Hey Ya'll, It's Time To Play Ball (Children's Song)

I started singing this early, early this morning around 5:30 am.

Hey Ya'll,  It's Time To Play Ball

Let us be willing to serve wherever the Lord puts us.

This is a reminder - These audios are not perfect. 

 I'm singing them to prove the writing can be sung.  

It is an audio for practice and learning the song.

I know I'm not a fabulous singer but I am singing a new song. 

This song is for teaching

that there is a time for us to step up.  

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God Has A Purpose For You

This Is An Addition To This Lesson

This is a continuation of a lesson I wrote about a black purse I bought for .25 at a garage sale.  I have used this purse for so many things.  I have used this purse to carry my camera in.  I have used this purse to hold baby dolls I made to give children.   I have used this purse to carry my Bible and curriculum, for my Sunday School class, I have used this purse to carry my yarn in for "Grandma's Blankets".  I have used this purse to carry while travelling to hold my writing journals and books.  When I bought this purse, I thought I would probably never use it.  It smelt like smoke when I bought it...it doesn't smell like smoke anymore.  It smells like a new purse, a totally different purse.  It took time to clean it, it had to go through a lot of cleaning.  It has become the most useful purse that I have ... it doesn't just help me in one way, it helps me in many ways.  What I thought was useless has become the most useful, the most helpful. 

This purse is something I've been able to use as an object lesson..to tell others about what Jesus has done in my own life.  

God Has A Purpose For You

Today I have an object I brought to teach you how God sometimes works with us as His children.

God loves us very much and He has a purpose and a plan for our lives.

I recently bought a couple of purses from a garage sale.  I was reluctant to buy them because the lady selling it smoked. Smoke tends to get down into things and it's sometimes hard to get the smell out of things that have been in an atmosphere of smoking. If anything has been exposed to cigarette smoke for a very long time it is especially difficult to remove the smell.

The lady there told me she was going through dialysis and was selling things to make a little money.  I decided to go ahead and buy a couple of things even if they smelled like smoke.  Well, I bought the purses and brought them home knowing I might not be able to salvage the purses but, I decided to try.  One purse was good after two washes but, the other one needed more attention.   I put it in the washing machine after applying some cleansers.  I washed it down a few times then applied a bleach cleanser and let it soak in.  Then I rinsed it off with a wet paper towel.  It doesn't look any different than when I brought it home but, it doesn't smell like smoke anymore.   I may not use the purses for their original use but, I can use them because they are usable.  I would never have used them if they smelt like smoke.

God works that way sometimes with His children, not putting them in the washing machine like I did the purses, but with His special care and attention.  When we come to Christ, He takes us just as we are and He works with us as His dear children to clean us up, so to speak.  He sometimes does this through gentle persuasion or sometimes through difficulties.

On the acceptance of Christ and what He did at the cross for you, the bible tells us that Christ comes in our hearts to abide with us.  We become dear children of God.

The very first thing He will use to clean us up is with the water of the Word.   We need to learn the Word and meditate upon it and follow its teachings..  (It is our washing machine. )   God wants us under the preaching of the Word... God has always used a preacher to lead like a shepherd over his flock.  The Bible teaches us to respect him and to love Him.  He is there to protect us from danger and guide us in the things of God.  We should always listen to the scripture over a person teaching contrary to what the Word of God says,  There's a verse in the bible that says it like this... Let God be true and every man a liar.  (Meaning men or women.)  The bible has the final say so as to what is right and what is wrong.  

God also chastens his children, He corrects us sometimes just by showing us so much love it shames us, or sometimes through hardships to steer us in the right direction when we've become stubborn.   The Bible says, He chastens those He loves, and if He doesn't chasten us we are bastards and not sons.

God has a purpose for us and is molding our lives to get us ready for the purpose  He has for us.  That's why we should take the chastening of the Lord with patience, knowing He is cleaning us up and making us usable for righteousness sake.

 The only time a Christian can lose His or Her original purpose is when God says, "I may not be able to use you for your original purpose."  That most likely happens when somebody has made sinful choices that have changed their usability.  God wants to use a clean vessel, not a dirty one.  Just as I didn't want to use a purse that smells like smoke.  I may not be able to use these purses for their original use but, I can still use them for something else.  Sometimes God gives us a new purpose.

God's desire for us is to come to Him just as we are, confessing that we are sinners in need of His help, his love, his care, his salvation through Christ.  He will mold your life into something that can be used by him.  Dedicate and surrender to Christ, make Him the passion of your heart and life.

Susan Y Nikitenko

Object Lesson

September 20th, 2015

Just want to let you know I have a very bad cold today, but I was able to think about a couple of object lessons while laying in bed.

