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00:01 Hey kids, it's time for Sabbath School. Grab your Bibles and
00:02 let's go. 00:04 ♪ ♪ 00:30 (Miss Ruthie) Hello boys and girls. Welcome to Starting With 00:32 Jesus where we want to encourage you to start everything you do 00:36 with Jesus. Now we have a really exciting program for you today 00:40 We have a new theme song. So I can't wait to learn that with 00:43 you. Let's get right to it. Let's get to some singing. 00:47 ♪ ♪ 02:15 ♪ ♪ 03:04 ♪ ♪ 04:32 ♪ ♪ 04:37 Good morning boys and girls and Happy Sabbath. My name is 04:39 Chaelli (Kay-lee) and I live in Michigan. But I'm actually going 04:42 to tell you a story of when I was in Alabama serving Jesus. 04:45 I was going door to door selling books about health and about 04:50 Jesus. But one morning I was actually going from business to 04:52 business with the books. I came up to this business; it was an 04:56 orthodontist's office. But there was a sign on the door that said 04:59 that their lobby was closed. The door was actually unlocked 05:03 though so I decided to go in and see if there was anybody I could 05:05 talk to. I stepped inside and I didn't see anybody at first but 05:10 then a lady came from the back and she asked if she could help 05:12 me with anything. I told who I was and that I had. I told her 05:16 about me books and then I asked her a couple questions. But she 05:20 didn't really seem all that interested. She ended up 05:23 telling me that she couldn't end up helping me out or getting any 05:26 books. But before I left, I asked if I could pray with her. 05:29 The minute I mentioned prayer I know that's exactly what she 05:33 needed because she started to cry a little bit and she started 05:37 telling me some of the things she was going through. I prayed 05:40 with her and as I looked up I saw her wiping tears from her 05:43 eyes and she just told me how it was a blessing that I'd been 05:47 able to pray with her. I promised that I would continue 05:50 praying with her and also I was able to leave with her a little 05:53 book called Hope and Happiness. It's the book Steps to Christ 05:56 about Jesus. You know, that just reminds me of this verse in 06:00 2 Corinthians chapter 1 verses 3 and 4. It says:... 06:04 Blessed be the God of all comfort who comforts us in all 06:08 our tribulation that we may be able to comfort those who are in 06:12 any trouble. You know, that's what I was able to do and I just 06:16 praise the Lord that He put me there at the right time so that 06:19 I could pray with that lady and give her the comfort of Jesus. 06:21 ♪ ♪ 06:45 (Miss Michelle) Hey everybody and welcome back. I'm so glad 06:48 that you're here with us this week. You see, this week starts 06:52 our second quarter of lessons for this year and the amazing 06:57 thing about this quarter is for the entire quarter we're going 07:01 be talking about one week in time. One week, you may say, 07:06 Miss Michelle. How on earth are you going to have enough stories 07:08 for a whole 13 lessons? But you'll see an amazing week that 07:15 changed history. Let's pray before we start. 07:17 Dear heavenly Father, we praise you and we thank you for your 07:21 love for us. We ask that you would fill this room with your 07:24 Holy Spirit, with your presence Lord and that you'll be with us 07:28 as we learn about one of the very most, I would say the very 07:32 most important week in history. We love you. In your name we 07:35 pray, Amen. 07:37 That's right, one week, and it all starts with the first day of 07:40 the week which is what? Sunday. That's right. Now the place. Can 07:44 you guess? Where was one of Jesus' favorite places? Bethany. 07:50 That's right. And this was the Sunday after Simon's party. Do 07:55 you remember the party, the one where Mary put the perfume on 07:58 Jesus' feet? Yeah, that made a big impression didn't it? And 08:02 remember that she was doing that in preparation for his death. 08:08 Because she had been listening. Let's see what happens. You see 08:13 we're in Bethany and during this quarter I really want you to use 08:16 your imagination a lot, because if you can imagine yourself 08:20 inside the story it will be even more meaningful to you. It's 08:25 Sunday and a crowd of excited people are coming this way. Hey! 08:30 I think that they're headed out the gate toward Jerusalem. Shall 08:32 we go along? Come on, let's go. Now if you were in Jerusalem you 08:37 would see that in the temple there weren't very many people 08:40 there. Why you may ask. Well they were headed to meet up with 08:44 the crowd coming from Bethany. You know, the crowd we're in. 08:48 And they were meeting. Now that didn't make the priests or the 08:50 rulers there very happy did it? Because they wanted them there 08:54 under their instruction and under their influence. But what 08:57 was happening and what was happening with this crowd? 