Talks on brain health by Pastor Christian Karlsson and Dr Chidi
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Uganda celebrates World Refugee Sabbath inside refugee settlement
President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Uganda and Board Chairman for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Uganda, Daniel Matte, applauded the leadership of General Yoweri Museveni, president of the Republic of Uganda, for opening the borders of Uganda to those who have fled into the country.
Matte was speaking at a ceremony held during World Refugee Sabbath. The event was held in an unprecedented location—a refugee settlement. Matte was accompanied at the ceremony by…
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Adventists celebrate 107 years of sharing the gospel in Vanuatu
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Vanuatu recently hosted their annual Sounds of Hope musical festival. Held at Epauto Adventist Multi Purpose Centre, the celebrations this year commemorated 107 years of sharing the gospel in Vanuatu, with a special program held each evening from Sunday, June 9, until Wednesday, June 12.
Thousands of people attended the festival over the course of the week, with even more experiencing the celebrations online. Over a seven-day period, Sounds of Hope 2019…
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Inside Story ~ Mozambique
Praising God With HIV
By Andrew McChesney
Maria Samo has HIV and is praising God.
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Maria was born into a Seventh-day Adventist family in the village of Nicuadala, Mozambique, and got baptized at the age of 7. Her village had no high school, so she moved to Quilimane, a 30-minute drive to the south, to continue her studies. There she made new friends who introduced her to alcohol and tobacco.
Maria’s parents didn’t know that she smoked and drank until after she got married. Her father came to visit one day and walked in as Maria was smoking. He didn’t say a word, but guilt washed over Maria, and she resolved never to smoke or drink again.
Quitting smoking proved easy, but drinking was much more difficult for Maria. She prayed for help. God answered in an unusual way, she said. She began to suffer severe panic attacks.
Fearing that she would die, Maria’s husband took her to South Africa for medical treatment. A South African physician warned that she would die in three months if she didn’t give up drinking.
Maria quit with the help of a 45-day rehab program and, returning to Mozambique, re-consecrated her life to Jesus.
Then her husband died. Six years later, she received the shocking news that he had been infected with HIV and passed on the virus to her.
“From that time”, she said with a smile, “I have been praising the Lord”.
The reason is because she feels healthier than at any other time in her life.
“My health is better than it was before I contracted the virus, and my conscious is clear”, she said.
Today, Maria, a grandmother of four, works as a trader, buying gold and precious stones in various villages and selling them in Nampula, Mozambique’s third-largest city. But her passion is encouraging others with HIV.
“Many people lose hope when they learn that they are infected”, she said. “They don’t have anyone to talk to, and they die.”
She said Adventists should have a special burden to reach out to those with HIV, praying with them and encouraging them.
“I share the hope that I have in Jesus and His soon coming”, she said.
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Friday: Further Thought – What Have They Seen in Your House?
Further Thought:
Ellen G. White, “A Powerful Christian Witness”, pages 35-39; “Attitude Toward an Unbelieving Companion”, pages 348-352, in The Adventist Home; “Ministry of the Home”, pages 349-355, in The Ministry of Healing; “The Ambassadors From Babylon”, pages 340-348, in Prophets and Kings.
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The power of the home in evangelism. “Far more powerful than any sermon that can be preached is the influence of a true home upon human hearts and lives. … “Our sphere of influence may seem narrow, our ability small, our opportunities few, our acquirements limited; yet wonderful possibilities are ours through a faithful use of the opportunities of our own homes”. – Ellen G. White, The Ministry of Healing, pages 352, 355.
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