Hey kids, it's time for Sabbath
School. So grab your Bibles and
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let's go.
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(Miss Ruthie) Hello boys and
girls. Welcome to Starting With
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Jesus where we want to encourage
you to start everything you do
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with Jesus. We have some really
fun things planned for you today
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an exciting nature story that
you won't want to miss, and our
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Bible story today talks about
you. So you won't want to miss
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that. Let's start our program
though with some singing.
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(Miss Gloria) Hello boys and
girls. I'm so glad you're here
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today to dive into God's great
book of nature with me. As you
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look around you'll notice there
are so many types of trees.
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There are types of trees called
deciduous or hardwood trees also
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knows as broad leaf trees
because their leaves are big and
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broad. Get it? Broadleaf with
broad leaves. Well these kind of
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trees lose their leaves in
the fall and winter. But don't
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worry. They grow new leaves in
the spring and summer. But what
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do you think would happen to
this tree if the leaves didn't
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fall in the winter when it was
cold and snowy. Well those broad
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leaves would hold onto so
much snow that the tree branches
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would be too heavy and it would
break. That would not be good
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would it? There are other types
of trees in the forest called
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conifers also known as
evergreens They stay green all
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year long. Get it? Evergreen,
always green. They do not lose
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their leaves in the cold. Their
leaves are skinny like needles
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and God made them that way
on purpose so that the snow can
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fall around or between the
needles and not weigh the tree
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branches down. You know what
this tells me? It tells me that
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God is so merciful and has made
provision, like ways around, to
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protect the trees after sin
came into this world and brought
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different weather conditions
like cold and snow. Philippians
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4:19 says: Doesn't that make you
feel great that God takes care
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of all the needs of the trees
and he takes care of your needs
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too. Our God's a pretty awesome
God isn't he? Here's an idea.
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Why don't you take a walk with a
grownup and try and try to find
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as many broad leaves and
evergreens as you can. Don't
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tear them down, just count them
and let us know how many of each
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you find. You can even send
pictures if you want. Doesn't
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that make you feel great to know
that God takes care of the needs
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of all the trees and he takes
care of your needs too. Isn't
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our God a great, awesome God? I
hope you have enjoyed this page
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in God's great book of
nature. See you next time.
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(Miss Michelle) Hmm. Oh, pardon
me. I was just replaying some
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memories in my mind. Do you
see this cute little bear. He's
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playing a song for us. Have
you heard that song before? You
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probably have. It's one of the
most popular children's sacred
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songs of all time. Jesus Loves
Me. You see some close friends
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of ours gave my son this little
bear the day he was dedicated.
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And it's super special because
it's a reminder of how much
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Jesus loves him. Today's story
is about how much Jesus loves
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kids. Let's pray.
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Dear heavenly Father, we thank
you so very much for your love
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for us. Please bless us now as
we enter into our special story
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time, our special Bible story
time. Send your Spirit to be
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here and open our eyes and ears
to your love. In your name we
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pray, Amen.
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I can just imagine one morning
a mother waking up and thinking
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wow, I'd sure love for my little
boy to be blessed by Jesus.
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Wouldn't that be awesome? You
see when my son was dedicated or
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blessed he was blessed by some
pastors who were representing
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Jesus. Right? We felt his
presence there but Jesus wasn't
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actually physically there in the
room. Right? But back in Bible
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times they actually could go and
see Jesus. So it was a long ways
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away but she thought, It'll
be worth it. If you've walked
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anywhere with a young toddler
you know that it can sometimes
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take a very long time. But she
thought it would be worth it in
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the end and along the way a
neighbor was like, Where are you
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headed today? Oh, we're going
to Jesus to have him bless my
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son. I want to come too. I'm
going to bring my daughter and
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son. And pretty soon there was
a whole little group of mothers
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and their kids headed to see
Jesus. What a special time that
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would be. Right? Jesus loves
kids. In fact, whenever He saw
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them He'd have a special smile
that would spread across his
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face and the look in his eyes
just showed how much he cared
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for them. And I'm sure that
He gave really special hugs too.
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And kids loved Jesus too. They
weren't scared of Jesus and they
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just wanted to be close to Him.
So they skipped along the path
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going to see Jesus. Now Jesus
saw them coming from afar off
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and he was happy to see kids
because he was always happy to
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see kids. But He also wanted
to see how His disciples would
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react to the youngest members of
God's family and let's see what
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they did. Any guesses. Maybe
you've heard the story before.
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In Mark chapter 10 is
where we have this story found.
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Then they brought little
children to Him that He might
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touch them, but the disciples
rebuked those who brought them.
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Rebuked, what does that mean?
