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Wise Man 1: Hi, I am a wise man. A real wise guy. This big guy here. He's wise too.
Wise Man 2: Hi, We study the stars and we have spotted a very unusual star. We are here to help reenact and narrate.... The very first Christmas. Christmas is all about C-H-R-I-S-T and that spells Christ.
Wise Man 1: We are in the now, telling the story of the then. We have been traveling from the east for a very long time. We have great gifts for the New born King. We want to honor Him with gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Wise Man 2: Now imagine camels, a dark starry night and dirty feet with blisters singing on our long journey. Remember... We will be traveling at least two more years.
Song: Follow the Star
Shepherd: Hi, I am a shepherd. I am out in the field watching the sheep. I am in the now.... telling the story of the then. All us shepherds were out watching sheep when something nearly scared us to death.
Angels appeared from nowhere......Imagine the whole sky lighting up and the sheep running in fear and one of us yelling "what in the world is that?" .....We were shaking like this. SHAKE Then the angels said.......
Angel: Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
All ANGELS SHOUT; Glory to God in the highest, Glory to God in the highest ........
AngelsHi: We are the angels in the now...well you know
Shepherd: We know and you're telling the story of the then.
Angel: That's right how'd you know?
Shepherd: Everybody knows that.
Angel : Oh
Shepherd: Now we are going to go check things out in Bethlehem. Imagine climbing up a big hill and asking directions while we are moving our sheep along. And here we are worshipping the new born King. We found him in a stable.
Song: Away in a Manger
All: Lu 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Joseph: Hi, I'm Joseph
Mary: And I'm Mary and this is baby Jesus -
Angel: And the scripture was fulfilled - In the Then!
Mt 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.
And we celebrate the birth of our Savior on Christmas day. In the Now!
Song: On Christmas Day
Song: Ring Out The News
Wise Man 2: Remember us, we are the wise men.....We are still traveling in the then, so Imagine sleeping on a sandy bed, and eating interesting food. Imagine long discussions about the stars and very tired legs.
Wise Man1: But we are telling you the story in the now. As we look to the star remember that Jesus is the light of the world. He came into this world and learned and understood our feelings. He suffered and understands human pain. But Jesus never ever sinned. He was perfect yet gave His life so that you could know peace and forgiveness.
Song: Where There's Light There's Hope
Wise Man2: We have gifts of gold, and valuable spices and perfume. Gifts of royalty for the New born King. And as we look to the light we do not fully understand that this King will one day die for the world.
Wise Man 1: Jesus was and is a gift to the world, for He is alone is the way of salvation to all who believe. He gave and He's still giving.
Wise Man2: And all the wise men and women of this world should give to others and to God, because to love is to give. After all Jesus didn't have to die for us.
Song: To Love is To Give
Wise Man2: Hey, can I ask you a question?
Wise Man: Yea! go ahead.
Wise man 2: Do your feet hurt?
Wise Man 1: No, because I'm living in the Now.
Wise Man 2: Yea, it can be painful living in the past.
Wise Man1: I prefer the Now, cause all my sins are under the blood. I don't like desert travel and I prefer a mattress.
Wise Man 2: You are very wise. Speaking of living in the now. See our Christmas star. Well that star represents the light and Jesus is the light of the world. The Bible speaks of Jesus as a Star in
(2Pe 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: ) Now, when a person believes and puts their trust in Jesus. Jesus the light of the world is born in their heart. It's like a personal Christmas...Jesus not only came to die for us, but He came to live in us and He came that we could live.
Wise Man 1: Every Christmas we are reminded of why Jesus came and how much He loves us, but we really can't understand Christmas until Christmas happens in our hearts.
Books With Script in it and homemade covers saying Wise Guys For Dummy's
Shepherd Hooks can be made out of candy canes tapes up with masking tape then painted
brown.
Rafita can be used for hay and reused year after year.
Toy Sheep, cows, horses
The shepherds could hold the sheep.
Book Cover For Program - For The Wise Men
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Now I
realize that many people might say, "What does Noah's ark have to do with
Thanksgiving?"
First of
all. remember last week we all pretended to build an ark and I told you an ark
is a great big boat or ship.
I was
reminded this past week ,while thinking about this week's lesson, that the Pilgrims
traveled by ship to what they called the new world . It was a new beginning, just as it was for Noah and his family.
