Proverbi 9:12 Se sei saggio, sei saggio per te stesso; se sei schernitore, tu solo ne porterai la pena. Testi di Testi di Alejandro Bullon. In studio Anna Cupertino. Meditazione giornaliera. Serie "Apri la porta del tuo cuore". https://hopemedia.it Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw6hwAY7bJo
Pastor John’s Message For The Week
Pastor John's Message For The Week Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpP3F9KLaBY
#YouAreNotAlone – Comforting Others After a Loss to COVID-19
We hear from two people who have lost a loved one to the deadly coronavirus – and give a silent tribute to support all those who have suffered a loss. Why the silence? Often, we have no words that can adequately comfort the grieving. It is just our presence. This is a virtual hug! It is simply saying, “We are here! We are with you!” It allows us to “mourn with those that mourn.” [Romans 12:15] Our thanks go to the GAiN Europe leadership team and the staff that make this public awareness project happen, sharing messages of hope around the world. With an expanding partnership, our special thanks go this week to the Southern-Africa Indian Ocean Division (SID) who provided us with this very moving video. Please download the high-resolution version of this video TO PUBLISH ON YOUR OWN CHANNELS. We believe this video will have a profound impact on the world if we all publish it and promote it. Here is the link to the original files: https://bit.ly/2x2yDQn Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QN3kQeVS9I
Pastor Ted Wilson Shares a Powerful Message of #Revival
It's great to be back with you again. It's been quite a journey, all through this situation with coronavirus COVID-19 all over the world, but God is with us, through the 100 Days of Prayer, through outreach, through social media, all kinds of activities that people are involved with. What a special opportunity to be able to share God's love, His soon coming, and the profound understanding that He is with us to the very end of time. God wants us to be a witness for Him. He wants us to show personal kindness to people. He wants us to help people as He did—physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually. Christ's approach in helping people, total member involvement. The Three Angels' Messages—what an opportunity to understand, especially that third angel of Revelation 14, helping us to understand in a powerful way that we are not to be in any way connected with the Mark of the beast, but to worship God on his Holy seventh day, the Sabbath day. What an opportunity to turn people back to the true worship of God. It's time for revival and reformation. It's time for God's great days of witnessing just ahead. In the beautiful book of Joel, chapter 2, we read in verses 12 and 13 these marvelous understandings of what God wants us to do in terms of touching and connecting with Him in a powerful way in these last days of Earth's history. In verse 12 it says, “’Now, therefore,’ says the Lord, ‘Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.’ So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God. For He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm.” What a wonderful promise God has given to us to understand that we are to open our hearts to Him and not just do something on the exterior. To allow Him to work in us during this challenging pandemic time; to allow Him to work in our hearts for revival and reformation. And then in the beautiful book of Second Chronicles, and in chapter 7, we read where Solomon was pleading with the Lord and allowing God to speak to him. And then God spoke to him, saying, “If My people who are called by My name,” Second Chronicles, chapter 7, verse 14, “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” You see, the Lord is calling for us to have revival and reformation. In the wonderful book of Christian Service, page 37, it says here, “God's people must take warning and discern the signs of the times. The signs of Christ coming are too plain to be doubted, and in view of these things everyone who professes the truth should be a living preacher.” Everyone. All of us to be witnesses for the Lord. “God calls upon all, both preachers and people, to awake. All heaven is astir. The scenes of earth's history are fast closing. We are amid the perils of the last days. . . . The Lord calls for the pardoned souls,” those of us who have salvation through Him, “those who rejoice in the light, to make known the truth to others.” God is calling for revival and reformation at this time. And this beautiful quotation from first Selected Messages, page 121, “A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs. To seek this should be our first work. . . . A revival may be expected only in answer to prayer.” I invite you to be part of this worldwide movement where God is calling each of us to be part of revival and reformation and sharing the three angels' messages with Holy Spirit power. Jesus is coming—get involved! Let me pray with you. Father in heaven, please come close to each of us as we focus upon Your soon coming. As we look to the opportunities that are all around us, even through social media, through telephone calls, through appropriate social distancing, help us to be a witness for You. And in just a number of weeks, when things begin to open up, You will offer to us amazing opportunities to touch the lives of people and prepare them for Your soon coming. Thank you for hearing us. Help all of us to realize that You are coming soon and that we need to be involved. In Jesus' name we ask it, Amen. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62YEGrskH3g
Dear Coronavirus Episode 6, Comfort
In #dearcoronavirus #6 we hear from two people who have lost a loved one to this deadly virus – and give a silent tribute to support all those who have suffered loss.
Why the silence? Often we have no words that can adequately comfort the grieving. It is just our presence. This is a virtual hug! It is simply saying, “We are here! We are with you!” ] #YouAreNotAlone? #dearcoronavirus
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Radio Reaches Remote Island in the Philippines | AWR360
We recently learned of a little island that received our radio signal. Just seven extended families live in this small fishing village—and they all listen to Adventist World Radio! We visited this island a few months ago—one of the more than 7,000 that comprise the archipelagic country of the Philippines. These dear families live off the land in idyllic surroundings, but they lack a precious commodity—fresh water. Every day, the women take their canoes and row to other islands to obtain water! We learned about them when they began calling the closest AWR radio station with Bible questions. They called almost every day—and then they requested a Bible teacher! Watch to learn what happened next—and how AWR is helping them not only with the Living Water but with fresh drinking water as well. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvzA1TzsJeQ
BUC Restoration Convalescence Project Launch
“For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds, says the Lord.”
