This week in ANN First in the news, The Ten Thousand Toes Campaign, an initiative of Adventist Health, has received the 2022 Healthy Island Award in the Best Practice Category from the World Health Organization for its work in Fiji. The award recognizes the work that "10,000 Toes" is doing to help address the epidemic of lifestyle diseases, particularly diabetes, in the Pacific. This year, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Haiti has baptized more than eight thousand people as a result of evangelism efforts. Just recently, the Church welcomed more than one thousand and six hundred new members at the close of two weeks of online evangelistic meetings held in Pétion-Ville. Hope Under Siege, is a brand new program that recently premiered on the Hope Channel. Hope Under Siege shares first hand accounts of Ukrainian refugees and stories of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency's relief work during Russian and Ukrainian conflict. It captures the unrest in Ukraine, while also highlighting the role faith plays. Through out the program, you will hear testimonies of hope under siege. The mission of this program is to demonstrate hope in action through relevant stories of support and faith. Finally, we will have the the stories of the dedicated missionaries like Ervin and Mildred Sorensen. They served as missionaries to the Southern Asia Division and to the Far Eastern Division for over 22 years. For more news and current affairs within the Adventist community, visit adventist.news Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeY2_VKgIvk

In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson talks about the Lord's Supper based on the sixteenth fundamental belief of the Seventh-day Adventists. The Lord's Supper is a participation in the emblems of the body and blood of Jesus as an expression of faith in Him. In this experience, Christ is present to meet and strengthen His people. And as we partake in it, we "proclaim the Lord's death till He comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26). Preparation for this communion includes self-examination, repentance, and confession. These are manifested in the service of foot washing, signifying renewed cleansing and willingness to serve one another in Christlike humility and unite our hearts in love. The Lord's Supper follows Jesus' demonstration of love when He washed His disciples' feet like a servant. By doing this, He showed an example of kindness and unconditional love. "If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you" (John 13:14-15). Aside from washing one another's feet, the three significant parts of the communion service involve eating unleavened bread and drinking grape juice. All these are symbolic of Christ's sacrifice to save us and the servant-like example He set. Also, these actions follow Jesus' words to His disciples: "Do this in remembrance of Me" (Luke 22:19). The bread represents Christ's body broken for us. "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, 'Take, eat; this is My body.'" (Matthew 26:26). Jesus said in John 6:48, "I am the Bread of life." In verse 51, He continued, "I am the living Bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world." This bread, as used in the communion service, is unleavened. Why? During the Passover, God instructed the Israelites to get ready to leave Egypt soon as Pharaoh permitted. So, they baked unleavened cakes of dough. Through the years, they used unleavened bread in celebrating the Passover as a reminder of their exodus from Egypt. Meanwhile, Apostle added another meaning to this. "Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore, purge out the old leaven that you may be a new lump since you truly are unleavened. For indeed, Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore, let us keep the feast not with old leaven nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:6-8). On the other hand, the fruit of the vine symbolizes Jesus' blood "which is shed for many for the remission of sins" (Matthew 26:28). "Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins" (Hebrews 9:22). This fruit of the vine, as used in Passover, was unfermented grape juice. Jesus said in Matthew 26:29, "I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom." With this, the Bible condemns fermented wine. In Proverbs 20:1, we read that "wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise." Also, "do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls around smoothly; at the last, it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper" (Proverbs 23:31-32). As such, only pure grape juice, freshly squeezed from the vine, fits the symbol of the perfect blood of Christ. Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper to commemorate our deliverance from sin. It is the new covenant service that continues the Passover celebration. The communion is the perfect time to think about how we can grow in Christ and honor Him with our lives. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoqpgmOb0GI

Are you willing to take on the challenge of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ? This #short clip from the Global Campmeeting sermon “How Can We Effectively Bring the Message to the Cities?” by Mark Finley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1wboSHTtD4&list=PL-k2Gb-DBYo9tb9fHW_AxGxJ1R8MpNnpa&index=3 presents that God does not need us to have a certification or a university degree. All He wants is our willingness to witness and testify for Him. Study His Word fervently and pray continually, for revival and genuine witnessing for Jesus can only happen through the power of the Holy Spirit. Today is the right day for us to be His instrument to share love, hope, peace, and salvation with others. Want to learn more about the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Let us help you understand the Bible to find freedom, healing and hope in Jesus. 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:
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Have you ever looked around at all the strong and great people you know and wondered why they have great strength and success? This #short clip from the video, “What Really Makes Someone a Hero?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJz326Tacfc demonstrates how God uses adversity and challenges to help us grow and become stronger. When bad things happen and we face life’s challenges, we should praise God because we are in His growing place to become a better version of ourselves. Want to learn more about the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Let us help you understand the Bible to find freedom, healing, and hope in Jesus. 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:
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What does God want us to do in these times of trouble and difficulties? We’ve been in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. We are living in uncertain times; people worry for themselves and their loved ones. Wars are raging between nations. An economic disaster might be on the way. Our thoughts are flooded with unanswered questions. Will the economy crash? Will we be able to feed our family or find a place to live? What’s next? We live in a period when the entirety of prophecy reveals God’s plans.
God wants us to place our complete trust in His Word. In Matthew 24, Jesus lays out the many signs that we will see right before He comes again. The final sign proves that we are living in the very last days of this world’s history. Mathew 24:14, “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” God’s message is moving forward, and this is our mission. Be bold in Jesus and stand up for the truth to carry the Gospel to all people. Lift up your trumpet and be God’s instrument in carrying out His will. Watch the full video as Cami Oetman reminds us to be courageous in preaching the Gospel. Stand up for the truth because Jesus is coming soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3OnzMVvwKQ Want to learn more about the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Let us help you understand the Bible to find freedom, healing and hope in Jesus. 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:
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