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  • Hello boys and girls

  • This is Aunt Frenita and I have a wonderful story for you

  • Called "Special Friends"

  • Today's memory verse is from Proverbs 17:17

  • It says, "A Friend loves at all times"

  • The message of today's story is "Friends always care for each other"

  • Do you have a special friend?

  • Did you know Jesus had special friends too?

  • Nicodemus opened the door just a tiny bit

  • He looked to see if anyone was walking on the street

  • But there was no one there

  • The coast was clear

  • He closed the door gently and walked to the city gate

  • While Nicodemus walked, he thought about the new teacher

  • He had listened to him teach

  • And Nicodemus had studied his bible scrolls and he was sure that this new teacher was someone sent by God

  • Nicodemus thought that this new teacher was the promised saviour

  • The Messiah they had been waiting for

  • But he wanted to make sure

  • Nicodemus had important friends and this new teacher was not popular

  • Nicodemus's friends didn't like the new teacher

  • So Nicodemus had decided that he was going to see him at night

  • And that's what he did

  • He walked in the darkness to meet Jesus

  • "I know that you're a teacher from God," Nicodemus said to Jesus

  • No one could do miracles like you unless they came from God

  • Jesus spoke kindly to Nicodemus

  • "God loves everybody," he told Nicodemus

  • God loves people so much that he has sent someone very special

  • His own son to help people on this earth

  • Now Nicodemus was sure Jesus was very special

  • And as he thought Now Nicodemus was sure Jesus was very special

  • And as he thought

  • And thought

  • And he read his bible scrolls

  • And thought somemore

  • Nicodemus was convinced

  • that Jesus was the Messiah

  • The Saviour, God had promised to send

  • But Nicodemus has a problem

  • His friends did not like Jesus

  • They did not want Jesus to teach and to heal people

  • So they tried to stop Him

  • But when Nicodemus's important friends tried to hurt Jesus, or to make things hard for Him

  • Nicodemus talked them out of it

  • "You can't do that," he told them

  • That's not right, that's not what our laws say

  • When Jesus died, Nicodemus was there to help

  • He did not care if other people saw him

  • Nicodemus had once been a secret friend

  • But now, everybody could see, he was a friend of Jesus

  • Nicodemus was also very rich

  • He spent all of his money helping other people know about Jesus

  • He wanted others to be Jesus's special friends too

  • Would you like to be Jesus's special friend today?

  • Just as Nicodemus was?

  • Would you like to tell your friends about Jesus?

  • Aunt Frenita would like to say hello to 2 of her special friends

  • Bonjour to Pricille in France

  • And hello to Mika in the United States

  • This podcast was brought to you by Gracelink.net

  • And Studio Elpizo in Singapore

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Hello boys and girls

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