Orlando (pseudonym used to protect identity) is 41 years old and a professional cook. Due to the difficulties in Venezuela, he needed to leave his country to try for a better life. “It was not an easy…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/adventist-initiative-welcomes-migrants-in-brazil
Remember Ukraine | Day 5
As we "Remember the Ukrainian Crisis" we see 1 year of heroic compassion in action. As ADRA has responded in a very real way to the needs of a people seeking hope amid the chaos of conflict, we connect you through their stories of resilience and thankfulness. #adra #ukraine Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH2Zkh5LnjY
I Don’t Need Anything the World Has
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. 1 John 2:15-17 NLT
When Paul stood before Agrippa, he showed us the attitude of someone who has truly experienced the unconditional love of Jesus and has a genuine relationship with Christ. When someone has a sincere conversion, the things of this world lose their appeal. The tenth commandment, “Thou shalt not covet” is not a struggle to keep. When Christ abides in the heart, the Christian is not looking at the things everyone else has and wishing they could have those things too. Instead they look at the world and desire for the world to have what they have. This was Paul’s attitude as he stood before King Agrippa.
Agrippa interrupted him. “Do you think you can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?” Paul replied, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains.” Acts 26:28-29 NLT
Paul is standing in chains and his prisoner uniform before king Agrippa in all of his royal splendor. Yet Paul does not desire what Agrippa has. He wants Agrippa to have what he has! Likewise those who have had a real experience with Jesus will not be looking at the world, longing for what the world has. Instead, we long for the world to have what we have.
Coveting becomes an impossibility when your heart is filled with God’s love. When your heart is filled with God’s love, you do not envy the world. Instead, you feel sorry for the world because it does not have the love and joy that you have. Instead of having worldly ambitions, we have the ambition of Paul, when he said,
But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. Acts 20:24 NLT
I don’t need anything the world has. The world needs what I have.
Amen!
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Adventist History: Prominent African-American Leader Passes Away (and other stories)
This week in Adventist history, we revisit the passing of an African-American church leader, Meade Van Putten. Ordained in 1956, he served in the Lake Region and Alleghany East Conferences. He later served at the General Conference and ended his service at the North American Division, totaling more than 40 years. Elizabeth Henry tells us more about this story and others in This Week in Adventist History. Visit https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/ for more Adventist stories and events. Established in 1863, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is a global Christian family with over 21 million members who hold the Bible as the ultimate authority. We are believers who help people understand the Bible to find freedom, healing, and hope in Jesus. To learn more about the Seventh-day Adventist Church, visit https://www.adventist.org/. Subscribe to this channel and click the notification bell so you’ll never miss a new video. Follow us on these social media platforms:
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9.4 Ananias and Sapphira – BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series MANAGING FOR THE MASTER with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
9.BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS
Covetousness will never be satisfied.
Memory Text: Luke 12:15 – Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.
9.4 Ananias and Sapphira
What was the problem of this couple?
My God bless you today and always.
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