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(Miss Ruthie) Hello everyone
Welcome to Starting With Jesus.
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Where we want to encourage
you to start everything you do
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with Jesus. Today's story
is going to be really exciting.
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We're going to be learning about
some fire that didn't burn the
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people up and it's not the
three Hebrews and it's not the
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fiery furnace.
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Mmm. Well. I can't wait for Miss
Michelle's story. It's going to
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be really fun. But before we get
to story time let's get to some
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Hi boys and girls. And welcome
to another page in God's great
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book of object lessons. Today
we're going to consider memories
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(Miss Gloria) The memories are
things that you remember about
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things that happened in the past
As you live life you go about
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making memories. But that makes
me think. How am I living my
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life? Do I make it a place to
make special memories with Jesus
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Hmm. James 4:8 says:
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Well, how can I draw near to
God? Read the Bible. Pray. Spend
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time in nature. Help others.
Do God's will. Share Jesus with
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others. Oh, I think I got it.
Spending time doing all these
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things will help me draw near to
God and make memories with Jesus
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Hmm. How about watching Starting
With Jesus each week? They
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recently had a VBS. It was
called OnGuard Knight and Day.
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Raise your hands if you watched
it. If you missed it it's okay.
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You can always go back and watch
it whenever you get a chance.
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But for now I'd like to show you
some special memories that these
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kids made with Jesus during
their VBS week. Miss Katie
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always says spending time with
Jesus is the best way to start
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your day. So they started each
day with prayer to invite Jesus
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to VBS. Then they joined Miss
Rachel in the great hall and
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they learned all about the
different gates that lead to
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their castle: The eye gate, the
ear gate, the mouth gate, the
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nose gate, the touch gate
and the think gate. Next they
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visited the animals God has made
for us to enjoy like the fish in
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the pond, and the cute little
kittens. Awe, cuddle time. Their
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next stop was The Armory with
Miss Michelle. She teaches Bible
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stories in a fun way. And craft
time was a fan favorite. They
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made some pretty cool on guard
scene crafts this year at VBS.
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By this time they had worked
up quite the appetite, so to the
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mess hall it was. Sometime they
even ate outside. That's always
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fun to do. Each day they did
lots of exercise in place but
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the more they moved the more
energy they got. The daily field
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trip was last. One day they got
to visit a local castle. It was
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so fun to walk around the castle
walls and identify all the gates
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They also did missionary work.
They got to pass out literature
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in the local downtown. Even the
local fireman got a book. They
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didn't know that sharing Jesus
with others would be so much fun
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Now the best thing about this
memory is what they learned from
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it: That Jesus helps you protect
your gates because He loves you.
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Making memories with Jesus
is the best way to live life and
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that's the truth. Until next
time boys and girls try to spend
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every waking moment with your
friend Jesus, and try to make
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special memories
with Him always Adios.
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Hey everyone. I was just looking
at one of my favorite things to
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do, especially my son and
I like doing this together.
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(Miss Michelle) _ wants the
story that we want to listen
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to today. I think...Oh yes!
Uh-huh, nope, nope. Here it is.
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This is the one and I'll
tell you why in a little bit.
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Dear heavenly Father, thank you
so very much for loving us, for
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sending your Holy Spirit
way back when and still today to
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take care of us. Please bless
our story time today as we delve
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into your word to learn
more about you. In your name, we
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pray, Amen.
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Can you imagine having three and
a half years with Jesus? I mean
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all the cool things that can
happen here on earth in three
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and a half years. Lot of sad
things happen too. But if you
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can imagine having three and a
half years with Jesus, what kind
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of memories, you would have.
I mean Matthew, Mark, Luke and
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John, they wrote down all sorts
of memories that the disciples
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had of their times with
Jesus didn't they? And all the
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different miracles of what
happened while He was here.
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What's your favorite Bible or
miracle story of Jesus's life?
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That would be a fun thing
to share. You can even share it
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with your family or with a
friend or it would be a great
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thing to share even in front of
your church or in front of your
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Sabbath School group. One
of my very favorite stories is
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found in this
Your Story Hour Album,
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Album 4 of the Bible
Comes Alive Series and
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I think I put a plug in for Your
Story Hour before but fantastic
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way to learn more about the
Bible. They have a whole bunch
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of stories from the Bible all
put to Audio so you can listen
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and real people are doing the
talking and if there's a sheep
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in the sheep it'll sound like
a sheep, a sheep noise, or if a
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door closes there'll be a door
closing. So it feels like you're
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really there. My favorite story
is number 44 and it's called
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Journey to Jerusalem and
Happiness in Galilee, two of my
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very most favorite stories
of what happened when Jesus was
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here. And so if you want
to check those out, I highly
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encourage you to check them
out Your Story Hour if you just
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Google it. They also have it at
yourstoryhour.org where you can
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learn more about that. Anyway
I'm sure that you guys have many
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favorites and I do to. It's
hard to choose just one of what
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happened when Jesus was alive.
