Psalm 7 – I come to you for protection, O Lord my God
La promessa di Dio
In un periodo in cui il mondo si accorge delle sue fragilità Dio ci fa una pormessa: "Come Gerusalemme è circondata dai monti, così Dio sta intorno al suo popolo, ora e per sempre." Meditazione a cura del Frat. Claudio Marangone registrata presso la comunità di Cesena il Sabato 9 Luglio 2022 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRvxfc3Oxo
Adventist Church Youth Ministry Achieves Impressive Accomplishments; and other world news
This week in ANN: The love of mission is at the core of youth ministry in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, leading youth worldwide to serve and reach their communities through different global and regional initiatives. Through Pathfinder Clubs, One Year in Mission (OYiM), Project Caleb, Global Youth Day (GYD), Voice of Youth (VOY), and different Campus Ministries, large numbers of young people have been baptized and needs met through service projects. Together they are reaching the world to bring more souls to a saving relationship with Jesus. The Digital Evangelism Initiative (DEI) Philippines team shares Jesus with the world through social media and online platforms. Called and gathered together from different fields of life with diverse expertise and experiences, the team has one mission: to help people understand the Bible to find freedom, healing and hope in Jesus. In Iceland, around 100 Master Guides, representing 20 countries in Europe and North America, gathered to participate in the Master Guide Centennial Celebration, Expedition and Training. With the theme ”Master Guide Camp Iceland ‘The Future Together,” the event gave the participants a unique opportunity to connect and exchange new ideas, skills, and expertise with the other youth leaders. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlUK6FQbT2k
Psalm 3, verses 5-8 #shorts
Eroine di fedeltà
Versetto introduttivo: Atti 5:29 Breve descrizione…. Meditazione a cura di:Ministeri femminili(Santa Abiusi) Registrato presso:Brai il …9/07/2022 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVdbRyFv-4
Sabbath: Seeing the Goldsmith’s Face
Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Matthew 5:16, 1 Corinthians 4:9, Ephesians 3:10, Job 23:1-10, Matthew 25:1-12, Daniel 12:1-10, Ephesians 4:11-16.
Memory Text: “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18, NKJV).
Amy Carmichael took a group of children to a traditional goldsmith in India. In the middle of a charcoal fire was a curved roof tile. On the tile was a mixture of salt, tamarind fruit, and brick dust. Embedded in this mixture was gold. As the fire devoured the mixture, the gold became purer. The goldsmith took the gold out with tongs and, if it were not pure enough, he replaced it in the fire with a new mixture. But each time the gold was replaced, the heat was increased. The group asked, “How do you know when the gold is purified?” He replied, “When I can see my face in it.” — Amy Carmichael, Learning of God (Fort Washington, PA: Christian Literature Crusade, 1989), p. 50.
God is seeking to purify us, to refine us like gold, to transform us into His image. That’s an astonishing goal, and it seems even more astonishing that a Christlike character is developed in us only as we pass through life’s crucibles.
The Week at a Glance: What role does suffering have in the purifying process? How do we understand all this in the context of the great controversy?
Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, July 23.
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Belief #19: The Law of God [What is It and How Significant is It to Us?] – Pastor Ted Wilson
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This week, Pastor Ted Wilson talks about the law of God, the subject of the nineteenth fundamental belief of the Seventh-day Adventists.
Our first fundamental belief states that “the Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration. The inspired authors spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. In this Word, God has committed to humanity the knowledge necessary for salvation. The Holy Scriptures are the supreme, authoritative, and the infallible revelation of His will. They are the standard of character, the test of experience, the definitive revealer of doctrines, and the trustworthy record of God’s acts in history.”
In line with this, Psalm 119:105 (KJV) says, “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” It is upon God’s Word—the Bible—that all our fundamental beliefs are based.
Now, let’s focus on Fundamental Belief #19: The Law of God.
Remember Moses at Mount Sinai, receiving the Ten Commandments written by God’s own hand on two tables of stone? These commandments were so important that before writing them down, He spoke them to the Israelites, reminding them that He is the “Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage” (Exodus 20:2).
But God’s law existed long before it was written upon the tables of stone. It has existed since eternity.
In summary, the first four commandments describe how we show our love to God:
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You shall have no other gods before Me.
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You shall not make for yourself any idols.
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You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
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Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
On the other hand, the following six commandments describe how we show love to others:
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Honor your father and your mother.
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You shall not kill.
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You shall not commit adultery.
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You shall not steal.
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You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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You shall not covet.
Unlike human laws that only regulate outward behavior, God’s ten brief yet comprehensive, authoritative precepts go much deeper.
“There is not mystery in the law of God. All can comprehend the great truths which it embodies. The feeblest intellect can grasp these rules; the most ignorant can regulate the life, and form the character after the divine standard” (Ellen White, Selected Messages, book 1, page 217).
Our Fundamental Belief #19 says: “The great principles of God’s law are embodied in the Ten Commandments and exemplified in the life of Christ. They express God’s love, will, and purposes concerning human conduct and relationships and are binding upon all people in every age. These precepts are the basis of God’s covenant with His people and the standard in God’s judgment. Through the agency of the Holy Spirit, they point out sin and awaken a sense of need for a Saviour. Salvation is all of grace and not of works, and its fruit is obedience to the Commandments. This obedience develops Christian character and results in a sense of well-being. It is evidence of our love for the Lord and our concern for our fellow human beings. The obedience of faith demonstrates the power of Christ to transform lives, and therefore strengthens Christian witness.”
