00:01Hello, Christine and Apigine. You're off your crutches now. That's great.
00:06Good to see you. Are you feeling much better?
00:08Good, good. Okay, well, we're glad to hear that and see that.
00:12I want to say also hello to Hannah.
00:15Hannah is here from the Pacific Northwest.
00:19Oh, come on, give her a hand. We haven't seen her in a long time.
00:23There you go.
00:25Right, we've got a couple of birthday celebrations coming up.
00:30In particular, tomorrow someone that's here on the stage with me is turning one year older.
00:38Anyone know who it might be?
00:41Yes, it's Kenzie. Let's sing the birthday song real quick for Kenzie.
00:45Happy birthday to you.
00:49Happy birthday to you.
00:52Happy birthday, dear Kenzie.
00:57Happy birthday to you.
01:04Happy birthday, Kenzie.
01:06How old will you be tomorrow?
01:08Eight.
01:09Eight years old.
01:11Wow, I cannot believe it.
01:12All these kids are growing up so fast.
01:14Well, real quick, I'm going to give you guys a quick object lesson,
01:18which is what Kenzie is holding in her arms right now, as well as remind you of an old song we used to do a long, long time ago.
01:26In fact, before that, let's actually go back.
01:30Perfect. Yes.
01:31Let's all read the verse together on the screen.
01:33All together, let's read.
01:35Marvel not, he must be born again.
01:40John 3, 7.
01:42I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was covering the screen here for you all.
01:45But you know this, you know this verse.
01:47Marvel not, he must be born again.
01:51That is our topic for the regular church service today, which I also want to give to the kids.
01:57But the reason I have this object lesson, Kenzie, first and foremost, what in the world is this even?
02:04A duck or a platypus.
02:06A duck or a platypus.
02:07Yeah, we don't even know.
02:09I think it's a platypus because it has these feet, these legs.
02:13But then again, the face looks a little bit more like a duck.
02:16But what do you kids notice about Kenzie's little platypus?
02:20There's something, there's a baby, yes.
02:23Now, how do babies come into this world?
02:27They are born.
02:30There you go.
02:31I mean, the words up there on the screen.
02:33They're born.
02:34Now, my question for you is, do babies have a choice to be born?
02:39Like, Kenzie, did you have a choice to be born on May 26th?
02:44No, you didn't have a choice.
02:46You were just born.
02:47In fact, we thought you were going to be born on May 29th.
02:50But what happened was, because that was actually the memorial day for that long weekend in 2017,
02:58the doctor decided that he would perform the cesarean section on the Belizeff,
03:05which was three days before, which is why Kenzie was born into this world on May 26th of 2017.
03:10Same thing with all of you.
03:11You had no choice.
03:13It was just that someone gave birth to you.
03:16Your mom gave birth to you.
03:17But most of all, it was God who planned for you to be born whatever day you were actually born.
03:24Now, it's the same thing with the born again experience.
03:28That means being spiritually born again.
03:32Right?
03:33Right?
03:34So we were once dead in sin, but we are made alive in Jesus Christ by being born again.
03:39That's the whole concept behind it.
03:41Now, if you can play the song.
03:43Before that though, let me make sure I got the volume all the way up here.
03:48Perfect.
03:49It's all the way up.
03:50Give me this real quick.
03:52There you go.
03:53Come on, I want you to sing it.
03:56Amen.
03:57Praise the Lord.
03:59Amen.
04:00Praise the Lord.
04:03Amen.
04:04Praise the Lord.
04:08Hallelujah.
04:09Praise the Lord.
04:11Praise the Lord.
04:13I'm gonna jump down, turn around, touch around, praise my Lord.
04:18Here's the verse.
04:19Amen.
04:20Praise the Lord.
04:38Amen.
04:43Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord.
04:53Glory, hallelujah. Praise the Lord.
04:58I'm glad to jump down, turn around, touch your ground. Praise my Lord.
05:04Alright, now let me catch my breath.
05:09One more time at the show, the next slide will remind us of our verse.
05:13There we go. All together, church.
05:16Marvel not, ye must be born again.
05:20John 3, 7. There we go. Thank you. Let's pray.
05:23Fold your hands, bow your hands, close your eyes.
05:26Say, Heavenly Father. Heavenly Father. Thank you.
05:29Thank you. That in. That in. Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ.
05:34All who believe. All who believe. Are born again. Are born again.
05:38By your Holy Spirit. By your Holy Spirit.
05:42Not by my will. Not by my will.
05:45The will of God. But the will of God.
05:47We thank you. We thank you.
05:49And praise you. And praise you.
05:51And honor you. And honor you.
05:53And wish to serve you. And wish to serve you.
05:56So that. So that. So that. We can show.
05:59We can show. The whole world. The whole world.
06:02Our lives. Our lives. Are changed. Are changed.
06:05Transformed. Transformed. And made new.
06:08And made new. In Jesus Christ.
06:10In Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ.
06:12In his name we pray. In his name we pray. Amen.
06:15Amen.
06:15Amen.
06:15Amen.
