Participants: Natalie McLean (Host), Cecily Harker (Host), Pr Rick Ferret, Dr John Hammond
Series Code: DWK
Program Code: DWK000010
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00:01 Hello there. Happy Sabbath. Come on in. We're about to meet
00:06 with the King. 00:09 ¤ ¤ 00:54 Good day. I'm Auntie Nat. It's great you could all join us to 00:56 meet with the King. We're about 00:58 to open the Sabbath. Come and 00:59 join us in our worship time together. Hello Auntie Cecily. 01:03 It's wonderful that you're here with us today. 01:04 Hello Auntie Nat. 01:06 Hello children. It's awesome that you're here with us today. 01:10 It's great that you're here to meet the King. And Teddy, hello 01:15 Teddy, it's lovely that you're here too. Auntie Cecily, would 01:19 you like to say a prayer for us to open our worship time. 01:23 Dear Father in heaven, thank you for the Sabbath day and thank 01:28 you for bringing us safely through another week. We pray 01:31 Your Holy Spirit will be with us as we worship you. 01:34 In Jesus' name, Amen. 01:36 Amen. Do you know this is a great time to reflect on our 01:40 week and think about the blessings that God has sent us. 01:44 Now Chloe you have a very special blessing to tell us. 01:48 Grandma and Grandpa got baptized at church. 01:53 That's so wonderful Chloe. Thanks for sharing that with us. 01:56 Auntie Cecily, you have a blessing for us as well all 01:59 about the Sabbath. Can you tell us about that? 02:01 Yes. Last time we spoke about how Jesus says it's lawful to do 02:06 good on the Sabbath. God also wants us to be mindful of how 02:11 we behave on the Sabbath. God wants us to get involved in 02:15 activities that improve our ability to communicate with Him. 02:21 God gives us some very good advice in Isaiah 58:13,14. He 02:26 asks us not to do our own pleasure or our own ways on 02:31 the Sabbath. God wants our full attention on the Sabbath so we 02:36 can honor Him. God promises a blessing if we do this. Spending 02:41 time in nature is a great way to do this with our family. 02:46 Enjoying the creation that our Creator made for us reminds us 02:50 of how much God loves all of us. 02:54 Thank you Auntie Cecily. That was beautiful. 02:56 Do you know one way that we can worship God on the Sabbath is to 03:00 worship him in song and we have Pastor Rick here to help us. 03:04 Thanks Pastor Rick. 03:06 Hi girls and boys. Let's sing 03:08 the song Remember the Sabbath. 03:53 Let's do it again. 04:37 Can we sing Praise Him Praise Him? 04:40 Yes we can. 05:20 Pastor Rick can we sing God Is So Good¤ 05:25 Yes we certainly can. 06:03 Thanks Pastor Rick. It's wonderful to praise God in song. 06:07 Now Anna, we discovered a blessing at Sunnyside this week. 06:12 Will we share that with the children at home? 06:15 Yes. Okay let's go have a look at that. 06:20 Hello boys and girls, my name is Dr. John Hammond. Welcome to 06:25 the Australian home of Mrs. Ellen White. Come me with me, 06:30 I've got some stories to tell you. 06:34 Thank you for coming back as we tell another story about Ellen 06:44 when she lived here in Sunnyside You know, they lives down in 06:49 Sidney, they lived in New Zealand. They lived in Melbourne 06:53 They were looking for a place to build a college. But you know 06:57 when you build it costs a lot of money and you've got to buy 07:02 the land and they had almost no money. And then one day 07:07 somebody said there is a plot of land up at a place called 07:12 Courenbong. Nobody had heard of Courenbong. And the land is 07:17 cheap. Why is it cheap? Because it has the worst soil in 07:24 Australia. Terrible soil, nothing will grow. A few scrubby 07:32 trees, a bit of grass, swamp. And they said the land is cheap. 07:36 And they bought it. 07:37 And Ellen came up in the train and she had some experts from 07:43 the government; tall, serious men. They were smart because 07:48 they knew all about the soil and growing things and they 07:53 looked around the land and they weren't smiling. They said, have 07:59 you bought this land? Not good for anything. They said it is so 08:05 poor that if a bandicoot... Now you guys know what a bandicoot 08:09 is but my listeners out there. It's like a rabbit, pointy nose, 08:16 it's got a pouch. But they said if a bandicoot walked from one 08:20 side of this land to the other he'd have to get his mommy to 08:24 give him a cut lunch to take it with him because he would 08:30 starve. Well Ellen said you watch. And she