(Miss Ruthie) Hello boys and
girls. Welcome to Starting with
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Jesus where we want to encourage
you to start every day with
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Jesus. And don't forget, we
have our story time tomorrow at
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startingwithjesus.com/stories
We've been learning about Satu.
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But before we get to any of
that our Bible story, our nature
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story, anything what is our
first thing that we like to do
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together. We like to sing.
That's right. So come join me
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with some singing.
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Hi, I'm Evie and I'm
working with my brother Danny.
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I'm Brianna and I'm
working with my brother Bryce.
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We have heard so many missionary
stories and we wanted to be
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missionaries too. But how?
We're just kids. We can't drive
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anywhere. We don't have any
money. We can't fly around the
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world on mission trips,
especially now with COVID.
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So we prayed about it and we got
an idea. We don't need to drive
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anywhere. We don't need any
money and we can be missionaries
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right in our own backyard.
Here's what we did. Every time
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we go outside we try to find
a jewel box. A jewel box is a
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place where we can see God's
nature. There's so much beauty
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and wonder in all of creation
and all of it points to God's
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love for us. Psalms 19:1 says:
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Once we've found that jewel box
we tell others about it. Sharing
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it gives us a chance to
talk about Jesus to other kids,
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friends and family. Usually kids
love this idea so much they go
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out to find
their own jewel boxes.
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If you're a kid or an adult, you
can do this too. Your jewel box
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could be anywhere where you can
see a part of God's wonderful
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creation. Places to
enjoy God's jewels can be your
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favorite, climbing a tree where
you can remember that spending
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time with Jesus is fun. A
pond where you can observe God's
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amazing wildlife. A hiking trail
where you can fellowship with
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others and share what God
has done for you that week or a
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garden where you can think of
how God makes the little seeds
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sprout. If you don't have a back
yard or you can't make it out to
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the park, don't worry. You can
still have a jewel box. It could
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be where you can notice the
colors Jesus has painted on each
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petal, a fish tank where you can
see God's little fish happily
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swim. Fish are always good to
watch. A bird house that let's
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you see all the pretty birds
that God's created. Or your
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bedroom window where the puffy
white clouds remind you that
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Jesus is coming very soon. These
are just a few ideas, but there
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are so many more. Get creative.
God is everywhere. We made
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T- shirts too. When people see
these T-shirts they ask about
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the jewel box. That give us
a chance to be missionaries and
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share Jesus with them. We also
got permission from our parents
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to start a free website.
We named it the Jewel Box
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Website Sanctuary
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to encourage all kids all over
the world to appreciate all of
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God's jewels in nature. We like
to post jewel box pictures on
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our website that different kids
send in. You can send your jewel
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box pictures to the
Starting with Jesus e-mail,
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Instagram or Facebook. We
hope this encourages you to be a
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missionary in your own back yard
by finding a jewel box in nature
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that will remind you of Jesus'
love. And then share your jewel
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box with your friends and family
so they can learn to find Jesus
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in nature too. You can start
this missionary work today.
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Have fun.
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(Miss Michelle) Hey everybody
and welcome back for another
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Bible story. Do you ever just
like to sit and think about all
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the fun memories that
have happened in your life and
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remember things. I was just
sitting and actually I thought
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well I'm going to go look and
see if I can find something and
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I found this and it reminded me
of something that happened about
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10 years ago, almost 10 years
ago. Do you see what it says?
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It says, Before You Say I
Do. It was a workbook that my
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husband and I did before we got
married. And it was so much fun
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to look back through and
see what answers we put down for
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things. It's fun to think back
of all the cool memories that we
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have. Some memories are happy
and some are sad. Right now I'm
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going to ask you a question
that will be in your short term
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memory. Do you remember where we
left off on our story last week?
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Hmm. Let's have prayer and then
see if you get the answer right.
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Dear heavenly Father, we thank
you so very much for being here
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with us today. Send your Holy
Spirit to fill this room and
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whichever room the kids are
listening in right now, Lord.
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Thank you for being here with
us as we listen to this very
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important story with very
applicable lessons for our lives
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In your name, we pray, Amen.
