It's almost time for Kids' Time.
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We're gonna be late.
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It's time to share
there's a world out there
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looking for a friend like Jesus
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It's time to share
there's a world out there
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let's tell them
that he loves us so
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let's tell them
that he loves us so
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kids' time, kids'
time, kids' time, kids' time.
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Hi, boys and girls.
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I hope you're
having a wonderful day
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wherever you are.
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I know I'm because
you're here with me.
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after all you're my
friends and even though
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I haven't met each
of you face to face,
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I think of you as true friends.
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Have you ever thought about
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what it means to
be a true friend?
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It's kind of hard to tell
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who your friends are
sometimes though, isn't it.
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Some people are friendly one day
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and not so friendly the next.
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And sometimes they do
and say things that hurt you.
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what does it mean to
be a true friend anyway?
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there's a verse in
the bible that says,
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"one who loves a pure
heart and who speaks with grace
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will have the
king for a friend."
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one who loves a pure
heart and who speaks with grace?
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hmm, sounds like
a true friend to me.
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and you know what,
people who have pure hearts
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and speak with grace seem
to have one thing in common.
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do you know what that is?
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they love Jesus.
and he's their friend.
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we're going to hear
about a friend like that today.
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in fact, he was
actually a friend of the king.
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and because he had a pure heart
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and spoke with
grace, the king was willing
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to do him a great big favor.
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boys and girls, remember,
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you are a
friend of the king too.
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and he listens
when you talk to him.
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just like the king in
our bible story today.
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well right now,
before you hear our story.
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we're gonna see what
ranger dwight has for us
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on nature time.
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welcome to nature time.
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hey, i'm having
a great time here
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in grayling,
michigan at camp au sable
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on lake shellenbarger.
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now this lake
is not a deep lake.
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it's a clear lake as
long as i start running,
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'cause it's a muddy lake too.
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but i found this calm.
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i've been finding
all kinds of things here.
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it's amazing what you can find
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when you're snorkeling.
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you know as i was snorkeling,
i was thinking about water.
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you know, water is a neat thing.
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just like me
snorkeling or swimming,
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you can do all
kinds of things in water.
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i was also
thinking about how long
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we can live if we
didn't have water.
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you know, without
food you can live for
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a little bit more
than 30 days or a month.
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but without water you
can't live even a week.
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water is vitally important.
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the water can be dangerous also.
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you know, when i
was in tulsa, oklahoma,
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years ago there was this flood,
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it rained so much, so quick,
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that i remember the
next day, driving around
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and i saw cars
that were piled up,
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stacked one upon another.
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the power of
water is tremendous.
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you know something else,
i was thinking about water
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and that is that it
covers 75% of the earth.
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can you imagine?
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almost, most of the
earth, 75% and out of that 75%,
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there's only 3%
that's fresh water.
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now this lake right here,
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lake shellenbarger
is a freshwater lake,
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only 3% of all the water
is freshwater and out of that
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75% is from the north
pole and the south pole.
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you couldn't swim in it, cause
it's frozen at all the time.
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now i'll tell you right now,
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we need to be
careful about water.
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we need to not waste it.
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with all this
pollution that's going on,
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we gotta be careful.
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we need to conserve water.
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do you know, kids,that
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most people take 2
to 3 gallons of water
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just to brush their teeth.
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can you believe that?
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you know, water,
we've got to have it.
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now look at this, i
want to show you something.
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this is what's on
the bottom of this lake.
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it's muddy and yet how
does water get cleansed.
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when water's
dirty it goes through
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all this mud and
sand, it goes down,
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that's what cleanses water.
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you know there is one
other fact, kids, about water.
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now this water
is about 70 degrees.
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not that warm, not too cold.
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but if it was 40
degrees cooler, just 40,
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i wouldn't be in
this water swimming.
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i'd be on walking on the water.
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actually ice.
