Hey kids, it's time for Sabbath
School. Grab your Bibles and
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let's go.
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Welcome everybody, I am so glad
you're here with us. We have a
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really fun program. We have a
nature story and a sharing time
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and we have a Bible story about
remembering to say thank you.
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So before we get to that though
what do we start with? Well we
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start with Jesus but we also
start with some singing about
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Jesus. So let's
get to some singing.
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Hi everyone, I am at the Tahoe
National Forest here in the
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Sierra Nevada mountains in
California. Well as we were
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walking we came to this
beautiful alpine lake. There
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were some amazing vistas and
some places where you could see
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for miles and miles all across
Donner Summit. Now as we were
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walking back to the truck I
saw something that caught my
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attention and you know what
it was? It is these bulrushes.
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Look at those bulrushes.
They're kind of growing at the
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edge of a beautiful alpine lake.
Now bulrushes aren't out in the
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deep area. They're actually
right here, right by the side of
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the lake. They're really neat.
You can see that they grow up
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out of mud and out of the
dirt. So as I was here and I saw
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these bulrushes, guess what
story it reminded me of. Can you
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guess? That's right. Baby Moses.
The king where Moses lived was
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afraid that the Israelites were
getting to be too many and too
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numerous so he decided that he
was going to kill all the baby
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boys. Well Moses' mother wanted
to save him, so she prayed to
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God and after three months
she knew she couldn't save him
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anymore, she couldn't hide him,
and so she went and she took
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bulrushes just like these and
she wove a basket and then after
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she wove a basket she went and
she put it in the Nile River.
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Now this isn't a river. This
is actually a little pond/lake.
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But she put it in the Nile River
and she prayed that God would
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keep her baby safe. And what
ended up happening? The Princess
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came. So the Princess came and
she took Baby Moses and she had
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him stay with his mother for
several years and then she took
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him to the palace. And they
taught him all the wisdom of
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Egypt. Now Moses, he ended
up becoming a great man for God,
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didn't he. But God had a time
for him in the wilderness. Well
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it reminds me of us and God has
a special plan for your life.
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And sometimes things may not be
going the way that we think it
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should. Sometimes life might
be really hard, but did you know
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that God has a plan for you.
You know sometimes life may not
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be going the way that we want it
to and it might be kind of hard.
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Maybe we can't do the things
that we used to be able to do or
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maybe we are having to go to
a new school or maybe even do
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school at home because of this
whole COVID thing. Well I know
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that God has a special plan for
your life just like he did for
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Moses. And he can take care of
you in the scary times, in the
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good times, in the times
of waiting in the wilderness.
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God has a plan and we can trust
him. In fact, in Proverbs 3:5,6
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it says, Trust in the Lord with
all your heart. Do not lean on
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on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him
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and he shall direct your
path. Just like Jochebed, Moses'
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mother she trusted God.
Just like Moses trusted God when
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things were not clear, we
can trust him too. We'll see you
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later, bye, bye. ¤ ¤
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Dear Mom and Dad: Thank you
so much for the amazing gift you
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gave me. I really appreciated
it. It was so nice when you
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watched my little one so that I
could sleep in too. Thank you so
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much for being the best
grandparents ever. I love you
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and can't wait till we can
hang out again. Love Michelle.
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Oh, you just caught me. I was
writing some thank you notes.
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Have you written a thank
you note before? It's one of my
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favorite things to do. And a lot
of people may not do it anymore
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but I still think it's really
important to send a little note.
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Nothing like getting something
in your mailbox, right? It's so
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exciting to get mail.
Today we're going to talk about
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thankfulness. And let's pause
right now and thank Jesus for
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being here with us.
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Dear heavenly Father, thank you
for loving us, thank you for all
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the blessings you give us like I
could pray this whole story time
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about all the things I'm
thankful for, but most of all
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I'm thankful for your love.
And please be with us. Send your
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Holy Spirit and thank you for
your Spirit that guides us into
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all truth. In your
name we pray, Amen.
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Today our story is called,
Remembering to Say Thank You.
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Have you ever had someone
some up and say to you, Ah, Miss
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you have something in your teeth
Oh, I'm so thankful when people
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do that, right? Especially when
it's toward the beginning of the
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day instead of the end, right?
Or maybe they'll say, Oh Miss
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Michelle, your zipper is
unzipped. Oh, it's so nice to
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know that because otherwise,
it's really embarrassing, right?
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But back in Bible times if
someone were to say, Oh, um, it
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looks like you have a little
white patch of skin right there.
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That could change someone's
life. You see, there was a
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disease back then called
leprosy. Mmm, you may have
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heard of that before, right?