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Well, if you said that Jesus and
His disciples were sitting on
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the Mount of Olives and Jesus
was telling them stories and
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telling them about things
that were going to happen in the
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future, then A-plus, you got it
correct. And don't worry. That
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random thing about my wedding,
it will come into play later
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with our story. I'm not that
random. Jesus was sitting there
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and as He was there with His
disciples the sun started to go
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down and they looked out over
the valley and they saw a home.
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The home was all lit up and
I'll tell you this, be careful
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because if it's dark and your
house has lights in it, people
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can see in the windows. That's
why we have blinds. Right?
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These blinds were open though
because something exciting was
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going to happen there that
night Do you know what it was?
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You may have guessed it. They
were waiting and getting ready
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for a wedding. All different
countries, cultures and time
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periods have had different
traditions for weddings. And
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maybe even your family
has different traditions for
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weddings than say your neighbors
or your friends. Right? Back in
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Jesus's time what would happen
is the bridegroom would get
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ready and he would then walk all
the way to the bride's house and
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go and pick her up and take her
back to his house for the big
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wedding feast. It was so
cool because then along the way
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people would join the wedding
procession and it would be so
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exciting and joyous and this
is what Jesus and His disciples
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were seeing. They could see the
bride's house where the bride
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was getting ready and the people
were there waiting for the
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bridegroom. This made Jesus
think about the supper of the
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Lamb in heaven where he's the
bridegroom and we're the bride
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and he was wanting to portray
that message to the disciples
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about that important event
that would come in the future in
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heaven. Right? So he told them,
you're right, a parable or a
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story. You see, He told the
story of The Wedding Feast and
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let's pick up that story in
Matthew chapter 25. This is what
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Jesus said, because the letters
are in red, so that's how I know
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Jesus said it.
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Then the kingdom of heaven shall
be likened to 10 virgins who
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took their lamps and went
out to meet the bridegroom.
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Why, Miss Michelle, would they
need the lamps? Well as in the
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story they had their wedding
feast at night so they would
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need a special lamp so that they
could see. Right? And Virgins,
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we'll translate that as not
being married. So they had their
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lamps and they may have been
something like this one. Now I
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didn't put oil in it because
I didn't have the right kind of
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oil for this lamp. They were
probably made out of clay back
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then but now this is the one
that we had a grandma's house.
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We brought it. Inside if you can
see that there's a special wick
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and you would fill this part up
with oil and that piece of cloth
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in there or the fabric would
pull the oil up and then you
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would light it up here. This
one should have a glass thing up
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here, a dome, but I took
that off so that we could see it
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really clearly. Okay? So the
10 virgins all had their lamp
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because they wanted to see when
the bridegroom would get there.
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Right. Let's keep reading.
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Now five of them were wise and
five were foolish. [Hmm, that's
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an interesting fact] Those who
were foolish took their lamps
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but they didn't bring any extra
oil with them. They only had the
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oil that was in their lamp. The
wise virgins brought extra oil
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with them so that if it took
longer for the bridegroom to get
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there, they could refill their
lamp and still be able to see.
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But in the story...
The bridegroom was delayed
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and everybody fell asleep. The
Bible says they slumbered and
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slept. They were tired
from getting all ready for this
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wedding feast. And they slept.
And their lamps started burning
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lower, the flame gets lower as
the oil gets lower and very soon
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at midnight there was a
cry that was heard and it said
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Behold the bridegroom is coming.
Oh how exciting! Go out to meet
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him is what they said. Then all
those virgins arose and trimmed
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their lamps. They cut their lamp
down. They got it all ready.
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But they realized something very
important didn't they? Now we're
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in verse 7. We just read verse
7 verse 8. And then the foolish
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said to the wise, Give us some
of your extra oil for our lamps
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are going out.
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Can you give us some of yours.
A reasonable ask but we'll see
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what happens here. The wise
virgins were very wise and let's
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see why.
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But wise answered saying no lest
there should not be enough for
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us. And you should go rather to
those who sell and buy some for
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yourselves.
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Hurry, run to the store. See if
they still have some and if you
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hurry you might make it back
in time. Do you think they will?
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I think they might be called
foolish virgins for a reason.
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Let's find out.
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And while they went to
buy, the bridegroom came.
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There he was.
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And those who were ready
[the wise virgins and those with
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them] went in with him to the
wedding and the door was shut.
