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Godzwilla | When God’s Will Is Always Good | A Bible Story About Obedience, Prayer & Trusting God | Fish Bytes for Kids · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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  Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord,
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  for this is the right thing to do.
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  Ephesians 61. Why is obeying my parents the
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  right thing to do? They're always making me do
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  things I don't want to do. It's not fair.
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  Kids should be able to do whatever they want to do, like
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  go to bed whenever I want. Who invented bedtime?
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  Probably somebody's parent. Oh.
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  God, why did you even write the Bible?
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  I'll tell you why God wrote the Bible so we can know his will
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  for our lives. Isn't that right, Captain Flash?
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  Now, Teddy, how would we know that I'm a superhero and you're
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  a bear? We're all just a bunch of toys.
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  We can't even read our own directions.
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  At least you came with directions.
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  I just had A tag on my back that said wash in cold water.
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  Do you know what it's like to take a cold bath?
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  It's miserable. Be glad you can take a bath.
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  My directions warn that if I get wet, I'm done for.
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  Trust me, you don't want to get wet if the water is cold,
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  especially in winter. That's the worst time ever to
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  take a cold bath in the middle of summer.
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  It's not too bad. Hey ya Teddy, how would you like
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  to get thrown off the Empire State Building?
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  I'm trying to get some sleep here.
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  What is the Empire State Building?
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  It's a tall building. I saw it in a movie once.
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  This big gorilla grabs a lady and climbs to the top of the
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  Empire State Building and everyone thinks he's going to
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  throw her down. So they start shooting at him
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  from helicopters and airplanes, and the gorilla starts punching
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  all the planes and choppers. What happened to the lady?
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  Did he throw her down? I'm not sure I fell asleep.
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  Hey, Captain Flash, Mr. Movie Star thinks he knows everything.
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  When your batteries wear down, you're nothing.
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  Just remember that. Why were you laughing at me,
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  monkey? Oh dear, he's talking in his
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  sleep again. The name's King Kong, and I
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  wasn't laughing. Smiling, maybe, but not
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  laughing. Why were you smiling?
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  Wait a minute, I have a right to an attorney here just.
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  Answer that question, Monkey boy.
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  Is there going to be violence? This might not be good for me.
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  Settled down, kept in flesh. I was going to tell Henry I was
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  just having a little fun with him.
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  Then tell him already. The last thing we need is a
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  bunch of stuffing all over the room.
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  Especially my stuffing because I always end up in the middle of
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  things. I'm going to cry.
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  It's going to be OK, Teddy. Don't cry.
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  I'm listening, monkey. I mean, King Kong, why were you
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  smiling at me? I was smiling because I was
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  happy for you. Happy for me why?
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  Well, the struggle with whether to obey your parents and whether
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  to obey the Bible is a sign that you're growing up.
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  It is. Sure it is.
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  When you were little you did everything your mum and dad
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  said, but now you don't want to obey anymore.
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  Yeah, that's right. You're growing up.
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  But he should still obey his parents.
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  It's written in the Bible. Hey, you don't like cold baths,
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  you said so yourself. So.
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  So whoever made you wanted you to be washed in cold water, and
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  whoever made Henry God. Made Henry.
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  We all know that Genesis 127 says so.
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  God created human beings in his own image.
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  Whatever. Just like Teddy is supposed to
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  be washed in cold water, Henry is supposed to obey his parents.
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  You don't want to follow the directions you were given
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  because you're growing up. When you grow up, you can make
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  your own directions. No, they're just being
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  rebellious. Rebellion is a sin, and sin
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  leads to death. Why look at me?
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  My directions say not to get wet.
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  If I do, that will be the end of me.
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  Yeah, we know. You already told us.
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  Have you ever been wet? It will kill him.
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  His directions say so. Do you believe the directions?
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  That's what all this boils down to, you know.
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  Will you really die if you get wet, Captain?
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  No. And why can't you take a hot
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  bath, Teddy? I don't know.
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  Maybe whoever wrote your directions actions doesn't want
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  you to have any fun. And that is why I say go ahead
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  and disobey your parents if you want to.
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  You don't have to do what the Bible says.
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  What's that noise? I don't know.
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  Stay behind me, Teddy. It's gone, for we're all going
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  to die. Run for your lives.
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  Quiet Monkey. Good idea.
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  I'll be quiet. I couldn't help but overhear
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  your conversation. Let's get a few things straight.
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  The directions we're given are for our own good.
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  Our Creator knows what will happen if we don't obey.
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  That's right, And the Bible says only I can tell you the future
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  before it even happens. Isaiah, 4610.
