30 March 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Let me begin by saying that I regard you as a wise aunt who gives good advice. I’m usually impressed by your wisdom and probity. However, an answer last week to a question about whether Elder Ted Wilson is a bad person gave me pause, and made me […] Source: https://atoday.org/aunt-sevvy-i-dont-entirely-agree-with-you-about-elder-wilson/
ADRA-UK reflects on the benefits of World Health Day 2022 – Thursday 7 April
Good health and wellbeing should be a basic right for everyone. But, if you live in the developing world or in spaces where urbanisation or poverty dictates, access to quality healthcare is an aspirational concept as opposed to an achievable reality.
Here in the UK, we are blessed and privileged to access free healthcare at the point of need for most medical conditions. At the height of the pandemic, we were offered PCR and lateral flow tests free of charge, along with vaccines, antibody…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-03-31/1101/
2022 Restored Mental Health Summit Plenary 1
2022 Restored Mental Health Summit Plenary 1 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8Yi5H8gCI
Missioni dal mondo – 2 aprile 2022
Tre mucche e un toro per il Signore – La missione nella Divisione Africa australe-Oceano Indiano. Missioni dal mondo 1° episodio – 2° trimestre 2022 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMjpTwgY-5g
Inside Story: Mocked for Sabbath
Mocked for the Sabbath
By Andrew McChesney
Students mocked the Laissa Samila Yassine for skipping classes on Saturdays in Mozambique. “You came here to this university to study, not to follow your church’s teachings,” said one. “You’re crazy,” said another.
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It all began when Laissa was struggling with her mechanical engineering studies during her first semester at a public university and she found relief listening to music shared by a Seventh-day Adventist classmate, Belizario. Then she and Belizario began to study the Bible together. Laissa had other new friends, and they also studied the Bible.
The more she studied, the more she felt confused. The two Bible studies didn’t agree on the Sabbath. She quit both to search the Bible for herself. Prayerfully, she read the fourth commandment in Exodus 20:8-11, which begins, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy” (NKJV). She read the Lord’s call in Isaiah 58:1-3 to “turn away … from doing your pleasure on my holy day and call the Sabbath a delight” and Jesus’ words, “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). She decided to keep the Sabbath.
At first, Laissa hid her decision. She was afraid of being ridiculed, and she didn’t want to ask teachers to be excused from Saturday classes. She also worried about what her parents would say. However, she couldn’t keep her convictions to herself for long, and she announced at the end of the second semester that she would become an Adventist. Her worst fears materialized. Former friends taunted her and, when they saw her walking with Belizario, sneered, “Oh, those Adventists.” Teachers refused to reschedule Saturday classes, and her grades dropped. “If you don’t like it here, just leave,” teachers said. Her mother was furious, and her father disowned her.
Then Laissa met a visiting student from Mozambique Adventist University at her church on Sabbath. She was excited to learn about an Adventist university in Mozambique, and she begged her mother to allow her to transfer. Her mother initially refused but unexpectedly changed her mind after Laissa, like Queen Esther, prayed and fasted for three days for God to intervene. A short time after changing universities, she told her mother that she no longer needed help with expenses. Her new library job covered her costs. Her mother was astonished. “Indeed, the Lord is not your stepfather but your real Father,” she said.
Laissa, 22, now a second-year nutrition major, plans to become a missionary in Mozambique, where malnutrition is a serious problem.
Part of the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering three years ago helped Mozambique Adventist University expand its nutrition department with new classrooms and equipment.
Produced by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission. Find more mission stories at adventistmission[dot]org
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Friday: Further Thought ~ The Creation
Further Thought:
Read Ellen G. White, “Science and the Bible,” Pages 128, 129, in Education; “The Creation,” in The Story of Redemption, Pages 21, 22.
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“Since the book of nature and the book of revelation bear the impress of the same master mind, they cannot but speak in harmony. By different methods, and in different languages, they witness to the same great truths. Science is ever discovering new wonders; but she brings from her research nothing that, rightly understood, conflicts with divine revelation. The book of nature and the written word shed light upon each other. They make us acquainted with God by teaching us something of the laws through which He works.
