Serie Uniti nella Preghiera: Pietro e Giovanni minacciati Pietro e Giovanni furono convocati dai Sommi Sacerdoti e dagli anziani. Cercarono di difendere le loro azioni ma i capi furono molto duri con loro. Gli fu intimato di non parlare o insegnare nel nome di Gesù. E dopo ulteriori minacce, li lasciarono andare. Pietro e Giovanni tornarono dalla loro gente e raccontarono quanto era stato detto loro dai Sommi Sacerdoti e dagli anziani. Quando abbiamo sentito tutto ciò, abbiamo immediatamente sollevato le nostri voci in preghiera verso Dio. Tutti quanti pregarono per Pietro e Giovanni. Abbiamo pregato Dio di dare coraggio a quei due umili servitori. Un’atmosfera di preghiera tanto intensa in cui non mi trovavo da molto tempo. Dopo la nostra preghiera, all’improvviso tutto fu scosso. La gente era piena di Spirito Santo e Pietro e Giovanni uscirono a darne testimonianza con grande energia e grazia. Essi testimoniavano attraverso il paese la resurrezione del loro Salvatore. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz5xzPLUg64
Why Should I Join Your Conversation?
by Rebecca Brothers | 01 September 2023 | Several weeks ago, I was having coffee with my friend Anj. When we first met years ago, at a brunch event for local LGBTQIA+ folks, I thought she was way too cool to want to be friends with me. We made polite small talk, and then she […] Source: https://atoday.org/why-should-i-join-your-conversation/
Giosafat
In molti avevano detto a Giòsafat che un grande esercito si stava muovendo per sferrare un attacco contro di lui. Preoccupato dalla notizia, Giòsafat proclamò un digiuno per tutta la gente di Giuda. Le persone arrivarono da tutte le città del Regno di Giuda per digiunare e pregare insieme. Eravamo parte di un grande gruppo e Giòsafat stava chiedendo intensamente l’aiuto di Dio. Poi un uomo di nome Iacazièl si alzò e disse che Giòsafat non doveva preoccuparsi, che quella non era la sua guerra ma la guerra di Dio. Era mattina presto quando partimmo alla volta del deserto di Tekòa. Eravamo seriamente preoccupati dovendo affrontare un esercito tanto imponente, ma ci avevano detto di avere fede. Abbiamo anche pregato. Quando la nostra squadra di ricognizione superò la collina, non vedemmo altro che cadaveri gettati a terra. Sembrava che il nemico si fosse sconfitto da solo. Le preghiere di Giòsafat gli avevano permesso di vincere la battaglia senza neanche dover combattere. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sodas2zJy3g
Digital Evangelism Initiative’s Quarterly Meeting; and Other World News
ANN highlights that the Digital Evangelism Team reaches out and impacts the Spanish-speaking community. This week, Hope Channel India celebrates its first year of work and sharing the Gospel. Adventist U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black celebrates 20 years in office. ADRA Haiti mobilizes and distributes food to families affected by the recent floods. Watch as ANN highlights these stories and reports on other news from around the world. For more Adventist news, subscribe to our YouTube channel. ANN is the official news channel of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. For all things Adventist news, visit adventist.news. Follow ANN on social media!
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Adventist Risk Management Launches Insurability Protocol to Screen for Sexual Predators
Adventist Risk Management (ARM) launches a new protocol initiative to eliminate the employment of known sexual predators in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America (NAD). One of several ways…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/adventist-risk-management-launches-insurability-protocol-to-screen-for-sexual-predators
South American Campaign Promotes Prevention of and Fight Against Motherhood Violence
Every year, the Seventh-day Adventist Church promotes the Basta de Silencio (“Enough Silence”) campaign to help in the prevention of and fight against various types of addictions and abuses. This year…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/south-american-campaign-promotes-prevention-of-and-fight-against-motherhood-violence
Lui può!
Versetto introduttivo: Efesini 3:20-21 Lui può! Meditazione a cura di: Stephen Oduro Registrato presso: Chiesa Roma Lungotevere il 26 agosto 2023 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpa7XlEjF3I
Sabbath: Practicing Supreme Loyalty to Christ
Sabbath Afternoon
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Read for This Week’s Study
Ephesians 6:1-9; Mark 10:13-16; Colossians 3:21; 1 Peter 2:18-25; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Colossians 3:24-25.
Memory Text:
“And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him” (Ephesians 6:9).
In 2018, an artifact at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, attracted much attention. It was an abridged Bible designed to teach essentials of faith while deleting any passage inciting rebellion by slaves. Published in 1808, the text does not just remove a passage here or there. Ninety percent of the Old Testament is missing, and 50 percent of the New. Of the 1,189 chapters in the Bible, only 232 remain.
Passages seeming to reinforce the evils of slavery, especially in the absence of so much of the Bible’s narrative of “good news,” are left fully intact, including such oft-misused texts as “Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ” (Ephesians 6:5).
Today, in our time and culture, our important challenge is to read Ephesians 6:1-9 in the context of the full story of salvation, as is revealed in the complete Bible. What can we learn as we watch Paul apply the values of the gospel to the flawed social structures of his day?
*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, September 9.
Amen!
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The Great Controversy Chapter 18 Part 4: An American Reformer | Pastor Ted Wilson
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– Pastor Ted Wilson continues with part four, studying Chapter 18 of The Great Controversy this week, in which “An American Reformer,” William Miller finally shares his understanding of Christ’s return and the 2300-Day Prophecy publicly. A licensed minister of the Baptist Church, Miller used his own funds to travel and teach the truth of the prophetic return of Jesus. When the meteor shower of November 13, 1833, occurred, the prophecy from Revelation 6:13 was completed, and many came to know the truth of God’s prophetic Word. –
To learn more about “An American Reformer” and how it relates to our present experience, read The Great Controversy by Ellen White at https://greatcontroversyproject.org/ and join us next week for more.
God First Your Daily Prayer Meeting – September 1, 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=zqC-Zx2MMNc
