Hey kids, it's time for Sabbath
School. Grab your Bibles and
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Hello boys and girls, Welcome
to Starting with Jesus, (Miss
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Ruthie) where we want
to encourage you to start
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everything you do with Jesus.
Now last week we had a story
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about some things that were lost
Do you remember? Today in our
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Bible story we're going to learn
about some people who were lost.
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And don't forget to watch until
the very end because you won't
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want to miss Pastor Joe's story
time. So before we get to that
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let's join in
some singing together.
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Good morning boys and girls.
And Happy Sabbath. My name is
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Chaeli and I live in Michigan.
But I'm going to tell you a
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story about when I was a
missionary for Jesus in Alabama.
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I was going door to door selling
books about health and about
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healthy and about Jesus. One day
it had been raining, so we were
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in some apartment buildings.
As I walked into this apartment
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building I prayed in my head. I
was like, Lord, I'm a little bit
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discouraged right now. I want to
find somebody who is interested
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in you and who wants to find
some of these books and have
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them in their home. So as I
walked in usually I would start
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with the apartments on the
top floor but for some reason I
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started with the ones on the
bottom. I knocked on the first
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door and somebody inside yelled,
Who is it? Now there's a lot of
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people who did that so I
got used to answering and I just
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said. My name is Chaeli. So
the lady came and she opened the
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door a little bit but only about
that much. I couldn't see her.
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So I started to tell who I
was and what I was doing and I
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started to show her a book. And
the first book I showed her is a
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book called In Search of Peace.
That's the same book as Steps to
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Christ. And I started to tell
her about it and I hadn't even
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finished the first sentence when
she interrupted me. She said,
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Not that one; I want the one
that says Jesus. I was a little
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surprised because not many
people tell me that. But quickly
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in my mind I realized that I had
the book she was looking for.
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So I told you, You know I have
just the book you're looking for
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And I pulled out the book, They
Call Him Jesus, the book Desire
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of Ages. Now if you see this
book and you only see one word,
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it's the word Jesus because it's
in big bold letters. So I pulled
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it out and I showed her and she
immediately opened the door all
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the way and she said, Yes that's
exactly the one I was looking
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for. So I told her more about
it and she started to tell me.
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She's like, You know what?
Just a couple minutes ago I was
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sitting on my couch and I was
watching my TV but it started
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getting really fuzzy and I
couldn't hear what they were
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talking about. So I turned
it off. And I laid down on the
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couch and I was just thinking
about how my daughter had a book
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just like that. She bought it
from someone just a few days ago
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They were just like you. They
had a bag with books and I was
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wishing that I could have that
book and be reading it right now
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and then you knocked on my door
and you have this book. She was
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super excited to be able to
receive that book. And as she
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turned around to go inside and
get some money, she looked back
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at me and said, You know what?
This is an answer to prayer. God
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did this. When she came back we
started talking and I was able
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to share with her how I had
prayed too that the Lord would
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help me find someone who was
interested in the books and in
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him. We were both able to share
how it was an answer to prayer
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to both of us. And it just
reminded me that God always
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answers our prayers. You know
this reminds me of a verse in
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the Bible. It's found in
Jeremiah chapter 33 verse 3:
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It says: Call to me and I will
answer you and show you great
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and mighty things
which you do not know.
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Never forget that God
always answers prayers.
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Hi everyone and welcome back
for another Bible adventure.
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I (Miss Michelle) want to play
a little game with you guys.
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Are you ready? When I say a word
I want you to say out loud the
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word that first jumps into your
brain. Are you ready? Here we go
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Lost. Interesting maybe some
of you said the words puppy dog.
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Or a kitten. Or maybe you said
the name of a store where you've
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gotten lost in before. Or maybe
you thought of a boat being lost
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at sea. Or maybe you thought
about something that you've lost
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like keys for your car or
something like that. Or a toy
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that you really like. Well
today's story is about being
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lost. Let's get started. But
before we do let's go and ask
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God to be with us.
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Dear heavenly Father, thank you
so much for loving us and for
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saving us and for helping us
even when we feel a little bit
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lost. Please bless our time
together. Send your Holy Spirit
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to be with us. In
your name we pray. Amen.
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Well when Jesus was on earth His
stories, what we call parables,
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showed us that we're lost. We're
just like sheep that are lost
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without a shepherd and we're
lost without Him. In fact, he
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told some stories that we
reviewed last week and one of
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them was about a sheep. Do you
remember that story about the
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100 sheep but he only got to
99 because one was lost. You see
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this kind of lost sheep
represents people who know that
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their lost. This sheep knew that
it wasn't where it was supposed
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to be. It was calling for help.
