by Kirsten Øster-Lundqvist | 13 September 2021 | Seeing the news coming out of Afghanistan is heart-breaking. Whatever your political leanings, there is no denying that this is a devastating event for everyone in Afghanistan—especially the women. “They will come and kill me,” Afghanistan’s first female mayor told the Sydney Morning Herald. Zarifa Ghafari, 29, […] Source: https://atoday.org/under-an-ecclesiastical-burqa/
Adventist Community Services Provides Shelter in Louisiana; Serves Across the Division
Category 4 Hurricane Ida pounded much of Louisiana with strong winds and heavy rain as it made landfall on August 29, 2021. The central Gulf Coast, from southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi …… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/2ZLQSfGwuGQ/adventist-community-services-provides-shelter-in-louisiana-serves-across-the-division
Tuesday: Mission Accomplished
Compared to any city or town in Israel, Nineveh is a huge city. It is an “exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent” (Jonah 3:3).
Read Jonah 3:1-10. What is the response of this wicked place? What lessons can we take from this story for ourselves in our attempts to witness to others?
While walking the city, Jonah proclaims God’s message: “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” (Jonah 3:4). The message is right to the point. Though the details are not given, it becomes clear that the message falls on receptive ears, and the people of Nineveh (collectively!) believe Jonah’s words of warning.
In a typical near eastern manner, a decree is declared by the king of Nineveh in order to demonstrate a change of heart. Everyone — including animals — has to fast and mourn (how animals mourn, the text doesn’t say). The king steps down from his throne and sits in the dust of the ground, a very important symbolic act.
Read Jonah 3:6-9. Compare it with Jeremiah 25:5, Ezekiel 14:6, and Revelation 2:5. What elements were involved in the king’s speech, which show that he understands what true repentance is all about?
The sermon was short, to the point, but filled with correct theology regarding true repentance. While Jonah had been preaching, the Holy Spirit must have been hard at work in the hearts of the Ninevites.
The Ninevites did not have the benefit of all the stories of God’s tender leading that the Israelites had, and yet, they still responded to Him in a positive manner. They are saying in effect, “Let’s throw ourselves on God’s mercy, not on our own accomplishments! Let’s rely completely on His goodness and grace.”
Strangely, Jonah, who has experienced God’s grace for himself personally firsthand, seems to think that God’s grace is something so exclusive that only some may have opportunity to rest in it.
Why is repentance such a crucial part of the Christian experience? What does it mean truly to repent of our sins, especially the sins that we commit over and over again? |

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Psalm 22 – Part 1 with Pastor Jared Browne
This evening we are looking at Psalm 22, and we are joined by our friend, Jared Browne, who is a teacher and a pastor, serving at Kingsway College here in Oshawa, Ontario. 3 Messages in Psalm 22:
1. Unanswered Prayer
2. Christ – the promised ONE and His suffering.
3. How do we deal with rejection?
Jesus’ prayer went unanswered, so mine could also go unanswered. Sometimes we don’t have a happy ending.
Psalm 22 point us to a bigger, broader hope.
What drives human behaviour? 1. Need to be accepted. 2. Fear of Rejection.
Whenever something goes wrong, the question we ask ourselves is “What have I done wrong?” Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDPoHx4dVas
Open the Sabbath – Psalm 21 with Pastor James Rooney
Psalm 21 with Pastor James Rooney at Camp Frenda Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6n4HIMv5uM
12.3 Mission Accomplished – THE RESTLESS PROPHET | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series REST IN CHRIST with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
12.THE RESTLESS PROPHET
A prophet going astray
Memory Text:
Jonah 4:11 – And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?
12.3 Mission Accomplished
Jona fulfills his mission. The final result is more than surprising.
My God bless you today and always.
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Adventists in Russia Launch Online School
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Source: https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story16816-adventists-in-russia-launch-online-school
Mid-America Union To Ordain Women
13 September 2021 | According to a news report from the Mid-America Union, an overwhelming majority of constituency session delegates have voted in favor of allowing pastoral credentialing of both men and women as ordained ministers. The constituency meeting was held yesterday. “The MAUC Executive Committee first voted “to support the ordination of women in […] Source: https://atoday.org/mid-america-union-to-ordain-women/
Experience of Volunteering in Bratsk
At the end of March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic reached Siberia. As a result, a self-isolation regime was declared, which especially affected the elderly. It was at this time that I accidentally sa…… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/8RoWM2uYEOA/experience-of-volunteering-in-bratsk
‘Jamaica Needs Prayer and Christians,’ Adventist Women’s Leader Says
Lorraine Vernal–family, women’s, children’s, and adolescent ministries director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica–is seeing the condition and plight of women and children in Jamaica as…… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/54SQO3m4pQ8/jamaica-needs-prayer-and-christians-adventist-womens-leader-says