Today i am going to tell you a story about a sower that jesus told people
to help them understand the truth about god's kingdom well a story inside a story
yes something like that jesus taught people the word of god with the help of stories
so that they understood the lessons better these stories were about things that people did every
day he taught people that the greatest commandment of god is to love god with all their heart soul
and mind god's next great commandment was to love people as much as they loved themselves not only
friends but also who they consider to be enemies one day jesus told the people a story of a sower
he had a special lesson in mind for them to learn when he told the story one day
a farmer went out to plant some seed he took a handful and began scattering it on the ground
some of the seed landed on a sidewalk which the birds swooped down and ate
them up some landed on soil that wasn't deep and beneath the soil was a thick layer of rock
the seed took root and plants began growing but when the sun got hot there wasn't enough food and
water for the roots because of the rock layer they died some seed landed in the middle of a
lot of weeds but the weeds were stronger so they took all the food and water away from the plants
however some of the seeds fell on good soil and those seeds grew into plants that were strong
and healthy they produced a wonderful crop that was better than the farmer ever dreamed of
after jesus finished telling them the story his disciples came and asked him
why do you always tell stories when you talk to the people jesus said you are blessed with the
gift of understanding the things of god's kingdom but not everyone understands it
some people are too stubborn to understand ever but some who want to stories help them to
understand the meaning better jesus then went on to explain the meaning of the story of the sower
the seed in the story are the truth about god's kingdom the seed that fell on the sidewalk
are nothing but the people who hear the truth but don't understand it the devil comes and snatches
that truth away just as the birds in the story the shallow soil are the people who hear the message
of god's love and accept it but their roots don't run very deep because they don't trust god
then when they are in trouble they turn away from him
the ground with weeds are the people who accept god's word and trust him but they try to keep
other things important in their lives too these things choke god's presence in their lives
the good soil is of course those who receive god's message and trust him their lives are
healthy examples of god's presence in them the people understood jesus's teaching
wow holy jesus told stories to the people just as you tell us stories from the bible
to make us understand it yes stories always help you to understand better and jesus knew that
today's story is about a very wise king a long time ago there lived a very wise team knew all
about the ways of animals birds and trees now one breezy day a tiny bee lost her waist and flew
right into the king's beautiful palace the little bee begged the king please let me live and i will
serve you someday the king was amused to think a tiny bee could one day serve such a mighty king
he released the bee and said go be on your way for i need nothing more from you today many days
later a queen came to visit from a far away land she heard many people claim this king was wise
she had to know for sure that this was true she came with many gifts after a show of friendship
she finally asked i hear your wise she said would you be willing to put your wisdom to a test
the king agreed and she did her best with riddles tricks and difficult tests
one day she gave the king a large gemstone and through the very middle was a tiny twisty hole
let's see if you can put a thread through this gem she challenged the king with the devious grin
but the king asked a silk worm to climb through the hole which is not a big problem for a tiny
silver and as it did a thin thread of silk followed the silkworm all the way through
now the queen was quite angered at the king's show of wisdom and all the more determined to
find a way to trick him we must have a guest she challenged her advisors to prove this kings a fool
so they came up with a plan that would not fit they ordered the queen's craftsman to make 99
fake but real looking flowers when finished even the queen could not tell they were fake and then
from the king's garden she took just one real flower and cleverly hid it among all the others
tomorrow we will make the wise king look foolish during the party that's held in his honor we
will test the king to find the real flower the next day the people gathered from all over the
land to attend the party then right after the meal the queen stood and spoke listen everyone
i have something to say just one more test to give the king today my craftsmen have created
many beautiful flowers they all look real 99 are fake but one is real can the king find that one
the king accepted the challenge she handed to him he sniffed out the flowers but they all smelled
so sweet and all of the flowers were as soft as could be the king became a bit perplexed and did
not know what to do next suddenly he heard a faint buzzing sound it was the tiny little
bee he saved many days ago i'm here at your service sir i'm here to repay your kindness
one breezy day the tiny bee quickly flew over the flowers and in no time at all i'm the real flower
the king stooped down and clocked the flower here is the real one he handed it to the queen to see
and the craftsman confirmed it was the real one indeed
finally the queen had to give in and admit that this king was truly the wisest there ever had been
this was king solomon the son of david when solomon prayed for wisdom instead of riches
god had said i will do what you have asked i will give you a wise and discerning heart
so that there will never have been anyone like you nor will there ever be moreover i will give you
what you have not asked for both riches and honor so that in your lifetime you will have no equal
among kings wow what a wise king yeah just like me what anyway holy thank you for a wonderful story
king solomon really was wise and clever yes he was because god made him so i'm glad you guys like
the holy tales i was thinking of telling you the story about a generous woman
and her son that sounds interesting go on with the story holy let's not waste any more time
the rich lady of chennai was blessed with a son and she was extremely grateful to elisha
because she knew that elisha had prayed to god to give her a child one day the little boy went
to visit his father in the fields where he was working he enjoyed visiting his father
there while he was there he suddenly cried out in terrible pain my head hurts it hurts so much
his father had one of the servants carry his boy back to the house and get his mother to take care
of him his mother sat with him in her lap all morning and about noon time the little boy died
the heartbroken mother carried her baby boy to the room on the rooftop which he had made for elijah
she carefully laid him on elisha's bed and left him there
she then asked her husband to send a donkey and her servant so that she could go and see elijah
her husband did not realize why she had to go so quickly
but he did not argue with his wife and sent her a donkey along with a servant the woman
got onto the donkey and asked the servant to hurry to where elisha was elisha recognized her
from a distance and immediately sent a servant to meet her on the way is everything all right
elisha's servant asked yes everything is fine the woman replied
but when she got to elisha she fell to the ground crying and grabbed elisha's feet gihazi tried to
push her away from his master but she wouldn't let go finally elisha said no gehazi leave her
something terrible has happened but the lord has not told me what it is
the woman finally stopped crying and spoke it was you who told me that i would have a son
you knew that i thought it was too good to be true immediately
elisha told gehazi to get ready to travel go right away and lay my staff on the boy's head
don't stop and talk to anyone he said gehazi obeyed his master's command but the woman said
i am not going anywhere unless you come with me elisha did not argue with her he went along
elisha went into the room where the boy was lying shut the door behind him and prayed to god
then he lay down on top of the boy's body as he laid there the boy's body began to grow
warm and life returned after a while the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes
call the boy's mother elisha instructed gehazi when she came in he said here is your son
the woman was filled with joy she picked up her son and took him downstairs
yay i am so happy for the woman she must have been so heartbroken when she lost her son
yes she was now you know even the impossible is possible if you pray to god now it's time
for the question what was elisha's servant's name his name was gehazi well done gumbo hope you like
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on the fourth day god created the sun to shine in the day the moon and stars to come out at night
one day moses went to mount horeb with his sheep there god appeared to him
as a flame of fire in a bush since there was no room anywhere else they decided to spend the night
in a stable here mary had her baby jesus she wrapped him in a blanket and put him to sleep
in his house