But it needed help and it knew
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that. And that's representative
of the sheep story of when the
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sheep was lost. Do you remember
the other story that we talked
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about when something was lost?
That's right, the lost coin.
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And the widow was looking all
over her house trying to find
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the coin. This coin represents
people who don't even know that
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they're lost. Maybe they haven't
even heard about Jesus before.
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But they also need Jesus to save
them. They don't even know how
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important they are to Jesus.
But everyone is so important to
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Jesus. God loves everybody and
we're all sinners and He still
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loves us. We all mess up don't
we? Today's story is found in
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Luke chapter 15, verse seven
is where we're going to start.
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Luke 15 verse seven. Now I've
been practicing for a long time
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to find books in the Bible but
if you need a little extra time
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to find the book, make sure you
press pause if you're watching
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on You Tube or if you're
watching on our website. I don't
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know, some TVs even now you can
push pause on them so that you
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can find the story too and
read along. I also recommend
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afterwards reading the story
again to review it and to really
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understand it well. Luke chapter
15 verse seven: Today's story is
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called Two Lost Sons.
Here we go, 15 verse seven:
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Oh this is the end of
the other story. Pardon me.
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I say to you that likewise there
will be more joy in heaven over
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one sinner that repents than
over the 99 persons who have no
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need of repentance.
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And that's how the end of
the story ended last week. Let's
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jump into the story for this
week which is also thankfully in
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Luke chapter 15. You see
there were two sons. One was
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responsible and dependable. He
didn't complain he the older son
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and he just did what he was
told. He worked really hard.
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The other son was the younger
son and in this family, not in
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all families, this son
was selfish, ungrateful and
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complained a lot. Hmm. The
youngest son was unhappy with
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how his life was going and
he wanted adventure. He wanted
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excitement. He wanted to do
something new and different.
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So he asked for his inheritance
early. Inheritance Miss Michelle
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you may ask. Inheritance is what
when their father would die he
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would leave to them. So
their father probably had what's
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called a will and in the will it
said, My oldest son gets this,
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my youngest son gets this,
my servants get this, so and so
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gets that. And that was the
inheritance. Now that was not
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very kind to ask for his father
to give him what he had in the
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inheritance before he died.
What it was really saying to his
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Father was I don't care if
you're dead or alive. I just
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want your stuff, I just want
your money. Wow. But because the
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Father loved him so much and
really wanted him to be able to
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make choices and learn from his
mistakes, he did, he gave him
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his inheritance early. And you
can imagine the older son was
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not too thrilled but he didn't
complain. He just went about his
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business. He knew that some
day he would get the rest of the
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inheritance that was due to him.
Guess what the younger son did.
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He wasted his possessions with
prodigal living. Now you may
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have heard of this story before
being called the prodigal son.
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What does prodigal mean though?
Right? So I looked it up in the
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dictionary for us and it means
spending money or resources
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freely and recklessly. That
means without a plan, wastefully
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extravagant. So he just wasted
all his money on crazy, cool
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things that he thought
were awesome but they were just
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temporary. Right? And younger
son it made him happy for now.
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In fact, he had so much money
it correlated or it connected to
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how many friends he had. He
had a lot of friends. So he felt
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really good about himself.
He had money, he had friends, he
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was doing exciting things. But
the father, you see, was heart
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broken. He was at home, but
he never gave up on that son. He
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kept watching for him to
come home. And the climax of the
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story comes in Luke 15 verses
14 and 15. So let's jump back to
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the Bible there. Luke 15
verses 14 and 15: Here we go.
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But when he [the younger son]
had spent all, there arose a
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severe [or bad] famine in that
land and he began to be in want.
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Then he went and joined himself
to a citizen of that country and
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he sent him into the
fields to feed swine.
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Do you guys know what swine are?
Swine are pigs. And I actually
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hadn't thought of this before
but our lesson explains that
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taking care of pigs was like as
bad as it could get for a Jewish
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person because we know
that in the Bible that God had
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instructed them to not even
touch pigs. And here he was in
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charge of taking care of them.
Now you may ask where are his
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friends now? Were those real
friends. No they weren't. They
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disappeared as soon as his money
was gone. And then he was left
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to take care of pigs. He looked
over at the pig food and he
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thought mmm, that looks good.
Can you imagine? He must have
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been really hungry to think that
pig food looked good. What a
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stinky, stinky job. Then he
got to thinking. He had a lot of
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time to think when he was there
taking care of the pigs. Right?
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Then Luke 15 verse 17, he
came to a conclusion. He said:
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When he came to himself he said,
How many of my father's hired
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servants have bread enough to
spare and I perish with hunger.
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I will arise and go to my father
and will say to him, Father I
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have sinned against heaven
and before you. [And continue to
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verse 19] and I am no longer
worthy to be called your son.
