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Malachi's Message, III

Album: 32: Hidden Treasures

Episode: 408

Lesson/Theme: Discernment/Faith

Bible Verse: 1 Thessalonians 5:21

Characters: Joanne, Connie, Eugene, Jason, Whit, Katrina, Tom

Writer: Paul McCusker

Sound Designer: Jonathan Crowe

Original Air Date: September 26, 1998

Last Air Date: August 14, 2009

Description:
The episode continues with Jason fishing at Trickle Lake to relieve his tension. Malachi meets him there to deliver a message. Tom presents the Center idea to Margaret, but she wants the center to be more inclusive to other religions and put females in key roles. Eugene tries to be more aggressive with his dean, but it doesn't seem to work. Jason shows up at Jack and Joanne's antique shop and the three of them decide to pray. Malachi turns up at Whit's End and gives messages to Eugene and Connie-he tells Eugene to be strong in his faith and Connie to go to Tom Riley. Connie ends up deciding to work at the Timothy Center. Tom meets once again with Margaret, and finally convinces her to let him build the Center with the help of some local kids. At the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Center, Whit and Jason announce that Jason will be taking Joanne's place on the mission field. As everyone else heads off, Whit encounters Malachi, who says he is leaving, but what has begun will continue, though they will not remember he was there. He assures Whit that he, and many angels, are always nearby.

Questions:
Malachi said that there are many angels around us. How does it make you feel to know that angels are all around? Jason said he felt restless because he wasn't sure what he was supposed to be doing with his life. Malachi said that sense of restlessness was God-given. How can God use the situations in our life to direct the path we follow?