Hey kids, it's time for Sabbath
School. Grab your Bibles and
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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. Now we have a really
exciting program for you today
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We have a new theme song. So
I can't wait to learn that with
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you. Let's get right to
it. Let's get to some singing.
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Good morning boys and girls
and Happy Sabbath. My name is
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Chaelli (Kay-lee) and I live in
Michigan. But I'm actually going
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to tell you a story of when
I was in Alabama serving Jesus.
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I was going door to door selling
books about health and about
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Jesus. But one morning I was
actually going from business to
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business with the books. I came
up to this business; it was an
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orthodontist's office. But there
was a sign on the door that said
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that their lobby was closed.
The door was actually unlocked
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though so I decided to go in and
see if there was anybody I could
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talk to. I stepped inside and I
didn't see anybody at first but
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then a lady came from the back
and she asked if she could help
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me with anything. I told who
I was and that I had. I told her
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about me books and then I asked
her a couple questions. But she
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didn't really seem all
that interested. She ended up
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telling me that she couldn't end
up helping me out or getting any
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books. But before I left, I
asked if I could pray with her.
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The minute I mentioned prayer
I know that's exactly what she
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needed because she started to
cry a little bit and she started
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telling me some of the things
she was going through. I prayed
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with her and as I looked up
I saw her wiping tears from her
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eyes and she just told me how
it was a blessing that I'd been
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able to pray with her. I
promised that I would continue
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praying with her and also I was
able to leave with her a little
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book called Hope and Happiness.
It's the book Steps to Christ
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about Jesus. You know, that
just reminds me of this verse in
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2 Corinthians chapter 1
verses 3 and 4. It says:...
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Blessed be the God of all
comfort who comforts us in all
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our tribulation that we may be
able to comfort those who are in
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any trouble. You know, that's
what I was able to do and I just
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praise the Lord that He put me
there at the right time so that
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I could pray with that lady and
give her the comfort of Jesus.
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(Miss Michelle) Hey everybody
and welcome back. I'm so glad
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that you're here with us this
week. You see, this week starts
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our second quarter of lessons
for this year and the amazing
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thing about this quarter is for
the entire quarter we're going
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be talking about one week
in time. One week, you may say,
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Miss Michelle. How on earth are
you going to have enough stories
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for a whole 13 lessons? But
you'll see an amazing week that
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changed history.
Let's pray before we start.
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Dear heavenly Father, we praise
you and we thank you for your
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love for us. We ask that you
would fill this room with your
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Holy Spirit, with your presence
Lord and that you'll be with us
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as we learn about one of the
very most, I would say the very
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most important week in history.
We love you. In your name we
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pray, Amen.
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That's right, one week, and it
all starts with the first day of
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the week which is what? Sunday.
That's right. Now the place. Can
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you guess? Where was one of
Jesus' favorite places? Bethany.
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That's right. And this was the
Sunday after Simon's party. Do
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you remember the party, the one
where Mary put the perfume on
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Jesus' feet? Yeah, that made
a big impression didn't it? And
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remember that she was doing that
in preparation for his death.
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Because she had been listening.
Let's see what happens. You see
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we're in Bethany and during this
quarter I really want you to use
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your imagination a lot, because
if you can imagine yourself
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inside the story it will be even
more meaningful to you. It's
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Sunday and a crowd of excited
people are coming this way. Hey!
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I think that they're headed out
the gate toward Jerusalem. Shall
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we go along? Come on, let's go.
Now if you were in Jerusalem you
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would see that in the temple
there weren't very many people
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there. Why you may ask. Well
they were headed to meet up with
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the crowd coming from Bethany.
You know, the crowd we're in.
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And they were meeting. Now that
didn't make the priests or the
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rulers there very happy did it?
Because they wanted them there
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under their instruction and
under their influence. But what
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was happening and what
was happening with this crowd?
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Let's investigate further. Now
the disciples, I see them right
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over there. They're in the crowd
too. Hmm. Jesus must be close by
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And it looks like the disciples
are really excited about
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something. I wonder what? Hmm.
Let's join the people as we're
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headed up the Mount of Olives
and we head for Jerusalem.
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We're going to jump into
the Bible because Miss Michelle
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can't think of a better way
to experience Bible stories than
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actually hearing them from God's
word. We're going to go to the
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book of Luke and we're going
to go to chapter 19. Now that's
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towards the end of Luke.
Luke chapter 19 verse 29...
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And it came to pass when he drew
near to Bethpage and Bethany
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at the mountain called
Olivet that He sent two of his
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disciples...
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with a strange request. Can you
hear them talking over there?
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Hmm. Let's listen
and hear what he says:...