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Kind of reminds me of other
doors that were shut. Namely the
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ark door comes to mind. And
afterwards the foolish virgins,
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now they had oil if they could
find a store that was open.
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Right? At midnight. Afterward
the other virgins came and they
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said, Lord, Lord, open to us.
[Open the door] But he answered
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and said, Assuredly I say
to you I do not know you. Watch
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therefore for you know neither
the day nor hour in which the
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Son of man is coming.
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What a sad end of the story
for those five foolish virgins.
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But what a happy end of
the story for those who were
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prepared ahead of time.
Right? Well as we know in Jesus'
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parables, they aren't just
a nice story helps you to fall
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asleep at night or that excites
your imagination. Right? His
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stories always had special
meanings to them didn't they?
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Do you know what the oil in
the story represents? Oil in the
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Bible often represents this.
So you may be able to guess it.
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The oil represents the Holy
Spirit and the Holy Spirit helps
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us to change our hearts and
understand and obey God. We need
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the Holy Spirit to understand
God's word and I need to digress
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for a second and tell you a
quick teacher story. I once had
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a student come to me and ask me,
Miss Michelle, why don't we pray
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before Bible class? I always
pray at the end of Bible class.
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But for some reason I didn't
have the tradition of praying at
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the beginning. And I looked at
her kind of funny. She said, If
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we don't ask the Holy Spirit to
be here, Miss Michelle, then how
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do you expect us to be able to
understand what we're learning
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about in Bible class. Whoa! That
hit me. She was a fourth grader
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and she totally changed my
outlook on how I taught Bible
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and if you've noticed almost 100
percent of the time, I always
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pray and almost 100 percent
of the time I pray for the Holy
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Spirit to be with us during
story time here at Starting with
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Jesus, too. That one student
changed my life and God used
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Holy Spirit to help teach
me about the Holy Spirit. Isn't
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that cool? And so because
of that we need to ask the Holy
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Spirit to be with us before
we open God's word and read the
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stories that He has in there for
us. All right. The five foolish
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virgins, they acted like
the rest of us. The looked like
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everybody else getting ready for
heaven. Right? But they weren't
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filled with God's Holy Spirit.
They didn't have enough of His
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Holy Spirit inside of them. He
wanted to pour it out on them.
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Right? But they didn't ask, they
didn't prepare ahead of time.
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And the wise virgins were the
ones that were prepared ahead
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of time. They had the true
change of heart. They had the
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Holy Spirit inside of them.
And they may have looked similar
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because you can fake it folks,
but they were different on the
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inside. The inside of their
lamp was full and they had extra
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beside. Now you may think that
was really rude that they didn't
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want to share with the foolish
virgins. Right? But when it
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comes down to it like they
only had so much and if they had
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shared they wouldn't have had
enough for themselves either.
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We can't force other people
to want the Holy Spirit in their
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lives. Can we prompt them
and can we encourage them? Yes.
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But that's a personal decision.
Can we pray for them? Yes. But
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it's a personal decision that
they have to make and we can't
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force that upon them. Now Jesus
knew that Satan has many ways to
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tempt us and that's why he
wanted to send the Holy Spirit
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to be with us. And that's why
He told another story. I love
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Jesus's stories, don't you?
In Matthew 24 He told the story
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of two different servants. And
let's pick it up in verse 45.
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Matthew 24, verse 45: Who then
is a faithful and wise servant
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whom his master made ruler over
His household and gave him food
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in due season? Blessed is that
servant when his master comes
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and will find so doing.
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So, the master goes away,
the wise servant is there, he
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follows everything that the
master said. When he comes back
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everything is A okay. He knew He
could trust that servant. Now we
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have servant number two, a
different example you may guess.
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Well what happens to
the first servant first:
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Assuredly I say to you that He
will make him ruler over all His
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goods.
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If you come back from a trip and
you've taken care of things then
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that was the reward.
Right? But dun, dun, dun:
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If that evil servant says in his
heart, My master is delaying his
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coming. [His trip is taking
longer] and he begins to [Huh,
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it's horrible] beat his fellow
servants and to eat and drink
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with the drunkards, [he's like
well he's not coming back, I'm
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just do whatever I want to
do, yikes] The master of that
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servant will come on a day when
he is not looking for him, [of
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course, surprise, surprise,
there's your boss come back.]
