"For in him we live [breathe in], and move [wiggle], and have our being [hug self]; as certain also of your own poets have said [snobby face], For we are also his offspring." - Acts 17:28

RALPH: You know what, Sis. Val? The other day, I was so hungry, I tried to eat a clock!

VAL: Eat a clock? Good grief, Ralph!

RALPH: Yeah, it was very time consuming.

You know what's funny? Mountains?

You know what's funny? Mountains?

This is funny: "I'll fight you with my bear hands!"
"Oh, deer!" Hahahajhahahahhahaaaa!

Oh, I found a funny dog picture! Look!

RALPH: Sis. Val, did you know I have a lovely voice?

VAL: I know you do Ralph.

RALPH: Yeah, I practice all the time. I sing in the shower.

VAL: That's a good time to practice singing.

RALPH: Yeah, I sounded so good, I thought I was an opera singer! Fiiiiigero! Figarrrrrrro!

VAL: Really?

RALPH: Until I got soap in my mouth.

VAL: Oh no!

RALPH: Then it became a soap opera! Hahahahahaha!

"For in him we live [breathe in], and move [wiggle], and have our being [hug self]; as certain also of your own poets have said [snobby face], For we are also his offspring." - Acts 17:28

Remember, our story last time taught us to have holy hearts, and love everyone? God gave Peter a vision of the sheet with the animals to teach him that the Gentiles were ok, and that they needed Jesus, too.

This week, we'll learn that Holy Heads trust God and don't worry.

Link to Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIY6g92H4dM

REMEMBER OUR M.V.?

"For in him we live [breathe in], and move [wiggle], and have our being [hug self]; as certain also of your own poets have said [snobby face], For we are also his offspring." - Acts 17:28

So, did God expect Israel to win the battle? Nope. God was the one that gave them life and strength, and He was their father. So Israel could trust God to fight the battle for them, because He promised to give them the land. We can't do anything without God. We can't even take one breath without Him! But with Him, we can do anything He wants us to do!

We saw a movie that gives us a little idea of what happened, now, LET'S READ THE STORY FROM THE BIBLE:

The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send men to explore Canaan, which I’m giving to the Israelites. [SAY CANAAN! CANAAN!] Send one leader from each of their ancestors’ tribes.”

3 So at the Lord’s command, Moses sent these men from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

4 These are their names:

Shammua, son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben;
5 Shaphat, son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon;
6 Caleb, son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
7 Igal, son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar;
8 Hoshea, son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim;
9 Palti, son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin;
10 Gaddiel, son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun;
11 Gaddi, son of Susi, from the tribe of Joseph (that is, the tribe of Manasseh);
12 Ammiel, son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan;
13 Sethur, son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher;
14 Nahbi, son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali;
15 Geuel, son of Machi, from the tribe of Gad.
16 These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. But Moses gave Hoshea, son of Nun, the name Joshua.

[Which name do you like better, Hoshea, or Joshua?]

17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he told them, “Go through the Negev and then into the mountain region. 18 See what the land is like and whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 Is the land they live in good or bad? Do their cities have walls around them or not? 20 Is the soil rich or poor? Does the land have trees or not? Do your best to bring back some fruit from the land.” (It was the season when grapes were beginning to ripen.)

21 So the men explored the land . . . 23 When they came to the Eshcol Valley, they cut off a branch with only one bunch of grapes on it. They carried it on a pole between two of them. They also brought some pomegranates and figs. 24 So they called that valley Eshcol [Bunch of Grapes] because of the bunch of grapes the Israelites cut off there.

25 Forty days later, they came back from exploring the land. 26 They came back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. They gave their report and showed them the fruit from the land.

27 This is what they reported to Moses: “We went to the land where you sent us. It really is a land flowing with milk and honey. Here’s some of its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are strong, and the cities have walls and are very large. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the mountain region. And the Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and all along the Jordan River.”

30 Caleb told the people to be quiet and listen to Moses. Caleb said, “Let’s go now and take possession of the land. We should be more than able to conquer it.”

31 But the men who had gone with him said, “We can’t attack those people! They’re too strong for us!” 32 So they began to spread lies among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored is one that devours those who live there. All the people we saw there are very tall. 33 We saw Nephilim there. (The descendants of Anak are Nephilim.) We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that’s how we must have looked to them.”

Then all the people in the Israelite community raised their voices and cried out loud all that night. 2 They complained to Moses and Aaron, “If only we had died in Egypt or this desert! 3 Why is the Lord bringing us to this land—just to have us die in battle? Our wives and children will be taken as prisoners of war! Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4 They said to each other, “Let’s choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”

6 At the same time, two of those who had explored the land, Joshua (son of Nun) and Caleb (son of Jephunneh), tore their clothes in despair. 7 They said to the whole community of Israel, “The land we explored is very good. 8 If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us. This is a land flowing with milk and honey! 9 Don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. . . . They have no protection, and the Lord is with us. So don’t be afraid of them.”

. . . The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to trust me in spite of all the miraculous signs I have done among them?. . .

[then Joshua said to the Lord,] By your great love, please forgive these people’s sins, as you have been forgiving them from the time they left Egypt until now.”

20 The Lord said, “I forgive them, as you have asked. 21 But as I live and as the glory of the Lord fills the whole earth, I solemnly swear that 22 none of the people who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I did in Egypt and in the desert will see the land which I promised their ancestors. . . . .But because my servant Caleb has a different attitude and has wholeheartedly followed me, I’ll bring him to the land he already explored. His descendants will possess it. 25 . . . . Tomorrow you must turn around, go back into the desert, and follow the road that goes to the Red Sea.”

they were chicken.