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=59hO7FlLdV8
God’s gift of choice #Short
Explore the concept of free will and the profound love of God, allowing us to choose our own path in life. The discussion delves into the justice of God, wherein we face the consequences of our choices, highlighting the stark reality of choosing sin over righteousness. The video poignantly addresses the heartache God experiences when His children turn away from His love, emphasizing that no one is beyond forgiveness and that Heaven awaits those who choose it. It serves as a powerful reminder that, while we still have time on Earth, we have the opportunity to choose an eternity in paradise and embrace the love and holiness that Heaven offers.
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Inside Story: Mission Path to Spain ~ Part 4
Inside Story for Friday 8th of December 2023
By Andrew McChesney
Luis Paiva decided to open a fruit stand in Spain. But he moved forward with fear, sensing that God was calling him to serve elsewhere. He also worried that his new business might prevent him from giving his all to God.
Two short weeks after opening the fruit stand, everything seemed to fall apart. His business was failing. His partners were cheating him. He fell ill and no longer could walk. But Luis didn’t want to give up. He asked fellow Seventh-day Adventists for business advice. One of them, knowing that Luis had trained to be a pastor, reprimanded him. “You shouldn’t be engaged in worldly business but in the business of winning souls for the Lord,” he said.
For Luis, the rebuke was like hearing God’s voice. But he felt even more hopeless. How could he serve as a pastor without a church? Luis talked over the matter with his wife, and they decided to return to their native country, Venezuela. Perhaps he could recover his health there.
A short time later, Luis got a call from Gabriel Diaz, a leader of the Adventist Church in Spain. The church was looking for a missionary to work in Lugo, a city in northwestern Spain. Luis was delighted at the prospect of returning to full-time ministry, but he acknowledged that he had serious health and business problems. “I’m not even able to walk,” he said.
The church leader was not dissuaded, and the two men prayed together.
In two weeks, Luis regained his ability to walk, and he opened a house church in Lugo. On the first Sabbath, only two people, both church members, showed up to worship. But in just four months, 22 people were gathering in the house church every Sabbath. Among them were three newly baptized members and others preparing for baptism. In addition, Luis had opened a Bible study school and a school of evangelism to teach people how to win souls for God. He was making plans to plant an official church.
“We know that we have to win many souls in order for that to happen,” he says. “But I trust God, and I have confidence in Him that this will happen because we are using Christ’s method alone.”
“Christ’s method alone,” according to Ellen White, “will give true success in reaching the people. The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, ‘Follow Me’ ” (Ministry of Healing, p. 143).
As a pastor in Venezuela and later a missionary in Mexico, Luis never dreamed he would be serving God in Spain. “I’m here because of God’s grace,” he said.
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Friday: Further Thought – Mission to the Unreached: Part 1
Daily Lesson for Friday 8th of December 2023
One of the primary takeaways from the story of Paul’s experience at the Areopagus is its on-the-ground study of how to approach an unreached group of unbelievers, which resulted in a small group of believers starting in Athens.
“The words of the apostle, and the description of his attitude and surroundings, as traced by the pen of inspiration, were to be handed down to all coming generations, bearing witness of his unshaken confidence, his courage in loneliness and adversity, and the victory he gained for Christianity in the very heart of paganism.
“Paul’s words contain a treasure of knowledge for the church. He was in a position where he might easily have said that which would have irritated his proud listeners and brought himself into difficulty. Had his oration been a direct attack upon their gods and the great men of the city, he would have been in danger of meeting the fate of Socrates. But with a tact born of divine love, he carefully drew their minds away from heathen deities, by revealing to them the true God, who was to them unknown.”—Ellen G. White, The Acts of the Apostles, pp. 240, 241.
By his direct contact with the people, a study of their culture and religion, and his respect for their devotion to spiritual things, Paul managed something notable in Athens—something that is a treasure of knowledge for the church. He avoided irritating his listeners. This was in and of itself a major, God-inspired accomplishment. This, according to Ellen G. White, is the treasure of knowledge that we as a church need to pay attention to in this story.