Rebuke says no, don't do it.
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If someone rebukes you they may
say, No don't touch that stove,
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it's hot. Or they may say, No
stop. Don't run into the street.
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There might be a car coming.
Those are good types of rebukes.
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Right? But this didn't
make sense to the mothers and
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children. You see, the disciples
didn't want Jesus to be
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interrupted. They thought that
His work with the adults was
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more important than Him seeing
a bunch of little kids. But when
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Jesus saw it, in
verse 14 it says:
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He was greatly displeased with
them. [Them the children, No
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them the disciples] and he said
to them: Let the little children
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come to me and do not forbid
them for of such is the kingdom
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of God. Assuredly I say to you,
Whoever does not receive the
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kingdom of God as a little child
will by no means enter in. And
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He took them up in his arms
and laid his hands on them and
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blessed them.
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You can imagine the relief that
spread over the mothers' faces
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because they had traveled so far
to see Jesus. And the excitement
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for the kids, bouncing up and
down right up onto his lap and
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probably still bouncing
once they were up there. You can
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imagine Jesus giving them hugs.
Maybe some of them fell asleep
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in His arms. I bet he told
them some really cool stories.
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And so special. Such a
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special time they had with Jesus
Through this story Jesus showed
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everyone, His disciples and
everyone there that children are
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so important. In fact, He had
said that we should receive the
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kingdom of God like a little
child does. You see kids don't
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care about what color your hair
is or what color your skin is.
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Kids don't care if you have
a lot of money or not very much
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money at all. Kids don't care
if you're lame or blind. They
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may ask you questions about it.
Right? But they don't care about
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that. They just love people. And
they just like hanging out with
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people and playing with people.
It doesn't take kids long to
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make a new friend, does it? In
fact, you could be standing in
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the grocery store line and my
son would make friends with the
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kid in the next line. It doesn't
take too long, does it? Jesus
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wants adults to be more like
you guys. Isn't that amazing?
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Children also trusted Jesus.
They didn't worry about what was
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going to happen or anything like
that. They just trusted Him.
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This was a good lesson for
the disciples. You see, the
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disciples, they really did care
about things that children don't
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care about. They cared
about other people and what they
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looked like. They cared about
the people who didn't know God
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and they liked to call them
names like heathen or pagans.
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They cared about Jesus setting
up his kingdom on earth now and
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rescuing them from the Romans.
It seemed like they had an
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agenda or a plan for Jesus. Can
you imagine making a plan for
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Jesus? But that's what they had
done. In fact, they also had a
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couple other issues that they
were dealing with. They argued a
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lot about who would be the
most important person when that
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kingdom started. They said, Well
I'm going to be the right hand
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man. You know I'm the
most important, I'm the closest
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friend to Jesus, like He's the
one who's always asking me to
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do special things for him or go
special places with him. Right?
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They were also jealous of
the other people. If they saw
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someone getting closer to Jesus
they would be jealous of that
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person and want what they had.
They had a lot of things that
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they were working on and Jesus
wanted them to see the simple
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faith of a child and how
that can change our lives. So He
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continued and he used children
several other times in his
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lessons. But I want to tell
you about one other quick story
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before we jump to the next time
Jesus used kids to help teach
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the disciples a lesson.
This story is found in Matthew
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chapter 20. And parents this
is a good one for you guys to
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listen to, too. Matthew chapter
20 verses 20 and 21. They argued
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so much that finally one of the
mom's got fed up with it and she
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actually went and talked to
Jesus about it. You see it was
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the mother of James and John,
two of the disciples. And she
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said: The mother of Zebedee's
sons came to Him with her sons
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[there with her] kneeling down
and asking something from Him.
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And He said to her, What do
you wish? [This was Jesus saying
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what would you like?] She said
to Him, Can you grant that my
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two sons may sit one on your
right hand and the other on your
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left in your kingdom? [Okay] But
Jesus answered and said, You do
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not know what you ask. Are you
able to drink the cup that I am
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about to drink and be baptized
with the baptism I'm about to be
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baptized with? They
said to Him, Oh we are able.
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They had no idea that Jesus
was going to die. They didn't
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understand that His kingdom
is in heaven, not on earth. But
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they said, Oh yeah, we can do
that. Now parents this one's for
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you real quick. It's
so important that we equip
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our kids to take care of as many
of their own problems as they
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can. I know that this mom only
wanted what was best for her
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kids but she didn't understand
what she was doing. And this is
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a conversation that should have
gone on between John and James
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and Jesus. So I want to
challenge the parents out there
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to make sure you equipped your
kids with problem solving skills
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so that they can deal with those
things themselves. Now I'm not
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talking about when they're
little, but by the time that
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they're in high school and
college there's a lot of things
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that they can handle by
themselves that parents don't
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need to help with anymore. It's
hard to let go though, I can't
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even imagine. My son's only two.