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  Teddy, if you take a hot bath, your beautiful colour will fade
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  and you will shrink. You'll RIP apart at the seams
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  and your stuffing will fall out every time someone touches you.
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  Oh dear, no one would be able to hug me.
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  That would be horrible. Captain Flash, those batteries
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  of yours hold an electric charge.
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  If you were to get wet, it would short out all of your circuits
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  and you'd never move again. Not to mention the danger Henry
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  would be in if he was in the bathtub when you decided to get
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  wet. That would be awful.
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  I don't want anything like that to happen.
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  Henry Ephesians, 63 says if you honour your father and mother,
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  things will go well for you and you will have a long life on the
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  earth. God has a good plan for your
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  life, just commit to obey his will.
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  There will be times when you don't want to obey, just like
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  Teddy and Captain, and there will always be someone like King
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  Kong who tries to get you to do the wrong thing.
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  I resent that remark. Quiet.
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  Monkey. That's why you must make up your
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  mind to do what's right, knowing that God knows what is best,
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  because only He can see the future before it happens.
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  Now everyone go back to sleep. Tomorrow is another day that God
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  has made. Wow, God's Willa is so cool.
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  What are you talking about? She's a reject from Jurassic
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  Park. I heard that.
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  I was just kidding. I didn't really mean it.
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  Maybe next time I could get your autograph, maybe a picture of
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  the two of us together. Big White.
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  Monkey, can you? Believe it, my mum is making me
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  go to bed hungry. We just ate a big dinner and you
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  even had dessert. I know I'm not really hungry.
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  I just want to find things to do so I can stay up late.
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  Why am I talking to you, King Kong?
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  You're just a toy. Monkey, are you all right?
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  Henry threw him kind of hard. I hope he's not hurt.
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  I'm fine, you 2 are wimps. He didn't throw me that hard.
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  Hey, my twin brother was thrown like that when we lived at the
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  toy store. He broke into little bitty
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  pieces. Like I said, wimp.
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  That's not very nice. Can't you see?
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  Captain Flash is upset. Henry.
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  Henry. What are you doing, Kong?
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  You're going to wake him. I'm not waking him up, Captain
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  Flash. Here's a news flash for you.
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  I'm trying to enter his dream world, Henry.
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  I'll have the number 3 combo, 2 cheeseburgers, fries, coke and
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  super size it please. Henry is hungry.
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  He's talking in his sleep again. Not only talking, but soon to be
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  walking in his sleep. Come on, Henry, we're going on
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  an adventure. Monkey, where are you taking me?
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  My name is King Kong. Can you get that through your
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  head, kid? My name is Henry.
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  Can you get that through your head, monkey?
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  Why do I even bother with you? All right, Henry, I can't get
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  you any Happy Meals, but I thought we could sneak into the
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  kitchen and get some cereal or something.
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  You're going to get Henry in trouble, King Kong.
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  Yeah, his mum didn't want him to eat anything else before
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  bedtime. The key phrase is before
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  bedtime. Henry's already in bed, so this
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  would technically be classified as during bedtime.
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  No one said he couldn't eat during bedtime.
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  Kong may have a point there. Henry's mother will be so
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  disappointed. Only if he gets caught.
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  But don't you think you should ask Henry what he wants to do?
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  I mean, this is wrong and Henry is committed to do God's will.
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  I am. Aren't you?
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  I'm not sure. Does God's will come with
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  anything to eat? I'm hungry.
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  Oh dear. What do we tell him, Captain
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  Flash? How should I know?
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  Think of something fast. I can't.
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  You're Captain Flash. You're supposed to do everything
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  fast. Are your batteries dead or what?
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  Toy Fi Punch him, Teddy. Be quiet, Monkey.
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  I'm sorry, Captain. I shouldn't have said that.
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  Will you forgive me? Look, while you 2 kiss and make
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  up, Henry and I are going to go eat.
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  Would anyone like to come along? No.
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  Yes. What captain?
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  I thought maybe I should go along in case there is any
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  trouble, you know, to look out for Henry.
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  Come along, the sun will be rising soon.
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  Now you've done it. I think you woke somebody up.
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  It's probably just Henry's mom checking on him.
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  Everyone back in their places. Boy, am I glad you showed up.
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  Captain was just taking Henry to get something to eat.
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  Against his mother's instructions, I might add.
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  I was just going to keep an eye on Henry.
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  It was Kong's idea to. It was my idea to obey his
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  mother, but they wouldn't listen to me.