09:00 Let's investigate further. Now the disciples, I see them right 09:04 over there. They're in the crowd too. Hmm. Jesus must be close by 09:08 And it looks like the disciples are really excited about 09:11 something. I wonder what? Hmm. Let's join the people as we're 09:16 headed up the Mount of Olives and we head for Jerusalem. 09:20 We're going to jump into the Bible because Miss Michelle 09:22 can't think of a better way to experience Bible stories than 09:25 actually hearing them from God's word. We're going to go to the 09:28 book of Luke and we're going to go to chapter 19. Now that's 09:33 towards the end of Luke. Luke chapter 19 verse 29... 09:38 And it came to pass when he drew near to Bethpage and Bethany 09:43 at the mountain called Olivet that He sent two of his 09:47 disciples... 09:48 with a strange request. Can you hear them talking over there? 09:52 Hmm. Let's listen and hear what he says:... 09:54 Go into the village opposite you whereas you enter you will find 10:00 a colt tied on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it 10:04 here. 10:06 Jesus always walks everywhere he goes. Even I know that. And yet 10:10 he wants a colt who is a young donkey that's never been ridden 10:14 before. That's so strange. And Jesus continued to speak:... 10:18 If anyone else asks you why are loosing it, thus you shall say 10:23 to him, Because the Lord has need of it. 10:28 Hmm. Interesting. I can see the disciples talking over there. 10:31 I know what they're thinking because the people who usually 10:35 ride on donkeys and enter into Jerusalem in great style and 10:38 fashion are important people like kings and rulers. I wonder 10:43 if today is the day that Jesus is going to announce that He's 10:48 the king of the Jews. Just like we've been hoping. Right? 10:52 Now let's keep reading and find out what happened next. 10:55 So those who were sent went on their way and found it just as 10:59 He had said to them. But as they were loosing the colt, the owner 11:03 said to them, Why are you loosing my colt. And they said, 11:07 Well the Lord has need of him. [The owner must have agreed] 11:11 and they brought the colt to Jesus. And they threw their 11:13 clothes on the colt and set Jesus on top of their clothes. 11:17 Can you imagine. They didn't want Jesus to have to sit on 11:20 that smelly donkey. Right? And so they put their clothes on top 11:23 like their outer robes and stuff on top and Jesus is sitting 11:26 there. Let's follow Him. Jesus headed towards Jerusalem riding 11:31 on this donkey. And, if I remember right just the other 11:36 day in school I was learning about a prophecy. 11:38 Have you heard of 11:40 prophecies before? That's right. They are things that are said 11:43 about what's going to happen in the future and this one came 11:47 from the book Zechariah. Those are in the scriptures that Jesus 11:53 studied as well when he was a kid. We call them today, the Old 11:57 Testament. Let's see if I can find it. Esther, Job, Psalms, 12:02 Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, 12:05 Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, 12:11 Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah. 12:15 Oop, there it is. Haggai, Zechariah and the last one 12:20 Malachi. Here we go. Now the Old Testament is full of 12:25 prophecies that talk about Jesus and this one that I just 12:30 remember hearing the other day was in Zechariah 9 verse 9. 12:34 I think it's coming true today! Nine verse nine says:... 12:38 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout O daughter of 12:41 Jerusalem. Behold your king is coming to you. He is just and 12:45 having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the 12:49 foal of a donkey. 12:51 It's coming true today! Now we know today that if they had 12:56 really been listening to Jesus then they would have known that 12:58 he wasn't going to proclaim Himself as earthly king this day 13:02 but you can tell by the looks of them that the disciples over 13:05 there, they have their hopes up that that's in fact what's 13:07 happening. The prophecy is being fulfilled pretty soon. 13:11 I'm taking off my coat and laying it on the road. Do you 13:13 see some palm branches over there. Oh, we could wave those 13:16 in honor of Jesus. Wouldn't that be awesome? And pretty soon 13:19 everyone was laying their coats on the road and waving palm 13:24 branches in honor of Jesus, the Messiah. 