Parable of the Talents

This story is called the Parable of the Talents.  A parable is a type of story Jesus would tell so we would learn something from it. Jesus' stories had more than one meaning.  For example, this story is about talents which was a super large amount of money in Bible times.  Today a talent might be worth a million dollars! A talent in this story can also mean our gifts or abilities.  Something special and amazing God gives just to you, almost like a super power. The parable starts like this:  A man decided to go on a long trip, so he called his servants and asked them to take care of his house, his stuff and his money. Keep in mind that the man in this story is like God and the man's servants are God's people (you and me!)  The man in this story trusted his servants and believed that they would take care of his special and valuable things. The man decided to give one servant five talents of money (lets say that it's about five million dollars), to another he gave two talents (or two million) and to the last servant he gave one talent.  He gave each servant a large amount he thought they could handle or according to their ability. Our abilities are our special gifts that God gave to each of us.  He made some of us smarter about some things than others.  Some of us are good at memorizing, some of us are better at certain sports, and some of us are better at knowing how to help others.  Some can solve problems better and some are more generous.  Our ability is something special we have that's different than anyone else. Back to the story, the man left on his trip and the servants each did something with the money that they received.  The man with the five talents went right away and used his money and got five more!  The man with the two talents also used his money wisely and gained two more talents. But the man with one talent took his talent and buried it in the ground to keep the money safe.  He didn't even try to do something with it.  He reminds me a bit like a dog that buries a bone.  He had lots of time to do something with his money.  He could've bought some seeds and planted a garden and made some money but he didn't do anything! After a nice long trip the master came back and wanted to know what his servants did with his money.  The first man with the five talents said, "You trusted me with five talents and I made five more!"  His master smiled and replied, "Great job, good and faithful servant!"  You are trustworthy with a few things so I will put you in charge of lots of things.  Come celebrate with me! I think it's interesting that the master says he trusted him with a FEW things.  He gave him five million dollars!  That's ALOT of things.  But to this master it was small compared to what he would give and trust him with now. Then the man with the two talents came and said, "You trusted me with two talents and I made two more!"  His master smiled and replied, "Great job, good and faithful servant!"  You are trustworthy with a few things so I will put you in charge of lots of things.  Come celebrate with me! Then the man who received the one talent came and told his master, "I know you work hard for your money, so I was afraid to lose any of it.  I decided to bury it and keep it safe.  Here is your one talent back." The master was not impressed and said, You lazy servant!  At the very least you could've taken the money to the bank and you would've at least collected some interest from it." He immediately took the talent away from the man and gave it to the first man who used his money to make more. The point Jesus was trying to make is that if you use your special gifts and abilities God will give you more to keep doing these things you are good at.  He will trust you with so much more.  If you have a chance to do something for God that he gave you special abilities for and you don't do it, you will lose your special gift. God considers you very valuable and trusts you to do something for him using your gifts and abilities.  If you have a chance to do something and don't because you want to watch tv, play video games or because you just don't want to do anything; God will take that valuable gift and give it someone who is doing something with their gifts. Maybe you're not sure what your special abilities are yet.  Ask your parents or teachers what they think you're gifts are.  Listen and watch when others compliment you or notice something good about what you're doing.  To you it might be something small but to God it's a special and very valuable gift that only you can give.  If you keep using it God will continue to make it bigger and better. Also try to encourage and compliment others if you notice something special in them.  Your friends, teachers and parents might forget that God put something special in them and you might see it.  Tell them that they're good at it and remind them that it's a special ability given to them by God.   Shared from DLTK Children's Version bible stories

 

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The Power of Prayer Story

“Prayer is power and strength, a power and strength that influences God, and is most salutary, widespread, and marvelous in its gracious benefits to man. Prayer influences God. The ability of God to do for man is the measure of the possibility of prayer.”   Have you ever felt the urge to pray for someone and then just put it on a list and said, “I’ll pray for them later?” Or has anyone ever called you and said, “I need you to pray for me, I have this need?” Read the following story that was sent to me and may it change the way that you may think about prayer and also the way you pray. You will be blessed by this one. A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan… While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight at the halfway point. On one of these journeys, I arrived in the city where I planned to collect money from a bank, purchase medicine and supplies, and then begin my two-day journey back to the field hospital. Upon arrival in the city, I observed two men fighting, one of whom had been seriously injured. I treated him for his injuries and at the same time talked to him about the Lord Jesus Christ. I then traveled two days, camping overnight, and arrived home without incident. Two weeks later I repeated my journey. Upon arriving in the city, I was approached by the young man I had treated. He told me that he had known I carried money and medicines. He said, “Some friends and I followed you into the jungle, knowing you would camp overnight. We planned to kill you and take your money and drugs. But just as we were about to move into your camp, we saw that you were surrounded by 26 armed guards. “At this I laughed and said that I was certainly all alone out in that jungle campsite. The young man pressed the point, however, and said, ‘ No sir, I was not the only person to see the guards. My five friends also saw them, and we all counted them. It was because of those guards that we were afraid and left you alone.” At this point in the sermon, one of the men in the congregation jumped to his feet and interrupted the missionary and asked if he could tell him the exact day that this happened. The missionary told the congregation the date and the man who interrupted told him this story: “On the night of your incident in Africa, it was morning here and J was preparing ‘to go play golf. I was about to putt when I felt the urge to pray for you. In fact, the urging of the Lord was so strong; I called men in this church to meet with me here in the sanctuary to pray for you. Would all of those men who met with me on that day stand up?” The men who had met together to pray that day stood up. The missionary wasn’t concerned with who they were-he was too busy counting how many men he saw. There were 26. Audio: Bears Inspirations

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Bible Lessons

Old Testament Study FLASHCARD QUIZ   Know The Scriptures: Books Of The Bible Intros   Genesis - Genesis - Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy - Joshua - Judges - Ruth - 1 & 2 Samuel - 1 & 2 Kings - 1 & 2 Chronicles - Ezra - Nehemiah - Esther - Job - Psalms - Proverbs - Ecclesiastes - Song of Solomon - Isaiah - Jeremiah - Lamentations - Ezekiel - Daniel - Hosea - Joel - Amos - Obadiah - Jonah - Micah - Nahum - Habakkuk - Zephaniah - Haggai - Zechariah - Malachi

 

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Bible Verses: 4th Of July

This Independence Day, take time to reflect on the spiritual freedom found in Christ.   Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. - Psalm 33:12 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. – Galatians 5:1 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. – 1 Peter 2:15-17 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. – 2 Chronicles 7:14 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ – Philippians 3:20 Also see Pastor Jack Wellman’s “5 verses about freedom found in the Bible for the 4th of July, or Independence Day“

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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard 1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.   3 “About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4 He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5 So they went.   “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. 6 About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’   7 “‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.   “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’   8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’   9 “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’   13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’   16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”  (Matthew 20:1-16 ESV)

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