Our lesson said it so will that
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I'm going to quote, that means
I'm going to say exactly what
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the lesson said about this one
little part. I'm going to read
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it to you. Yes day and
night Jesus had been with the
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disciples teaching them, guiding
them, comforting them and
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keeping them safe. Day after day
they felt Jesus's love for them
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and every day they loved and
trusted Jesus more. Wow! Oh I'm
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a little jealous. I'm not going
to lie. I think it would have
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been so amazing to be able to
be there with Jesus, right? Luke
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24 says something important that
we're going to read right now.
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We're going to figure out where
we're picking up our story for
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today. Luke 24 verse 50 says:
And He led them out as far as
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Bethany and lifted up his hands
and blessed them. Now it came to
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pass that when He blessed them
that He was parted from them
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and carried up into heaven. Do
you remember that from last week
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And they worshiped Him and they
returned to Jerusalem with great
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joy and were continually in the
temple praising and blessing God
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Amen. Now it was curious to the
people of Jerusalem a little bit
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why when the disciples came back
A - Jesus wasn't with them and
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B - They were still really happy
Because last time that Jesus had
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been gone which was when He died
they were all really sad. But
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now He was gone and they were
really happy. So they were a
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little confused. This was a
great way for the disciples to
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share about why they were
so happy. And happy Christians,
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let's be honest, are the best
witnesses for Jesus because we
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have a lot to be happy about.
Now am I saying you need to be
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happy all the time? No. There
are a lot of really sad things
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that happen in this earth and
a lot of things...You know I'm
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not saying that you need to be
happy every time but when we're
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talking about Jesus, what
he's done for us and the overall
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tenor or the overall theme of
our lives should be happiness.
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right? Because if we truly
believe that Jesus loves us we
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can choose that happiness for
ourselves and it's so amazing.
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John 14 verses 16 and 17 says:
And I pray the Father and He
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will give you another Helper
that He may abide with you
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forever, the Spirit of Truth
whom the world cannot receive
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because it neither seeth Him nor
knows Him, but you know Him for
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he dwells with you and will
be in you. I will not leave you
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orphans. I will come to you.
Now did Jesus come back? No. But
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He sent a Helper. Now have
you heard the word omnipresent
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before? Kind of a big fancy word
that theologians use, people who
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study the Bible. But omnipresent
means that you can be everywhere
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at once. And you are not
omnipresent. Sometimes you may
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think that your parents are
because how do they find out
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about the stuff you're
doing right? But they're not
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omnipresent either. I'm not.
Jesus was but when He gave up
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His complete Divinity to become
both Divine, God, and human, He
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also gave up His ability to be
omnipresent. So Jesus can't be
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everywhere at once. He gave that
up by taking on our humanity.
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And that's why God had to send
or Jesus sent the Holy Spirit
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to be with us. John 16 verse
7 says: Nevertheless I tell you
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the truth. It is to your
advantage that I go away for if
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I do not go away the Helper will
not come to you, but if I depart
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I will send Him to you. The
Helper is like a nickname for
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the Holy Spirit. The Old
Testament talks about the Holy
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Spirit as well. Did you know
that? In Ezekiel. Let me see
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Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon,
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Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations,
Ezekiel! We got there. Sometimes
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I have to like repeat them to
help myself or sometimes I sing
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a song. I know many of your with
our podcast are memorizing the
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books of the Bible, which is
fantastic because it helps you
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find stuff so much faster when
you have it memorized. Ezekiel
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36 verse 27. If you don't have
it memorized don't worry though
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There's a table of contents that
you can use as well to tell you
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which page number. Ezekiel 36
verse 27 was actually a prophecy
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talking about what was going
to happen. I will put my Spirit
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within you and cause you to walk
in my statutes and you will keep
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my judgments and do them. God
promised His Spirit way back in
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the Old Testament and it was
going to happen and it's going
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to happen in today's story.
