Closer To Heaven
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22 January 2025 | Ten years ago, Michael Campbell, director of the North American Division of Archives, Statistics, and Research, pitched a book on Adventism to the head book editor at Oxford University Press. A decade later, the book has become a reality. It was designed as a handbook for those interested in Adventist scholarship. […] Source: https://atoday.org/oxford-handbook-of-seventh-day-adventism-published-for-adventist-scholarship/
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Daily Lesson for Thursday 23rd of January 2025
The God of the Bible is compassionate and passionate, and these divine emotions are supremely exemplified in Jesus Christ. God is sympathetic (compare with Isaiah 63:9, Hebrews 4:15), deeply affected by the sorrows of His people (Judges 10:16, Luke 19:41), and willing to hear, answer, and comfort (Isaiah 49:10,15; Matthew 9:36; Matthew 14:14).
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We long to be in relationship with persons who exemplify the kind of love described in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. But how often do we seek to become this kind of person toward others? We cannot make ourselves long-suffering and kind; we cannot make ourselves not be envious, conceited, rude, or self-seeking. We cannot muster a love in ourselves that “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things,” and “never fails” (1 Corinthians 13:7-8, NKJV). Such love can be exemplified in our lives only as the fruit of the Holy Spirit. And praise God that the Holy Spirit pours the love of God into the hearts of those who, by faith, are in Christ Jesus (Romans 5:5).
By the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, in what practical ways might we respond to, and reflect, God’s profoundly emotional, but always perfectly righteous and rational, love? First, the only appropriate response is to worship the God who is love. Second, we should respond to God’s love by actively showing compassion and benevolent love to others. We should not simply be comforted in our Christian faith but should be motivated to comfort others. Finally, we should recognize that we cannot change our hearts, but that only God can.
So, let us ask God to give us a new heart for Him and for others—a pure and purifying love that elevates what is good and removes the chaff from within.
Let our prayer be: “may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, . . . so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints” (1 Thessalonians 3:12-13, NKJV).
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Why is a death to self and to the selfishness and corruption of our natural hearts the only way to reveal this kind of love? What are the choices that we can make in order to be able to die this death to self? |
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Sexuality is often seen as merely physical, but it is deeply spiritual. The longing for oneness and intimacy isn't just a human desire—it’s part of God’s original design for us. Before the fall, Adam and Eve experienced perfect intimacy with God, without hiding. Our understanding of sexuality points both backward to Eden and forward to what God has in store for us in the future. What does true intimacy look like from a biblical perspective? Listen to this thought-provoking discussion on the Church Talk Episode 7: Beautiful Biblical Spirituality on Spotify, Youtube, and Apple! #ChurchTalkpodcast #BibleStudy #SpiritualSexuality Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS3IsmXJtYY
"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Tag someone in need of prayer, and kindly share your prayer requests here. -Matthew 21:22 https://wkf.ms/3DBuapQ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3b-3QFqq-c
In a move that has sent shockwaves through Adventist potlucks across the nation, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring Fritos as the only acceptable chips for use in haystacks. The order, signed late last night in the Oval Office, has left church social committees scrambling and rival chip company executives in a […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-trump-signs-executive-order-recognizing-only-fritos-as-acceptable-haystacks-chips/
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No me preguntes por qué se me ocurrió esta idea, pero después de esta extraña experiencia exterior en el Museo donde fui con mi esposa, me invadió un fuerte sentimiento de reflexión personal. La idea que me venía a la cabeza era que el centro del laberinto del Museo, me recordaba al Lugar Santísimo del […] Source: https://atoday.org/esta-el-cielo-en-un-universo-paralelo/
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