“Osserva i miei precetti e vivrai; custodisci il mio insegnamento come la pupilla degli occhi.” Proverbi 7:2 Meditazione giornaliera Apri la porta del tuo cuore, autori vari, Daniele Magliulo. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIExK6Ut5V0
News Briefs for September 21, 2023
21 September 2023 | President of Brazil Makes National Pathfinders Day Official Holiday “National Pathfinders Day was approved by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and is now part of Brazil’s official calendar. With the signing of Law No. 14.665 on September 4, 2023, the celebration is set to take place annually on September 20.” […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-september-21-2023/
Christ for Europe, part 1: Is It Really the Most Extensive Evangelistic Outreach in Adventist History?
by Reinder Bruinsma | 21 September 2023 | Adventist World announced in its July/August edition that an “unprecedented evangelistic initiative” would “run across Europe.” Duane McKey, the president of Adventist World Radio and one of the main people behind this venture declared that this Christ for Europe project involves dozens of countries in Europe and […] Source: https://atoday.org/christ-for-europe-part-1-is-it-really-most-extensive-evangelistic-outreach-in-adventist-history/
The Great Controversy Chapter 21: A Warning Rejected
This week, Pastor Ted Wilson discusses Chapter 21 of The Great Controversy, titled “A Warning Rejected,” in which the concept of freedom is considered. God gave us the incredible gift of choice—the freedom to love our Creator and follow Him, or to reject all He is and go our own way. He's given us the freedom to love, or to hate; to choose life, or death. Through the ages, God has sent His messengers to proclaim the way of life, encouraging all to "take up their cross" and follow Him. When William Miller first began preaching the Advent message, it was generally accepted by churches because the message tended to strengthen members in their faith. However, before long, the ministers and religious leaders of the well-established churches rejected the message of a soon-coming judgment and the return of Christ. As the prophetic message was rejected by these churches, a spiritual darkness descended on them that was widely noticed. To learn more about “A Warning Rejected” 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. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIUNlZEwefs
Mission 150 – Episode 24 – Reorganizing for Mission in 1901
The Seventh-day Adventist Church got back on track after the problems of the 1890s by undertaking very major organizational reforms at the famous 1901 General Conference Session, where Ellen White urged that change was needed “right here … right now”. More information can be gained from 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; and Barry David Oliver, SDA organizational structure: Past, present and future (Berrien Springs, Mich.: Andrews University Press, 1989)
Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/mission-150-episode-24-reorganizing-for-mission-in-1901/
Video Giornale Avventista – 23 settembre 2023
Questa settimana dedichiamo gran parte del nostro giornale ad alcuni eventi estivi organizzati dai dipartimenti nazionali della Chiesa avventista, in particolare parleremo del campeggio dei giovani in Liguria, del campo famiglie in Toscana e del soggiorno della Terza età in Emilia-Romagna. Il punto poi sugli aiuti di Adra in Marocco dopo il terremoto, e come possiamo dare un contributo. Oggi l’offerta è nazionale ed è per l’Evangelizzazione tramite i media, le vostre offerte aiuteranno per la produzione di video tramite HopeMedia Italia e nella stampa di libri della casa editrice ADV. E altro ancora! Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcgiQ3HdHT8
BUC Pathfinders celebrate World Pathfinder Day at Stanborough Park Grounds
This year’s World Pathfinder Day celebrations under the theme ‘Go with Jesus’ occurred at the immaculate Stanborough Park grounds of the British Union Conference (BUC), where over three thousand Pathfinders gathered for the annual celebrations.
The Sabbath 16 September event was hosted by the BUC Youth Director, Pastor Kevin Johns with the assistance of his counterparts, the South England Conference (SEC) Pathfinder Director, Pastor Clifford Herman and the North England Conference (NEC)…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-09-21/1698/
Innamorati dell’uomo della bibbia
Versetto introduttivo: Salmo 16:11 Breve descrizione…. Meditazione a cura di: Santa Abiusi Registrato presso: bari il …16/09/23 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGaNGhIan88
Inside Story: Power of a Few Words
Power of a Few Words
By Andrew McChesney
When armed conflict erupted in his homeland of Ukraine in 2022, Alexei Arushanian was living safely across the border in Poland, where he had worked for several years, installing windows in people’s homes. But he had many relatives in Ukraine, and he was worried about them.
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He called relative after relative to check on their well-being and to see if he could help. “How are you, Aunt Lyuda?” he asked.
“All is fine, praise God,” she replied. “We are in hiding.”
She said her daughter, Nastya, and her young son were planning to join refugees spilling across the border to Poland. During normal times, the trip would have taken a day. But now the trip would take two to three days.
“Will they come to Warsaw?” Alexei asked. “Have them call me. They can stay with me as long as they need. I can meet them at the border.”
A short time later, another relative called from Ukraine to say that Nastya and her son were already in Poland. They had crossed the border and were staying with a Polish family who had opened their home to them. Many Polish people generously offered temporary housing to refugees.
Alexei called Nastya and promised to come for her and her son.
She and her son were waiting when Alexei drove up to the house. The 60-year-old owner of the house accompanied Nastya and her son to the car. Nastya waved goodbye as she got into the car, and Alexei opened the car trunk to place her and her son’s belongings inside. As the trunk lid opened, he saw several copies of Ellen White’s The Great Controversy inside. Alexei belonged to a church group that distributed the book, a difficult task with few receptive people, and he always kept several books in the trunk. Alexei grabbed a book. “I have a gift for you,” he told the 60-year-old man.
“What kind of gift?” the man asked, curiously.
“It’s a Christian book that contains the history of Christianity from the first Christians who defended the truth after Christ returned to heaven to the events that will occur at the end of the world,” Alexei said. “I think that you will find it interesting.”
The man accepted the book. Then he gave Alexei a big hug. “Thank you,” he said.
Alexei was overjoyed. He had never expected it to be so easy.
“This was the will of God,” he says. “All I had to do was say a few words, and he took the book. I pray that he reads it and that his wife and children read it, too. I hope that he accepts it. The book is very interesting.”
This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will go to the Trans-European Division, which includes Poland. Thank you for planning a generous offering next Sabbath.
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Friday: Further Thought ~ Waging Peace
Further Thought:
“An army in battle would become confused and weakened unless all worked in concert. If the soldiers should act out their own impulsive ideas, without reference to each other’s positions and work, they would be a collection of independent atoms; they could not do the work of an organized body.
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So the soldiers of Christ must act in harmony. They alone must not be cherished. If they do this, the Lord’s people in the place of being in perfect harmony, of one mind, one purpose, and consecrated to one grand object, will find efforts fruitless, their time and capabilities wasted. Union is strength. A few converted souls acting in harmony, acting for one grand purpose, under one head, will achieve victories at every encounter.” — Ellen G. White, Spalding and Magan Collection, p. 121.
What is the significance of Paul’s labeling himself “an ambassador in chains” (Ephesians 6:20, ESV)?
Ambassadors often played challenging roles during wartime, so Paul’s self-description fits the context of his military metaphor. Ambassadors were to be treated with the respect due the person or country that sent them. So there is stark contrast between Paul’s status as ambassador for the Supreme Ruler of the cosmos and the utter disrespect signaled by his chains (literally, “chain”). However, since ambassadors would wear a “chain of office,” Paul’s mention of a “chain” may be “spiced with irony,” in which he sees his chain as “a decoration to be worn with distinction.” — David J. Williams, Paul’s Metaphors: Their Context and Character (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999), p. 152.
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