bought this place 08:34 built this house and she grew some corn. Now I've got some 08:40 corn here and you'll be smelling it because it has just been 08:45 cooked. And they say that the Courenbong corn in this soil, 08:52 that used to be so terrible is the best corn in the whole world 08:59 Smell that! Oh! Can you smell it? Can you smell it behind the 09:05 TV. This was grown on the soil that they said wouldn't even 09:10 support a bandicoot. Well she went off to a nursery and she 09:15 wanted to buy some trees. And she said I want a peach tree. 09:20 And the man said this little lady doesn't know much about 09:24 growing things. He said, Ah yes, where do you live? 09:31 Courenbong. Oh that's the worst place in the world to grow a 09:35 peach tree. We'll send one of our men along and we will help 09:40 you and we will show you how to grow a peach tree. And Ellen 09:45 said, You can send your man along, but God has told me how 09:51 to grow a peach tree. Oh really? She said yes. I'll dig a deep 09:56 hole and I'll put some soil at the bottom, then I'll put a 10:01 layer of rocks. Then I'll put some more soil. I'll put some 10:06 fertilizer and some more fertilizer and some more soil 10:11 and then I'll plant the tree. And the nursery man who was 10:15 thinking before, Ha, what is a little old lady called Ellen 10:20 know about planting peach trees. He said, Oh boy, I think I'll 10:26 come back and try your peaches. She planted the tree and from 10:31 one tree the next year in one season she got the most 10:37 beautiful crop of peaches. Do you like peaches? Yes. Do you 10:43 like peaches. Hope you do. Because these are the most 10:49 gorgeous fruit you will ever see. White flesh. Can I try a 10:56 piece? No, it would be cruel if I ate this in front of you. But 11:00 I'm going to give you a piece. And you know, as I look at these 11:06 lovely peaches I think of a God who made trees for us. In fact, 11:12 He has told us the most important tree in the whole 11:16 world in the whole universe is the tree of life. And when we 11:21 get to heaven it's have all sorts of fruit. I hope that it 11:25 has peaches on it, because peaches are a favorite fruit all 11:30 around the world because God gave it to us and Ellen taught the 11:35 experts a thing or two because God showed her how to plant 11:41 fruit. Isn't that nice. Thank you. 11:44 Good day boys and girls. Happy Sabbath. Welcome to our Bible 11:47 study. I hope you have your Bibles ready so you can follow 11:50 along with us and the children. Auntie Cecily, can you please 11:53 say a prayer for us. 11:56 Yes. Dear Father, we just thank you for our Bibles and we pray 12:00 that you would give us understanding as we read 12:03 your word. In Jesus' name, Amen. 12:05 Amen. Now Nick what did we study about last Sabbath? 12:09 Ah, Abraham, no, Jacob and Esau. 12:12 Jacob and Esau, yes. And what did Jacob do, what did he do 12:14 wrong? He stole Esau's birthright. 12:17 He did, didn't he? And Rebekah his mom and Jacob didn't wait 12:21 on the Lord, did they? They did things how they thought should 12:25 be done and it got them into a lot of trouble. So much trouble 12:30 that Esau threatened to do what to Jacob. Kill him. To kill him. 12:34 So for his safety his mom and dad had to send him away. Let's 12:38 read about that. Okay, Liam, Genesis 28:1-4. 12:42 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him and 12:47 said to him, Ye shall not take a wife from the daughters of 12:53 Canaan. Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel, your 12:58 mother's father and take yourself a wife there of the 13:04 daughters of Laban your mother's brother. May God almighty bless 13:09 you and make you fruitful and multiply you that you may be an 13:14 assembly of peoples and give you the blessing of Abraham to you 13:19 and your descendants with you that you may inherit the land in 13:24 which you are a stranger which God gave to Abraham. 13:28 Mmm. So even though Jacob had lied to his father Isaac, Isaac 13:34 reconfirmed the blessing and sent him away to his wife's 13:38 family in Paddan-aram to find a wife. Because he did not want to 13:45 have a wife that worshipped idols. Esau had married some 13:49 Canaanite women and had caused lots of problems, lots of grief. 13:52 And so they wanted him to go away to find a wife who 13:56 worshipped and one and only God. Yeah. Okay, Ella can you read 14:02 Genesis 28:10-16, please. 