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Go into the village opposite you
whereas you enter you will find
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a colt tied on which no one has
ever sat. Loose it and bring it
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here.
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Jesus always walks everywhere he
goes. Even I know that. And yet
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he wants a colt who is a young
donkey that's never been ridden
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before. That's so strange.
And Jesus continued to speak:...
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If anyone else asks you why are
loosing it, thus you shall say
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to him, Because the
Lord has need of it.
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Hmm. Interesting. I can see the
disciples talking over there.
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I know what they're thinking
because the people who usually
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ride on donkeys and enter into
Jerusalem in great style and
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fashion are important people
like kings and rulers. I wonder
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if today is the day that Jesus
is going to announce that He's
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the king of the Jews. Just
like we've been hoping. Right?
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Now let's keep reading and
find out what happened next.
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So those who were sent went on
their way and found it just as
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He had said to them. But as they
were loosing the colt, the owner
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said to them, Why are you
loosing my colt. And they said,
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Well the Lord has need of him.
[The owner must have agreed]
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and they brought the colt
to Jesus. And they threw their
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clothes on the colt and set
Jesus on top of their clothes.
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Can you imagine. They didn't
want Jesus to have to sit on
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that smelly donkey. Right? And
so they put their clothes on top
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like their outer robes and stuff
on top and Jesus is sitting
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there. Let's follow Him. Jesus
headed towards Jerusalem riding
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on this donkey. And, if I
remember right just the other
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day in school I was
learning about a prophecy.
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Have you heard of
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prophecies before? That's right.
They are things that are said
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about what's going to happen
in the future and this one came
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from the book Zechariah. Those
are in the scriptures that Jesus
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studied as well when he was a
kid. We call them today, the Old
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Testament. Let's see if I can
find it. Esther, Job, Psalms,
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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song
of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah,
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Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel,
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah,
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Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah.
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Oop, there it is. Haggai,
Zechariah and the last one
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Malachi. Here we go. Now
the Old Testament is full of
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prophecies that talk about
Jesus and this one that I just
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remember hearing the other
day was in Zechariah 9 verse 9.
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I think it's coming true
today! Nine verse nine says:...
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Rejoice greatly, O daughter
of Zion. Shout O daughter of
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Jerusalem. Behold your king
is coming to you. He is just and
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having salvation, lowly and
riding on a donkey, a colt, the
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foal of a donkey.
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It's coming true today! Now
we know today that if they had
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really been listening to Jesus
then they would have known that
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he wasn't going to proclaim
Himself as earthly king this day
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but you can tell by the looks
of them that the disciples over
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there, they have their hopes
up that that's in fact what's
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happening. The prophecy is
being fulfilled pretty soon.
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I'm taking off my coat and
laying it on the road. Do you
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see some palm branches over
there. Oh, we could wave those
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in honor of Jesus. Wouldn't
that be awesome? And pretty soon
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everyone was laying their coats
on the road and waving palm
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branches in honor
of Jesus, the Messiah.
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And as He went many spread their
clothes on the road and then as
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He was drawing near the descent
of the Mount of Olives the whole
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multitude [the whole crowd] and
the disciples began to rejoice
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and praise God with a loud voice
for all the mighty works they
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had seen saying, Blessed is the
King who comes in the name of
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the Lord. Peace in heaven and
glory in the highest. Some of
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the Pharisees called
to Jesus from the crowd...
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Do you hear them? Yeah, they
don't sound very happy, do they?
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Teacher, rebuke your disciples.
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Uuh, rebuke your disciples?
What a joyful welcome he was
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receiving. And many of the
people, well ah I think the
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person, right over there,
weren't they healed by Jesus?
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Weren't they blind before? And I
think that person. They couldn't
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walk as I recall. They had been
healed. Lazarus, you can just
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picture him leading the donkey
that Jesus is sitting on and the
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priests and rulers over there
are upset! Now Jesus, as we know
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today, wasn't becoming an
earthly king but He knew that
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this would bring attention to
His mission that was going to be
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fulfilled at the end of this
week. And you hear those priests
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and Pharisees. They are
complaining and complaining
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What did Jesus
say to them? Listen.
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But He answered and said to them
I tell you if these should keep
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silent the stones
would immediately cry out.
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That's right. If this crowd of
people here surrounding us would
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be quiet, the stones would cry
out in praise of Jesus. Everyone
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stopped at the top of
Mount of Olives and what a view.