Jeremiah 30:17 NKJV
What a beautiful promise God gives us, that for every sickness and wound, He is able to provide restoration. Jeremiah 30:17 is certainly a comforting and empowering scripture that we can refer to in times of challenge and times of need.
In this current season of lockdown, as a result of the global pandemic, it is quite apparent that the COVID-19 Coronavirus has caused immense loss, suffering and…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-04-23/buc-restoration-convalescence-project-launch/
ADRA-UK’s Ongoing Work with Around COVID-19 in the UK
As part of ADRA-UK’s ongoing work with around COVID-19 in the UK, there have been a growing number of community hubs working in partnership with them. Currently, there are 72 community hubs throughout the United Kingdom who are working or just about to start working in their localities to help the most vulnerable people.
Over the past weeks ADRA-UK, through its I AM Urban initiative, has partnered with several organisations to assist them to deliver their work and one such organisation is The…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-04-23/adra-uks-ongoing-work-with-around-covid-19-in-the-uk/
God Helps Us Accomplish His Will
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:12, 13.
Talk of God’s blessings. Let us … bring all the pleasantness possible into our lives. When others begin to question and criticize, let us be determined, either by silence or by turning the conversation into another channel, to cut off the words which would not be spoken in wisdom. We are to continue to wait upon the Lord by humble prayer and supplication, making every effort to keep the door of our lips, so that we shall not utter one foolish word savoring of unbelief.
We are to talk faith, practicing the very things we have asked the Lord to give us grace to do. Thus we work out our own salvation, trying to help and save those in trouble by faithful words and kind deeds. It is God which worketh in us, both to will and to do of His good pleasure. The finite and the infinite are to unite in accomplishing the work that needs to be done. God has pledged himself to supply us with strength, cheerfulness, pleasantness, and joyfulness in our Saviour. [When we are] abiding in Him, the word that would cast a shadow over others is left unspoken.
Let us remember that everyone has some dark spot in his experience. Let us do all we can to bring cheerfulness and hope into the lives of others. What a blessing this will be to them. In their turn they will speak words of good cheer to others to bring sunshine into their hearts. As we do this work, we shall be in a position to realize that the Lord hears our prayers, because we work in harmony with them, fulfilling all the duty we owe to God and to ourselves. We shall go about our work in a thankful, prayerful frame of mind, but by faith we claim the promise, “Ask, and ye shall receive; seek, and ye shall find.”
Yes, we shall find the answer to our prayers; for God will do exceedingly abundantly above our highest expectation. What precious witness we shall then bear for God. What an honor we shall be to the truth of His word. We shall be able to say, “I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies” (Psalm 40:1-4).—Letter 87, June 20, 1900, to Edson and Emma White.
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Prayer Requests
—-R is having troubles at work. Please pray. B
—-I could really use some prayer please. I’ve been feeling really sad and lonely and I dont know what to do anymore. Kirby
—-Please pray for me and my critically ill covid patient for healing. Emerson
—-Please pray my son surrenders his life to God! Dan
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Dear Friends,
Listening to stories about the recent pandemic, I was reminded of something that I heard about some years ago. It was an experience that had happened quite a few years before that. A certain nurse who worked in a local hospital had told of this experience to a friend, who, in turn, told it to me. There had been a devastating tornado in the area with lots of casulties. The hospitals were full of the injured. The hospital staff were rushing between them doing all that they could. They really needed more workers, but every available worker was already helping.
Suddenly an older man appeared and said to the lady’s friend, “What do you want me to do?” The friend told him. He quickly did it and returned for more assignments. For hours this man did all the work that the friend gave him to do. Only when things slowed down a little did they have time to talk. The man eyed some equipment curiously and asked what it was. The lady was shocked. He asked, “Don’t you work here?” The man told him that he did not. He said, “I was watching the news and heard that call for help, so I walked over to help you.”
Now the friend was even more surprised. Here was a man who had been working hard all day without a thought of pay. He did it because he was needed. He did it because he had compassion on all those who were suffering. This is how we should be. All around us are the spiritually dead and dying. All around us there is a cry for help. Will we be as that man? Will we respond to the call? Will we work to bring souls to Jesus without the thought of reward? Will we do all that our Master asks us to do? Jesus asks, “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.” John 4:35,36 “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.” Matt 9:37,38
Even though we’ve read these words many times, how often we are at ease and do not want to put forth the effort to save those perishing in sin. How many times we feel uneasy speaking of the One Who gave His life, so that we can live forever. How often we are doing anything except working in the Master’s vineyard. James tells us, “to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17 There will come a time when the harvest is past. There will be a time when Jesus proclaims, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Rev 22:11 How many there will be in that day who exclaim, “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”Jer 8:20
My we daily ask our Dear Saviour to open our eyes to opportunities to witness. May we ask Him to speak through us, that others may be drawn to our Great Redeemer. May we go forward proclaiming the good news of Salvation in our words and in our actions to those around us is my prayer.
Rose
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Psalm 59:9
You are my strength, I watch for you; you, God, are my fortress…
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