Discussion Questions
- With the story of Paul in Athens as a model, what is the first step for anyone beginning new evangelistic work in a city?
- What sort of behavior is required of a Christian to build bridges with people in the city (and frankly, anywhere else) who do not know God?
- When we are provoked by the modern types of idols, what should we avoid doing, especially right at first, in starting new work among the people who worship those idols?
- Paul could have stopped with just introducing the people to this God who loved them, and they would have been quite pleased. But then he crossed a line that made people think he was deluded when he brought in the Resurrection. Should he have done that? Why, or why not?
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Can God “Convert” Chickens?
Sometimes we hear stories that just make us smile and praise God. And the story of the AWR chickens is one of them. I shared it in a letter last year when it happened, but now we have a video where Cami herself tells the story with the original players. In case you haven’t heard it before, it went something like this: A chicken farmer on the island of Mindoro, Philippines, was having trouble with his chickens. They weren’t laying eggs. Someone suggested he contact a chicken psychologist and ask him to evaluate his hens. So he did, and after examining the birds, the expert concluded the chickens were stressed. But the psychologist offered a solution. He advised the farmer to buy some radios and place them around the chicken cages, assuring him that music would help the hens lay more eggs. So the farmer did just that. He tuned the radios to a local rock station and waited to see what would happen. It was a disaster! The rock music stressed the chickens even more, and they stopped laying eggs altogether. When he went back to the psychologist, the man suggested the farmer find a different station with better music. So, the farmer began searching for another station . . . and he found AWR. Watch this video to see what happened next. Did our AWR station “convert” the chickens—or the farmer—or both? I love to see lives changed—even for God’s animals—and I love it when God uses Adventist World Radio to do it! Yours in the Blessed Hope, Duane McKey
President MB01HYFMPSKFTM0 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97fCnuzuI6w
News Briefs for December 7, 2023
7 December 2023 | General Conference Launches New Website on Faith and Human Sexuality “On December 6, 2023, the General Conference (GC) of Seventh-day Adventists launched www.humansexuality.org, which was designed and developed by the GC’s Human Sexuality Taskforce in efforts to help local and global church leaders address a wide range of topics that are […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-december-7-2023/
Молитва о (том, что мы уже решили сделать) Божьей воле
Лорен Сейболд | 10 февраля 2018 | События, произошедшие на годичном совещании 2017 года, которые стали реакцией на действия нескольких Унионов, продолжающих рукополагать женщин, не должны никого удивлять. И точно так же не должны удивлять последующие действия проблемного Комитета по надзору за единством. Иерархические организации всегда будут уверены, что последнее слово должно оставаться за вершиной […] Source: https://atoday.org/%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b0-%d0%be-%d1%82%d0%be%d0%bc-%d1%87%d1%82%d0%be-%d0%bc%d1%8b-%d1%83%d0%b6%d0%b5-%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%88%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%81%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b0%d1%82/
Mission Spotlight for December 9
The Mission program of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is an opportunity for us to understand the needs of others and share in supporting them. Please click on the image below to watch the Mission Spotlight presentation for this week:
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On Culture Shock and Racial Diversity #Shorts
Jeffrey Brown shares his life story with Alyssa Truman on this episode of ANN Profiles. Listen to the full episode to learn how Jeffrey was called to ministry to the World Church as associate ministerial secretary and associate editor of Ministry Magazine. Don’t miss an episode. Copy and paste this link into your browser: https://youtu.be/cYsOUV5dSuA Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRO-wau7r4o
SdS – Intro – Basta parlare, cominciamo a fare qualcosa – Lezione 10
La missione verso le persone non raggiunte – I parte Introduzione della lezione della Scuola del Sabato n. 10 – IV trimestre 2023. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpjBWRn8SY
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