Should we begin with the story well today's story is called the jonah and the whale
long long time ago there lived a man called jonah jonah was a prophet who lived in israel one day
god appeared to jonah jonah i want you to go to the city of nineveh and warn the people there tell
them that i am going to destroy all of them and their city if they do not stop disobeying me
jonah was not very happy with the job god asked him to do nineveh was a city full of bad people
and jonah knew that he was very scared to go there so instead of going to nineveh
he decided to go the other way which would take him far far away from nineveh he hoped
god would pick someone else to do this particular job of warning the people there
jonah got onto a ship which was going to the farthest city he could find he was feeling
really tired so jonah went down to the bottom of the ship to take a quiet nap
god was very angry with jonah for he had disobeyed him he knew exactly where jonah was and caused an
enormous storm to come up sailors on the ship were afraid that the storm would sink their ship
they started throwing everything into the sea to lighten their ship the storm got worse
they started praying to god to save them
jonah knew what the problem was and he also knew that there was only one thing to do
god could not stop the storm until jonah did not do the job god asked him to do
so jonah asked the sailors to throw him into the sea he knew god was there with him to protect him
the sailors did what jonah asked them to do and immediately the storm whitened and all was calm
the sailors were astonished they had no idea what was happening
in the sea jonah sank deeper and deeper
but god had different plans for him he did not want jonah to drown he only wanted him
to obey his orders so god sent a huge fish to swallow jonah to take him down to the sea
jonah felt very scared he prayed to god for forgiveness for disobeying him
finally after three days being inside the dark stinky belly of the fish the fish rose up to
the top of the sea and spit jonah out onto the shore jonah then went to the city of nineveh
and told them to stop doing all the bad work that they were doing as this was making god very angry
people of the city believed jonah and god saved them oh my my how did jonah even managed to live
inside the stinky belly of the fish for three whole days that's because god was there to
protect him the holy tales well today's story is about a man named samson who was very very strong
and all his strength was a gift from god long long ago in israel lived a man named manoa
he and his wife had no children one day an angel appeared to manoa's wife
the angel said you will soon give birth to a child but remember one thing his hair should
never be cut your child will be very special as he will be chosen by god one day he shall rule israel
during this time the people had left god out of their lives they thought they could take care
of themselves and not need god's help what they did not realize was that they would soon need him
to help them the people of israel began to get bullied by their enemies the philistines
the israelites prayed to god and god heard them and he sent this chosen baby to manoa's wife
manoa's wife gave birth to a beautiful little boy and she named him samsung
as samson grew up the lord blessed him he became one of the strongest men in the world
once when samson was young a lion attacked him but samson was filled with god's power
and he was able to defeat and kill the lion with his bare hands
the philistines cruelty over the israelites grew more and more every day
this made samson very angry and he planned a revenge
samson caught hold of 300 foxes and tied their tails together two by two then he
placed flaming torches between them and released the foxes in the grain fields of the philistines
samson's action made the philistines very very angry and now they wanted revenge for their losses
as per his plans samson let himself be caught tied up and taken away by the philistines to be killed
he knew god was there to help him soon after his capture the spirit of god came upon samson
he became stronger than ever he broke loose of the ropes which kept him tied picked up a fresh
jawbone of a dead donkey and with it killed a thousand of the philistines and escaped
philistine soldiers went out searching for him and once again samson was captured
the soldiers put him in a city and locked the city gates but god's strength and power was in samson
and he walked out carrying the city gates on his shoulders
but soon samson failed god by disobeying him samson told his wife delilah all about
the secret of his strength samson did not know that delilah was a philistine spy after finding
out his secret delilah called in a barber and shaved off samson's hair while he was asleep
it was then that the philistines attacked samson in his bedroom samson tried his best to fight hard
but his strength was all gone the philistines blinded him the enemies captured the blind and
weak samson and made him their slave they laughed and made fun of him who was once god's servant
soon after all this the philistines held a feast to celebrate samson's defeat