All right I'm preaching to the
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choir on this one. Now the next
time that Jesus talked about a
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little child He was walking
to Capernaum. He heard his
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disciples and they were
whispering about Him. Have you
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ever heard someone whispering
about you and you thought maybe
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they were talking about you
but you weren't sure. Well Jesus
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knew what was going on because
he's Jesus of course. And in
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Mark chapter 9 we're going to
pick up this story. Mark chapter
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9 verses 33 and 34.
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With them he came to Capernaum
and when he was in the house, He
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asked them, What was it you
disputed among yourselves on the
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road?
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Oh He heard us, Oh, Mm-hum,
hum. So things got real awkward
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because they really didn't
want Him to know what they were
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talking about. Did they?
And in Matthew 18:1 it says:
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After that time the disciples
came to Jesus saying, Who then
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is the greatest in
the kingdom of heaven?
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That's what they'd been talking
about, who was the greatest and
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they didn't really want Him to
know that they had been talking
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about that. So in
Mark 9 verse 35 it says:
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And He sat them down and He
called the 12 and He said to
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them, If anyone desires to be
the first he should be the last
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and the servant of all.
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A servant?! How is that person
important? That didn't make any
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sense at all. Then he took a
little child and set him in the
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midst of them. And when he had
taken him in his arms, he said
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to them, Whoever receives one of
these little children in my name
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receives Me and whoever receives
Me receives not Me but Him who
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sent Me.
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Wow! He said you should treat
each other like you would treat
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this child and when you treat
them with kindness it's like
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you're treating Me with kindness
Isn't that powerful? Now I want
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to do a side note right here and
realize that sometimes we have
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adults in our lives who may not
be the best examples for us. We
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live in a sinful world, don't
we? And even I make mistakes
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sometimes and I have to
apologize to my son and say I'm
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really sorry buddy. Mama
shouldn't have said it that way
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or I'm sorry that my voice
got loud. You know? But remember
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that even when the adults in
your life make mistakes we can
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always look to Jesus as our
ultimate example and He loves
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you. And this is mind boggling
parents; He loves your kids even
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more than you do. Wow! Jesus
loves you just that much. Now do
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you think the disciples learned
the lessons that Jesus used the
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kids to help teach? By the time
Jesus left for heaven after His
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death and resurrection they
had changed a lot. Well everyone
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except Judas. But they had
changed a lot and Jesus at that
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point talked to Peter about
taking care of His sheep and His
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lambs. Who do you think those
were representative of? That's
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right. They represented sheep
who were like grown. Right?
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Those would be the adults and
lambs would be His kids. He now
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trusted those disciples. They
had learned their lesson. They
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knew that kids and adults are
important to Jesus. And He loves
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them all so much. Now they still
had more to learn and we all
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always have more to learn, don't
we? But they had learned an
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important lesson through Jesus,
that Jesus loves kids, Jesus
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loves adults, Jesus loves
everyone and we should too.
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Even when it's hard sometimes.
It's hard to love people isn't
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it? But Jesus is the one who can
put that love inside our hearts
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because Jesus loves us so very
much. Isn't that amazing? I hope
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that you feel that love inside
your heart today, that you know
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no matter what's happening in
the world around you that Jesus
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loves you. No matter what goes
wrong at school or at home, that
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Jesus loves you. No matter
what people say or no matter how
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people look at you, no matter
anything in our lives, Jesus
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loves you. That's the most
important thing to remember in
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the whole wide world. That's
probably why that song is so
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popular and maybe you think
you've heard it one too many
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times but remember the message
that's so important: Jesus loves
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you, this we know. I hope that
you have a blessed day and I
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look forward to more
Bible adventures with you in the
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future. That care and God bless!
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Have you ever wondered what's
going to happen in the future?
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Maybe you've wondered what's
going to happen tomorrow or in
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the next month or year? Do you
know God wants you to know what
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the future holds. And you may
say, Oh I'm just a kid. I can't
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understand prophecies. But
that's not true. God wants you
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to understand Bible prophecy.
Join us as we go on an exciting
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journey exploring the future.
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Thank you Miss Michelle for that
story. I'm so glad that Jesus
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loves all of us from little
all the way to big. And I'm glad
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that He loves me and He loves
you. Now it's time to review our
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questions from last week and see
if you got the answers right.
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Let's see.
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Were you listening to the story
today? Because it's time for our
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new questions. Question #1: When
the children came to see Jesus
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what did the disciples do?
