1 September 2022 | The following is a Southern Asia Pacific Division news release: Every penny matters, especially during these financially challenging times, and finding a bag full of money could probably look like God’s answer to one’s prayer. That is not the case for Reynaldo Quiros, a 47-year-old security officer from Tarlac City, who […] Source: https://atoday.org/a-bag-full-of-cash/
Stanborough Secondary School Appoints Interim Leadership Team
The Stanborough Secondary School Board of Governors has appointed an interim leadership team for the 2022/23 Autumn term, while they continue to search for a permanent headteacher.
Interim Operational Headteacher Jeanetta Liburd is a specialist RE teacher and has worked as Vice Principal, Assistant Principal, Head of Department and Raising Standards Leader. She has achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headteachers (NPQH) and has recently entered the world of interim…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-09-01/stanborough-secondary-school-appoints-interim-leadership-team-1/
News Briefs for September 1, 2022
1 September 2022 / News reports from Andrews University Lifestyle Medicine Clinic & Training Center, Adventist Medical Center Manila, It Is Written, the North American Division and the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University: Andrews Steps Up in Lifestyle Medicine According to Adventist News Network, the Andrews University Lifestyle Medicine Clinic & Training Center […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-september-1-2022/
A hybrid Homecoming
Former students and staff members returned to Avondale in person and online for the university’s first hybrid Homecoming (August 26-27). Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2022/09/01/a-hybrid-homecoming/
Giovedì 1 settembre 2022
Luca 15:6,7 – Fate festa con me, perché ho ritrovato la mia pecora, quella che si era smarrita'. 7'Così è anche per il regno di Dio: vi assicuro che in cielo si fa più festa per un peccatore che si converte che per novantanove giusti che non hanno bisogno di conversione. Meditazione giornaliera Apri la porta del tuo cuore, autori vari, presentazione di Anna Claudia Mele Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiXbjQyFIVY
The teacher shortage saga
It’s a saga! The shortage and disillusionment of teachers discussed in a recent news story shows the declining future of teachers. But the story for graduates of Avondale is a lot different, as Peter Kilgour writes. Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2022/09/01/the-teacher-shortage-saga/
ATSS: Loren Seibold & John Mclarty, “Melchizedek & His Successors”
31 Aug 2022 | Melchizedek is one of the most mysterious figures in the Bible. He appears in person only once— in Genesis 14—but is referred to again in Psalm 110 and at length in Hebrews 7. But who was Melchizedek? All we know from Genesis is that he is a priest, but one whose […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-loren-seibold-john-mclarty-melchizedek-his-successors/
Weekly Bible Study | Hebrews 3:1-19 | August 31, 2022
¿Se puede confiar en un abusador arrepentido?
El último artículo que publiqué en Adventist Today, escribí sobre la “cultura de la cancelación”, la libertad de expresión y si todas las opiniones merecen una plataforma en todas partes. Argumenté que algunos puntos de vista, si bien no deberían ser suprimidos por la acción del gobierno, tampoco deberían recibir un megáfono. Esta vez, […] Source: https://atoday.org/se-puede-confiar-en-un-abusador-arrepentido/
A Young Maiden Exhibits Grown-up Meekness
Imagine being captured as a young child or teenager, and being dragged away from your family, to be a slave to total strangers in a foreign country. If you are like me, you would feel resentful and would be seeking a way to escape. I would be tempted to wish harm on those who thought they were my masters. However a young maiden in 2 Kings 5:1-19 was meek and thoughtful of others, even her masters. In this way she turned out to be a light in Syria.
Image © Darrel Tank from GoodSalt.com
The young maiden was the servant of the Syrian army leader, Naaman and his wife. It turned out that Naaman had leprosy. If most people were in her place, I imagine they would be thinking, “Good! I’m glad he has leprosy! It serves him right.” But even as young as this girl was, she was seeing a bigger picture. I wonder if instead of seeing herself as a slave girl, she saw herself as a missionary for God? Turns out she was a missionary. Instead of cursing her master she found a way to be a source of salvation even in her crucible.
Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” 2 Kings 5:3 NKJV
The story goes on about how the King of Syria reached out to the King of Israel, which led to Elisha coming to heal Naaman. Because of this young girl, a great political figure like Naaman got to learn about God. Instead of wanting the freedoms her masters had, she wanted them to have the freedom in God that she had. Just like Paul, later in Acts 26:1-32, told King Agrippa that he wished Agrippa had the salvation in Christ that he enjoyed. Paul told King Agrippa,
“I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.” Acts 26:29 NKJV
Paul did not need the freedoms Agrippa had. Agrippa needed the freedom in Christ that Paul enjoyed. Both Paul and the young maiden saw themselves as missionaries for God instead of prisoners of men. They appreciated God’s love so much they wanted others to have what they had instead of wanting what others had. It’s very possible both Paul and the young girl may have had to battle some resentful emotions, but if so, they overcame them and humbled themselves as meek missionaries. As humble missionaries they reached some powerful people for God. Imagine what powerful missionaries we can be if we are meek and humble in our crucible?
Naaman seemed like a generous man, all things considered. He tried to pay Elisha for his kindness. I wonder how Naaman rewarded the young maiden for her kindness? I know one thing for sure, God will reward the young maiden for her kindness. When we are building our new mansions in the new earth, don’t be surprised if you see a beautiful young woman decorating her home, with a strong man carrying heavy gems wherever she wants them placed. Don’t be surprised if while they are working and laughing together if she calls him, “Naaman.”
Amen!
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