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Ignacio Goya, who describes himself as a fourth generation Adventist on one side of his family and a fifth generation communist on the other side, grew up in the…Source: https://vimeo.com/868895238
Mission 150 – Episode 25 – Reforming for Mission in 1903
The 1901 Reforms of the Adventist Church, discussed in Episode 24, were not an end. The work of reforming the church was completed att the 1903 General Conference Session, which laid the foundations for mission expansion in the following decades. To find out more, read chapter 4 of A. L. Chism, D. J. B. Trim, and M. F. Younker) “We aim at nothing less than the whole world”: The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s missionary enterprise and the General Conference Secretariat, 1863–2019 (Silver Spring, MD: Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research, 2021), available from Amazon.
Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/mission-150-episode-25-reforming-for-mission-in-1903/
Livestream Construction Cam: BC Conference Office Building
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Socialight 98 – Lorenzo Marcantognini – Campione di calcio e di vita (seconda parte)
Seconda parte del nostro incontro con Lorenzo Marcantognini, campione della Nazionale amputati calcio. Lorenzo ci racconta la sua esperienza nella Nations League e nel mondo dell’atletica, com'è diventato un giocatore professionista… e molto altro! Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW2Owuh-lOA
Thursday: We Are Recipients and Givers of Grace
As you read Ephesians 5:1-33, reflect on how Paul asks us to live out the gospel in our relationships with others. Which of his exhortations is especially meaningful to you?
If you start reading Ephesians 5:1-33 at its beginning, you may miss the full power of an important theme. So start instead with Ephesians 4:32, in which Paul tells the Ephesians to “be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you” (NKJV).
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As believers, we are called to model our behavior toward others on God’s forgiveness and grace toward us. We are to imitate God! (Compare Matthew 5:43-48.)
Paul contrasts this imitating-the-love-of-God lifestyle with the usual, pagan approach. Instead of treasuring others as brothers or sisters in the family of God, humans all too often use others for their own sexual pleasure and then brag about it (Ephesians 5:3-4). He warns that such an approach has no future in the new world God is planning (Ephesians 5:5-7).
Instead, believers are to turn from the darkness of their past and “walk as children of light” (Ephesians 5:8-10), mimicking the Father’s love. Again, Paul warns us away from “works of darkness” done “in secret” (Ephesians 5:11-12). By contrast, we are to live in the light of Christ (Ephesians 5:13-14). Rather than wasting our lives in drunkenness, we will be “redeeming the time” by offering thanks to God for His love (see Ephesians 5:15-21).
Paul extends his theme of imitating God’s love as he advises Christian husbands and wives. Christ’s self-sacrificing love for the church becomes the model for Christian husbands (Ephesians 5:25-33), while the loyalty of the church toward Christ becomes the model for Christian wives (Ephesians 5:22-24). Rather than using the gift of human sexuality in a debauched and selfish way, a Christian husband and wife focus on valuing and treasuring each other, becoming “one flesh” (Ephesians 5:28-33).
“Be imitators of God as dear children” (Ephesians 5:1, NKJV). By God’s grace, you are called today to live out that exhortation in your relationships with others.
| How does Ephesians 5:2, which tells us to “walk in love,” help us understand what Paul means in Ephesians 5:1 about being “imitators of God”? |
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AWR360° Philippines – Radio Reaches Remote Island Ep.1
AWR360° Philippines – Radio Reaches Remote Island Ep.1 #awr #evangelism #bible #short Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTmJzHl2F-0
AWR360° Philippines – Can an Executioner Hear God’s Voice Ep.6r
AWR360° Philippines – Can an Executioner Hear God's Voice Ep.6 #awr #evangelism #bible #short Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE_3qxNS6O0
God First Your Daily Prayer Meeting – September 27, 2023
Matthew 21:22 – "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Tag someone in need of prayer and kindly share your prayer requests here. https://bit.ly/3GdFXpR Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr2yhNrPO5w
Videointervista a Filippo Alma
Sabato 23 settembre 2023, congresso del Campo Sud a Serino (AV). Videointervista a Filippo Alma fatta dagli esploratori. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb7OSBaxrGE
Salmo 46:10,11 – Mercoledì 27 settembre 2023
“Fermatevi e sappiate che io sono Dio; Io sarò esaltato fra le nazioni […] Il nostro rifugio è il Dio di Giacobbe.” Salmo 46:10,11 Meditazione giornaliera Apri la porta del tuo cuore, autori vari, Daniele Magliulo. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFAhHeZlpeQ
