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I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.
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*1 Corinzi 9:19* Infatti, pur essendo libero da tutti, mi sono fatto servo di tutti, per guadagnarne il maggior numero. Testo di Barbara Zordan presentato in studio da Elisabetta Ceccaroni.
Meditazione giornaliera, serie "Apri la porta del tuo cuore". https://hopechannel.it Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxA0qF6D1Tk
Registrazione Sermone del Sabato dalla comunità di Firenze a cura di Orazio Berretta Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2c8Z4Eu28M
16 July 2019 | Theresah Osei, the Women’s Ministry Director for the Amakom Sector of the Adventist Church in Ghana has publicly called on the government to create spot fines for public littering. She said the fines would act as a deterrent and help the local government fund sanitation work. Osei made the comments last […] Source: https://atoday.org/female-adventist-leader-in-ghana-calls-for-spot-littering-fines/
by Stephen Ferguson | 16 July 2019 | Does loyalty matter more than moral virtue and efficient competency? Does our loyalty to a cause trump any personal shortcomings? Would you rather have a loyal employee, a loyal spouse, a loyal friend or even a loyal president, or would you rather have a good one? In […] Source: https://atoday.org/are-we-saved-by-loyalty-alone/
Today, July 16, is the 104th anniversary of Ellen White’s death in 1915, and we are still here. By God’s grace, I hope we will soon be in heaven. However, the Lord has given us such amazing instruction in the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy to help us in daily living, our mission outreach, and our focus on Christ’s soon coming. I want to encourage each of you to participate in the reading of the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy as you engage in “Believe His Prophets.” I urge you to pick up the…
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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-july-14-20/
From a News Release, 16 July 2019 | Two billion more people live in countries with high restrictions on religious freedom than did so just a decade ago, according to an analysis by the interfaith Religious Freedom and Business Foundation (RFBF) of a report released today by the Pew Research Center. The dramatic decline in […] Source: https://atoday.org/as-religious-liberty-declines-so-does-the-global-economy/
While the original vision for the Sabbath and Sabbath keeping was broad and inclusive, the Sabbath had become something quite different for many of the religious leaders by the time Jesus came to earth. Instead of a day of freedom and equality, Sabbath had become a day of human, traditional rules and restrictions. In His day, Jesus stood up against such attitudes, especially as they were imposed on others.
Healing
How interesting that He did this most significantly by performing a number of healings on Sabbath. It seems that Jesus intentionally performed these miracles on Sabbath, as opposed to any other day, to demonstrate something important about what the Sabbath should be. Often in these stories, Jesus made comments about the appropriateness of healing on Sabbath, and often the Pharisees used His statements as an excuse to further their plots to have Jesus killed.
Jesus confirmed that the Sabbath is important. We need to put boundaries around Sabbath time to keep it special and to allow this weekly time to be an opportunity to grow our relationships with God, our families, our church, and our community. But Sabbath keeping should not be selfishly about just us. As Jesus said, “It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath” (Matt. 12:12, NKJV).
Many church members do much good work to care for others. But many of us also feel that we should do more to help. We know God cares about those who are hurting, oppressed, or forgotten, and that we should care, too. Because we are commanded not to pursue our regular work and are freed from the pressures of the week, on Sabbath we are given time to focus on this concern for others as one of the ways of true and active Sabbath keeping: “According to the fourth commandment the Sabbath was dedicated to rest and religious worship. All secular employment was to be suspended, but works of mercy and benevolence were in accordance with the purpose of the Lord … To relieve the afflicted, to comfort the sorrowing, is a labor of love that does honor to God’s holy day”. – Ellen G. White, Welfare Ministry, p. 77.
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