24 your business. Well, everybody in this town 11:26 knows who you are. We know that you're in 11:28 the business of ruining lives, taking businesses, 11:31 breaking hearts. Ma'am, I am but a mere creditor. 11:35 I loan money for businesses 11:36 and I help people grow their businesses. 11:38 It's what I do and yes, I am one of the 11:40 wealthiest men in this town. 11:41 Well. But you are correct. Growing business 11:44 is what they're calling it these days. 11:45 We have poor people sad, loosing their homes, 11:49 loosing everything, is that what you they're 11:51 calling it growing businesses? 11:52 Ma'am, I just simply loan money to people 11:54 and I just came in this store to buy some bread. 11:56 I don't understand why are you so angry with me? 11:58 So tell me what is it that you need? 12:00 So we can, here you can get it, 12:01 so you can move along your way. 12:02 Ma'am, why are you so angry with me? 12:04 I'm just, I just came look at the bread. 12:06 That's all I'm here for. Listen, I am not 12:08 interested in a lot of conversations, 12:09 so let's just make this transaction quick. 12:12 I know who you are and I really don't like 12:14 your kind hanging around my services, 12:16 it's bad for business. My kind, 12:18 what is my kind ma'am? Please explain 12:20 to me about my kind? People like you, 12:23 everybody in this town knows who you are. 12:25 We know what you've done, of course, 12:27 we know the people that you hurt, 12:29 those people that you hurt they're close to our hearts 12:32 here, we're family. We're a close knit neighborhood. 12:34 We're family around here. So you hurt 12:36 one you hurt us all. This sounds personal ma'am. 12:39 This sounds like a personal issue. 12:41 Is there someone you're referring to that I've hurt. 12:44 I mean they're lots of people that I do business with. 12:45 I'm in the business of loaning money, 12:47 so of course, so is there someone you're specifically 12:50 referring to? Listen, I have a really, 12:53 really good friend and she went through a lot 12:56 and her life was kind of upside down 12:58 and a lot of that had to be with you 13:00 and so I mean I'm sorry if I am not as kind as you 13:04 wanted or as friendly as you expected, 13:07 but it's really important to me and it saddens me 13:10 every time I think about what she had to go 13:13 through. What did she? At the hands of you. 13:15 What did she go through at the hands of me? 13:18 Sir, you may not know this but my friend 13:21 she lost her husband. A poor widow, 13:26 sad with her husband dying and not knowing what to 13:30 do, left to raise two sons by herself. 13:34 Left raising boys with no money, 13:35 not knowing how she is going to survive, 13:37 not knowing what she is going to do next and. 13:40 Oh! So her husband owed me money, 13:42 is that what you're saying? Yeah. Her husband owed 13:45 you money and you came to her right after his dead 13:48 demanding that she paid you that money back. 13:52 Because, you would never loan money to a woman, 13:53 so we must have gone to the husband, 13:55 so you are saying I owe this, this woman owes 13:56 me money and I demanded her to pay me back. 13:59 Yes. Is that not just business ma'am? No. 14:01 What is wrong with that concept? 14:04 Yeah, you know, despite all those things that, 14:07 that you might have done that. 14:09 Your intention was not for God. 14:11 God had a wonderful plan in stored anyway. 14:14 You know, he just works like that sometimes. 14:18 All I want to do is just conduct business. 14:20 I try to figure out what did I do to hurt this 14:24 friend so badly, it was just about business. 14:27 Let me tell me the story. You know, my friend, 14:31 she's always been a bit of a sensitive, 14:34 sensitive woman, very family friendly she loved 14:37 her husband, bless his soul and she loves her 14:40 two boys more than anything in this world 14:43 and when you came to her and you demanded 14:46 that she pay back the money that her husband 14:49 owed or you were gonna her boys as slaves to her 14:52 that was like the end of the world. 14:53 You couldn't have said anything worse than that. 14:56 I know who this friend is. And my friend, 14:59 she was so devastated, she came to me and said 15:02 what am I going to do. Well, there she was 15:04 quickly reminded that her husband served the 15:07 prophet Elijah, and that he would always tell her 15:10 that God performed miracles, 15:12 if you needed them all you had to do was ask God. 15:15 So she figured well, since he is a man of 15:17 encouragement I will go to him and see 15:19 what he has to say. I've heard of 15:20 this Elisha, this prophet. I have heard of him. 15:22 Oh! Yeah, And since you when you hear about him, 15:24 he is a very wise man. So she went to Prophet Elijah 15:28 and she said to him what I am to do this creditor, 15:32 that would be yourself, wanted to take money 15:35 from me and I don't have anything to pay, 15:37 so he is going to take my sons. 15:40 Prophet Elijah said to her, he said, here is 15:43 what I want you to do. I want you to go to all 15:46 the people you know and collect as many jars 15:50 that you have, collect as many jars to see 15:53 what they have. So, she came looking for jars 15:56 so she can put in her house but she was asking 15:59 me do I have any jars and I was saying for what? 16:01 And she was saying she didn't even know why? 16:03 People thought she was a crazy woman. 