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and you know what,
if you heat this water
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up to 212 degrees,
i bet you know, kids,
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it'll be boiling
and i wouldn't be
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in this water either.
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you know there's a
story in the bible that
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Jesus uses about water.
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you remember that
woman at the well.
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and she came to get
some water and Jesus said,
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could you give me some water.
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and Jesus said, you know,
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water that i can give
you, you'll never thirst.
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and she said, i want that water.
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and he says, i'm that water.
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you know, boys and girls,
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Jesus made water
so important that
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he even used
himself as a parallel.
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you want that water, i want it.
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i love finding stuff like this.
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nature's God's second book.
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get out there and take a look.
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i'm going to do
some more snorkeling.
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see you later.
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this is the day, this is the day
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that the Lord has
made that the Lord has made
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we will rejoice, we will rejoice
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and be glad in
it and be glad in it
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this is the day
that the Lord has made
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we will rejoice
and be glad in it
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this is the day, this is the day
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that the Lord has made
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this is the day
that the Lord has made
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we will rejoice
and be glad in it
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this is the day, this is the day
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that the Lord has made.
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welcome to learning time.
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glad you joined us today.
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now today we're going
to use some things that
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you might have at home.
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And this is really fun to do.
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and I've got a bunch
of helpers here today.
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now let's see, I've
got Allison over here.
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Now, Allison, do
you have any pets.
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yes, we have a dog and a
cat and rabbits and a frog.
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well, that's a lot of
pets. it's nice to have pets.
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and Britney, what do you
want to be when you grow up?
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i want to be a doctor.
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a doctor, that's a
good thing, isn't it.
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that's right.
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and darnell,
you've a favorite story.
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what? you've a favorite --.
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what do you like to
do? what do you want to be?
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oh! why do you have to laugh?
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do you have a
favorite animal? a snake.
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a snake. is a snake an animal?
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yeah. that's
your favorite animal.
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hey, let's get
our helpers up here.
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come on up here.
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let's find out what we got.
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we got some interesting
things up here on the table.
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first of all we got some
little containers right there.
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and we got some socks.
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do you have any
socks at home? yes.
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okay, so you can
get out of your socks
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and you can make some
blue stuff like we have here.
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it could be yellow
or it could be green.
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what do you suppose is in there?
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soap.
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that's right, it's soap
and a mystery ingredient.
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i'll tell you about later.
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so what we're gonna do
is, we're gonna take these
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little pipettes right here.
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here, hang on to that pipette.
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you can hang on to a pipette.
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we use pipettes
to transfer liquids
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from one place to the other.
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it's kind of
like a big eyedropper.
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now what we're gonna
do with these pipettes is
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we're gonna cut
the ends of them off.
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so go ahead and-- now
how about the other end.
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about that end.
we're gonna go like this.
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i'm gonna trim these off.
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just like that and
we'll turn it around
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so we can cut these.
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we're gonna trim these off.
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and now they make a
perfect bubble maker.
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and so, put those right
inside of your bubble mix.
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okay, just like that,
and if you take them out
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and then you
can blow very slowly
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and let's make
some beautiful bubbles.
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here we go. oh, mine popped.
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how's yours doing?
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cool! wow! okay, try it again
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and this time we're
gonna shake the bubble off
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and we're gonna try to
catch it in your other hand.
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let's go. blow it up.
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shake it off and see
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if you can make it
bounce in your hand.
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oh, it didn't bounce in my hand.
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is your going to bounce?
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kind of shake it
off. shake the bubble off.
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so, there you go
and make it bounce.
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it's not bouncing, is it?
are they bouncing bubbles?
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no. no, well you know what.
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it's all about
the secret ingredient
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and you've to
have the right thing.
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hey, you got a
stuff in front of you.
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what are these guys?
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socks. they're socks.
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so get your clean socks out
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and put it right on your hand.
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okay, we're gonna
put it right on our hand,
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our clean sock just like that.