13:27 And as He went many spread their clothes on the road and then as 13:31 He was drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives the whole 13:34 multitude [the whole crowd] and the disciples began to rejoice 13:39 and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they 13:42 had seen saying, Blessed is the King who comes in the name of 13:46 the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. Some of 13:51 the Pharisees called to Jesus from the crowd... 13:52 Do you hear them? Yeah, they don't sound very happy, do they? 13:56 Teacher, rebuke your disciples. 13:59 Uuh, rebuke your disciples? What a joyful welcome he was 14:05 receiving. And many of the people, well ah I think the 14:07 person, right over there, weren't they healed by Jesus? Weren't 14:10 they blind before? And I think that person. They couldn't walk 14:13 as I recall. They had been healed. Lazarus, you can just 14:18 picture him leading the donkey that Jesus is sitting on and the 14:21 priests and rulers over there are upset! Now Jesus, as we know 14:26 today, wasn't becoming an earthly king but He knew that 14:30 this would bring attention to His mission that was going to be 14:33 fulfilled at the end of this week. And you hear those priests 14:39 and Pharisees. They are complaining and complaining 14:42 What did Jesus say to them? Listen. 14:44 But He answered and said to them I tell you if these should keep 14:49 silent the stones would immediately cry out. 14:54 That's right. If this crowd of people here surrounding us would 14:58 be quiet, the stones would cry out in praise of Jesus. Everyone 15:01 stopped at the top of Mount of Olives and what a view. 15:04 Jerusalem. The beautiful white marble temple with the gold trim 15:08 Can you see it now in your mind's eye? But they thought 15:12 Jesus would be proud and happy and instead they looked there 15:14 and He's crying. He was remembering all the people of 15:18 Israel who had again and again said no to God and how much 15:24 sadness it brought. Prophets' warnings, loving punishment 15:27 brought on through God. And He'd forgive them and they'd mess up 15:31 again. In verse 42 Jesus said: 15:36 If you had known, even you, especially in these days the 15:39 things that make for your peace, but now they are hidden from 15:41 your eyes, for the days will come upon you when enemies will 15:44 build an embankment around you [talking to Jerusalem], surround 15:47 you and close you up on every side and level you and your 15:51 children within you to the ground and they will not leave 15:53 one stone upon another because you did not know the time of 15:57 your visitation. 15:58 He was seeing the future of Jerusalem as well and it was 16:01 making him so sad. Now Jesus had explained the kingdom. 16:07 Because they even called some Romans over, the priests and 16:09 rulers couldn't stop the crowd so they called the soldiers over 16:12 and Jesus explained to them what was happening and He wasn't 16:15 being an earthly king. They got it and they believed Jesus. 16:19 The craziness in the crowd was getting out of control as the 16:22 Pharisees were trying to distract people and people were 16:24 crying out praises and Jesus and His disciples... Wa, where did 16:28 they go? They were just here. Did you see them leave? They 16:31 quietly slipped away to the temple. It was actually quite 16:36 quiet there. And Jesus pictured, He could see the sacrifices that 16:41 were happening there and He knew that that week He would be the 16:44 ultimate sacrifice, the real Lamb of God. Wow! Fulfilling the 16:49 prophecy in Isaiah. You can check it out in Isaiah 53 16:52 verse 7. But now the disciples are headed back to Bethany in 16:58 the evening. When the crowd looked around to find Him to 17:01 make Him king, he was nowhere to be seen. But, boy, did this get 17:06 a lot of attention and everyone in Jerusalem and Bethany and all 17:10 the surrounding areas were talking, the town was buzzing 17:13 with talk of Jesus. Jesus! Did you hear what happened? And that 17:20 Sunday night you would think that Jesus would have been 17:23 exhausted from all the excitement of the day and He was 17:25 but what did Jesus do? He stayed up all night talking to his 17:32 Father. He knew that the events of the coming week, how they 17:36 would test Him and how He would be just tempted and how 17:41 everything would be so difficult and He knew that He needed that 17:44 power from God. On Monday morning Jesus headed back to 17:49 Jerusalem and as He passed by a fig orchard He saw a tree with 17:52 leaves on it and He got so excited because He thought He 17:56 was going to have some food and He was really hungry. In Mark 11 18:01 let's back up to Mark. Matthew, Mark, the second gospel, Mark 11 18:05 it talks about what Jesus said to the fig tree. Mark 11 verses 18:09 12 and 13. Let's jump to 13:... 