14:05 Then Jacob went out from Beersheba and went towards 14:11 Haran. So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night 14:15 because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that 14:19 place and put it under his head and lay down in that place to 14:24 sleep. Then he dreamed and behold a ladder was set on the 14:28 earth whose top reached the heaven and there the angels 14:33 of God were ascending and descending on it. And behold 14:37 the Lord God stood above it and said I am the Lord God of 14:42 Abraham your father and your God of Isaac. The land on which 14:47 you lie I will give you and your descendants. Also your 14:52 shall be as the dust of the earth. You shall spread abroad 14:56 to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And in you 15:00 and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be 15:04 blessed. Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever you 15:08 go and I will bring you back to this land for I will not leave 15:12 you until I have done what I have spoken to you. And Jacob 15:17 woke up from his sleep and said surely the Lord is in this place 15:23 and I did not know it. 15:24 Mmm. So God promises Jacob that he's blessed just like his 15:30 grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac. And do you know 15:34 what he promises Jacob that he'll bring him back home 15:38 eventually. That must have been a great comfort to Jacob because 15:41 he was a bit lonely out there in that desert on his own and he 15:45 was away from his family. Auntie Cecily, you have got something 15:48 to read for us from our Torch Light, Mrs. White's writings, 15:52 to shine on that verse to help us to understand it more. 15:56 Can you read that for us? 16:02 But God did not forsake Jacob. 16:06 His mercy was still extended 16:11 to his erring distrustful servant. The Lord 16:14 compassionately revealed just what Jacob needed, a Saviour. 16:20 God is so good. Jacob was scared that God had taken away his 16:25 blessing because of his sin. Jacob was very sorry for 16:29 his sin and deeply repentant to God. In God's mercy, he 16:34 showed Jacob in the dream that the blessing and birthright were 16:38 Jacob's. God forgave Jacob and promised to be with him. So if 16:43 read Genesis 29, it tells us that Jacob arrived in 16:46 Paddan-aram and he found Rachel, uncle Laban's daughter and God 16:51 led him straight to the family. Isn't that good. So there was a 16:56 happy reunion and Jacob goes to stay with his Uncle Laban. 17:01 Now Nick, you've got a verse to read for us. Genesis 29:15-24 17:06 and that tells us what happens. 17:09 Then Laban said to Jacob, because you're my relative 17:12 should you therefore serve me for nothing. Tell me, what 17:16 should your wages be. Now Laban had two daughters. The name of 17:21 the elder was Leah and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17:25 Leah's eyes were delicate but Rachel was of beautiful form and 17:30 appearance. Now Jacob loved Rachel. He said, I'll serve you 17:34 seven years for Rachel, your youngest daughter. And Laban 17:38 said, it is better that I give her to you than I should give 17:43 her to any other man. Stay with me. So Jacob served seven years 17:47 for Rachel and they seemed only a few days to him because of the 17:52 love he had for her. Then Jacob said to Laban, give me my wife 17:57 for my days are fulfilled and that I may go in to her. And 18:02 Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast. Now 18:06 it came to pass that in the evening he took Leah as his 18:11 daughter and brought her to Jacob and he went in to her. 18:17 Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid. 18:22 Mmm. So Kate can you continue reading Genesis 29:25-30. 18:27 So it came to pass in the morning that behold it was Leah 18:32 and he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Was it 18:37 not for Rachel that I served you. Why then have you deceived 18:42 me? And Laban said, it must not be done so in our country to 18:47 give the younger before the firstborn. Fulfill her week and 18:52 we will give this one also for the service which you served 18:58 still another seven years. Then Jacob did so and fulfilled her 19:05 week. So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also and 19:11 Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as a maid. 19:17 Then Jacob went in to Rachel and he also loved Rachel more than 19:23 Leah and he served with Laban still another seven years. 