16:05 Sounds like one. Well, turns out she was a very smart 16:08 woman because she did exactly 16:10 what he told her to do. She took all those jars, 16:13 cases of jars. When back to her house 16:16 and he said now take this little bit of oil that 16:19 you have in your container and I want you 16:21 to fill those jars of oil. Wait, she was going to 16:25 take a little bit of oil and fill the jars. 16:28 A little bit of oil? A little bit of oil. 16:31 And fill large jars! And she filled jars. 16:33 That's lunacy. No much more oil than that 16:36 and she filled these jars and every time 16:38 she finished she looked down and there was 16:41 still oil in the jar. She was amazed, 16:43 her sons were excited and they were excited 16:47 that God was performing a miracle, 16:49 she didn't even know how it was possible, 16:50 but it was happening and she filled all these jars. 16:55 She came out and she said I don't know 16:57 how this happened. I don't know what's a place here. 17:00 God has performed miracles right here 17:02 in front of my eyes and the prophet Elijah said, 17:04 now I want you to take these jars and sell them 17:08 to everybody you know. Pay back the 17:10 creditor what he wants and live off the rest. 17:13 Is that how she was able to pay me back? 17:15 I brought three or four myself. 17:19 Go on, go on, go on tell me more. 17:21 Well, you know, my friend went back to her house, 17:24 she took all these jars, she sold them to everybody, 17:27 she had this left over money. 17:29 She gave you what you asked for. 17:31 Remember that. And from that moment on 17:34 she was a woman of God. Serving our heavenly 17:38 Father, dedicated her life, her sons lives 17:41 to serve him and all that he would ever ask, 17:44 you know. It sounds so powerful. 17:46 This God, this Prophet Elisha, this God. 17:51 He did all this for this woman with a little bit 17:53 of oil. Mr. Creditor you have no idea the power 17:58 of God. You have no idea what he can do with just 18:01 a little we have to offer. I did not even know him. 18:05 And that's sad, but you know it does have to be like 18:07 that. He wants to know you? You don't have to, 18:11 to go and take money from needy people 18:14 that are in need of hope and that are sad 18:17 and don't have anything to the name. 18:19 You don't have to be that man. 18:21 God is ready to have you inside of his heart. 18:23 He is ready to perform miracles, not just for 18:26 my friend. He wants to be coming in for me 18:28 and for you. That's the kind of God he is. 18:32 I must get to know this God and meet this prophet. 18:34 I know, I think I know where he lives 18:36 and where he preaches. Oh! Yeah. 18:39 Not too far from here. Go find Prophet Elijah yourself. 18:42 You ask him about this story. He will tell you. 18:44 He will tell you exactly what I told you. I am. 18:47 You go talk to the prophet Elijah 18:49 and he will tell you exactly what happened 18:51 and how powerful this God is. 18:53 I must meet this prophet Elisha. 18:56 I must get to know more about this prophet 18:57 and about this God, who helped this woman pay 19:00 the debt that I demanded of her. 19:01 Do that and you know, I want you to know 19:03 something. We forgive you. 19:06 We forgive you despite all the things you did. 19:08 We forgive you, as a matter fact, 19:10 hold on to your money, take this bread, take that. 19:14 Take that for your family from my heart. 19:19 You have a good day Mr. Creditor. 19:21 Thank you and thank you for the story. 19:23 No problem. Thank you, have a good day. 19:26 You do the same. Bread, 19:29 got some bread over here. 19:42 Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary 19:51 Pure and holy, tried and true With thanksgiving, 20:04 I'll be a living Sanctuary Lord for You, 20:19 Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary 20:28 Pure and holy, tried and true With thanksgiving, 20:42 I'll be a living Sanctuary, Lord for You. 21:03 Hi, boys and girls, it's time for Miss Brenda's book 21:06 of the day. And today's book is a very special book, 21:10 it's called Secret of the Yellow Van and this is a 21:12 book about dealing with loss and it's written by 21:15 Sandy Zaugg. Sometimes ten year old Jennifer cried 21:19 and sometimes she was angry but most all the time, 21:23 she missed her, I am not going to tell you who? 21:26 You're gonna have to read the book, 21:27 but it is a very special book by Sandy Zaugg. 21:31 Something else I have very special for you right now 21:33 is our guest today. I want you to say, hello to Emma 21:36 and to Colin. Now you are brother and sister right 21:40 Emma and Colin. You are, and I invited you here 21:43 because you have a very special ministry, 21:45 I want you to share with the boys and girls 21:46 all over the world something that they can do to 21:48 witness for Jesus, okay. Okay. 21:50 Alright, so what do you do to share Jesus? 