18:12 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves He went to see 18:15 perhaps He could find something on it. And when he came to it 18:18 he found nothing but leaves for it was not the season for figs. 18:21 In response, Jesus said to the tree [verse 14], Let no one eat 18:25 fruit from you ever again. 18:27 When His disciples hear that, they thought that was quite 18:29 interesting that He would say that to a fig tree. Now this was 18:33 actually a lesson that he was trying to teach them wasn't it? 18:36 He was teaching them that sometimes we may look good on 18:40 the outside like everything is going really well and we're 18:43 really good people. Right? Look at us. But when you really look 18:46 closely at the inside maybe there's things that we need to 18:50 change with God's help and He will help us. But once again, 18:54 that fig tree was a lesson for the disciples. It looked good on 18:58 the outside but it didn't have any fruit in its heart, right, 19:01 in the heart of the tree. Now the next morning, which would 19:03 have been Tuesday morning, which we're jumping ahead a little bit 19:05 but the next morning, verse 20 and 22 of that chapter says: 19:09 Sorry, Mark 11 verse 20, it says In the morning when they passed 19:14 by they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots just as Jesus 19:17 had said. And Peter remembering said to Him, Rabbi look the fig 19:21 tree which you cursed has withered away. So Jesus answered 19:25 Have faith in God. 19:27 He said, have your heart right with God. He loves you so much 19:31 and he can't wait to help you change for the better. I hope 19:35 you come back next week for our next adventure in the last week 19:37 of Jesus' life. 19:39 ♪ ♪ 19:52 Thank you, Miss Michelle, for that Bible story. I'm so blessed 19:56 by Miss Michelle's Bible stories And you know what, I want to 19:59 remember to praise Jesus all the time. Now let's see. We had some 20:05 questions last week. Let's see who answered those and if you 20:09 got those right. 20:11 ♪ ♪ 20:30 It's time now for our new questions. I hope you were 20:32 listening. Question #1: In our story today Jesus asked His 20:39 disciples to go and get something for him. What did he 20:43 ask his disciples to go get? 20:48 Question #2: 21:02 And question #3: In our story today Jesus interacted with two 21:09 different trees. What were those two trees? 21:18 Now you can send your answers to us at 21:20 answers@startingwithjesus.com and we would love to give you 21:24 a shout out in our main program and you can check that out on 21:28 our website at startingwithjesus.com 21:30 You can see the full program there if you watching on a 21:33 different platform. You can see a shout out and we also have a 21:37 special memory verse time where you can watch other kids who 21:41 have been learning their memory verses. So make sure to check it 21:45 out. 21:46 ♪ ♪ 22:01 Today's memory verse is found in Matthew 21 verse 9: Hosanna 22:04 to the Son of David, blessed is He who comes in the name of the 22:08 Lord. 22:09 ♪ ♪ 22:23 (Pastor Joe) When I was a boy we lived in a part of the country 22:24 that had beautiful mountains. This was in the state of 22:28 Washington. I loved watching all kinds of different wildlife and 22:32 sometimes the wild life would teach me things about God. 22:35 One of the things I loved to watch were the black bears. 