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  Frankly, I'm appalled that Henry would dream up such a thing, but
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  he was hungry and just wanted some food to eat.
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  That's a lie. Oh.
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  Quiet Monkey and Henry, your food is to do God's will.
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  Now what's that supposed to mean?
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  When Jesus mother was trying to get him to stop doing God's will
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  and come home with her to eat, Jesus said my nourishment comes
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  from doing the will of God who sent me and from finishing his
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  work. Jesus wants us to understand
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  that true happiness comes from obeying God.
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  It's better than eating. But you wouldn't know that,
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  would you, Monkey? The name is King Kong.
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  Philippians 213 says For God is working in you, giving you the
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  desire and the power to do what pleases him.
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  Henry, God is working in you, helping.
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  You want to obey His will more than you want to eat.
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  I want to obey God's will. I definitely do.
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  King Kong is a conniving monkey, similar to the snake in the
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  Garden of Eden. Hey hold on, I was just trying
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  to help. We both know that's not the
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  truth. Monkey straighten up and fly
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  right. I'm not a flying monkey.
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  Flying monkeys are from the Wizard of Oz.
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  Monkey. I'll straighten up and I'll fly
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  right. Henry, what do you want to do?
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  I want to hurry and go back to sleep so I can wake up and eat
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  breakfast. Then I'll leave you now.
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  Good night. When you wanted a dinosaur, why
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  didn't you ask for Rex from Toy Story?
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  He's so much nicer and easier to bully.
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  I heard that monkey. She hears everything be.
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  Quiet. Monkey.
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  Oh, Captain Flash, Is it safe here in New York City?
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  We're always safe when you're. It's me, Teddy.
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  What's that? Captain Flash?
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  Oh, no, it's King Kong. Help me, Captain Flash.
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  Save me. I can't, Teddy.
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  You'll have to pray God will save you.
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  But what if it's God's will that I get eaten by King Kong?
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  Teddy. God has a good point for your
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  life. Remember, God's Willow is always
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  good. It's godsweller.
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  She bit me. Oh godsweller, you saved me from
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  the evil King Kong. Henry, are you in bed yet?
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  I am now. Thank you for obeying.
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  Now go to sleep, we have a big day tomorrow.
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  Oh, I forgot. Yes, ma'am.
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  Kid, you're making me sick with all this yes ma'am stuff.
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  Leave him alone, King Kong, or I'll get God's willer to really
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  eat you. You wouldn't do that, Teddy.
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  You're supposed to be nice. It's God's will for all teddy
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  bears to be nice. Well, it's God's will for you to
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  be nice too, but you're nothing but a mean old monkey.
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  Let's not fight amongst ourselves, we don't want anyone
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  to get hurt. Save me, Captain Flesh, Save me.
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  I could RIP you in two Kong, don't push me.
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  What's the matter, Captain Flesh?
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  Are your batteries a little hot? OK, that's enough you 2.
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  So what do you guys think this big day tomorrow is all about?
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  Who knows who? Cares.
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  I know and I care. Oh boy, another dream.
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  He always startles me when he dreams like this.
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  I'll tell you what the big day tomorrow is all about.
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  I'm going to register at a new school.
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  That's great, Henry. No, it's not.
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  I don't want to go to school. I hate school.
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  Oh, now you're singing my song, kid.
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  My name is Henry. Whatever let's you and me drop
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  out, quit school, we'll travel together out on the open Rd.
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  He can't drop out of school. He's in the second grade.
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  But he's smart enough to be in the third grade.
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  Whose side are you on? It doesn't matter whose side
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  he's on. You hurt Henry.
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  He hates school. But he has to finish.
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  It will work together for good because he loves God.
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  And Henry is called according to God's purpose.
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  What do you want to be when you grow up, Henry?
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  A fireman or a football player, Maybe a teacher.
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  I know a spelling bee. You can't be a spelling bee.
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  Why not? Do you think I'm too dumb?
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  No, you're smart, kid. Let's run away from home.
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  Run away tonight. That's a sure way not to
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  register at the new school you hate.
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  I run away with you. That would definitely be a step
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  in the wrong direction, Henry. Don't do it, Henry.
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  It's not safe. You'd be safe with me, Henry.
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  I'd never be safe with you, King.
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  Wrong. I'm only safe with God's.
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  Willa, did he just call me king? Wrong.
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  That's because you are wrong, Monkey Henry.
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  God leads you one step at a time.
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  He's on your side, and He wants you to be the best that you can
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  be. God will help you, Henry, even
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  if it's at a new school. The Psalms 3723 says the Lord
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  directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of
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  their lives. God loves you, Henry, and He's
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  directing your life one step at a time.