And it started with just a few
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little white spots on your skin
and pretty soon the priest would
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confirm that you, in fact, had
leprosy. And in Leviticus in the
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Old Testament, Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, third book of the
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Bible, chapter 13, verse 2,
we learn a little bit more about
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leprosy. Leviticus 13 verse
2, it says:... When a man has on
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the skin of his body a swelling,
a scab or a bright spot and it
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becomes on the skin of his body
like a leprous sore, then he
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must be brought to Aaron the
priest or to one of his sons,
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the priests. [And then
what should happen.] Verse 3
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continues. The priests are to
examine the sore on the skin of
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his body and if the hair on the
sore has turned white and the
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sore appears to be deeper than
the skin of his body it is a
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leprous sore and then the priest
shall examine him and pronounce
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him Unclean.
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This was like one of the worst
things that could happen to you
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in Bible times. Let's skip ahead
in that same chapter to verse
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45 and 46. It says:... Now the
leper on whom the sore is his
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clothes shall be torn and
his head bare and he shall cover
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his mustache and cry, Unclean,
Unclean. He shall be unclean all
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the days that he has the
sore. Then he should be unclean.
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He is unclean and shall dwell
alone. His dwelling shall be
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outside the camp.
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How sad. If you had that leprosy
not only did you have to leave
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your family and your job and
everything and live outside the
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camp away from people, also the
sad part was that people decided
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that while you had that disease
was because you were a terrible
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sinner, it was God's punishment
for you and they believed that
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you could never be forgiven for
that punishment. Isn't that sad?
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Now in Jesus' time there were
many lepers and, like I said,
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there was no cure then. And
there were 10 lepers. Now of
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these lepers some of them were
Jews but we know that at least
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one of them was Samaritan, which
was very interesting, because as
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you guys have probably learned
from the stories already, Jews
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and Samaritans didn't get along.
In fact, they would buy and sell
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from each other, but that
was about the extent of their
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relationship. After that, they
did not like each other. In fact
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you may have even used the word
hate which is really strong but
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it was kind of applicable in
this case. But one was Samaritan
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they figured we all have this
terrible disease, like who gives
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a care. I guess we can just hang
out and be friends because we're
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all just going to die anyway
alone and sad. So these 10 had
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banded together and were friends
and they kind of went through
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life together, right? And they
had heard about Jesus and they
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thought wow! He's even healed
leprosy. Oh I hope, I wish, I
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hope, I wish that some day
we will be able to see Jesus and
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then it happened. Let's go
to the book of Luke. Interesting
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because Luke was a doctor, that
he would talk about the story of
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leprosy. I'm sure other gospels
have this story too. Today we're
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going to go to Dr. Luke
and learn about what happened.
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Luke 17 is where we're going to
pick up this story and I really
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do like reading parts, at least
parts, if not all, right from
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God's word. I think that's very
important. Verse 11 says:...
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Now it happened as He went to
Jerusalem, He [capital He, that
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means Jesus] passed through
in the midst of Samaria and
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Galilee. Then as he entered
a certain village there met him
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10 men who were
lepers who stood afar off.
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They were following
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protocol. They wanted to run to
Jesus, fall at his feet and beg
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mercy and say please forgive us
for our sins and please heal us,
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right? But they stood afar
off like they were supposed to.
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And they lifted up their voices
and said, Jesus, Master, Master,
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have mercy on us.
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Now have you ever done this
before where you have a group
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of friends and you're trying
to get someone's attention who's
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all the way across the
playground or maybe all the way
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across the parking lot and you
say okay, one, two three, Hey
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over here. You're louder
together, right? So together
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they called out to Jesus. And
in verse 13 what happens? That's
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when they shouted. In verse 14:
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So when he saw them he said to
them, Go show yourselves to the
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priest.
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Why would Jesus not say, You're
healed! Have a great day! Why
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wouldn't He say that, right?
Once again. Jesus was always
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intentional. There was always
a reason for why he did things a
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certain way, right? And Jesus
knew that if he healed them
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right away it wouldn't grow
their faith. They had to believe
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that they were going to be
healed and have faith and He
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knew that they would be stronger
people because of that. So he
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said: Go to the priests. Now the
priests were like the doctors
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kind of back then or like the
doctors' assistants or I don't
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know. They were professional
judgers, that's for sure.
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But they were the ones who would
pronounce you clean from leprosy
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so it was inferred that they
would be healed by saying go to
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the priest. It was Jesus saying,
You will be healed. Go there.
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But they weren't actually healed
at that point. In verse 15
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it says, sorry in verse 14 the
second part, I didn't read you
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the whole thing. So let's rewind
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So when He saw them He said to
them, Go show yourselves to the
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priest. And so it was that when
they went they were cleansed.
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They're on their way, they're
headed for the priest and on
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they're way, they are cleansed!
And wow! Isn't that exciting?