How exciting is that, right? Now
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where were they waiting? Do you
remember? They were waiting in
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the upper room in Jerusalem and
we're going to pick up the story
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in the book of Acts. Acts
1 verse 12: They returned to
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Jerusalem from the mount called
Olivet which was near Jerusalem
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a Sabbath day's journey. And
when they entered they went into
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the upper room where they were
staying, all 11 disciples. They
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all continued with one accord in
prayer and supplication with the
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women and Mary the mother of
Jesus, and with his brothers.
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They were all there. What does
that mean to be in one accord?
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Well we all know that the
disciples kind of had a habit of
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arguing a lot and being super
jealous and being super selfish
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They weren't that way anymore.
One accord means one agreement
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or they were getting along. They
were all working towards the
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same goal and that was praying
for God to send the power of the
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Holy Spirit power. And God
chose to send that on the day of
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Pentecost. People came from all
over the world for the day of
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Pentecost to Jerusalem. So
it was a perfect time for God to
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send the Holy Spirit. Acts 2
verse 1 says, verse 1: When the
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day of Pentecost had fully come
they were all with one accord
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in one place. And then, in verse
5, I'm going to skip ahead, it
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says: And there were dwelling in
Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from
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every nation under heaven. This
is setting the stage, helping
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you understand what was
happening in this story. Okay
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now we're going to jump back and
find out what actually happened
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when the Holy Spirit shows up.
Ooops! Just told you. That's all
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right. Here we go, ready? Verse
two. And suddenly there came a
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sound from heaven as a rushing
mighty wind and it filled the
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whole house where they were
sitting. Then there appeared to
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them divided tongues of fire
and one sat on each of them.
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On their heads. You can imagine
by my orange shirt on today they
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had a little bit of fire on
their head. Well they weren't
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burning up. That reminds me
of the fiery furnace, right? And
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they were filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak with
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other tongues as the Spirit gave
them utterance. They started to
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be able to speak other languages
What?! That was amazing. They
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were simple fishermen from
Galilee. They only knew and
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spoke their own language and
yet they were speaking all these
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other languages. God had sent
the Holy Spirit on them and you
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could tell, right? Acts 2 verses
11 and 12 says: Ahh, we're going
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to back up first actually. And
when the sound occurred, we're
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in verse 6, the multitude came
together and they were confused
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because everyone heard them
speaking in his own language.
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They were like how is
this happening, right? This was
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amazing and that's what they
said. Then they were all amazed
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and marveled saying to one
another, Are not all these who
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speak Galileans and how is
it that we hear each in our own
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language in which we were born?
There were people from all over
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the world: Parthians and Medes
and Elamites and those born in
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Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia,
Pontus, and Asia...I'm probably
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not saying all these correctly
but I'm trying...Persia,
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Pamphylia, Egypt, and from parts
of Libya, adjoining Hello
Stephen, I received a call from
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Mary Rohn 214-376-1229 reporting
that the signal is breaking up
saying weak signal or no signal.
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Can you please check into this
and let me know if you are able
to fix it?, visitors from Rome
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both Jews and proselytes,
Cretans, and Arabs We hear them
speaking in our own tongues the
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wonderful works of God. So they
were amazed and perplexed saying
to one another Whatever could
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this mean? Others mocking...this
is Satan trying to get his word
in edgewise... They said oh
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they're full of wine, they're
just drunk. When people are
drunk they don't make
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more sense, they make less sense
and they don't just randomly
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have the ability to speak other
languages, right? This was a
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distractor and people realized
right away that that was not
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true. But Peter was no longer a
coward anymore. He spoke up and
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called them out on that. And
Peter, standing up with the 11,
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raised his voice and said to
them, Men of Judea and all who
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dwell in Jerusalem, let this be
known to you and heed my words.
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For these are not drunk as
you suppose since it's only the
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third hour of the day. But this
is what is spoken by the prophet
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Joel. And he went into telling
them about the prophecies of
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Jesus, the miracles of Jesus,
and he told them amazing things.
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I'll read a couple verses of
what he said. He's quoting from
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Joel: And it shall come to pass
in the last days, says God, that
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I will pour out my Spirit on
flesh. Your sons and daughters
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shall prophesy, your young men
shall see visions and your old
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men shall dream dreams. And
on my man servants and my maid
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servants, I will pour our my
Spirit in those days and they
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shall prophesy. He told them
what was going to happen. Joel
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had already said it, right? And
it was happening before their
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eyes. Now Peter shared a
powerful sermon at that point
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and he testified, he shared his
testimony of what he'd see Jesus
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do in his life. People can't
argue with your testimony. It's
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what's happened in your
life. They can't say that didn't
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happen because they weren't
there right? Testimony is a
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powerful way to tell other
people about Jesus. And they
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were convicted in their hearts.