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  Hey kid, what are you doing? I thought we had plans be.
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  Quiet. Monkey, you can't do that.
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  You have a family to think about.
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  Well, maybe I don't care about. The family anymore.
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  Would you 2 just stop fighting? What are we going to do, Captain
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  Flash? I don't know, it would be just
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  awful if Henry's parents got a divorce.
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  Come on you 2. You make it sound like his
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  parents would be divorcing you. The way I see it, Henry would be
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  living with his mom and he could bully her and do whatever he
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  wants to do. Which means more play time for
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  all of us. Bully her?
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  You mean you think Henry would stop obeying his mom if his dad
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  wasn't around? Yes, of course.
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  But God would still be around, and God is the reason Henry
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  obeys his parents in the 1st place.
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  Proverbs 36 says that we should seek God's will in all we do,
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  and He will show us which path to take.
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  Teddy's right. Besides, if Henry's parents get
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  a divorce, there might not be any play time at all.
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  How do you figure? Because I came from a broken
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  home. Henry bought Captain Flash at a
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  garage sale. 1 of Henry's friends had a garage sale
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  because his parents had gotten a divorce and the mum needed money
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  to pay bills. Well, I don't have anything to
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  worry about. He won't sell me.
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  I'm his favorite. I was Mikey's favorite, but
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  Mikey's mum sold us all and it could happen to you.
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  Well, it won't happen to me. How do you know?
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  It's not God's will, you said yourself.
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  God's will is good, didn't you? Well, of course God's will is
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  always good, but sometimes the people we love don't understand
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  God's will. People have to seek God in their
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  lives and then God can show them which path to take, like Teddy
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  said well. It's not God's will for Henry's
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  parents to get a divorce, is it? Of course it's not.
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  Well then, get God's will to go talk to Henry's parents.
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  They'll listen to her. She can't do that.
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  Toys don't talk to humans. Besides, if Henry's parents
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  won't listen to God, they won't listen to anyone.
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  So what are we going to do? Just sit here and wait.
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  Pray. You scared the banana juice out
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  of me. Don't be sneaking up on us like
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  that. What happened to all the banging
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  around when you show up? I just do that to get attention,
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  Monkey, if you don't mind my saying so, I like this side of
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  you. What's she talking about?
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  You're interested in doing God's will.
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  You're not just thinking of yourself.
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  Oh, I'm thinking of myself. I don't want to end up in a
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  bargain at some garage sale like Captain Flash, no offence.
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  Captain none taken. So what do we do, lizard lips?
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  What did you call me? Just kidding, you said to pray.
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  I was just wondering what we were supposed to pray.
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  Yeah, I don't even know what to pray.
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  I'm with you, Teddy. Pray for God's will to be done
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  on earth like it is in heaven. That's what Matthew 610 says.
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  Dear God, you will keep in perfect peace all who trust in
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  you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you.
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  What was that? He's praying God's will.
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  That's Isaiah 26. Three.
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  You can pray while you're dreaming.
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  It's probably the Holy Spirit in him praying.
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  He must be seeking God. When people seek God, the Holy
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  Spirit brings comfort to them. So we can pray for peace.
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  That's a good thing to pray for. Henry and his parents need God's
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  peace. Hey, well, let's help him pray.
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  I'm not going to any garage sale ever.
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  I know that's not good and therefore it's not God's will.
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  Since when did you start acknowledging God in your life?
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  Since I decided I want good things to happen in my life.
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  Besides, it seems to keep you from telling me to be quiet all
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  the time. King Kong, why don't you pray
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  and we'll agree with you. God, thank you that you always
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  want good things for us. Even when problems come, You are
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  right there with us to help. So God, we ask for your help
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  with Henry's parents. We pray for your peace in their
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  hearts and minds and thank you that they hear Your Holy Spirit
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  showing them which path to take for their lives in Jesus name,
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  Amen. Wow, I'm impressed.
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  Yeah, Kong, that's a superhero prayer.
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  I'm proud of you, King Kong. Now let's all get some sleep.
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  Sleep. You know what I feel like doing?
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  Why don't we all go downstairs and watch TV?
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  Henry used to fall asleep on the couch watching TV with his
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  parents. And of course he had me on his
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  lap because I'm soft and cuddly. Not as cuddly as you Teddy, but
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  I am cuter. You have to admit I'm cuter.
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  But anyway, there were some shows on that would make me
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  laugh. I remember this one time.
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  Be quiet. Monkey.