Romans 3:23

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans  5:8

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Matthew 11:28

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Romans 10:9

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10:14

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

 Hebrews 12:8 

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

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A Pumpkin With A Purpose - Updated November 18th, 2012 - Restored August 22nd, 2014

  Tell This Story With Your Own Personality

A Pumpkin With A Purpose

Susan Y Nikitenko

October 10th, 2012
tween to teen or adult

The farmer's children went out to the field to find just the right pumpkin for carving.  They found one slightly too big to carry so they rolled it, pushed it, banged it a couple times and even got stuck into a hole once.  They managed to free the pumpkin from the hole and continued on their mission.  The eldest went to get their riding mower with its cart, which was in the barn.  He then returned to give their pumpkin a ride the rest of the way home.  On the way the mower  hit a bump and the pumpkin rolled off the cart and down the hill.  The three children all ran down the hill to roll it back up the hill and they loaded it back onto the cart.  Then finally they made it to the front door of their home and brought it inside to prepare the pumpkin for carving.  They went into the house  laughing and out of breath.  They were filled with excitement as they told their mother what a great time they had getting the pumpkin to the house.

This pumpkin had a very important purpose.  They washed the pumpkin and gathered the tools they needed to carve it.  They cut the bottom off  and dug out all the yucky stuff on the inside.  Then they  carefully stenciled the pattern on the face of the pumpkin.  They cut the shapes out very carefully.  Then they placed an electric candle into the bottom.  They turned the lights off to look at their work.  This was to be a very special pumpkin and it was.  Three lovely flowers and the words JESUS LOVES YOU!  shined beautifully.   It would be a light for Jesus during the Fall season.  What a blessing.

In the pumpkin patch of life we need to learn endurance.  The pumpkin had to endure some hardship to get where it needed to be.  Sometimes God allows us to go through some difficult times in order to teach us to be long suffering.  Life is not always easy, but if you are God's child.  He has a purpose for you.   If God knows every sparrow that falls to the ground.  Then He certainly is involved in the details of your life. 

One of the verses  in God's Word that has always kept me trusting God is Romans 8:28.  God has a purpose and if we believe we will endure in this hope.  God has a greater purpose.  Each one of us have a purpose.  God is getting us to where we need to be.  God is stenciling out His plan.  He's taking out all the ugly stuff and He's filling us up full of His light.  .  He is using the tools necessary to fulfill His purpose for us.  Then He sets us out into a dark world to shine for Him.

He loves you so much and He wants you to be His child.  He wants to be your Father in heaven.  He has a purpose for you.  You can find that purpose by trusting Christ for salvation.   ( Invitation to salvation).

For the telling of this story object lesson: Prepare a pumpkin with three flowers and the words " Jesus Love You" on the front of a pumpkin with a light. You will show only the back during the beginning of the story and turn it around at the appropriate time for the class - or when you say - He sets us out into a dark world to shine for Him.

Invitation:

As you can see there are three flowers on our pumpkin,  each one stands for something very special.   This first flower represents grace.  God through His grace has provided a way for salvation.  We could never live good enough to make it to heaven on our own good works.  The bible teaches that if we have broken even one of the commandments we are guilty of all.  The bible also teaches us that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

The second flower represents faith.  Faith is belief in action.  God loved us and had mercy on us.  He sent us a Savior even though we did not deserve one.  Jesus paid our sin debt.  Because the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal  life through Christ alone.  (Not of works lest any man should boast).

The third flower represents confessing.  When we understand that we are sinners and see our need for salvation.  We would be willing to admit we are sinful and have a desire to become a child of God.   God's desire is that we become part of His family.  The family of God.  He wants to be your father and you His child.  If we confess our sins He's faithful and just to forgive us our sin and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness .  Jesus died for you personally.  He paid your sin debt.  In victory He arose from the dead, Just as you will be made alive in your heart.  Living your life to please our Father and no longer live to please yourself. 

In humility He wants you to pray, prayer does not save you, but it is evidence of a life humbled before God with a real desire and a real belief in what God has provided for you.  Accepting Christ through Faith and taking Him at His Word. You are forgiven.  There is now no more condemnation - (no more guilt or shame) you are justified - and declared innocent in His sight.
Your debt was paid through Christ Jesus our Lord.  

This Is His Gift To You.  

Verses:

Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

 Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

 Ephesians  2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Ephesians  2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Romans  3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Romans  3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Ro mans 8:1 ¶ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Poetry And Other Materials On This Site Can Be Freely Used For Christian Bible Centered Non-Profit Ministries And must Remain Unchanged In Any Way. All Other Purposes Are With Permission Only. You May Make Requests At "treasurebox18@yahoo.com" All my poems with stories are both real and fictional designed to illustrate a biblical truth. All Rights Reserved. Please Include Site Name And Link To This Blog. Thank-You.