Inferences erroneously drawn from facts observed in nature have, however, led to supposed conflict between science and revelation; and in the effort to restore harmony, interpretations of Scripture have been adopted that undermine and destroy the force of the word of God. Geology has been thought to contradict the literal interpretation of the Mosaic record of the creation. Millions of years, it is claimed, were required for the evolution of the earth from chaos; and in order to accommodate the Bible to this supposed revelation of science, the days of creation are assumed to have been vast, indefinite periods, covering thousands or even millions of years.
Such a conclusion is wholly uncalled for. The Bible record is in harmony with itself and with the teaching of nature.” — Ellen G. White, Education, Pages 128, 129.
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In Inter-America, GYD Drives Young People to Share Hope and Reach “The Forgotten”
Global Youth Day (GYD) saw thousands of children and young people across the Inter-American Division (IAD) share the love of Jesus through acts of kindness in their communities on March 19, 2022. The …… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/in-inter-america-gyd-drives-young-people-to-share-hope-and-reach-the-forgotten
Belief #11: Growing in Christ [What Does It Mean and How Does It Happen?] – Pastor Ted Wilson
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In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson tackles the eleventh fundamental belief of the Seventh-day Adventists—growing in Christ.
Growth takes time.
For instance, planting a garden requires a lot of work and care before the plants get mature. Similarly, raising a child takes years of nurturing before he becomes a full-grown adult. Even friendship takes time and commitment for the relationship to grow.
Growing in Christ is a wonderful privilege to have once we accept God’s gift of salvation through Jesus. It begins with His death on the cross that redeemed us from sin.
In Colossians 1:13 and 14, God “has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.”
In connection, Romans 8:1 says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”
However, to “walk in the Spirit” requires death to self. “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).
The closer we get to Christ, the more we love Him, and the more we become like Him.
“When the Spirit of God takes possession of the heart, it transforms the life. Sinful thoughts are put away, evil deeds are renounced; love, humility, and peace take the place of anger, envy, and strife. Joy takes the place of sadness, and the countenance reflects the light of heaven. No one sees the hand that lifts the burden or beholds the light descend from the courts above. The blessing comes when by faith the soul surrenders itself to God. Then that power which no human eye can see creates a new being in the image of God” (The Desire of Ages, p. 173).
This concept of growing in Christ is echoed in our eleventh fundamental belief.
It states, “By His death on the cross, Jesus triumphed over the forces of evil. He Who subjugated the demonic spirits during His earthly ministry has broken their power and made certain their ultimate doom. Jesus’ victory gives us victory over the evil forces that still seek to control us, as we walk with Him in peace, joy, and assurance of His love. Now the Holy Spirit dwells within us and empowers us. Continually committed to Jesus as our Saviour and Lord, we are set free from the burden of our past deeds. No longer do we live in the darkness, fear of evil powers, ignorance, and meaninglessness of our former way of life.”
To read more about this fundamental belief, you may visit www.adventist.org/growing-in-christ/.
In closing, Pastor Wilson shares these four essential, practical building blocks for growing in Christ:
1. Prayer
Through prayer, we connect with God.
Colossians 4:2 reminds us to “continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.”
2. Reading the Bible
The Bible is our faithful guide.
2 Timothy 3:16 says, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
3. Applying what we’ve learned
We must not only read the Bible but also do what it says.
As stated in James 1:22, “But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.”
4. Meeting with other believers
God wants us to encourage and strengthen our fellow believers for we are one family and one body of Christ.
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He Who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:23-25).
As you grow in Christ, remember that He loves and cares for you. He died to redeem you from sin and give you eternal life. He dwells within you through the Holy Spirit, speaking to you in prayer and guiding you through His Word.
1.THE CREATION – GENESIS–THE BOOK OF THE BEGINNING | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series GENESIS – THE BOOK OF THE BEGINNING with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
1.THE CREATION
It is fascinating reading the first book of the Bible. One is impressed by the accuracy of the facts.
Memory Text: Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Content:
1.0 Introduction
1.1 The God of Creation
1.2 The Creation
1.3 The Sabbath
1.4 The Creation of Humanity
1.5 The Duty of Humanity?
1.6 Summary
My God bless you today and always.
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Every Ride Is a Mission
It was an unusually cold and snowy day in Belgrade, Serbia. Yet, that did not stop a group of friendly bikers from coming to meet me and sharing the story of their motorcycle club, combining their pas…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/every-ride-is-a-mission
