Give God Your Best! Kids self esteem/ stop comparing yourself: toddlers, kindergarten, primary

Girls and welcome back to Graceville where God's love is everywhere. It's me Pastor Anastasia and I'm so super duper excited that you've joined me today as we learn more about our best friend Jesus. Today's special feature comes to us from right here in the United States where our friends Chloe, Mikayla, and Pamela are back. What a wonderful song just for us. Let's listen in. Amazing! Boys and girls remember if you want to share your gifts and talents for Jesus please ask your parents or guardians to inbox me and I'd be happy to share it with our friends. Well you know what that song means. It's nature time and I'm so super duper over the top excited because our friend Ryan from Canada is back and you know when he shows up it's always an extra special treat. You never know who or what we're going to be learning about today so tune in with me. Hello boys and girls and welcome again to nature time at Graceville. Today we're going to be talking about garter snakes. Let's tune in. This is called a garter snake. I'm not sure which kind but I'm guessing it's a ribbing garter. These cold-blooded animals are sometimes called garden snakes. I found this one by a trail near my home. It was getting away but I begged my dad to let me catch it. After I caught it I realized that it didn't smell so good. My dad agreed. Apparently when a garter snake is caught it may squirt out a stinky greasy fluid. Yuck! I guess that's what I smelled. It's called musk and it's made by the glands that are found at the bottom of their tails. Garters eat small animals like frogs, salamanders, snails, earthworms, mice, and many many more. They may even try to eat animals that are too big for them like toads. These guys are pretty bold and of course at the end I released it back into the wild. And remember kids always ask for permission before picking up any animal. 2nd Timothy 1 7 says for God did not give us a spirit of fear but of love power and self-control. God wants us to be bold and to share the word of his son Jesus. So let's not be afraid and instead get creative on how we can do this. Bye boys and girls. Thanks for tuning in. See you next time. Look just in time to check in on Melissa. I wonder how her week went. Well let's find out. Oh hey Pastor Anastasia. That sound doesn't sound good. So my school started a fundraising project for kids in need and some of my classmates already raised three hundred dollars and I only raised a hundred. I know I should be grateful but I just feel embarrassed that we didn't raise more. Hmm you know God doesn't compare things the way we do. With him it's not about the size of your gift. It's about the heart of the giver. Wait a minute that reminds me of our theme for this week which simply says give God your best. Let me hear my friend Tayshia say it. Give God your best. And our memory verse is found in 2nd Corinthians 9 verse 7 and it simply says let each one give as he purposes in his heart for God loves a cheerful giver. Let me hear my friend Hannah say it. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart for God loves a cheerful giver. 2nd Corinthians 9 verse 7. Great job everyone. I hear you Pastor Anastasia but what I have is so small in comparison to everyone else. True but that's not what matters most. What's most important to God is that we give him our all by doing our best. That's exactly what the old woman in our story discovered when she came to the temple with her gift. Even though it was small it was her best. Can you guess what today's Something small like a coin but she did her best. I know it's the widow's offering. That's right today's story is about the widow's offering. Afternoon Jesus and his disciples went into the temple. They sat near the collection box where the people brought their gifts to God. Quietly they watched as the wealthy brought lots of offering. Jesus continued to watch as an old lady came in and dropped only two coins into the box. Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said something strange. This woman has given more than anyone else here today because she has given from her heart. Jesus went on to explain to them that the rich gave a small portion of their abundance but this poor widow sacrificed from the little that she had and gave her best to the Lord. Wowzers I finally understand it's not about the size of my donation it's about my heart. Now you're tracking Melissa so let's concentrate on giving God our best starting with our hearts. Boys and girls if you want to see more videos from Graceville please ask your parents to like or subscribe to our YouTube channel. Hit like at the bottom of the page. Hit the like button below and subscribe subscribe bye