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and at an hour he is not aware
of [just like Jesus' second
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coming, right?] and he [oooh
gets worse the consequences,
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very graphic here] And he
will cut him in two and he will
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appoint him a portion with the
hypocrites where there shall be
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weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Now, this is a story. Right?
But it exemplifies the same two
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types of people as in the
first parable. The wise and the
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foolish. And it may have
appeared to the boss at first
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that his second servant was
going to do great, but he had
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hidden that side of himself and
in the end he had a really big
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consequence, didn't he? Wow!
Solomon has a little take on
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this wisdom versus foolishness
and we're going to flip over to
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the Old Testament. I believe
that both the Old and New
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Testaments are inspired by
God and that the Holy Spirit can
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help us understand really
cool lessons from both of them.
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I hope that you get to explore
both the Testaments of your
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Bible too. All right. Proverbs
13 verse 15 is where we're going
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to close off today's story
with what Solomon said. He said:
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Good understanding gains favor
but the way of the unfaithful
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is hard.
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And that's what it boils down to
folks, isn't it? In the second
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story the second servant
was a hypocrite. What do we call
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hypocrites? It's somebody who
acts one way but inside they're
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actually another way. Right?
Maybe they say one thing and
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then they do another. I'll
give you a hint. At times in our
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lives we probably have all been
hypocrites. I know I have. But
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Jesus wants to fill us with that
Holy Spirit oil and help us to
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understand and help us to
change so that we're not being a
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hypocrite but we're being like
those wise virgins, that first
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servant, who are faithful to
God no matter what and are ready
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when He comes. We can't be ready
without Him though. I promise
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you that because He says to
us, Watch therefore for we know
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neither the day nor the hour in
which the Son of man is coming.
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He wants us to be ready and
He will help us to get ready.
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I'm so excited for that day and
I can't wait to see you there.
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Be there, Okay?
See you next week.
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Thank you so much Miss Michelle
for that Bible story. Now I
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think that we have some
questions from last week
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that I know some of you have
answered. So let's see what the
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answers were to those
questions and if you go to
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startingwithjesus.com you'll be
able to see those shout outs for
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those of you who
answered the questions.
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It's time for our new questions
I hope you were listening.
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Questions #1:
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Question #2: In our story today
Miss Michelle read from an Old
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Testament book. What book
did she read from? What book did
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Miss Michelle read
from in the Old Testament?
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And Question #3: In our parable
today there was some oil. Right?
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What did that oil represent?
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You can send your answers to us
at answers@startingwithjesus.com
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and we love to see how you're
answering those questions and
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listening carefully because that
is one way that you can learn
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how to start with Jesus. Right?
When you're listening and you're
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learning about Him. So,
send your answers to us at
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answers@startingwithjesus.com
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Matthew 25 verse 13 says:
Watch therefore, for your know
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neither the day nor the hour in
which the Son of man is coming.
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Hello boys and girls. I'm
out here and it's really dark
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outside and I'm going to go on a
little walk and see what we can
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find with our little light.
Now I have it all charged up and
00:23:18.73\00:23:21.50
ready to go and we're going to
see what kind of things we can
00:23:21.53\00:23:26.03
find out here in the dark. Are
you ready? Want to make sure we
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have our light so we can
see them. Let's go see. Ah looky
00:23:29.40\00:23:36.21
here. You know what I found here
I found a little hummingbird.
00:23:36.24\00:23:40.08
Now this one isn't a real one.
It's kind of a fake one. It's a
00:23:40.12\00:23:44.59
little broken. Maybe I can
fix it some time, huh. That'd be
00:23:44.62\00:23:47.32
nice wouldn't it. Maybe I should
take this in. You know, if I
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hadn't had my light I wouldn't
have been able to see this
00:23:51.83\00:23:53.80
little guy. You know right now
I can actually hear some birds
00:23:53.83\00:23:56.40
and some different animals
making noises. Let's listen
00:23:56.43\00:23:59.20
closely and see what kind
of animals we can hear. Yeah,
00:23:59.23\00:24:06.74
there's some different birds and
all sorts of different sounds.
