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Are We God’s Favorite Team?
Rebecca Brothers | 6 April 2021 | About fifteen years ago, the Adventist Sabbath School Quarterly featured a story about the American bomber Bockscar, which was tasked with dropping an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Kokura on August 9, 1945. Frustrated by a layer of clouds that obscured the bomb’s target, the pilot […] Source: https://atoday.org/gods-favorite-football-team/
Sharing Scripture for April 4 – 10, 2021
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […] Source: https://atoday.org/sharing-scripture-for-april-4-10-2021/
Safe Water in Sudan 💧
In the Blue Nile State of Sudan, women have had to walk long distances to get water for their families. Due to civil unrest in the region, a recent influx of refugees and internally displaced people have increased stress on limited resources. Women and children fear for their safety as they go out to collect water. ADRA Canada is providing relief through the establishment of water tanks that provide water sources within the safety of the village. Keep in touch:
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Massive flooding affects Indonesia and Timor Leste
While coronavirus infections are spiking in many parts of the world, the countries of Indonesia and East Timor have one more calamity to worry about: too much water. Torrential rains pounded the easte……
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School of Public Health earns high ranking from U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Loma Linda University School of Public Health #60 in the discipline of public health in its annual ranking of top graduate schools. The ranking was announced yester……
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2.4 The Covenant With Moses – COVENANT PRIMER | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series THE PROMISE: GOD´S EVERLASTING COVENANT with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |
2.COVENANT PRIMER |
What does the word covenant mean? What is God`s motive for making a covenant with human beings?
Memory Text:
Exodus 19:5 – Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine.
2.4 The Covenant With Moses
A refugee has lost everything like Job. But he becomes the leader for a people in slavery.
My God bless you today and always.
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A Strong Community Knows No Bounds
Meaningful community is one of the most beautiful things you help us provide by supporting the Adventist Today Spring Fundraiser. Not even lockdown can stop the growing Adventist Today family! Thank you for being part of it😀 Give today at Atoday.org/donate
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When Peter Put God First
Putting God first can be difficult. What can we learn from Peter that will help us put God first in our lives today?
Peter was one of the oldest disciples Jesus called. He was determined and trustworthy. On a stormy night, Jesus appeared to the group as a ghost walking on water. Peter was the first to speak out in his desire to be with Jesus, even if it meant jumping out of the boat and walking on water. Put- ting God first seemed to come easy for Peter. Until he almost drowned.
Soon after walking on water, Peter doubted. As Peter began to be engulfed by the tempestu-
ous water, he must have felt the shame of public failure. He had asked to come to Jesus and all the disciples could now see that he had failed. Putting God first in our failures isn’t easy. But Peter did it. He shouted for help and Jesus saved him.
This story repeats itself when Jesus is arrested and crucified. Peter had promised to be next to Jesus, no matter what, but Jesus warned him of his betrayal that very night. Peter wasn’t scared. He was ready to die for Jesus. This is clear from Peter’s attack in Gethsemane. Despite the soldiers surrounding them, Peter tries to kill someone.
Thankfully, he was a fisherman, not a soldier. He missed and cut the man’s ear instead.
What Jesus did next confused him. Jesus healed the man and said He didn’t need protection. What could that mean? Peter was ready for conflict and Jesus rebuked him for it. He followed Jesus from a distance and denied knowing him three times that night, as Jesus predicted. Meanwhile, John stayed right next to Jesus throughout the horror of Jesus’ trial and crucifixion. Peter had failed again. How could he possibly lead anything after that?
Putting God first in the midst of our failure, confu- sion and shame is impossible. It is only through God’s power that we can accept God’s forgiveness and start again. Later, Peter would become an excellent leader as Jesus trusted him again and again. Perhaps you’ve been unfaithful with your tithe and offerings in the past. Perhaps you’ve failed. Putting God first means asking for and ac- cepting God’s forgiveness today. It means starting again to trust in God with your finances.
Peter put God first. His example compels us to do the same.
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Adventist Church in Haiti Celebrates the SafeRelease of Abducted Members
Seventh-day Adventists in Haiti are celebrating the release of four church members who had been kidnapped on Apr. 1, 2021. They were taken during a live online worship program at a studio next to an A……
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