While 1 John 3:4 defines sin as “the transgression of the law” and Romans 3:23 tells us that “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,” God’s law points out our need of a Savior, Who justifies and sanctifies us through His blood and His Spirit, giving us His power to keep His commandments.
“We love Him because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). Jesus also tells us, “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). And the Apostle John assures us that “His commandments are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3).
God’s law is an inspiration to the soul. Psalmist David exclaims, “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day” (Psalm 119:97). “I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold!” (verse 127). “Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your commandments are my delights” (verse 143).
God gave His law to provide people with abundant blessings and to lead them into a saving relationship with Him. Let’s thank Him for the incredible gift He offers through His power as revealed in His eternal law of love.
To learn more about this fundamental belief, visit www.adventist.org/the-law-of-god.
Tongues: To Preach the Gospel
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. 1 Corinthians 14:9-11.
Ministers who labor in word and doctrine should be thorough workmen, and should present the truth in its purity, yet with simplicity. They should feed the flock with clean provender, thoroughly winnowed. There are wandering stars professing to be ministers sent of God who are preaching the Sabbath from place to place, but who have truth mixed up with error and are throwing out their mass of discordant views to the people. Satan has pushed them in to disgust intelligent and sensible unbelievers.
Some of these have much to say upon the gifts and are often especially exercised. They give themselves up to wild, excitable feelings and make unintelligible sounds which they call the gift of tongues, and a certain class seem to be charmed with these strange manifestations. A strange spirit rules with this class, which would bear down and run over anyone who would reprove them. God’s Spirit is not in the work and does not attend such workmen. They have another spirit. Still, such preachers have success among a certain class. But this will greatly increase the labor of those servants whom God shall send, who are qualified to present before the people the Sabbath and the gifts in their proper light, and whose influence and example are worthy of imitation.
The truth should be presented in a manner which will make it attractive to the intelligent mind. We are not understood as a people, but are looked upon as poor, weak-minded, low, and degraded. Then how important for all who teach, and all who believe the truth, to be so affected by its sanctifying influence that their consistent, elevated lives shall show unbelievers that they have been deceived in this people. How important that the cause of truth be stripped of everything like a false and fanatical excitement, that the truth may stand upon its own merits, revealing its native purity and exalted character.—Testimonies for the Church 1:414, 415.
Ye Shall Receive Power p. 205
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Prayer Requests
—-My good neighbor Ethel had a stroke in her sleep. She is in a coma in the hospital. Please pray for her and her salvation. Ann
—-I ask for prayer for my dear friend Cindy. Her father appears to be nearing the end of his life. She is caring for him as well as having her husband in the Cardiac ICU. I ask you to lift her in prayer, that she will feel Jesus giving her the strength she needs as she travels this difficult road! Mary
—-Please pray for my daughter, 27 years old. She has pulmonary hypertension. They put a picc line and a port in. She started today IV meds. Please pray for Gods healing Becky
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Dear Friends,
One day while I was still working, as I was making some deliveries to one of the offices in the courthouse where I worked, the receptionist and I began to talk about our children. Like mine, her children were grown. She was sharing her heartache because her sons never call her or come to see her. It is as if she doesn’t exist. When I asked why she didn’t call them, she replied with much sadness, “I have tried to call, but they always act as if I were disturbing them.”
As I left to go back to the department where I work, I thought about my children. We kept in contact daily. Even when they are busy and can’t talk right when I called, they would call back when they can.
How often our Heavenly Father waits for us to think of Him, but how often we go through our daily routine with scarcely a thought heavenward. We treat our Great Creator and Re-Creator just like that receptionist’s sons treated her. How it must break His Great Heart of love for just as parents look forward to hearing from their children, so our Great Creator looks forward to hearing from us. He longs to have us talk to Him, to bring Him all our perplexities, to share with Him our joys, to ask His advice, to listen as He speaks to us through His Word and through that “still small voice.” David said, “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.” Ps 55:17 Paul advises, “Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thes 5:17
As we go through the day, our Dear Saviour desires for us to be conscious of His presence. He yearns to be part of all we do, all we say, all we think. As we pray, He instructs us. As we meditate on His Word, He enlightens us. “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.” Ps 119:11-16
May we continually draw near to our Loving Heavenly Father with thankfulness and joy is my prayer.
Rose
Source: https://rosesdevotional.org/tongues-to-preach-the-gospel.html
Saying God’s Name in Vain? Poll Finds Many U.S. Christians Not Talking About Jesus with Others
42% of survey respondents said that “it’s scary to share [how] to become a Christian with a nonbeliever.” Survey revealed that 52% of U.S. citizens who identify as Christian believe that encouraging someone to change their religious beliefs is “offensive and disrespectful.” Those aged 65+ also were the most likely to disagree (28%) with the […] Source: https://atoday.org/saying-gods-name-in-vain-poll-finds-many-u-s-christians-not-talking-about-jesus-with-others/