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okay and then we're
gonna blow some bubbles.
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we're gonna make those
bubbles land on our clean socks
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and you just might be
able to bounce some bubbles.
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are you ready to do that?
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yeah. let's give it a try.
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okay, dump it in there,
dip in there, blow a bubble,
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shake it off of your
little bubble maker thing.
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here we go and
see what you can do.
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yeah, you're gonna have
to put the sock on your foot.
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now that's good, no you're
right, you're doing right.
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here we go. there we go.
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and blow it up.
shake the bubble up.
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and see if you can
make it, oh, bounce.
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Wow! Whoa! Whoa!
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look at hers and her bubbles.
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look at that,
it's a bouncing bubble.
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look at that.
oh, do another one.
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that is so cool and
look at that and they just,
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they just, they
just like to bounce.
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isn't that cool? oh, yeah.
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see if you can bounce that one.
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that is interesting.
isn't that interesting?
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yeah.
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Now you can make
bubble mix at home
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by adding some
liquid detergent to water.
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But you know what,
they won't bounce like these
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because this is the
extraordinary ingredient.
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it's glycerin and
glycerin is very interesting.
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you add a little glycerin to it
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and then the
bubbles will bounce.
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isn't that interesting? yes.
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wow, you know,
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we made something
ordinary, ordinary bubble mix.
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We made it into
something extraordinary
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by adding glycerin.
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you know that kind
reminds me of people sometimes.
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Because you know what, some
people are just extraordinary.
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you know, people that
are very, very special.
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You know anybody special people.
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how many of you
know special people?
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you know, they're
very special people that
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I know have
Jesus in their hearts
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and everybody can
see that in their lives.
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And that makes
them extraordinary.
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That's interesting.
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Well, I want to you have
fun making bubbles at home
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and maybe you can make
those extraordinary bubbles
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by adding an extraordinary
ingredient like glycerin.
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you know, every time
we learn about science.
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We're learning more
about our creator, God.
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Hananiah!
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brother Nehemiah, how are you?
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Oh, I'm doing well.
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it's so good to see you. yes.
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now, Hananiah, tell me,
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do you have any
news from Jerusalem?
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News, but not
good news, brother.
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The walls have been broken down
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and the gates are gone
and we're just despised there.
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Hananiah, this is not good.
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I wished there was
something I could do to help.
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you can pray for us, brother.
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yes. I could do that.
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you know,
Hananiah, I love my God
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and I love my people.
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I just long to do something.
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please pray for us.
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we need God's
intervention, brother.
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I, I must go now.
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I understand, God be with you.
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God be with
you. and I will pray.
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I will pray. thank you.
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oh, father. oh, God.
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this hurts so much. my
people, your people, God.
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your people, they're sad.
they're dejected right now.
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father, there's got to be
something that you can do.
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oh, I leave this
within your hands, father.
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help your people. God, please.
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oh, I must go. ah, I
have to see the king.
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oh, this is not good at all.
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he looks so sad
and everyone knows that
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the king doesn't allow anyone
to be sad in his presence.
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yeah. or it's off with his head.
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here he comes. oh yeah.
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long live the
king. oh, Nehemiah.
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my king, how was
your rest last night.
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very restful indeed, Nehemiah.
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And I must say, it's
so refreshing for someone
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to actually care
about my well being.
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most people only flatter
me when they want something.
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oh, king, you're so kind.
00:14:05.94\00:14:08.87
my king, would you
like some fresh grape juice.
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it sounds delicious.
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oh, as usual, let
me taste it first.
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of course. yes,
my king, it is right.
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add some grapes my queen.
yes, my queen, some grapes.
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magnificent. is something wrong?
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I detect sadness in your eyes.
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Yes, my king. I'm sad.
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I'm sad because of my people
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back in
Jerusalem they're dejected.
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The walls they're down.
the gates are broken down.
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they've been
burned down, my king.