21:53 We have a backyard Bible club, 21:55 it's a ministry that we use to tell people, 21:58 to tell the children of our neighborhood about Jesus. 22:02 Well that's a wonderful thing to do. 22:04 Now how, Colin what you do for that? What is it? 22:07 We sing, we pray, we do a snack. 22:12 Well let's, I have a couple of pictures here. 22:14 Let me put these pictures. Here's you actually, 22:16 this is you. It looks like you're in your house 22:19 actually. We were singing. You're singing right there 22:21 and you have. So, if it's a rainy day you can go 22:23 inside, mom wants to have your backyard Bible club 22:26 indoors, right. Yeah. We have it indoors. 22:30 So you have it indoors and you can have it outside 22:32 or indoors. And here you're singing and you've got a 22:34 little girl that's singing with you and then you 22:36 said you've made some snacks 22:37 and I have a picture of what, I love this snack. 22:40 What a wonderful idea. What am I looking at here? 22:42 You are looking at a race car snack. 22:44 A race car snack, and you. That's supposed to be 22:47 the person. He's singing from a Bible. 22:50 So you got a veggie hot dog bun right here 22:52 with the veggie hotdog and then you've got all kinds 22:56 of little decorations on it and that is so nice, 22:59 so do you help make the snacks too. 23:01 Yes. We pretty much made them ourselves. 23:05 You do. Yeah. And what else, 23:07 how do you get the kids to come to your club? 23:10 We send our invitations to every house. 23:16 Every house that has kids. Okay, let me look your 23:19 paper. So I will just hold it up so boys can see, 23:21 so you have a piece of paper here 23:23 and it basically tells them about the club 23:25 and what's going on and okay. And then you just 23:29 pass it out from door to door. Yes. 23:31 You do and so has there ever been anybody 23:36 show up or? Yes, there has been. 23:38 So you just have the club with you, 23:40 the two of guys that day. 23:43 Sometimes kids will come; sometimes they don't get 23:45 the invitations 'cause they don't read them. 23:48 But we could still do it even if they don't come. 23:51 Okay. Yeah, we can do it ourselves. 23:52 But it's a wonderful way to witness isn't it? 23:54 It is? And so what kind of songs you sing 23:57 and you said you pray, you have Bible stories. 23:59 Yes, we have Bible stories. 24:01 We sing things like the Sea of Galilee, 24:05 we sing Father Abraham and sometimes we sing Jesus 24:10 loves me. Do some of the kids know these songs 24:12 or you teaching them? Yes, yes, we're teaching them. 24:15 Some of them we teach. They don't know the songs. 24:18 The little girl that you saw in that picture, 24:21 she does not Father Abraham. 24:22 She doesn't it a lot because she is 3 so. 24:26 Right, so you have to help her. 24:28 Yes, we have to help her. So this is, how did you 24:31 come up with this idea? I think it's a 24:32 fabulous idea. Don't you boys and girls? 24:35 I was, well I was going to go outside 24:38 and I was going to ask my dad if I could skate 24:41 and as I was going to do it, I got this idea 24:45 and I asked mom would it be okay if we had a 24:49 Bible club. Well, that and I think the Holy Spirit 24:53 gave you that idea. Don't you think? 24:54 Yes, I think so. I want to thank you so much 24:57 for sharing that. I think we have time read couple 25:00 of letters real quick. I have one email that 25:02 I just received. Dear Miss Brenda, received my Bible 25:05 and certificate for my just concluded Bible lessons 25:08 yesterday and they arrived in good condition 25:10 and I love my Bible, it's so beautiful and I love the 25:14 study portion in it. I've never had a Bible like this 25:17 and it says I started observing the Sabbath 25:19 and sharing to the rest of my family but they are not 25:22 responsive to the gospel as I am the only one for 25:26 now at least that's keeping Seventh-Day 25:28 Sabbath of the Lord. My consolation is that 25:31 Jesus came to, seek and save the lost 25:33 and so I'm going to keep praying for my family 25:35 and step out in faith and that my family 25:37 will learn of Jesus too. And a special things to 25:40 your mom, grandma Micheff for checking all my 25:44 answer sheets and sending my lessons faithfully. 25:46 Thank you so much and I'm grateful for these 25:48 wonderful lessons. So thankful in Christ, 25:51 Anna Lee. And she is from the Philippines in Manila, 25:56 and I want to thank you for that letter. 25:57 I'm so glad you received your Bible lessons. 26:00 You know, boys and girls I want to encourage you to 26:02 sign up for Kids Club just write me at: 26:04 kidstime@3abn.org and tell me you want to join. 26:07 Emma and Colin, thank you so much for sharing 26:09 what you do every day to witness for Jesus. 26:12 Remember boys and girls, that anywhere you go, 26:15 whatever you do, its kids time to share Jesus. |
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