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Children at Risk
Ted: Hello, friends! I am delighted that once again my wonderful wife, Nancy, is joining us as we address a very important topic–children who are at risk, and what are some of the things we, as Chris……
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The Holy Spirit – Dr. Dwight K Nelson
Sermon on the Holy Spirit by Dr. Dwight K. Nelson, pastor of the Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University.
This message was presented at the 2021 Global Campmeeting. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR9GLGyKXTc
“How to Build a House for God” with Pastor Doug Batchelor
A great learning environment
We met Janae Galindo, Sarah Lockhart and Jeremy Manganas as part of the celebrations around International Nurses Day last week. Our nurses serve their world for good by caring for the sick, conserving life, alleviating suffering and promoting health. What role did these values play in bringing the three first-year students to Avondale? Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2021/05/21/a-great-learning-environment/
Children at Risk [Pastor Wilson & Nancy Wilson Address How We Can Help these Children]
In this video, Pastor Ted Wilson is joined by Nancy Wilson to address a very important topic–children who are at risk, and what are some of the things we, as Christians, we can do to help them. As we all know, we live in a sinful, fallen world, and along with sin comes suffering. And of all the pain in this world, the most difficult and heart wrenching is when we see innocent children suffering. Thousands of children around the world are at risk. Many face abuses, neglect, hunger, trafficking to other countries, and much more. Children at risk need to be protected and helped so they can experience God's love and grow in His grace. They need our prayers. Children are very precious to God, and when Jesus was here on Earth, He showed a special interest and care for them. Furthermore, Jesus took very seriously the spiritual education and training of children and gave one of the strongest rebukes in the Bible against those who would lead His children astray. What can we do to help children? First of all, and very importantly, we can pray for them. Each year, the Adventist Children's Ministries department at the General Conference sponsors a World Day of Prayer for Children at Risk. This year, that special day is Sabbath, May 22. It is a day where Seventh-day Adventists of all ages set aside time to pray especially for the girls and boys who are suffering from various circumstances in which they find themselves through no fault of their own. You can learn more about this World Day of Prayer by visiting: children.adventist.org/special-days. While praying is vitally important, there are other actions we can take to help the most vulnerable among us. First, is to be aware. Are there children in your church, in your community, who might be in vulnerable situations? Be in tune and look for ways to show an extra measure of love and compassion toward them. Committed, godly Seventh-day Adventist Christians can have a profound impact on the life of a child or young person as they lead them to love Jesus and trust Him so completely that they feel free to talk with Him about anything that concerns them or brings them joy—to instill in them, that no matter what is causing them pain, they can share it with Jesus and He will understand. Take time to learn the names of the children and young people in your church. Show them you are truly interested in them by listening and encouraging them. Take time to pray with and for them, and teach them to build their faith upon the rock that is Jesus Christ and His mighty Word–the Bible! Please join in praying for children everywhere during this special World Day of Prayer for Children at Risk. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjk9Kunw01E
Make the Most of Every Opportunity
Every opportunity has an expiry date. God has given you certain opportunities, and they are not eternal if you neglect them; they are only present for a certain time and at some point, they won’t be nearly as good, or even present. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOkHIT9SLC0
A Close Encounter With Jesus – U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black
Presentation at the 2021 Global Camp Meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz-eKyeUV78
Inside Story: Columbia ~ Unexplainable Hospital Visit
Unexplainable Hospital Visit
By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission
Hernando Díaz stepped out of the hospital to rest in Medellin, Colombia. He had spent the past two hours with his young son, Samuel, as the boy’s blood was cleaned by a dialysis machine with an artificial kidney. His wife, Monica, was now sitting with the boy for the last two hours of hemodialysis.
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Hernando collapsed onto a bench near a water fountain, and he turned on a sermon on his cellphone. Moments later, a stranger walked up and asked whether he could sit on the bench. Hernando nodded, listening to the sermon over the cell phone speaker. The stranger’s own cellphone rang.
“I’ve decided to kill myself,” the stranger angrily told the caller. “I haven’t been able to find work for two years, and I don’t want to live. Don’t call me.”
As he spoke, he seemed to forget Hernando on the bench. But when he hung up, he came back to reality. The sermon caught his attention.
“Is that a Christian preacher?” he asked.
“Yes, he is,” Hernando said. “I heard that you want to take your life.”
“Yes, that is what I want to do,” the man said. “I cannot bear it anymore.”
“I don’t think that it is a coincidence that you sat with me,” Hernando said. “You need help. Would you like help?”
“Yes, I would like help.”
“What do you do?”
“I’m an accountant, and I have a family that I can’t support.”
“If someone told you, “I can help you and supply your needs and give you hope for a better future,’ would you accept it?”
“Of course!”
Hernando spoke about Jesus, and the man gave his heart to Jesus on the spot. Hernando encouraged him to send out his resume with faith. The next day, Hernando sat on the same bench and saw the man looking for him.
“Guess what!” the man said. “Someone called with a job offer. I feel great!”
Hernando praised God and curiously asked who he had visited at the hospital the previous day. The man said he didn’t know anyone at the hospital. “Yesterday I felt an irresistible urge to come to the hospital,” he said. “I sat next to you because I didn’t know what to do.”
Hernando, a Seventh-day Adventist physician at the Adventist Medical Center on the campus of Colombia Adventist University in Medellin, has many similar stories. Over the past five years, more than 100 people have changed their minds about committing suicide after praying with him.
“They now are living normal lives,” he said.
This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will help open a missionary training center at Colombia Adventist University.
Produced by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission.
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Friday: Further Thought ~ Covenant Law
Further Thought:
Read Ellen G. White, “Controversy,” pages 607, 608 in The Desire of Ages; and “The Law and the Covenants,” pages 363-373, in Patriarchs and Prophets.
How does Matthew 22:34-40 help us better understand 1. the place and meaning of God’s law within His covenant and 2. the concept that covenant is synonymous with relationship?
“There must first be love in the heart before a person can, in the strength and by the grace of Christ, begin to observe the precepts of God’s law (cf. Romans 8:3-4).
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Obedience without love is as impossible as it is worthless. But where love is present a person will automatically set out to order his life in harmony with the will of God as expressed in His commandments.” — The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p. 484.
“In the precepts of His holy law, God has given a perfect rule of life; and He has declared that until the close of time this law, unchanged in a single jot or tittle, is to maintain its claim upon human beings. Christ came to magnify the law and make it honorable. He showed that it is based upon the broad foundation of love to God and love to man, and that obedience to its precepts comprises the whole duty of man. In His own life He gave an example of obedience to the law of God. In the Sermon on the Mount He showed how its requirements extend beyond the outward acts and take cognizance of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” — Ellen G. White, The Acts of the Apostles, p. 505.
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Summary:
God’s law was an integral part of the covenant. Yet, it was a true covenant of grace. Grace, however, never nullifies the need for law. On the contrary, law is a means by which grace is manifested and expressed in the life of those who receive it.
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