Noah and his
family were on the ark many, many days. It rained for forty days and in that time,
I'm sure, they thought about all those people who rejected God. They were so glad they listened to God.
Noah
and his family must of had many chores to do.
Taking care of all those animals kept them busy and entertained. We all know that God's creation IS very
entertaining. They all sound different . They all look different, they are individual miracles,
created by the hand and mind of God.
Even though there was plenty to
do, I'm sure they wondered if they would
ever see land again.
After the
rain stopped Noah sent out a raven and
it returned to the ark because it had no place to land. He waited seven days
and sent out another bird, a dove, and it returned with nothing, then he waited
again another seven days and again sent out the dove. The dove returned with an olive branch, so
Noah knew the water was going down.
Soon they
would land upon the top of a mountain, Mount Ararat. I'm sure they were excited to get off the
ark. It was a new world awaiting
them. A new beginning. They had so much to do, they were the only
people left in the world. How tempted
they must have been to leave the ark as soon as it landed. But they waited until God told them it was
time.
Then Noah heard something, God spoke to him again.
He said it was time for His family and all of the animals to leave the ark. They worked until all the work
was done. Then Noah, built an altar to
the Lord, and offered sacrifices.
Thanksgiving, to Lord God for the new world.
Starting things out right, they worshiped Him.
Noah and his
family had so much for which to be thankful.
They must have felt as though the whole world belonged to them. Noah's family was saved. They were spared because they believed God
and obeyed him.
Then God did
something. He did something
beautiful. A giant rainbow appeared and
Noah and his family looked up at the many colors. God told him it was a covenant between God
and man, A covenant is a promise. God promised never to destroy the world with
water again.
Did you know
that God always keeps his promises? God
has many promises throughout the Word of God.
One that comes to my mind this
morning, is that, " God will never leave us nor forsake us. "
God was with
Noah and his family because they loved him and obeyed him. They put God first. All the people who died in the flood did not
choose to love God nor did they choose to believe him.
Noah and His family were Thankful to God and they had a time
of Thanksgiving to the Lord.
Which
brings my thoughts back to the first Thanksgiving of America. They remembered the Lord and gave thanks to
him for all his provisions. They celebrated the many blessings of Lord. They trusted the many promises of
scripture. They knew God keeps his
promises. They too saw the rainbow
created by God and thought of God's goodness to Noah and his family, after all
they too had a new beginning after a long voyage.
God is the
God of new beginnings, not only in the true stories we learned about today, but
also in our own lives. God's desire is
that we trust Christ as our Savior. Jesus died for our sins. If we believe God and put our trust in Christ
for our salvation the promise becomes real in our hearts.,
Noah and His family believed God. They built and
entered the ark and were saved from the
floods. When we trust and accept Christ
we are saved from our sins. We are saved
through what Christ did at the cross.
Noah and his
family left the ark just as Christ left the empty tomb into a new life. That's what happens in our heart when we
trust Christ. Let's read this verse together.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Father God, Thank-You for all your many blessing to us each day. This thanksgiving season we want to remember how good you have been in providing salvation to us and also our everyday needs.
Be with each one here today and open their eyes to your Word. Thank - you so much for each person here and bless them as they walk with you.
In Christ Jesus Name I Pray, Amen
American Indian Hymn
Susan Nikitenko
Bible Lesson:
November 23rd,2014
Genesis 8
[1a]
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, .............
[4] And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of
the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
[5] And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth
month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
[6] And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made:
[7] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the
waters were dried up from off the earth.
[11] And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth
was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off
the earth.
[15] And God spake unto Noah, saying,
[16] Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy
sons' wives with thee.
[20] And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean
beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
[21] And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his
heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite
any more every thing living, as I have done..
Chapter
9:
[13] I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be
for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
[14] And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the
earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
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Noah was
a just man and perfect in his generations, and
Noah walked
with God
Genesis 7:5
Noah did according unto
all that the LORD commanded him.
I would like to tell you a bible story
today about somebody that was especially chosen for a very important job.
God had looked to and fro the whole
earth to find anyone who was faithful.
The world had grown to be a very wicked sinful place and God was very
grieved because of it.
Out of all the people God saw Noah,
he probably stood out like a sore thumb to everyone else, because he loved God
and feared him. He wanted to please God
with his life and family. He was going
about life as normal, when one day something happened. God spoke to Noah.