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they need help.
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Nehemiah, do you
have a request of me.
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You're one of my
most trusted friends.
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Tell me what is in your heart.
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i would like to
be able to go back
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to help with the kingdom.
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I would like to have
two letters, my king.
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one for the
governor, so I can pass through
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and another letter to give
to the keepers of your forest.
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So I may get some timbers
to help rebuilt the walls.
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and a fourth request, my king,
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a guard detail to keep us safe.
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Oh, how long will you be gone,
when can I expect you back?
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oh, my king.
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I'll be back as soon as
the gates have been rebuilt.
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as soon as the
walls are back and up.
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I shall return, my
king, and return to you.
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That, the nerve of Nehemiah.
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I mean not only does he
wanna leave the kingdom,
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but he's asking for
enormous amount of riches.
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unbelievable. oh!
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I'll tell you this is not good.
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The king is
really gonna be mad now.
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Oh yeah. Let's get out of here.
00:16:19.18\00:16:20.77
I don't wanna be
around for this explosion.
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nor do I.
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my dear, Nehemiah.
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of course I'll
grant your request.
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i will send with
you my personal guard
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and my money from
the king's treasure.
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you see, Nehemiah,
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you're not like most
people who constantly ask me
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for things for their well being.
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You're always thinking
of others and blessing them.
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may your God go with you!
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thank you, my
king. thank you, my king.
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I've never seen such
devotion. have you, my queen?
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No, never. he
really must love his God.
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Hi, boys and girls.
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it's time for Miss
Brenda's book of the day
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and today's book is called
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a perfect star
by Heather Grovet.
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you won't wanna miss this book.
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something else
you won't wanna miss
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is my very special guest today.
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I have with us, Mary Margaret
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and she is going to
tell us the story of Jonah.
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Hi, MARY MARGARET.
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hi, miss
Brenda. nice to see you.
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nice to see you too.
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and I'm so glad that you
came to tell us the story.
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you wanna start the telling
the boys and girls the story.
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Look right into
that camera right there
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and tell us the story.
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okay. All right.
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Long, long ago
there was a man named,
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Jonah who lived a good life
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and now always
obeyed God's laws.
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He thought of
himself as a true man of God.
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Jonah was a hard worker.
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through his labels he
was able to buy chickens
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and a donkey and a goat.
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One day God spoke to Jonah.
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Jonah! What?
Jonah. what was that?
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Am I hearing things?
Jonah, I'm the Lord God.
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there is a city
called Nineveh faraway.
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it is filled with people
that have become wicked lives.
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they've forgotten about
kindness and helping others.
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why are you
telling me about them, God?
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Because I want you to go there
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and tell those wicked people,
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I'm going to
destroy them and their city
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because of their wicked ways.
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yes, Lord, I will go,
but they won't listen.
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they're evil.
00:18:54.31\00:18:55.42
the more Jonah thought
about it, more uneasy he became.
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That night Jonah
did not sleep very well.
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No, they'll hurt
me. Nineveh is so far.
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they'll laugh at me.
00:19:09.33\00:19:10.72
No. Jonah was
denying God's plan for him.
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Nineveh, those people
don't even know about God.
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Why should they believe me?
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They might even try to kill me.
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The more Jonah thought
about those wicked people
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the more frightened he became.
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He decided to run away from God.
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That very night,
he packed his clothes
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and hurried to the seaport.
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The next morning he saw a ship
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that was getting ready
to sail far across the sea.
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oh, who goes there? Jonah, sir.
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Please, captain,
let me come with you.
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I'll give you all my
money for a place on your ship.
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Ah, looks like trouble to me.
00:19:54.49\00:19:56.20
Yes, I wonder why
he's running away from.
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Jonah boarded the ship
and hid deep in the holes
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as far away
from God as he could.
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At last he heard
the noise of the anchor
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being drawn up onto deck.