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They were healed. Their whole
lives narratives, their whole
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life story had changed. They no
longer were the 10 lepers. They
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were the 10 men who had been
healed from the leprosy by Jesus
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Wow! Now this is where the story
has an interesting twist because
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just like today a lot less
people say thank you than maybe
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used to or just in general,
sometimes we forget to say thank
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you. Some of them forgot to say
thank you. And you might think,
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Oh Miss Michelle, probably like
50 percent so five went back and
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said thank you, right? That
would be better odds than there
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were, right? So out of these
10 only one went back and said
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thank you. So 10 percent, out of
10 only one, that's 10 percent.
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One out of 10 said thank
you. Here's what happened.
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And one of them, when he saw
that he was healed, he returned
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and with a loud voice glorified
God and fell down on his face
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at Jesus' feet and
was giving thanks to him.
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Then the Bible adds:
And he was a Samaritan.
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This was not even one of God's
"special" people. I mean Jews
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were God's special people but
they were supposed to reach out
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to the people around them
and bring other people into the
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special family of God, right,
just like we're supposed to.
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And yet in fact the only one
to come back and glorify God and
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say thank you was the Samaritan.
Wow! [signs deeply] What happens
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then?
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And Jesus answered and said,
Were there not 10 cleansed, but
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where are the nine? Were there
not any found who returned to
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the glory of God except this
foreigner? And Jesus said to
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him, Arise, go your way,
your faith has made you well.
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Wow! That's like, we talked
about this before, Jesus going
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to the grocery store and finding
some random person and saying
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they have more faith in me than
you do. How would that make us
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feel as Christians, right? It's
a good thing to think about.
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They could have a normal life
again. They could go home to
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their families all because of
their faith in Jesus and Jesus'
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miraculous healing. One man said
thank you. One man gave us an
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example, the Samaritan man gave
us an example of what we should
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do. How disappointed Jesus was
in the other nine. What shall we
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thank Jesus for today? Maybe you
can make a list. Ah, make a list
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and then think about it. Did you
say thank you to Jesus for any
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of those things yesterday? Mmm.
That's a sobering thought isn't
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it. Sobering means make you
really think. Our lesson study
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made a list of some really cool
things to be thankful for and it
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gave a little description for
why. So I encourage you to read
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that in our lesson. They wrote,
Jesus, the Bible, angels, heaven
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being able to choose, having
freedom of choice, so important,
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and health. Those are the things
we can be thankful for, right?
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I just sat down for just a
couple of minutes and came up
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with many more ideas and I could
have been even more specific but
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I just gave categories instead.
So I'm thankful for my family,
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friends, my home. It's so
cute, my almost-two-year-old now
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knows how to say the word home.
How adorable. School, church,
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food, clothes, toys, books,
nature and playgrounds. And that
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was just for a couple minutes it
took me to think of those things
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and you could even get more
specific and say specific people
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or specific things that you have
in your life. I am thankful most
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of all for the gift of salvation
that God has given each of us.
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Wow! We have so much to be
thankful for. Wow! The lesson
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ends with a very thought
provoking question, something
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that makes you think deeply.
It says, How would you like to
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change the way you say think
you to Jesus? Mmm. What are some
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traditions or some habits that
we could start in our lives that
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would help us to be more
thankful? And I'm kicking myself
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not really, that would hurt. But
I'm bummed that I forgot at home
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my thankful journal. I have a
gratitude journal that's super
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fun. Each day it has like three
or four spaces where you can
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put things that you're thankful
for that day. And that has been
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really life-changing for me,
especially this year, this past
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year, because it was really a
tough year for all of us, right?
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And it helps me to stay positive
by writing down things that I'm
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thankful for. Maybe you can have
a special time of the day when
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you thank Jesus, not just maybe
right before we eat although
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sometimes we may even forget
to do that, to just simply thank
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God for our food before we eat
it. Or maybe while you're taking
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a bath, would be a good time,
or a shower to think about the
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things you're thankful for. Or
maybe while you're out on a walk
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you could take turns naming
things you're thankful for. Or
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when you're driving in the
car whatever you see that you're
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thankful for you could
talk about. Being thankful is so
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important but not only does it
show God how much we love him,
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but it changes our mindset.
In today's day and age there's a
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lot of things that we could be
bummed about or even depressed
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about. Depressed means sad like
most of the time, right? And
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there are a lot of bad things
that are happening around us,
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but when we look for the good
things that Jesus has done in
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our lives it can completely
change our mindset and help us
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to see how much he loves us and
how he will always, always be
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with us. I want to challenge you
guys to try that this afternoon
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with your family, seeing how
many things you can come up that
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you're thankful for. And
remember how much Jesus loves
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it when we tell him thank you.
Oh, P.S., you're parents like
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it too. See you next week. Bye.
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Thank you Miss Michelle for that
Bible story on thankfulness.
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It's time now for our answers to
last week's questions so let's
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what those answers were
and who sent in their answers.