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Make me like one of
your hired servants.
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He thought, they have it better.
I'm just going to go home and
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be a servant for my father. I
don't even care if he calls me
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his son anymore. I just really
want to live. And so that's what
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he did. He headed home. The boy
was a dejected young man as he
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headed home and up the dirt path
but his father had, like we said
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never given up on him.
And in verse 20 it says:
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And he arose and came to his
father. But when he was still a
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great way off, [that means
far away] his father saw him [he
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was looking] and he had
compassion [that means love]
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on him and he ran and fell
on his neck and kissed him.
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He gave him a big hug and a kiss
His dad was so happy to have him
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home. And verse 21 says:
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The son said to him [he
got ready his speech, right, he
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says] Father I have sinned
against heaven and in your sight
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I am no longer
worthy to be called you son.
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And right then his father just
cut him off. He didn't even let
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him finish his
speech that he had planned.
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But his father said to the
servants, bring out the best
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robe and put on him and put on a
ring on his hand and sandals on
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his feet. And bring the fatted
calf here to kill it and let us
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eat and be merry. [He was like
let's have a big party.] For
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this my son was dead and is
alive again. He was lost and now
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he is found. And they began
to be merry [which means happy.]
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Now was his son really dead? Not
literally but spiritually he was
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dead and if he'd remained far
away he probably would have died
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or hunger, wouldn't he have?
Now you can imagine the big
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festivity, the big party, that
happened at that home that night
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And just as the party was really
getting going the older son came
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home. Now do you think he was
excited that his younger brother
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was home? Or was he frustrated?
Hmm. Let's find out. In verse 27
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it says: And he said to him
your brother has come and he has
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received him safe and sound your
father has killed the fatted
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calf. But he [the older brother]
was angry and would not go into
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the party. Therefore, his father
came out and pleaded with him.
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So he answered and said to
his father, Lo many years I have
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served you and never
transgressed your commandment
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at any time and yet you never
gave me a young goat that I may
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be merry with my friends but
as soon as this son of yours who
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devoured your livelihood, he
came home and you've killed the
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fatted calf for him. And the
father said to him, Son you were
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always with me and all that I
have is yours. It was right that
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we should make merry and be glad
for your brother was dead and is
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alive again. He was
lost and now he is found.
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Hmm. Two lost boys. All
the times we focus only on the
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prodigal, the younger one,
who went away and spent all that
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money recklessly. But Jesus was
also making another point. There
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are people in this world who are
lost and who make bad choices
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and who go out and make wicked
or bad decisions. Right? But
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there are also people who think
they're pretty downright awesome
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In fact, they think they're
better than anyone else. Can you
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think of who he might have
been talking to in Bible times.
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That's right. He was talking to
the Pharisees. They followed all
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the rules, every single rule.
In fact, they followed all the
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rules in the Bible and then they
made up extra ones just to show
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how good they were. And that's
the thing. They didn't follow
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the rules because they loved
Jesus. They followed the rules
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to look good themselves. They
followed the rules so that other
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people would pay attention
to them and give them glory, not
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God. Jesus was also talking
about them because they're
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also lost, just like the older
brother was lost and that he
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didn't realize how exciting
it was when someone who's made
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mistakes decides to change their
lives through the power of Jesus
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of course. So this has a good
lesson for all of us whether we
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feel like we make lots of
mistakes or maybe we feel like
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we're pretty close to perfect.
I know I'm not. But maybe we
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felt that way before. We all
need Jesus. We all are lost and
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the Bible says if we confess our
sins, so here's the good news,
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He is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins and to
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cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
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Unrighteousness means the things
how we mess up in our lives and
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the bad decisions that we make.
He'll cleanse us from all that.
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He'll forgive us. That's found
in 1 John 1 verse 9. I know that
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I don't want to be like the
younger son who spent all that
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money. I don't want to be like
the older son who thinks that
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they don't need Jesus' help
to live a good Christian life.
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I want to be like the younger
son at the end of the story
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where he realizes his mistakes
and he comes to Jesus for help.
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Don't you?
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Thank you Miss Michelle for that
Bible story. Now I remember that
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last week we had some questions
and let's see what those
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questions were and
if you got them right.
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I hope you're listening because
it's time for our questions.
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Questions #1: In our story today
there were two brothers and the
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younger brother asked for his
inheritance and then went away
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and did what? What did the
younger brother do with the
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money that he was given?
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Question #2: Where was the
brother when he finally realized
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that he was not in a good place
and that he should go home?
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What was the younger brother
doing when he realized, I would
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be better off in
my father's house?