00:20:08.94\00:20:11.33
At last we're
heading out to open sea.
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God will never find me now.
00:20:13.78\00:20:16.51
Oh, I'm going to have
a new life for myself.
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As soon as the
ship was far from land.
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God send a storm, for
no one can hide from God.
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God sent great
casts flying over the sea.
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Men on deck, we're
taking on overboard.
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Captain, we're sinking.
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We need to abandon the
ship throw the cargo overboard.
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all the sailors
rushed inside the ship.
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Look, he's sound asleep,
we need all hands on deck.
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Hey, wake up. wake up.
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come, we have no
time, so wake him now.
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as the sailors rushed
off, Jonah woke from sleep.
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outside it was dark as night.
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The sailors began to
throw the cargo overboard.
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Jonah ran upon deck.
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only one thing
will save this ship.
00:21:05.33\00:21:09.32
Stop, stop, you must
drown me into the water instead.
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What are you saying?
00:21:15.27\00:21:16.33
We can't throw an innocent
man into this angry sea.
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listen, God has sent
this storm to punish me.
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PUNISH. Why?
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I tried to run away from
him. and now he has found me.
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If we throw him over
now, he'll surely drown.
00:21:33.35\00:21:37.29
But the wind and the
waves are too much for us.
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We have no choice.
00:21:39.88\00:21:41.52
The sailors grabbed Jonah
and threw him into the sea.
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The sea became calm.
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down, down, down
into the sea went Jonah,
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gasping and nearly
gasping and nearly drowning.
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But God was not yet
finished with Jonah.
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He sent a big fish to
swallow Jonah in one gulp.
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Jonah found
himself in the stomach
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of a great fish.
00:22:09.54\00:22:11.14
Oh, it's so dark here.
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What will become of me now?
maybe God will still hear me.
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Jonah turned to the Lord.
Lord, thank you for saving me.
00:22:19.11\00:22:24.60
Inside the fish,
Jonah prayed for three days.
00:22:24.61\00:22:28.63
I'm sorry,
trying to hide from you.
00:22:28.64\00:22:31.44
Please let me out
of this terrible place
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and I will do as you commanded.
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And God heard Jonah.
and knew he had changed.
00:22:37.17\00:22:41.17
he made the fish spit
out Jonah on to the land.
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Thank you, merciful Lord, for
delivering me safely to land.
00:22:45.74\00:22:51.13
Now, Jonah, go to Nineveh
and tell those wicked people,
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I'm going to destroy them.
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Yes, Lord, I'm
listening. I'm on my way.
00:22:57.40\00:23:01.37
Jonah entered the
city calling to the people.
00:23:01.38\00:23:05.16
People of Nineveh, listen to me,
00:23:05.17\00:23:09.29
The Lord God will
destroy you and your city.
00:23:09.30\00:23:13.78
Stop your wicked ways. What?
00:23:13.79\00:23:16.84
Did you hear that?
00:23:16.85\00:23:18.15
You have angered God.
00:23:18.16\00:23:20.96
He says, the
Lord is angry with us.
00:23:20.97\00:23:23.45
Why what have we done?
You are vain and selfish.
00:23:23.46\00:23:28.52
Maybe if we change our ways,
00:23:28.53\00:23:30.42
We've been too concerned
with our fancy clothes.
00:23:30.43\00:23:34.58
You are greedy and unkind.
00:23:34.59\00:23:37.35
You should share
riches with the poor.
00:23:37.36\00:23:39.75
You are wasteful
as the poor starve.
00:23:39.76\00:23:43.16
We've been eating too much
00:23:43.17\00:23:44.47
and not caring about
our hungry neighbors.
00:23:44.48\00:23:47.16
It's true, we've been selfish.
00:23:47.17\00:23:49.62
God will punish you.
00:23:49.63\00:23:52.28
we must all pray to
the Lord for forgiveness.
