È attiva la raccolta fondi di ADRA Italia per gli alluvionati dell’Emilia-Romagna. Per offrire un contributo, tutte le informazioni sono sul sito: adraitalia.org. Il sogno si è realizzato per gli avventisti di Ragusa. Il 6 maggio è stata consacrata la nuova chiesa. “Seminare leader. Per una chiesa che vive” è stato il tema del congresso delle comunità avventiste di Campania e basso Lazio. Sono solo alcune delle notizie di oggi. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1liPfnD71Q4
Inside Story: Bike and Bible – Part 1
Bike and Bible, Part 1
By M.B., as told to Kathie Lichtenwalter
I wish you could meet Hussein, the security guard for the building where my wife and I live as missionaries in the Middle East. From the time we first met, we could see he observed his faith carefully and lived with sincerity. I liked him. Hussein visited our home many times, and he invited us to his. We often conversed about the simple things in life and even sometimes about spirituality. At our initiative, he graciously joined us in prayer.
As our friendship grew by God’s grace, we sought to take a new step in our friendship. We began to pray for the right moment to give him a Bible.
One day, I noticed that Hussein was upset. He impatiently explained that his bicycle, his only transportation to work, had been stolen. He was preoccupied with trying to find a bicycle to borrow. That’s the day that I began praying for a bicycle for my friend. Several months passed, and we received an unexpected gift of U.S.$40. I was puzzled. It seemed like God had sent the money directly from heaven. As I was praying a short time later, the distinct thought came to me, “Show Jesus to your friend. Buy a bicycle for Hussein.” I set aside the $40 and began adding to it.
But the country’s economy worsened by the day, and no matter how much money I saved, I did not seem to have enough to buy a bicycle. But I kept praying and saving. I also went to many second-hand bicycle shops. I began imagining what it would be like to give Hussein a bicycle for his birthday!
When Hussein’s birthday came, my wife baked a cake, I planned a special menu, and we invited him for supper at 5:30 p.m. Certain that God could still answer with a miracle, I went out looking for the bicycle that we had prayed about for so long. At 5 p.m. I returned home, unsuccessful and discouraged. My wife reminded me that God knows how much we wanted to help and had prayed. “He’s taking care of the situation,” she said.
The supper was a perfect surprise. Hussein was delighted! He told us how blessed he was to have us in his life. We enjoyed the meal together, presented him with the cake, and had a special prayer for him, thanking God for his life. But we had no bike. No gift.
The next day, still searching for a second-hand bike, I was startled by an online post indicating that a Russian man had listed a bicycle for sale only 10 minutes earlier. I couldn’t believe the price, the photo, and the condition of the bicycle. I grabbed my phone, contacted the owner, and even bravely asked for a discount. The deal was made. As I lifted the bicycle into my car, I knew God had answered our prayers. The bicycle had cost the exact amount that I had saved over many, many months.
The mission story concludes next week.
Produced by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission. Find more mission stories at adventistmission[dot]org
The post Inside Story: Bike and Bible – Part 1 appeared first on Sabbath School Net.
Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/inside-story-bike-and-bible-part-1/
Friday: Further Thought ~ A City Called Confusion
Further Thought:
“The message of Revelation 14:1-20, announcing the fall of Babylon must apply to religious bodies that were once pure and have become corrupt.
Since this message follows the warning of the judgment, it must be given in the last days; therefore it cannot refer to the Roman Church alone, for that church has been in a fallen condition for many centuries.” — Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, p. 383.
Daniel 3:1-30 — the story of the three Hebrews who had been ordered to “worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up” (Daniel 3:5, NKJV) in ancient Babylon — stands as a symbol, a model, of what will happen when spiritual Babylon, in the last days, will enforce worship of a false “image,” as well (see Revelation 13:15; Revelation 14:9, Revelation 14:11; Revelation 16:2; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:4). How interesting that the commandment that the three Hebrews would have violated, the second commandment (Exodus 20:4-5), was one of the two commandments that this power, depicted in another place as seeking “to change times and laws” (Daniel 7:25), had tampered with.
What was the other commandment it tampered with? Of course, the fourth commandment, which, as we have seen and will see again, sits at the heart of the whole question of worship and will be central in the final crisis when we face the question of whether we will worship the One who “made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day” (Exodus 20:11, NKJV; see also Revelation 14:7), or the beast and his image.
Discussion Questions:
|
The post Friday: Further Thought ~ A City Called Confusion appeared first on Sabbath School Net.
Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/friday-further-thought-city-called-confusion/
7me Training Event Brings the Church Into the 21st Century
This past weekend on 20-21 May, the Secretariat and Treasury departments at the British Union Conference (BUC) collaborated in an exciting training event at Kents Hill Park Conference Centre near Milton Keynes. The event brought together 60 treasurers and church clerks from various local churches across the South England Conference, North England Conference, Irish, Scottish and Welsh Missions.
The event aimed to introduce the participants to the seamless integration of the new 7me app and…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-05-25/1575/
Grace Leads to Life #Short
Grace leads to salvation. It also leads to repentance, forgiveness, justification, salvation, growth, holiness, love, service, and evangelism. Grace motivates us toward God’s will. Watch this #short clip from the Global #Campmeeting sermon, “How Do We Know Our Way to Salvation?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okQScCqQMdc&list=PL-k2Gb-DBYo9tb9fHW_AxGxJ1R8MpNnpa&index=13 as Jill Morikone presents for a Virtual Global Campmeeting on the topic of grace vs. legalism.
————————————————————————————
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has been an established denomination since 1863. It is a global Christian family with over 21 million members who hold the Bible as the ultimate authority. We are believers who promise to help people understand the Bible to find freedom, healing, and hope in Jesus. Want to learn more about the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Visit our website at: https://www.adventist.org/ Click the notification bell so that you never miss a new video! Find us on social media by following the links below:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAdventistChurch
Twitter:https://twitter.com/adventistchurch
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventistchurch/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hse1l-Yn9vo
Reflections on Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
“Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.” Proverbs 12:25. The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2023, held 15-21 May, focused on anxiety.
In highlighting the topic, Mental Health Foundation’s website article*1 states: “Focusing on anxiety for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week will increase people’s awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem.”
So how big an…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-05-25/1574/
Faith In Action
The gospel group, ‘Faith In Action’, based in Hampstead Seventh-day Adventist church, participated in Steel’s Village Street celebrations on Sabbath, 6 May.
Amidst King Charles III’s coronation celebrations, ‘Faith In Action’ accompanied by Bobby Carr, Leyan Saddler and Simon Nicholson on the keyboards – sang to the ‘one and only King of Kings and Lord of Lords’.
Steel’s Village comprises local community members and businesses around Steel’s Road in Haverstock Hill. Lynn Whiting spearheads all…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-05-25/1573/
Women’s Ministries Event Impacts Females in Bulgaria
The last worship song to conclude the Sabbath service was about to start. An attendee listened to the tunes while struggling to structure all her thoughts and everything she had just heard about the w…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/womens-ministries-event-impacts-females-in-bulgaria
Women’s Ministires Event Impacts Females in Bulgaria
The last worship song to conclude the Sabbath service was about to start. An attendee listened to the tunes while struggling to structure all her thoughts and everything she had just heard about the w…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/womens-ministires-event-impacts-females-in-bulgaria
Adventist Publishing Ministry Shines Light Worldwide
In 1848, God sent the first and most important message to the prophet Ellen White regarding the publishing ministry, and she conveyed to her husband, James, “You must begin to print a little paper and…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/adventist-publishing-ministry-shines-light-worldwide
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 811
- 812
- 813
- 814
- 815
- …
- 4133
- Next Page »