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Jerusalem. The beautiful white
marble temple with the gold trim
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Can you see it now in your
mind's eye? But they thought
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Jesus would be proud and happy
and instead they looked there
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and He's crying. He was
remembering all the people of
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Israel who had again and again
said no to God and how much
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sadness it brought. Prophets'
warnings, loving punishment
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brought on through God. And He'd
forgive them and they'd mess up
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again. In verse 42 Jesus said:
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If you had known, even you,
especially in these days the
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things that make for your peace,
but now they are hidden from
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your eyes, for the days will
come upon you when enemies will
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build an embankment around you
[talking to Jerusalem], surround
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you and close you up on every
side and level you and your
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children within you to the
ground and they will not leave
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one stone upon another because
you did not know the time of
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your visitation.
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He was seeing the future of
Jerusalem as well and it was
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making him so sad. Now
Jesus had explained the kingdom.
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Because they even called some
Romans over, the priests and
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rulers couldn't stop the crowd
so they called the soldiers over
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and Jesus explained to them
what was happening and He wasn't
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being an earthly king. They
got it and they believed Jesus.
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The craziness in the crowd was
getting out of control as the
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Pharisees were trying to
distract people and people were
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crying out praises and Jesus and
His disciples... Wa, where did
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they go? They were just here.
Did you see them leave? They
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quietly slipped away to the
temple. It was actually quite
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quiet there. And Jesus pictured,
He could see the sacrifices that
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were happening there and He knew
that that week He would be the
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ultimate sacrifice, the real
Lamb of God. Wow! Fulfilling the
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prophecy in Isaiah. You
can check it out in Isaiah 53
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verse 7. But now the disciples
are headed back to Bethany in
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the evening. When the crowd
looked around to find Him to
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make Him king, he was nowhere to
be seen. But, boy, did this get
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a lot of attention and everyone
in Jerusalem and Bethany and all
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the surrounding areas were
talking, the town was buzzing
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with talk of Jesus. Jesus! Did
you hear what happened? And that
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Sunday night you would
think that Jesus would have been
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exhausted from all the
excitement of the day and He was
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but what did Jesus do? He stayed
up all night talking to his
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Father. He knew that the events
of the coming week, how they
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would test Him and how He
would be just tempted and how
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everything would be so difficult
and He knew that He needed that
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power from God. On Monday
morning Jesus headed back to
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Jerusalem and as He passed by
a fig orchard He saw a tree with
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leaves on it and He got so
excited because He thought He
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was going to have some food and
He was really hungry. In Mark 11
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let's back up to Mark. Matthew,
Mark, the second gospel, Mark 11
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it talks about what Jesus said
to the fig tree. Mark 11 verses
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12 and 13. Let's jump to 13:...
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And seeing from afar a fig tree
having leaves He went to see
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perhaps He could find something
on it. And when he came to it
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he found nothing but leaves for
it was not the season for figs.
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In response, Jesus said to the
tree [verse 14], Let no one eat
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fruit from you ever again.
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When His disciples hear that,
they thought that was quite
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interesting that He would say
that to a fig tree. Now this was
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actually a lesson that he was
trying to teach them wasn't it?
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He was teaching them that
sometimes we may look good on
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the outside like everything
is going really well and we're
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really good people. Right? Look
at us. But when you really look
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closely at the inside maybe
there's things that we need to
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change with God's help and
He will help us. But once again,
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that fig tree was a lesson for
the disciples. It looked good on
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the outside but it didn't have
any fruit in its heart, right,
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in the heart of the tree. Now
the next morning, which would
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have been Tuesday morning, which
we're jumping ahead a little bit
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but the next morning, verse
20 and 22 of that chapter says:
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Sorry, Mark 11 verse 20, it says
In the morning when they passed
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by they saw the fig tree dried
up from the roots just as Jesus
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had said. And Peter remembering
said to Him, Rabbi look the fig
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tree which you cursed has
withered away. So Jesus answered
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Have faith in God.
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He said, have your heart right
with God. He loves you so much
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and he can't wait to help you
change for the better. I hope
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you come back next week for our
next adventure in the last week
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of Jesus' life.
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Thank you, Miss Michelle, for
that Bible story. I'm so blessed
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by Miss Michelle's Bible stories
And you know what, I want to
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remember to praise Jesus all the
time. Now let's see. We had some
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questions last week. Let's see
who answered those and if you
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got those right.
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It's time now for our new
questions. I hope you were
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listening. Question #1: In
our story today Jesus asked His
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disciples to go and get
something for him. What did he
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ask his disciples to go get?
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Question #2:
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And question #3: In our story
today Jesus interacted with two
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different trees.
What were those two trees?
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Now you can send
your answers to us at
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answers@startingwithjesus.com
and we would love to give you
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a shout out in our main program
and you can check that out on
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our website at
startingwithjesus.com
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You can see the full program
there if you watching on a
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different platform. You can see
a shout out and we also have a
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special memory verse time where
you can watch other kids who
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have been learning their memory
verses. So make sure to check it
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out.
