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people who lived so long ago, So we will believe God and give our h earts to Jesus, for Jesu s is our Ark, and when we belong to Him He will keep us safe from all h arm and danger when the g rea t punishm ent comes upon all the wicked people who will not believe God and obey Him, ju st like He did Noah and his fam ily who were safe in the A rk. All th a t tru s t Jesu s and obey H im will be like Noah, and our mem ory verse comes in rig h t here. Then afte r th e flood was over Noah and his . fam ily and all the anim als came out, and th e re was the most beau tifu l rain bow in th e sky, and God told them to rem ember th is rainbow was to tell them th e re would never be ano ther flood to destroy all life again, so when ever we see a rainbow we can remember this sto ry and how good God is to keep us if we will only tru s t and obey Him. (P ic tu re out in detail th is vivid story and th e abating of th e flood, and th e offering and thanksgiving.) Closing P ra y er: Dear Lord Jesus we th a n k thee for thy loving care over us, and help us to tru s t and obey like Noah.
th ing else too, he preached to th e people abou t God and about th e punishm ent th a t was coming upon them for th e ir sins, b u t they 'w ere ju st like lots of people today, they would not believe w hat Noah told them . One day afte r a long tim e th e A rk was finished in ju st the way God had told Noah to build it. Then Noah w ent w ith his wife and his th ree sons and th e ir wives into th e A rk and took th e beasts, birds and insects in w ith him. When they were all safe inside, God closed th e door and sh u t them in. My, th a t must have been a g reat sigh t to see all those animals, birds and insects m arching and flying into th e Ark. We w ill ask Noah to tell us all about it when we meet him up in heaven. Then the rain began to fall faste r and h ard er un til the ground was covered and th e A rk began to float, and made fun of Noah do you th in k laughed now? The flood had come and they knew now th a t all th a t Noah had told them was tru e, and they would have gladly gone into th e Ark, b u t it was too late. God is so kind, loving and p atien t and He gave these people a long tim e to believe w hat Noah said, and He has told us th is story of these
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covered him w ith sackcloth, an d sa t in ashes. (7) A nd he cau sed it to be proclaim ed an d published th ro u g h N ineveh by th e decree of th e king an d his nobles, saying, L e t n eith er m an n o r b east, h erd n o r flock, ta s te an y th in g ; le t th em n o t feed, n o r drin k w a te r: (8) B u t le t m an an d b e a st be covered w ith sackcloth, an d cry m ightily u n to God: yea, le t th em tu rn ev ery 'one from his evil w ay, an d from th e violence th a t is in th e ir hands. (9) W ho can tell if God will tu rn and rep en t, an d tu rn aw ay from his fierce anger, th a t w e p erish n o t? (10) And God saw th e ir w orks, th a t th ey tu rn ed from th e ir evil w ay; an d God repented of th e evil th a t he h ad said th a t he would do u n to th em ; and h e did it not.
(1) A nd th e w ord of th e LORD cam e unto Jo n ah th e second tim e, saying. (2) A rise, go u n to N ineveh, th a t g re a t city, and p reach u n to it th e preaching th a t I bid thee. (3) So Jo n ah arose, an d w en t u n to N ineveh, according to th e w ord of th é LORD. Now N ineveh w as an exceedingly g re a t city, of th ree d ay s’ journey. (4) A nd Jo n ah b egan to en te r into th e city a d ay ’s journey, a n d he cried, an d said, Y et fo rty days, an d N ineveh shall be overthrow n. (5 ) So th e people of N ineveh believed God, an d proclaim ed a fast, and p u t on sackcloth, from th e g re a te st of them even to th e least of them , (o) i'o r w ord cam e u n to th e k in g of N in e veh, a n d he aro se from his throne, and he laid his robe from him , and
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