00:23:52.29\00:23:55.49
The people heard
Jonah pray to God
00:23:55.50\00:23:58.83
and began to mend their ways.
00:23:58.84\00:24:01.25
Meanwhile, Jonah
climbed a hill about the city
00:24:01.26\00:24:04.18
and sat down to
watch God destroy it.
00:24:04.19\00:24:07.31
he waited and
waited. I feel like a fool.
00:24:07.32\00:24:12.14
all my work has wasted.
God is not destroying Nineveh.
00:24:12.15\00:24:17.68
Jonah. yes, Lord. Jonah,
will you never learn my love.
00:24:17.69\00:24:23.02
my love is great. it
is greater than my anger.
00:24:23.03\00:24:27.27
and it is for
all of my creatures.
00:24:27.28\00:24:30.19
Didn't I give you
one another chance.
00:24:30.20\00:24:32.51
Yes, you did.
00:24:32.52\00:24:34.92
So I'm giving the
Ninevites another chance.
00:24:34.93\00:24:38.14
Go now, Jonah, and
try to love as I do.
00:24:38.15\00:24:41.78
And you will be
a true man of God.
00:24:41.79\00:24:44.63
Yeah. yes, oh God,
he has forgiven us.
00:24:44.64\00:24:49.56
Yeah, hurrah, hurray.
00:24:49.57\00:24:52.73
So, Jonah began
his long journey home
00:24:52.74\00:24:56.29
and tried to love
as God had taught him.
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the end.
00:25:00.35\00:25:02.43
Oh, Mary Margaret
that was so precious.
00:25:02.44\00:25:05.35
I don't think, boys and girls,
00:25:05.36\00:25:06.64
I've heard the story of Jonah
00:25:06.65\00:25:08.64
in such an
amazing and beautiful way.
00:25:08.65\00:25:11.70
I wanna thank
you, Mary Margaret,
00:25:11.71\00:25:13.22
so much for coming
and being here today.
00:25:13.23\00:25:15.36
You tell other
Bible stories too.
00:25:15.37\00:25:16.86
don't you. Yes, ma'am.
00:25:16.87\00:25:18.95
How old are you? Seven.
00:25:18.96\00:25:20.79
You just turned
seven last week didn't you?
00:25:20.80\00:25:23.09
Yes, ma'am.
00:25:23.10\00:25:25.15
And tell me what's
your favorite thing that
00:25:25.16\00:25:28.57
you love to do for Jesus?
00:25:28.58\00:25:32.08
I like to pray to him.
00:25:32.09\00:25:33.97
you'd like to pray to him
I like to pray to Jesus too.
00:25:33.98\00:25:37.66
And I understand you
also like to sing for Jesus.
00:25:37.67\00:25:41.25
yes, ma'am.
00:25:41.26\00:25:42.43
Maybe you would
comeback sometime
00:25:42.44\00:25:43.75
and sing for Miss Brenda.
00:25:43.76\00:25:45.34
yes, ma'am.
00:25:45.35\00:25:46.55
I would like that
very much and you --
00:25:46.56\00:25:48.71
and you have two other--
00:25:48.72\00:25:51.71
you've brother and
a sister, don't you?
00:25:51.72\00:25:53.23
yes, ma'am.
00:25:53.24\00:25:54.24
and do they love Jesus too?
00:25:54.25\00:25:56.37
Yes, it's important to
have God in your heart you know.
00:25:56.38\00:26:00.06
Yes, it is.
00:26:00.07\00:26:01.94
Well, I couldn't have said
it any better, boys and girls.
00:26:01.95\00:26:04.58
What an
incredible guest you've been.
00:26:04.59\00:26:07.08
Thank you, Mary
Margaret, for coming here
00:26:07.09\00:26:08.80
to share Jesus to millions
of people around the world.
00:26:08.81\00:26:11.93
That's all that
time we have today.
00:26:11.94\00:26:13.60
It's Kids Time to share Jesus.
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