Hello boys and girls, this is Aunt Frenita
And I have a wonderful story for you called "A Praise Parade"
Today's memory verse is Luke 19:38
It says 'Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord'
The message of today's story is 'We worship Jesus when we praise Him'
For what do you like to thank Jesus?
Long ago, the people praised him with a parade, palm branches and loud voices
Jesus and his friends were approaching the city of Jerusalem
Suddenly, Jesus stopped
'Go into that village over there', he said to two of the disciples
'You will see a donkey colt tied up. It has never been ridden'
'untie it and bring it to me'
'If anyone asks you what you are doing, just say the Lord needs it'
Jesus needed the colt because he was about to do what the prophets had said the Messiah would do
'Your King is coming to you'
'He is gentle and riding on a donkey'
'He is on the colt of a Donkey'
In those days, kings rode into cities on big donkeys
They wanted everyone to know who they were
They wanted everyone to be afraid of them
Jesus wanted everyone to know He was king
But He entered the city on a little donkey
Jesus never wanted people to be afraid of Him
The disciples knew something unusual was going to happen
So they hurried off to do what Jesus asked of them
When they entered the village, they found a colt, a young donkey, just as Jesus said they would
As they untied it, the owner asked them what they were doing
The disciples answered, 'The Lord needs it', just as Jesus had said to do
And they led the little colt to Jesus
There as no saddle, so the disciples put the coats on the colt
The road to Jerusalem was crowded
Fathers held their children on their shoulders so they could see Jesus
Mothers stood on their tippy toes to watch
There were people whom Jesus had healed
People who had been blind, deaf, sick and crippled
The people began to spread their coats on the road for the colt to walk on
This is what people did for kings in those days
The people also began to shout, 'Bless the King who comes in the name of the Lord!'
'Bless the King who comes in the name of the Lord!'
Again and again, the people shouted and sang praises to Jesus
Some of the religious leaders watched
They knew the people were calling Jesus the Messiah
And they did not like it
'Teacher!', they shouted from the side of the road
'Tell these people to stop saying these things'
Jesus looked sadly at the religious leaders
He knew they did not want to believe that he really was the Messiah
They hated him
'I can't tell them to do that', Jesus answered
'If the people are quiet, then the stones along the road will cry out'
It was time for everyone to know that Jesus was the Messiah
The one sent by God
It was time for everyone to make a choice
Would they believe in Jesus?
Closed Captioning by Natasha Ten
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