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Goodness of God [Time to Give Thanks]—Pastor Ted Wilson
It is the season of thanksgiving in many places around the world, including the United States. Now that the year is about to close, it's time to reflect on the many blessings we have received from God. In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson would like us to reflect on one of the most uplifting passages in the Bible—Psalm 107. It says: "Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south." This passage covers everyone. No matter where you are from, God has redeemed you from the hand of the enemy. It continues by covering the history of how God delivered ancient Israel. And it can apply to us today, delivering promise after promise of God's mighty power to save. As Psalm describes the various trials God's people went through, we hear this refrain again and again: "Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses" (verses 6, 13, 19, and 28). God doesn't only deliver us out of distress, but He also "satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness (verse 9). He leads us forward "by the right way" (verse 7). Also, He breaks our chains and brings us "out of darkness and the shadow of death" (verse 14). "Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!" (verse 15). God sends His Word to heal and deliver us from destruction (verses 19 and 20). With this, let us "sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing" (verse 22). "Cry out to the Lord in [our] trouble, and He brings [us] out of [our] distresses" (verse 28). "He calms the storm so that its waves are still. Then they are glad because they are quiet; so He guides them to their desired haven. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!" (verses 29-31). "He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, and makes their families like a flock, the righteous see it and rejoice, and all iniquity stops its mouth. Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they will understand the loving kindness of the Lord" (verses 41-43). Ellen White writes in Steps to Christ 102 and 103: "We need to praise God more 'for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men.' (p. 102, Ps. 107:8). "Our devotional exercises should not consist wholly in asking and receiving. Let us not be always thinking of our wants and never of the benefits we receive. We do not pray any too much, but we are too sparing of giving thanks. We are the constant recipients of God's mercies, and yet how little gratitude we express, how little we praise Him for what He has done for us." Indeed, we have so much to be thankful for. With this, Pastor Ted encourages you to spend time writing down at least ten things you're grateful for daily. Research shows that having a gratitude journal increases physical, mental, and spiritual health. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-W_HnoZKNw
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Inside Story: Lebanon ~ Missionary Shares Faith on TV
Missionary Shares Faith on TV
By ChanMin Chung
Carlos Biaggi, an Argentine missionary in Lebanon, was flooded with messages and prayers from around the world after a powerful explosion rocked Beirut, killing about 200 people, in August 2020.
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One of the messages that Carlos received came from an Argentine pastor with whom he previously had served as a missionary in Paraguay.
“I have contacts with the media in Buenos Aires,” the friend wrote. “If someone wants to interview you, would you be willing?”
Minutes after Carlos said he was willing, the friend wrote that a journalist from C5N television, a 24-hour national news channel, wished to conduct an on-air interview the next day. “When you see an appropriate time during the interview, give your personal testimony,” he said. “Because it’s a major television channel, I believe that the interview will be short, most probably five minutes at the most. It will be a miracle if it lasts ten minutes.”
The interview, broadcast live across Argentina and other parts of the Spanish-speaking world, lasted an astounding nine minutes and fifty seconds. During that time, Carlos, dean of the business administration faculty at the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Middle East University, described the wave of hot air that struck his face moments after a warehouse exploded in Beirut’s port. He spoke about efforts by the Adventist Church and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency to respond to the tragedy. At the request of the television host, he also shared his personal testimony about how God called him to work in Lebanon.
Carlos said he had followed God’s leading to Beirut after receiving a doctorate in business from the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies in the Philippines.
“They invited me to work here and said, ‘The truth is that it wouldn’t be easy,’” “But I said, ‘If God wants me to go to Lebanon, I will go. If He doesn’t want me to go, I won’t go.’ No matter what family or friends said, God had to show me that this was the place where He wanted me to be.”
“That day I prayed and opened my Bible to Isaiah 6,” he concluded. “What I read confirmed God’s plan for me because Isaiah replied, ‘Here I am, send me.’ I knew that this was a sign, and I thanked God.”
This mission story illustrates Mission Objective No. 2 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s “I Will Go” strategic plan: “To strengthen and diversify Adventist outreach in large cities, across the 10/40 Window, among unreached and under-reached people groups, and to non-Christian religions.” Learn more at IwillGo2020(dot)org.
Produced by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission. Find more mission stories at adventistmission[dot]org
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Friday: Further Thought ~ Turn Their Hearts
Further Thought:
“At every advance step in Christian experience our repentance will deepen. It is to those whom the Lord has forgiven, to those whom He acknowledges as His people, that He says, ‘Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight.’ Eze: 36:31.
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Again He says, ‘I will establish My covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.’ Eze: 16:62, Eze 16:63. Then our lips will not be opened in self-glorification. We shall know that our sufficiency is in Christ alone. We shall make the apostle’s confession our own. ‘I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing.’ Romans 7:18. ‘God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.’ Galatians 6:14.” — Ellen G. White, Christ’s Object Lessons, pages 160, 161.
“‘The goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance.’ Romans 2:4. A golden chain, the mercy and compassion of divine love, is passed around every imperiled soul. The Lord declares, ‘I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.’ Jeremiah 31:3.” — Ellen G. White, Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 202.
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The Return of BEAMS: ‘I Will Go’
The commission Jesus gave the Church starting with the immortal words “Go ye, therefore”, echoing down through the ages, yet, some of us have found endeavouring to reach out to others a struggle or felt the need to recalibrate how we carry out Jesus’ command as the era of the Covid-19 pandemic draws on. It was why the British Union Evangelism and Mission Summit (BEAMS) at the weekend was so welcome. Attendees gathered in Daventry, Northampton, for the summit from 5-7 November where they…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-11-25/the-return-of-beams-i-will-go/
9.TURN THEIR HEARTS – PRESENT TRUTH IN DEUTERONOMY | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series PRESENT TRUTH IN DEUTERONOMY with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |
9.TURN THEIR HEARTS |
We have made our life dirty. How can we be clean again? |
Memory Text:
Deuteronomy 4:29 – But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Content:
9.0 Introduction
9.1 Mi-Yitten
9.2 Seek Me and Find Me
9.3 Teshuvah
9.4 With All Your Heart
9.5 Repent and Be Converted
9.6 Summary
My God bless you today and always.
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9.6 Summary – TURN THEIR HEARTS | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series PRESENT TRUTH IN DEUTERONOMY with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |
9.TURN THEIR HEARTS |
We have made our life dirty. How can we be clean again? |
Memory Text:
Deuteronomy 4:29 – But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
9.6 Summary
A golden chain is passed around every imperilled soul.
My God bless you today and always.
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Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/9-6-summary-turn-their-hearts-pastor-kurt-piesslinger-m-a/
FINDING HOPE TOGETHER | The One Who Gives Us a Future
How would you like to have your dream home offered to you FREE of charge, mortgage paid off, no property taxes, and no maintenance needed! Sounds too good to be true? Like Heaven? Pastor Phillip Lee shares the good news, the bad news, and most important news the Bible presents to us about our eternal home. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyW8gB_D5H4
Support To Victims Of Herdsmen Attack In Southern Kaduna, Nigeria
The General Conference and West-Central Africa Division expressed empathy and succor to the Ungwan Bayero community in Zango Kataf, local government Area of Kaduna State. Over 250 Adventist families’ …… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/support-to-victims-of-herdsmen-attack-in-southern-kaduna-nigeria