God told Noah how He was angered by
the wickedness of the people. It made
God wish he never made people. We need
to understand that God wants us to love him and fear him. He hates sin and wants us to turn from
it. God has presented us with choices
and as we see in this true story from scripture, Noah chose to serve God and love Him even
though the rest of the known world had chosen to serve sin.
God had a job for Noah, God had, had
enough with the rebellion against Him.
He told Noah there was going to be a flood. It was going to rain so much that the earth
would be covered and people, plant life,
and animals would die. He told him to
build an ark. An ark is a giant
boat. God even gave him the measurements and told him how He wanted it to be built.
What do you think? Do you think Noah listened to God's instructions? it was so important for Him to follow God's
plan for the ark, because it was a matter of life or death. If He had
followed his own plan the boat would not survive the storm.
It would break up in the waves
and all of creation would be lost.
God had laid out a plan for escaping the judgment of the flood and
following his plan was the only plan that would work. God provided the way of salvation And it was their
choice to refuse or follow.
Noah was a preacher and He preached
of the coming flood. He told people to
turn to God because God was going to bring judgment upon the world because of
mans sin.
Day after day people who past by
could hear the hammers of Noah and his sons, They could hear the saws, they
could hear the echoes of building. They
pointed fingers at him, they laughed at him.
They made a big joke out of him and his family.
The people had never seen rain before
because it had never rained from the time of creation. He preached and warned people and offered a
place of safety upon the ark. Each day they scoffed and refused stubbornly and turned their
ears away from the warnings. Noah preached for one hundred and twenty years
and still none would listen.
Do you think Noah and his family ever
had a bad day? Yes they did. Sometimes they may have hit a finger with the hammer but they kept building. They were made fun of and rejected, but they
kept building. People thought old Noah
was crazy, but he and his family kept on building. Nothing could stop them from building, because
Noah loved and believed God and taught his family the same.
God told them to gather two of every kind
of animal, two by two, male and
female. Lions, tigers, donkeys, cats,
bears, ....wow. Every kind? God has made seemingly unnumbered kinds of animals. We must remember God can do anything and we
know God was with Noah and blessed him. To
gather every kind of animal would be a miracle in itself. God had his hand in everything they were doing, because if God tells us to do something, better believe he will be
right there beside us while we do it.
Then the time came, it was time to shut the windows and doors of the ark. God said it was time and they
heard something, "Tap Tap, hear that?
Tap Tap Tap. " The rain had
started. People who refused to believe were ready to listen, but the door
was shut, it was too late. People were
banging on the doors, but suddenly only the storm and waves could be heard
outside the ark.
God has provided us a way to escape judgment. Jesus is our ark, so to speak, and God's plan
for redemption. God loves people but He hates
sin. The bible teaches us that we are
all sinners and none of us are righteous or good outside of Christ. Trusting Christ for our Salvation and what he
did on the cross for our sins would be the equivalent to Noah's family seeking refuge and safety
upon the ark. It was the only way of salvation.
Jesus is the only way of salvation, salvation
from the judgment of everlasting hell.
God loves people and has offered a place of safety in Him but they must
listen, believe and take heed to the gospel of Christ by receiving Christ into their heart and
life. After death the doors will be
closed it will be too late,
Trust the Lord Jesus Today as your Savior
and friend.
Father God,
Speak to each one here today, If
there's anyone here who needs to trust
you today, open there hearts and minds to your truth. Let them see that you have opened your arms
to them . That you want them to come to
you and trust you for salvation according to your plan.
If anyone here is having a hard time
at school or home or anywhere, give them the strength they need to keep trusting you. Help them to keep living for you even if they have a bad
day, just as Noah and his family kept
building the ark and loving you even when no one else did.
Susan Nikitenko
November 19th, 20134
Corrected And Updated
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Here's A Neat Writing Page I Made For A November Writing:
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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.
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This writing is about the spiritual warfare inside the heart of a Christian. God gives us the tools through prayer, faith and the Word of God to overcome inside emotions that tempt us to respond wrongly. When we sing the song we could talk about emotions and how we can gain control of them through Christ. We know there's no real monsters on the inside, but this song individualizes the emotions so they could be taught about in the classroom, how to overcome emotions that want to overwhelm us.
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