19:27 Wow! So what's happening? Laban deceived Jacob and he got the 19:33 wrong girl didn't he? Jacob was extremely... was he pretty angry? 19:38 Yeah. Yes he was pretty angry. And he had to work another seven 19:43 years for Rachel. This lying is not good is it? You know Jacob 19:49 deceived his father and his brother for the blessing and 19:53 birthright. Does it pay to deceive and lie. No. It doesn't. 19:57 You know even though God forgave Jacob and God was going to pour 20:01 out all the blessings to him, the consequences of Jacob's sin 20:04 were still with him. He had to marry two women. Do you think 20:07 that was a happy life for him having two wives at the same 20:11 time? No. No, there was a lot of strife, there was lots of 20:14 strife between the two wives and who could have the more children 20:19 It wasn't a very happy time. But despite all the issues God still 20:23 blessed Jacob with many children Ben, can you please read 20:27 Genesis 31:1-3 to see what happens. 20:31 Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons saying Jacob has 20:35 taken away all that was our father's and from what was our 20:39 father's he has acquired all this wealth. And Jacob saw the 20:43 countenance of Laban and indeed it was not favorable toward him 20:47 like before. Then the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of 20:51 your fathers and to your family and I will be with you. 20:54 Mmm. So Laban's sons were even becoming jealous of Jacob's 20:57 wealth and Laban wasn't happy with things anymore. And if we 21:01 were to read in verse seven Laban deceived Jacob with his 21:06 changing his wages 10 times. But do you remember that we read 21:10 that God promised all those years ago that God would protect 21:14 him and take him back home again. Sarah can you please read 21:18 for us Genesis 31:17-18. 21:21 Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels and he 21:26 carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he 21:30 had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained 21:34 in Paddan-aram to go to his father Isaac in the land of 21:38 Canaan. 21:39 Mmm. So after 20 years Jacob came home. Did God keep His 21:43 promise Yes. He did. He brought him back home and he was so 21:47 blessed. Let's quickly read our memory verse. Genesis 28:15. 21:51 We'll read that together. 21:53 Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever you go. 22:03 Did God take care of Jacob? He did. Thank you boys and girls 22:07 for joining us today in reading the Bible. It was great to have 22:10 you join us. You can ask God to help you when you have done 22:13 wrong and ask Him to forgive you He is waiting for you with open 22:17 arms to come to him. The story we have just studied shows us 22:20 that we have a loving and merciful God. In our Bible study 22:23 next Sabbath we're going to learn about one of Jacob's sons 22:27 and his journey with God. 22:28 There are many other stories in the Bible that tell us about the 22:35 forgiving mercies of our God when we tell him how sorry we 22:40 are. These stories are there to give us hope. Reading the Bible 22:45 brings us closer to God and builds our relationship with 22:49 Him. Because of this we want to encourage you to read your Bible 22:53 not only on the Sabbath day but every day. Auntie Nat, would you 22:58 tell us about the devotional that relates to our study today? 23:02 Sure. We have a seven-day devotional study available on 23:06 Jacob in Exile, the subject we studied together today. This 23:10 devotional expands on what we learnt. You can download and 23:14 print it free from our website which is 23:15 www.adaywiththeking.com. This will help you to read your Bible 23:18 every day and to spend time getting to know God. Auntie 23:22 Cecily what is our memory verse? 23:25 Yes children are you ready to say it all together? 23:27 Genesis 28:15- Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever 23:35 you go. 23:37 Auntie Nat, are you reading to sing our blessing song to the 23:39 children? Yes, let's do that. 23:40 ¤May God bless you and keep you and fill your heart with love¤ 23:56 ¤May God guide and protect you and watch you from above¤ 24:06 ¤And Sabbath after Sabbath we greet this day of rest¤ 24:16 ¤The day the King of glory has sanctified and blessed¤ 24:26 ¤Good bye my friend till we meet again¤ 24:31 ¤For another day with the King¤ 24:39 Good bye, Good bye. See you next Sabbath. 24:43 ¤ ¤ |
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