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Questions #3: What did the older
brother do when his younger
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brother came home? What did
the older brother do when the
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younger brother came home? Was
he happy about it? Or something
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else. Now you can
send your answers to us at
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answers@startingwithjesus.com
and we will give you a shout out
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on our You Tube channel. We have
a little special section that we
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added, a little shout out to
those of you who sent in your
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answers. So we love to include
you and we love to find ways to
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have you as part of our Sabbath
School program. So send us your
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answers and we would love to
see how you're participating in
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Sabbath School.
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It's time now for our memory
verse. Let's say it together.
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1 John 1:9: If we confess our
sins He is faithful and just to
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forgive us our sins and cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
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You want to say hi to all
the boys and girls. (Pastor Joe)
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Hi all the boys
and girls. (Hudson)
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How's it going? Well when daddy
was a little boy I loved to go
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[continued from last week] I
loved to go sledding. When we
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got to the bottom of the hill
the road flattened out there
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and just as I was starting to
flatten out my sled was starting
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to slow down and we were on
a road and I heard an engine
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behind me and I started to turn
around to look to see what the
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noise of this engine was. Then
something distracted me and I
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looked ahead again and then
boom just like that a truck went
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right over Daddy's
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sled. This engine went right
over the top of my head and I
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was still sledding. I started
going as fast as I could trying
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to pump trying to keep up
with this... because I was on my
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stomach and my head was low to
the ground, my chin was low to
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the ground and I was trying
to keep up and the tires were
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turning and it was so scary.
I yelled, Stop! Stop! and nobody
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stopped. And he was driving and
I thought I was going to die. I
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Stop! and then my friend ahead
of me, Christina, turned around
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and she saw that I was sliding
under a truck. She jumped up and
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she waved her hand and she said
Stop! Stop! And then the driver
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started to pull over. That's
when my left hand hit the tire
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and my thumb got twisted but
my sled kept going straight and
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then the driver stopped and I
was sledding out from under the
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truck. Whoo! So scary! I jumped
up. I turned around and I went
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to the window of the driver
and his window was already down.
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I looked at him and he looked
at me. And he turned as white as
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the snow and he didn't say
anything. I didn't say anything
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because I didn't know what to
say because I knew that if I had
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been sledding over just that far
that way, maybe that far that
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way I would have gone right
under the tires. I never even
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probably would have known what
happened. I would have gotten
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tangled up under this three-
quarter ton truck that was a two
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wheel drive and it had a cord
of firewood in the back of the
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truck. So guess what Hudson.
Hum. Guess who was taking care
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of Daddy. Was it Jesus? Did he
send his angels? Uh-huh. He can
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watch out after us, can't he?
Yeah. I have never seen my angel
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but have been really close
to him and he's been close to me
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because he was steering my sled.
And you know what boys and girls
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God is willing to take
care of us even when we're in a
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dangerous situation we don't
know about. So every day we want
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to start by giving our life to
God. Even though I was only 13
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years old, I was old enough
to think some pretty serious
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thoughts and when I went to
bed that night I couldn't quite
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sleep at first and I realized I
wanted my life, the whole thing,
00:25:34.73\00:25:39.57
to belong to God because he had
given me another day to live and
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he had protected me and so
my life belonged to him that day
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and belonged to him ever since.
Shall we pray, yep, and ask God
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to take care of us? Yeah.
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Dear heavenly Father we thank
you for watching out after us.
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Please bless all the boys and
girls wherever they're at and
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watch out after us. We
thank you In Jesus' name, Amen.
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God bless. God bless.
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I'm so glad you joined us today.
We have some really fun programs
00:26:11.17\00:26:14.90
coming up starting this spring
and we haven't announced those
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dates yet, but we will soon.
We're going to be having a daily
00:26:18.91\00:26:23.91
storytime for about 12 days
when we'll be listening to a
00:26:23.95\00:26:27.22
really interesting mission story
that you will not want to miss.
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We will be announcing those
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Let's have a prayer.
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Our Father in heaven, thank you
so much for your love. Thank you
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that you search for us, that you
want us to come home and that
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welcome us with open arms. I
pray that you will be with us
00:27:36.75\00:27:40.82
and help us to give our whole
hearts to you. Help us not to be
00:27:40.86\00:27:45.16
like the sheep who gets lost.
Help us not to be like the coin
00:27:45.19\00:27:48.80
who gets lost and help us not
to be like the brother who gets
00:27:48.83\00:27:52.17
lost, either one of them, even
if we're at home. Help us to
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just give our hearts to you and
serve you and worship you and
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and help us to be like you. Help
us to be missionaries to those
00:28:01.38\00:28:06.05
who are around us. We love you
Jesus and we thank you that you
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love us. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Thank you so much for
watching. Have a blessed week.
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Keep in touch.
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