00:24:06.78\00:24:09.48
And you know what, in the
morning these days since it's
00:24:09.51\00:24:12.68
spring I can really hear
the birds singing and I love
00:24:12.71\00:24:14.85
listening to the birds. Don't
you? Let's go see what other
00:24:14.88\00:24:18.02
things we have. Let's take
our little humming bird with us,
00:24:18.05\00:24:20.49
shall we? ¤ ¤ Do you guys see
these beautiful flowers? If I
00:24:20.52\00:24:32.67
hadn't had my light I wouldn't
have been able to see all these
00:24:32.70\00:24:36.87
beautiful different kind of
flowers. I think they're purple.
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Just beautiful. I love looking
at the different flowers. You
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know what I think I found
something else while I was
00:24:48.38\00:24:51.32
looking. I found a little pine
cone. There's lots of lessons
00:24:51.35\00:24:55.59
that we can find from pine cones
Did you know that there are some
00:24:55.62\00:24:58.99
pine cones that only open up
when there's a fire? And that's
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the only way that they'll spread
their seeds. Now we can learn a
00:25:03.37\00:25:08.10
lesson from that sometimes
in our lives we might have some
00:25:08.14\00:25:12.01
really tough times almost like
a fire. You know what, when we
00:25:12.04\00:25:16.78
have those times happen we can
know that God is helping us to
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be able to grow and to be able
to just like that pine cone is
00:25:21.98\00:25:26.86
able to open up, it helps us to
open up to Jesus and also to be
00:25:26.89\00:25:32.83
able to share His love
with others just like those pine
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cones are able to share their
seeds. Let's go find something
00:25:35.76\00:25:38.03
else shall we? I'm headed in
right now and I am so thankful
00:25:38.07\00:25:44.11
we got to have this time
together that we got to spend
00:25:44.14\00:25:47.04
together. And you know
what, it's been fun looking for
00:25:47.08\00:25:49.84
different things in the dark and
there's a lot more that you can
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so I would challenge you to go
out sometime, with your parents
00:25:52.75\00:25:55.32
permission and take a flashlight
and see what you can find in
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the dark. Now you know what.
There's something else that I
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found in the dark, which was
these steps. If I hadn't had a
00:26:03.29\00:26:05.96
light I would have tripped and
fallen and hurt myself pretty
00:26:05.99\00:26:08.40
badly. So I'm really thankful
for my light to be able to help
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me know where to go. And that's
what God's word is to us. It's a
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light to our path and the Holy
Spirit helps us to know where to
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go. Have a great rest of your
week and I'll see you next time.
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Thank you so much for joining us
today. I'm so glad you were here
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Now we are starting our VBS
program really, really soon.
00:26:36.56\00:26:41.46
We're going to have a storytime
that you can listen to on our
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website. We're going to have
some games and we're going to
00:26:45.43\00:26:49.04
have some cooking and we're
going to have a sword sharpening
00:26:49.07\00:26:54.04
session which I think you're
going to very much enjoy and
00:26:54.08\00:26:57.48
we're going to be learning about
some gates in our castle. So
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don't miss out and go to
startingwithjesus.com/onguard
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that's
startingwithjesus.com/ongard
00:27:04.79\00:27:08.76
And we also have our Storytime
that you don't want to miss.
00:27:08.79\00:27:13.16
Go to
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00:27:13.19\00:27:15.66
to continue that story. We
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00:27:15.70\00:27:19.77
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00:27:22.60\00:27:25.41
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00:27:25.44\00:27:27.08
Let's pray and ask
Jesus to be with us.
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Our Father in heaven, thank you
so much that you love us, that
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your with us, that you are
guiding us each day. I pray that
00:27:32.48\00:27:37.49
you will send your Holy Spirit
on us, that you will help us to
00:27:37.52\00:27:40.32
be ready when you come. I pray
that every day we will spend
00:27:40.36\00:27:44.43
that time with you so that we
can be ready. We love you Jesus.
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Help us to bring our friends.
Help us to share your love
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with our friends
00:27:52.23\00:27:53.57
so that they know that you're
coming soon. Thank you for
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everything you do,
in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Thank you for watching, have
a blessed week and keep in touch
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