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And now... We have our new
questions so are you ready?
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Question #1: ¤ ¤
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Question #2: ¤ ¤
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And Question #3: It's more of
a challenge. I want you to think
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of three things that
you're thankful for today.
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You can send in
your answers to us at:
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Answers@startingwithJesus.com
and you can also tag us on
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Instagram and Facebook with
your answers. We love to see how
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you're
participating in Sabbath School.
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It's time now for our memory
verse. Let's say it together.
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Psalm 100:4 and 5: Be thankful
to him and bless his name for
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the Lord is good.
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I like stories. My grandpa had
great stories. When I was young
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I loved to listen to my
grandpa. You see he'd done
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a lot of things in his life.
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He had been a baker and
he had been a chicken farmer
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and he sold books about Jesus.
One of the stories was about one
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day when he was selling books
about Jesus, he went to the door
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and he knocked on the door. And
the lady came to the door and
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and said, Oh, I don't have time
to talk right now. I'm baking a
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chocolate cake. She had flour
all over her hands and she was
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wiping things because she had
her nice apron on. And grandpa
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said to her, Are you making
a chocolate cake? Did you ever
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wonder how to get that wonderful
Hersey flavor. Oh, she said, yes
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He said, I'll show you. And so
he got invited in and they went
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into the kitchen and he showed
her how to add just a little bit
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of peppermint to make it taste
just right in the chocolate cake
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And they put the cake in the
oven and then grandpa said, let
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me show you the books. And
he opened up and he showed the
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books about Jesus and
she was really interested.
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She appreciated help with the
cake and she appreciated help
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understanding about the books
and what a wonderful opportunity
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it was. Well grandpa said, time
to take the cake out and she
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said, No it has five more
minutes. And he said, No, if you
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leave it in any longer it'll
taste bitter. And she said, I
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wondered. My husband always said
my chocolate cakes are bitter.
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Well, let's take it out now.
So they took it out and they had
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had the cake and she liked the
books so much she bought some of
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the books. Grandpa learned
that he could sell books by just
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helping people. And you know
that's what Jesus does. He helps
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us in many ways and that's
what the stories about Jesus
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are about.
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I'm so excited. Starting
tomorrow we are starting our
00:25:31.13\00:25:33.90
starting our seedpod podcast
for kids. We have a daily
00:25:33.93\00:25:39.50
program just for you so that you
can start your day with Jesus.
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And we are so excited. There'll
be singing, there'll be reading
00:25:44.14\00:25:49.14
in the Bible of different Bible
stories. There'll be a memory
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verse every week and things to
help you to have that daily time
00:25:53.01\00:25:58.02
with Jesus. So for
more information go to:
00:25:58.05\00:26:01.32
startingwithjesus.com/seedpod
and you will learn how to sign
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up for our podcast. You can
also, go back and check out the
00:26:07.53\00:26:12.13
reading through the story of
Jesus that we did all the way
00:26:12.17\00:26:15.34
through December to January
first and you can check it out
00:26:15.37\00:26:18.61
startingwithjesus.com/the story.
It was a huge blessing, learning
00:26:18.64\00:26:22.74
about the life of Jesus and how
he's so wonderful to us so go to
00:26:22.78\00:26:28.68
startingwithjesus.com/the story
to be able to listen through the
00:26:28.72\00:26:33.36
story of Jesus. We have
some other really fun programs
00:26:33.39\00:26:37.69
planned this year. Something's
happening this summer that is
00:26:37.73\00:26:41.00
really going to exciting and I
can't quite tell you yet but if
00:26:41.03\00:26:44.37
go to our website at:
startingwithjesus.com and click
00:26:44.40\00:26:49.17
the subscribe button you'll
be able to sign up to our news
00:26:49.20\00:26:53.38
letter and find out what is
coming this year. We send out
00:26:53.41\00:26:58.81
an email about once a month so
we try not to send you a deluge
00:26:58.85\00:27:02.75
of emails. Just every now and
then when we have some really
00:27:02.78\00:27:06.09
exciting news for you. So
you can check that out at:
00:27:06.12\00:27:08.89
startingwithjesus.com. It's time
to end our Sabbath School and
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I've been so blessed that you've
been here with us. Let's thank
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Jesus for this
time we've had together.
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Dear Father in heaven, thank you
that you are so wonderful to us.
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Thank you that you give us the
opportunity to come to you in
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prayer. And we love you so much.
I pray that you will forgive us
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for our sins. Help us to be like
you and help us to be lights
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shining in all the world
especially right now when
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sometimes it seems like there's
just a lot of sadness and hurt.
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Help us to be with kindness and
kind to others and to be loving
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to those around us and to
show them you. We love you Jesus
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and we thank you.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Thank you for joining us. Have a
blessed week and keep in touch.
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