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Today's memory verse is found
in Matthew 21 verse 9: Hosanna
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to the Son of David, blessed is
He who comes in the name of the
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Lord.
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(Pastor Joe) When I was a boy we
lived in a part of the country
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that had beautiful mountains.
This was in the state of
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Washington. I loved watching all
kinds of different wildlife and
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sometimes the wild life
would teach me things about God.
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One of the things I loved
to watch were the black bears.
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They would come roaming through
our fields and at the right time
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of the year the little cubs
would be following the mother
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sow as she was ravaging through
the woods and forest. One day
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we saw a bear. We were standing
in our house and we looked up on
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the road just up the hill and
there was a mother bear and two
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cubs walking up the road. So we
hopped in the Suburban. We piled
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in quickly, started up and we
raced down our driveway and we
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went up to find the bears and
what a sight that was. Now this
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mother bear was moving pretty
fast and she lost the cubs and
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we looked behind us and
these cubs ran right up about a
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60-foot tall tree that was right
by the road. So I backed up the
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Suburban because I wanted to
get a better look at these cubs.
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I backed up the Suburban and the
tree that they had climbed was
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right by the road. So when I
parked the Suburban on the road
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at the bottom of the tree we
looked up at these cubs and we
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got a very nice view. They were
squealing and crying. And then I
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realized that I had just
separated Mama bear from her
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cubs. And she turned around
to let me know that real quick.
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Because she turned around and
she started stomping and Oh she
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was mad. Whooo. And she was
growling and she was stomping so
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hard we could feel the ground
shake. Even though it wasn't a
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grizzly bear, it was just a
brown bear she weighed a lot.
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So we moved out of there pretty
quickly because we didn't want
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to separate her from her cubs.
But you know that bear taught me
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something about God. She was
so angry. Why? Because she loved
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her cubs and she wanted to
be with them. God loves us too.
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Just like that mother bear loved
her cubs. And God looks out
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after us. Sometimes he gets
frustrated or will intervene and
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act when there's somebody
that's threatening us or causing
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danger. He'll get involved.
But God is looking out after us
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because as His children we are
very special precious to Him and
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He wants to take care of us
right now while we're in this
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world and all along the way so
that we can see him face to face
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someday soon. ¤ ¤
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Thank you so much for that story
time Pastor Joe. Now here's a
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little secret. Did you know that
Pastor Joe is my husband and I
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think he's a pretty good story
teller. I've been enjoying all
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the stories, haven't you? We had
Pastor Moe and Uncle Vince and
00:25:22.52\00:25:28.66
Uncle George and so many other
stories that we're actually
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going to be having coming up.
But we only have about one more
00:25:31.39\00:25:35.96
story time and we're going
to pause if for the spring and
00:25:36.00\00:25:41.64
summer and we'll start story
time back up in the fall because
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we have something we're going
to be doing. We're going to be
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changing our story time to an
activity time and that will be
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really fun because it's going
to be interactive activities. So
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what you're going to be able to
do is go to our website and down
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load an activity for the week
and join me while we're doing
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something together. So you'll
be able to do the activity along
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with me. It might be a craft. It
might be something where we go
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around the house and do
something or it might be we go
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outside. It'll be really fun.
So I want to make sure that you
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don't miss out on that so
if you go to our website at
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startingwithjesus.com/activities
you'll be able to download the
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first activity packet which will
start in a couple weeks. And
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don't forget that tomorrow
starts our first storytime for
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our weekly storytime on our
YouTube channel. So make sure
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to check it out. We're going to
be telling the story of Singer
00:26:36.19\00:26:38.96
on the Sand. So if
you go to our YouTube at
00:26:38.99\00:26:42.70
youtube.com/startingwithjesus
you'll be able to check that out
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Hi boys and girls. I'm Miss
Kara and I want to tell you an
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amazing story that I just read
from a book called Singer on the
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Sand by Norma Youngberg. Our
story takes place a long time
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ago on an Island called the
Great Sangir and it happened to
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a little boy named Satu and
a family that God used in a big
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way.
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It's time for our Sabbath School
to be over so let's thank Jesus
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for being with us today.
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Our Father in heaven, thank you
so much for your love. Thank you
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that you were here and you gave
your life for us. Thank you that
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you have given us voices and
hearts and lives to praise you
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with. I pray that you will help
us to always and continually
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sing your praises. We love you
Jesus and we thank you for all
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you do for us. We pray that you
will help us to be like you and
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help us to be missionaries and
help us to continually have you
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in our hearts. I pray that
you'll forgive us for our sins
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and be with us.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Thank you so much for watching.
Have a blessed week and
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keep in touch.
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