For the tenth consecutive year, Seventh-day Adventists throughout Venezuela embarked on the annual initiative coined “Close To You Venezuela,” sharing smiles, books, toys, free medical check-ups, and …… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/adventists-in-venezuela-share-hope-while-impacting-communities-during-tenth-annual-initiative
Bibbia expo per te – 5
5. Il Sommo Sacerdote Bibbia Expo: un viaggio nella storia e nella cultura della Bibbia. E’ possibile visitare diversi stand espositivi dove saranno in mostra molteplici versioni antiche della Bibbia e una riproduzione in miniatura degli arredi dell’antico Tempio di Gerusalemme. Al Bibbia Expo i visitatori potranno intraprendere un affascinante itinerario storico-culturale, spiegato in ogni sua tappa, ed entrare così nel misterioso e ricco mondo di cui i testi biblici rendono testimonianza. Tutti i cittadini sono invitati a visitare Bibbia Expo e a portare anche i loro bambini per i quali alcuni ambienti della mostra sono pensati e realizzati. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCE-Rm7XBTk
Summer of My Monarch Butterfly
by Melissa Brotton | 05 September 2023 | “Your comforts delight my soul.” (Psalm 94:18b, NKJV) Science is telling us that one of nature’s most precious gifts is a tranquil and sound mind, something we’ve known intuitively for a long while. This truth hit home to me in late spring of this year. As the […] Source: https://atoday.org/summer-of-my-monarch-butterfly/
South England Conference Elects a New President – Dr Kirk Thomas
At its 64th Session at the University of Essex, Colchester, the South England England Conference has elected a new President. Dr Kirk Thomas has served as the Director for Evangelism, Personal Ministries, Sabbath School, School of Evangelism, Mission and Leadership, Adventist Missions, Church Growth and Discipleship at the British Union Conference (BUC) of Seventh-day Adventists. He previously served at the SEC as Personal Ministries and Sabbath School Director. Thomas is also behind the new…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-09-08/1685/
Sabbath: The Call to Stand
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Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Ephesians 6:10-20; Deuteronomy 20:2-4; Romans 13:11-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8; 1 Corinthians 15:23-24.
Memory Text: “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:10-11, ESV).
Bleary-eyed, the servant stumbles out of his lodgings and sees an alarming sight — a large, well-equipped and hostile army with “troops, horses, and chariots everywhere.” Speaking to the prophet Elisha, he stammers out the news, along with his harried question, “Oh, sir, what will we do now?”
Elisha responds, “Don’t be afraid! … For there are more on our side than on theirs!” a response that fails to register in the face of his servant. Elisha, pulling him close, prays for him: “O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” The prophet’s prayer is answered immediately. The servant steps to the ramparts again, but this time the veil between the seen and the unseen lifts. He now sees not one army, but two. “The Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire” (2 Kings 6:15-17, NLT).
In composing Ephesians 6:10-20, Paul prays for an enhanced vision for believers so that they will be able to see the full reality of the great controversy and to draw hope from what it reveals to them.
Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, September 16.
Amen!
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