Hello everyone aren't you excited to hear a new story from the bible oh
yes yes we are which story are you going to tell us today holy
today's story is called lazarus who is lazarus and what happened to him lazarus is a friend of jesus
let's find out as we read the story so are you children ready for it yes yes we are jesus had a
very good friend named lazarus in bethany lazarus had two sisters mary and martha one day lazarus
felt very ill and his sister sent a message to jesus asking him to come to their home but when
jesus received the message he said lazarus won't die from illness it is for god's glory
even though jesus loved lazarus and his sisters he did not go to bethany right away
he waited for two days and then said let's go to judea that is where bethany was jesus's disciples
thought otherwise they did not think it was a very good idea for jesus to visit bethany because
a few days earlier to that religious leaders of judea had threatened to kill him but jesus said
our friend lazarus is sleeping we must go and wake him wait a minute his disciples
said if he's sleeping then that means he's resting and is getting better from his illness
but they did not understand what jesus actually meant by sleeping jesus actually meant that
lazarus had died he said what i'm trying to tell you is that lazarus has died i'm glad
that i wasn't there to help him because now you will see god's power and your belief in me
so jesus and his disciples left for bethany when he got there he was told that lazarus had died
and been buried four days before there were many people friends and neighbors
who came to mary and martha's house to offer them their support and sympathy someone went
and informed martha that jesus had come she ran out to meet him while mary stayed home
martha ran up to jesus and said lord if you had been here then my brother would be
alive still i know and i believe that god will do whatever you ask your brother will rise again
jesus said yes i know that when everyone rises at the resurrection he will rise too martha said
i am the resurrection and the life jesus said people who believe in me will live forever even
though they die they will have eternal life for having faith in me do you believe this martha yes
i do martha said i have always believed that you are the messiah the son of god
martha went back home to her sister and told her that jesus is here and wanted to see her
mary immediately ran out to jesus my brother would not have died if you had come
mary said to jesus she started crying and when jesus saw her grief he was very upset some of the
people wondered why jesus hadn't come and helped lazarus because they knew he could do miracles
he had healed blind people before where have you buried him jesus asked someone told him where
lazarus was buried jesus went to the tomb where lazarus was buried and said roll away the stone
marth has stopped him now don't he's been buried for four days and will smell terrible i told you
you would see god's glory if you believe didn't i
jesus said so some of the men rolled the stone aside jesus looked up to heaven and said father
thank you for hearing my prayers then he shouted lazarus come out all the people there
were amazed when lazarus walked out of the tomb still wrapped in the burial cloths
jesus said unwrap him and let him go wow that was a wonderful story i am glad you liked it
the holy tales i am going to tell you a very exciting story it is called jesus calms the storm
wow that must be interesting let's not waste any more time holy go on with the story jesus did
everything and performed miracles to point people to god he wanted people to know god
love him trust him and obey him he did miraculous things to show people god's amazing powers which
no normal human being could do the people who saw these miracles happening truly believed
that jesus was the son of god and the messiah wherever jesus went a large crowd of people
always followed him he spent his days teaching healing talking with them and got very little rest
one day after teaching all day in the evening he said to his disciples come
let's cross to the other side of the lake so jesus along with his disciples
got onto one boat while some of the people in the crowd got into other boats and followed them
jesus went to the back of the boat and lay down he was very tired and so he fell asleep
when the boat was in the middle of the lake a terrible storm blew in
the wind blew the boat around tossing and turning it and the waves crashed against him the disciples
were terrified they thought they would die they frantically went to jesus and said teacher help
us we're going to drown jesus very calmly got up and looked at the waves and said be still
immediately the wind stopped blowing and the waves calmed down everything was quiet jesus then turned
to his disciples and asked why were you so afraid don't you have faith in me all of his disciples
were amazed to see jesus's powers they wondered amongst themselves as to who was this great man
that even the wind and the waves obeyed him that was indeed a very exciting story holy jesus had
such amazing powers to even control the wind and the waves oh yes i love stories like these
the holy tales come kids i have already decided on a story i'm going to tell you today yay
let's not waste any more time go on with the story all right
right before jesus went back to his home to heaven he had promised to the people
that the holy spirit would come and give them immense power and strength to spread the message
of god's love to the rest of the world then it was up to them if they wanted to come together or not
jesus's believers came together for strength and to work as god's people and that is how the young
church was born however to spread god's message to the rest of the world was not always easy for them
seven weeks later after jesus came back to life jesus's believers were together in one place
suddenly they heard a powerful strong roaring wind like a storm inside the room
a little later something like little flames of fire too appeared in the room a flame
floated around the room and settled on each and every person present there
the men realized that it was nothing but the holy spirit but jesus had promised that god would send
the people were filled with the holy spirit and they soon began speaking in different languages
and that was the gift the holy spirit gave them
there were a few people in jerusalem who were from other countries of the world they came to
know about the commotion among the believers so they went to see what was going on the people were
amazed to hear their own language being spoken by people from galilee how is this happening
they asked one another these people are from galilee but they're speaking the languages of asia
egypt cyrene and rome they're saying wonderful things about god and we can understand it however
though some people were amazed by this there were some in the crowd who thought that the believers
had just gone crazy peter stood up and the other disciples stood up with him he said none of us
here are mad what you're seeing here is what was predicted years ago by the prophet joel
he had said god says that in the last days i will pour out my spirit on the people
they will prophesize and i will cause wonders in the heaven
those who will call out my name will be saved peter continued listen to me carefully god
had said that jesus of nazareth is his son he performed miracles but you people crucified him
but god raised him from the dead and we all know that is true
now he is back in heaven with his father and he has given us his holy spirit that is why we now
have the power to speak in different languages so that we can spread god's message and his love
the people were both confused and amazed at what peter had said they asked so what should we do now
stop sinning and follow god be baptized in the name of jesus and accept forgiveness of your sins
and you shall receive the holy spirit too many people believed what peter said and about
3 000 people were baptized and added to the young church on that very day so did you like the story
oh yes absolutely so what is today's question ask me and i shall answer it correctly
so the question is how many people were added to the young church on that day 3 000
that's right now it's time for my nap until next time keep watching
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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