they called for him to perform for them and entertain them a boy brought samson and let
him lean on the pillars which held up the palace where the philistines were having their beast
there were more than 3 000 philistines in the room who all went on making fun of him
but samson's hair had started to grow back while he was in prison he prayed to god oh lord
give me strength this one last time so that i can take revenge for my lost sight
with all the faith in god straining and heaving samson forced the huge pillars apart
the entire place came crashing down in ruins killing thousands of philistines and samson well
this story is so so exciting i wish i was as strong as samson
you would be if you had lots and lots of spinach ew i hate spinach then it's difficult
to become as strong as samson you've got to eat healthy to be strong i promise from today i will
i will be strong too just like samson oh yes the holy tales then let's begin with the story i hope
you kids are going to love it king david was a ruler of israel and he was a great believer in god
during his rule as the king israel grew ten times larger than what it was under king saul's rule but
now king david was old and sick he was tired of ruling such a large kingdom david had many sons
and one of them was adonijah even though his name meant my lord is god adonijah was not a good man
he claimed to the people of israel that one day he would rule the kingdom he even
tried to steal his father's throne knowing that king david was too weak to resist him
but that was not god's plan for israel and its people david's wife bathsheba knew that her son
solomon should become the king of israel she informed david about adonijah's plan
and immediately david gathered all his leaders and declared solomon as the new king of israel
soon david felt very ill before his death he said to his people believe in solomon he is
the one chosen by god to be your king the people of israel believed what david said
after his father's death king solomon sat on the throne and firmly established the israel kingdom
once again during his rule king solomon remembered the one advice that his dead father gave to him
he had said always follow god's path and you shall prosper in everything that you do
one night god appeared in solomon's dream he asked him if i grant you one wish what would you ask for
you may ask for anything that you want oh lord give me wisdom to be a good king that's all i ask
for solomon's request pleased god and he granted his wish along with great honor and riches one day
two mothers came to king solomon for justice one of them fell to his feet and cried this woman's
son died in the night and she switched her dead baby with me she took away my living baby
no i did not switch the babies the dead baby is yours and the one that is alive is mine
it was difficult for solomon or anyone to tell which of them was speaking the truth
however he soon had a plan he called out for a source bring me a sword
one of his soldiers followed his orders and immediately brought him a sword
solomon said now divide the baby into half give one half to each of them
the entire court was silent the real mother of the living baby cried out
oh my lord please do not kill my baby give her my child let him be divided
he shall be neither yours nor mine king solomon immediately knew who the real mother was
he ordered his soldier give the baby to the first woman i know she is the real mother
the people of israel were very happy with solomon's judgment
they understood that god's wisdom was in him the people of israel had no temple to worship
god when david decided to build a temple for his people god had appeared to him and said
it is your son who will build the house in my name so when solomon became the king he
started building a wonderful temple for god it took seven long years to complete the temple
but the day had arrived when solomon gathered all his people and dedicated the temple to the
lord the people and the king offered their prayers and thousands of sacrifices to god in the temple
they even held a great feast which lasted for two weeks
one day after this god appeared to solomon once again he promised to bless solomon and his people
if they continue to obey god sadly neither the king nor his people obeyed god all the time
while solomon wasted his time disobeying god one of his officers jeroboam had a strange experience
one day jeroboam met a prophet who said god will soon be dividing solomon's kingdom for disobeying
him and you will rule over ten of the twelve tribes hearing this from the prophet jeroboam
quickly escaped to egypt knowing that solomon would kill him if he stayed
years past and solomon grew old finally he died
his son rehoboam sat on the throne after his father's death
and he taxed the people even worse than what his father did this angered the tribes and ten of them
rebelled against him solomon's kingdom got divided into two and the ten tribes chose jeroboam
as their king just as the prophet had said hallie that was indeed a wonderful story told you
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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
the whole world in his house