They wanted to change. And so
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they asked, What shall we
do? And in Acts 2 verse 38 Peter
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said to them, Repent and let
every one of you be baptized in
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the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins and you shall
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receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit. They could receive that
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gift too? How amazing and
how exciting, right? The people
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began to see more clearly and
believe and guess what happened
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that day? Then those who gladly
received his word were baptized
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and that day about...any guesses
...3000 souls were added to them
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to the believers, 3000! souls
and that was just the beginning
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of what the Holy Spirit
was going to do through the
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disciples and all of the
followers of Christ. Wow Tune in
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next week for more exciting
things that happened after Jesus
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returned to heaven. Take care.
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Thank you so much for that story
Miss Michelle. It's time for our
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questions from last week. Let's
see what those questions were
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and if you got them right.
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It's question time. So make sure
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computer or something to type
down your answers and send them
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to us at
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and we'll be giving you a shout
out next week. So are you ready
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for your new questions? Okay.
Here they are. Question number
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one: Were the disciples happy or
sad when Jesus went to heaven?
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Were the disciples happy or
sad when Jesus went to heaven?
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Question number two: Did the
disciples keep on arguing after
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Jesus left? Did the disciples
keep arguing and quarreling and
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fighting with each other after
Jesus left? And question number
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three: How did the Holy Spirit
come, How did the Holy Spirit
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come to the disciples? You
can send your answers to us at
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answers@startingwithjesus.com
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This week's memory verse is
found in Acts 2:38 and it says:
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Repent and let every one of you
be baptized in the name of Jesus
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Christ for the remission of sins
and you shall receive the gift
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of the Holy Spirit. Bye
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Do you know who the Holy Spirit
is? The Holy Spirit is part of
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the Trinity, one of the Godhead.
The Father, the Son and the
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Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit
is a helper, a comforter sent to
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help us here on earth. We can
read about the Holy Spirit in
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the Bible. The more we read in
the Bible, the more we pray, the
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easier it is for us to hear the
Holy Spirit. Hear His voice. He
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speaks to us. Sometimes people
talk about having a conscience.
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Something that helps you know
what's right and what's wrong.
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That conscience is like the Holy
Spirit speaking to us. Did you
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know that the Holy Spirit is
like a flame of fire? A flame of
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fire burning in me and burning
in you. Do you remember the
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story of the Holy Spirit coming
down like flames of fire. The
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Holy Spirit is a lot like fire
because it guide us and it leads
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us. Just like if we're in a dark
place, it's nice to have some
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light so we can see. If we're
reading and we're confused about
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what we're reading we can pray.
The Holy Spirit can help us
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understand. You can read about
the Holy Spirit in the Bible.
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In 1 Thessalonians 5:19 it says:
Do not quench the Holy Spirit.
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Do not extinguish the Holy
Spirit. Do you know what quench
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or extinguish means. It means to
put out a flame. Just like the
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Holy Spirit is our flame. What
do you think will happen if I
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put my cup over top of my flame?
What would happen? Let's see.
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¤ Oh no. My flame went out.
I quenched or extinguished my
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flame. That's what the
Bible means when it says, Do not
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quench the Holy Spirit. We're
not supposed to put the flame
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of the Holy Spirit out. We want
to keep the Holy Spirit burning
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right inside of our hearts. Do
you know how to keep that Holy
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Spirit burning brightly? Well
when we read our Bibles, when we
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pray to Jesus, we're building
our relationship and we're
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keeping our flame burning
brightly. I want the flame of
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the Holy Spirit to burn brightly
inside of me. What about you?
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Yes. Me too. Let's not quench
the Holy Spirit on our lives.
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I start with Jesus all day
every day and I do it by praying
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all day every day.
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School program. If you go on our
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Or there's a new worksheet that
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So make sure to check it out at
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on this week's lesson and you'll
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that goes along with this
week's memory verse. Let's pray.
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Our Father in heaven, thank you
so much that you sent the Holy
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Spirit on the disciples so that
they could share the message of
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your love with the world. I pray
that you will help us to have
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have the Holy Spirit on our
lives so that we can understand
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what you have to say in your
word and also be able to know
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how to share what you have
told us with others. We thank
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you so much that you love
us. Help us to daily grow in our
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life with you. We love
you. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Thank you so much for
watching. Have a blessed week.
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and keep in touch.
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