22:39 They would come roaming through our fields and at the right time 22:43 of the year the little cubs would be following the mother 22:48 sow as she was ravaging through the woods and forest. One day 22:51 we saw a bear. We were standing in our house and we looked up on 22:55 the road just up the hill and there was a mother bear and two 22:59 cubs walking up the road. So we hopped in the Suburban. We piled 23:06 in quickly, started up and we raced down our driveway and we 23:10 went up to find the bears and what a sight that was. Now this 23:15 mother bear was moving pretty fast and she lost the cubs and 23:20 we looked behind us and these cubs ran right up about a 23:26 60-foot tall tree that was right by the road. So I backed up the 23:29 Suburban because I wanted to get a better look at these cubs. 23:32 I backed up the Suburban and the tree that they had climbed was 23:37 right by the road. So when I parked the Suburban on the road 23:40 at the bottom of the tree we looked up at these cubs and we 23:45 got a very nice view. They were squealing and crying. And then I 23:51 realized that I had just separated Mama bear from her 23:57 cubs. And she turned around to let me know that real quick. 24:01 Because she turned around and she started stomping and Oh she 24:07 was mad. Whooo. And she was growling and she was stomping so 24:13 hard we could feel the ground shake. Even though it wasn't a 24:16 grizzly bear, it was just a brown bear she weighed a lot. 24:20 So we moved out of there pretty quickly because we didn't want 24:26 to separate her from her cubs. But you know that bear taught me 24:30 something about God. She was so angry. Why? Because she loved 24:37 her cubs and she wanted to be with them. God loves us too. 24:42 Just like that mother bear loved her cubs. And God looks out 24:45 after us. Sometimes he gets frustrated or will intervene and 24:50 act when there's somebody that's threatening us or causing danger. 24:54 He'll get involved. But God is looking out after us because as 24:58 His children we are very special precious to Him and He wants to 25:03 take care of us right now while we're in this world and all 25:07 along the way so that we can see him face to face someday soon. 25:10 ♪ ♪ 25:12 Thank you so much for that story time Pastor Joe. Now here's a 25:15 little secret. Did you know that Pastor Joe is my husband and I 25:19 think he's a pretty good story teller. I've been enjoying all 25:22 the stories, haven't you? We had Pastor Moe and Uncle Vince and 25:28 Uncle George and so many other stories that we're actually 25:31 going to be having coming up. But we only have about one more 25:36 story time and we're going to pause if for the spring and 25:41 summer and we'll start story time back up in the fall because 25:46 we have something we're going to be doing. We're going to be 25:48 changing our story time to an activity time and that will be 25:52 really fun because it's going to be interactive activities. So 25:56 what you're going to be able to do is go to our website and down 26:00 load an activity for the week and join me while we're doing 26:04 something together. So you'll be able to do the activity along 26:07 with me. It might be a craft. It might be something where we go 26:11 around the house and do something or it might be we go 26:13 outside. It'll be really fun. So I want to make sure that you 26:17 don't miss out on that so if you go to our website at 26:20 startingwithjesus.com/activities you'll be able to download the 26:25 first activity packet which will start in a couple weeks. And 26:28 don't forget that tomorrow starts our first storytime for 26:32 our weekly storytime on our YouTube channel. So make sure 26:36 to check it out. We're going to be telling the story of Singer 26:38 on the Sand. So if you go to our YouTube at 26:42 youtube.com/startingwithjesus you'll be able to check that out 26:45 ♪ ♪ 26:56 Hi boys and girls. I'm Miss Kara and I want to tell you an 26:59 amazing story that I just read from a book called Singer on the 27:03 Sand by Norma Youngberg. Our story takes place a long time 27:07 ago on an Island called the Great Sangir and it happened to 27:13 a little boy named Satu and a family that God used in a big 27:17 way. 27:18 It's time for our Sabbath School to be over so let's thank Jesus 27:21 for being with us today. 27:24 Our Father in heaven, thank you so much for your love. Thank you 27:27 that you were here and you gave your life for us. Thank you that 27:35 you have given us voices and hearts and lives to praise you 27:40 with. I pray that you will help us to always and continually 27:45 sing your praises. We love you Jesus and we thank you for all 27:50 you do for us. We pray that you will help us to be like you and 27:54 help us to be missionaries and help us to continually have you 27:59 in our hearts. I pray that you'll forgive us for our sins 28:02 and be with us. In Jesus' name, Amen. 28:07 Thank you so much for watching. Have a blessed week and 28:10 keep in touch. 28:11 ♪ ♪ |
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