The+ten+virgins

** Okay guys, let's all retell one on our own. Let's present it on Slideshare.. I heard that it's easy. Ashley... please make a powerpoint about your retelling (just rell it on powerpoint) and send it to my email. Lauren and I are going to ask mr. j how to use it. This is my email, please send your slides to this: jill.coyne@gaggle.net thanks! hey jill i sent you power point I hope that it is good and that you like it. thanks for all of our help!!!!-Lauren The Ten virgins parable**
 * There was once ten friends five were silly five were smart. The five smart ones brought the food to the party like they were supposed to. the five silly ones brought nothing. Well when it was time to eat there was the food, but there was nothing to drink. So the smart ones went and brouht temselves something to drinnk, when they came back from the store the five silly ones asked for something to drink but the smart ones said no there will not be enouh to go around, go buy your own.So they went and got themselves somethin to drink. While they were gone the mom came back and got everyone a drink. When they came back they applauded bye what happend so they left. So never forget what you are supposed to bring be responsiple....**

**Explaining the Parable of the Ten Virgins** The main message of the Parable of the Ten Virgins is to always be ready, because you never know when the Son of God will return. Don’t think, “Oh, I’ll obey God when I’m older… but now I want to have fun and misbehave! Anyways, God will forgive me!” No. It doesn’t work like that. What will happen, then, if Jesus comes when your “not a follower yet”? Then what? Just like the five virgins you would be very foolish and unprepared and unworthy. Jesus tells us to always be ready, because no one, not even the prophets, know when the end will come. It could be tomorrow, or on your birthday, or in 2 years or in 2 centuries... but whenever it is- be ready... you don't have a second chance. If everyone knew that Jesus was coming tomorrow, they would be on their knees praying, going to church, and asking for forgivness. Whereas, they didn't worry about going to church, reading the bible, praying, or sometimes even believing or trusting the following dats before. But once they knew Jesus would come tomorrow- BAM! They would "act" as the most holy Christians possible. Retorical Question: If you knew Jesus was coming tomorrow, what would you do? Would you be the best Christian possible- better than any other day, or act the same as usual (usual- referring to you being the best you can all the time 24/7. Really think about this question... it's OK if you said the first answer... you can heal that with prayer, faith, and by simiply wanting to be better. If God knows that you want to become better (which we all should since no one's perfect) then He will help you. God gave us free will,and if you want to strenghthen your faith in Him- by all means do! He will be as happy as ever to help you become a better person! ==== The Kingdom of Heaven will be the ten basketball players.  At the beginning of the summer the coach told them to practice hard and they might make the Varsity team. He handed out a summer training chart to fill out daily. The 5 smart players toke their charts very serious and spent a hour a day training to get in shape for the next season of basketball. The other 5 said they would do it the next week but this was their first week of summer and that they were going to take a break. At the end of summer the 5 foolish realized that they forgot to do it and so they ran to there room and filled it out not really doing what they said that they did. We it came time for school to start the 5 smart did awesome at the tryouts and the 5 foolish didn’t. The 5 smart were rewarded by making the team while the others hung their heads in grief. But they know that God still loved them. ====

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**At that time the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten students in science class. The teacher gave them an assignment that was due the next day and was worth half of their grade. Five students were wise and skipped going to a pool party with lots of fun, food,and friends, and worked on the project all night- getting it done, overachieving, and checking it over. The five foolish students partied all night and forgot about the end-of- the -year assignment for science. The next day, right as the bell rang the five foolish students rushed into science, greeted by the five wise students who were already sitting in their desks with their assignments out. The teacher started collecting the assignment and paused at the foolish students' desks expectantly. They shook their heads and the teacher sent them to the hall to finish their assignment. While they were in the hall, the five wise students got extra credit for completing their assignment and also got to watch a movie with popcorn. When the other students heard about this, they hurried to finish their assignment. They russhed into the classroom, but the teacher stopped them. "No.", he said, "You do not deserve to have fun... you chose for your fun to take place last night. Go out to the hall and recheck and correct your homework until the end of your classperiod." So listen, children of God, and listen well. You will never know when someone will surprise you... or when our Lord might come. So always be ready... you won't have another chance, even if you fix your mistakes.** =====