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Question #2:
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What did Jesus say to the
disciples when the children
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were there?
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Question #3: Does Jesus love
you? Now I know that you know
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that you know that He loves you.
And I know that you know that He
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cares about you. So I guess my
question for you is a challenge.
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Do you want to give Him your
heart today. Say Jesus come into
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my heart. I know that you
love me and I know that you care
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about me no matter how old I
am, no matter how young I am so
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today do you want to let Jesus
into your heart? Now you can
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send your answers to us at
answers@startingwithjesus.com
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and on our YouTube we
give a shout out to people
00:22:51.07\00:22:55.57
who send in their
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answers. So you won't want to
miss that and see a shout out.
00:22:56.97\00:22:59.94
Sometimes we even put them
on our Facebook and Instagram
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actually video. So you won't
want to miss that and see your
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shout out for
answering the questions.
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It's time now for our memory
verse. Let's say it together.
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Matthew 19 verse 14: Jesus said,
Let the little children come to
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me, forbid them not, for of
such is the kingdom of heaven.
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(Uncle Vince) Ah, many years ago
my sister and I, a little boy
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and girl, we were laying in the
yard after school and we look
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over the fence and we see our
neighbor. Now our neighbor was
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about 20 years old at this time
and we were nowhere close to
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that age. So as we were
playing we noticed the he looked
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slightly different than we
did. Now he was just a taller
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individual and we were shorter
than him but for some reason we
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thought that was something
to make fun. So my sister and I
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spent the next maybe 20 minutes
just making fun of him. Now did
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God make him tall, yes or no?
Absolutely yes. Was it the right
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thing to do, make fun of our
friend, our neighbor? Absolutely
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not. And so we thought it was
just fun and it was innocent and
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it was all good. However,
we also thought no one was
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listening. But our Nanny was
listening and when our parents
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got home our Nanny came to my
parents and said, You know what
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little Vince and Viv were doing?
And she went right ahead and
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told our parents exactly what
we were doing, making fun of our
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neighbor. My parents called
us in and asked us if this the
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right thing to do? Is this what
Jesus would do? And we said,
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Well no, it's not. And they said
Well you know because of what
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you've done now you have to
go and ask your neighbor for
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forgiveness. That was the
hardest thing to do, going and
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knocking on our neighbor's door,
asking him for forgiveness,
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telling him why we should
not have been making fun of his
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height. As a result we learned
a lesson, that we should never
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make fun of what God has made.
I hope you never make that same
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mistake as we did.
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Thank you so much for joining
us today. I'm so glad you got to
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learn more about Jesus's
love and how to share that with
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others. Now this summer we have
a very exciting program coming.
00:26:20.84\00:26:26.88
We have a VBS kind of (vacation
Bible school) camp meeting kind
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of program and we're really,
really excited about it. It's
00:26:30.09\00:26:34.72
going to be happening
this summer, we haven't decided
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.39
exactly on the date but we want
to keep you informed. So make
00:26:37.43\00:26:42.36
sure to check out the newsletter
at startingwithjesus.com so that
00:26:42.40\00:26:45.90
you can know when that will be
and what the theme is going to
00:26:45.93\00:26:49.80
be and how you can be involved.
It's going to be a super fun
00:26:49.84\00:26:53.24
program. Similar to last
year's but also different so
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you'll want to check it out. And
we have the weekly podcast that
00:26:57.21\00:27:03.92
you don't want to miss out and
make sure you have that daily
00:27:03.95\00:27:07.96
time starting with Jesus
every single day, right, in that
00:27:07.99\00:27:11.96
morning time. And when you get
to have that special time with
00:27:11.99\00:27:14.86
Jesus. So you can
learn more about that at
00:27:14.90\00:27:17.40
startingwithjesus.com/seedpod
Also, make sure to check out our
00:27:17.43\00:27:22.34
at youtube.com/startingwithjesus
and Instagram and Facebook, all
00:27:22.37\00:27:27.21
at startingwithjesus and you can
see different things that we do
00:27:27.24\00:27:32.85
on those (Facebook/Instagram:
@startingwithjesus) platforms as
00:27:32.88\00:27:34.38
well. So make sure to
check us out and let's pray.
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Our Father in heaven, thank you
so much for all that you do for
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us. Thank you that you love
us when we're little, when we're
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old, when we're everything in
between. Thank you so much that
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you care about each one of
us. I pray that you will be with
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each child listening today and
watching today. I pray that you
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will help them to learn how to
start every single thing they do
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so that they can be able to
be ready when you come. But not
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only that so that they can share
your love with their friends and
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their family. We love
you Jesus and we thank you.
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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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