This week on ANN. In India, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, or ADRA, has delivered a new critically needed oxygen production system to the METAS Hospital. The system, known as a Pressure Swing Absorption Generation Plant (PSA), was airlifted from Italy and is being installed at the 300-bed facility located in the state of Gujarat in Western India. This PSA will provide 600 liters of medical-grade oxygen per minute, 24-hours a day, to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients. In addition, ADRA plans to install additional oxygen generation plants in other medical facilities in Pune and Delhi. The humanitarian agency is also scaling up operations in other COVID-19 hot spots in Asia to aid major hospitals in Sri Lanka and Nepal as the deadly virus surges in the region. In British Columbia, Canada, the Adventist Church issued a statement on the discovery of 215 unmarked children’s graves at the former Kamloops Residential School Site. The statement says, “The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada mourns with the families of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation and all the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island following the discovery of 215 unmarked children’s graves at the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. This horrific event reminds us of the troubled relationship that Canada continues to navigate with the Indigenous nations who pre-existed its founding. In Colombia, Seventh-day Adventist leaders took part in a special prayer session for the nation amid the civil unrest brought on by protests for over a month. The Adventist Church was invited to participate by Meta, the central Colombian government’s religious liberty leaders. More than 100 religious leaders and citizens of the Vistahermosa district gathered with white balloons in hand at the city’s main park to pray for peace amid a national crisis that has paralyzed businesses and left 46 people dead. The Seventh-day Adventist Church recognizes June 19 as World Refugee Sabbath. This year, the world will set aside June 20 as World Refugee Day. The theme for World Refugee Day 2021 is “Every Action Counts,” which means everyone can make a difference, and everyone has a role to play to bring about change for the more than 79 million people who have been forced from their home by conflict and persecution. More than 2,300 new believers joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church after a recent four-week evangelistic campaign streamed across dozens of islands comprising the Caribbean Union. The virtual event drew thousands of viewers every night and finished off with the largest number of baptisms ever reached during the territory’s annual evangelism efforts. More than 25000 viewers connected every evening with over 50,000 viewers during the Sabbath worship programs. In Fiji, ADRA has provided emergency funding and food support to hundreds of Fijians as the number of cases of COVID-19 community transmission continues to escalate. According to the latest ADRA Fiji situation report, there were 223 active COVID cases, including 41 new cases recorded over the weekend of May 22 and 23. Emergency funding, which included contributions from the Trans-Pacific Union Mission, the Fiji Mission, ADRA Australia, and ADRA New Zealand, has enabled it to assist more than 200 families in the central and western divisions. The United States Agency for International Development, better known as the US-AID, awarded a 120,000 dollar grant to ADRA Slovakia to implement the homeless program “DrumoDrom” in Serbia. Recently, representatives of US-AID in Serbia and the Embassy of the Slovak Republic signed a memorandum of understanding. The financial award will enable the continuation of the project, specifically created to provide support to homeless people. Amazonia welcomes 36 young missionaries who will live on missions for the next year. The feeling of wanting to make an impact in someone else’s life and putting mission into practice was what made 22-year-old Luana Collen leave her sixth study period of Social Work at the State University of Ponta Grossa to live a year in the mission field. Luana represents the group of 36 young people who are linked to the One Year In Mission (OYIM) 2021 project in Northwestern Brazil. The initial training program usually takes nine weeks, but this edition lasted only five weeks due to the pandemic period. For more current events and inspiring stories, go to News | Adventist News Network Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLwveRujn2M

How can we reach the world? In this video, Pastor Ted Wilson is joined by his wife, Nancy, to bring a special message about Women’s Ministries Emphasis Day.
This Sabbath, June 12, has been designated as Women's Ministries Emphasis Day. The theme for Women's Ministries is "I Will Go Reach My World," and what a wonderful goal this is for everyone to Go, in the power of the Lord, and reach their world for Him!
God has given each of us a special calling in reaching our world for Him. Let’s look at how a young girl was able, through a home, to influence one of the most powerful families of her time. We read about it in 2 Kings chapter 5, beginning in verses 1-5.
Here is a young girl, ripped away from her family and forced to serve in the very home of the one responsible for her capture! Involuntarily thrust into this unjust situation, she could have been bitter, resentful, and angry. But she wasn't. From an early age she had been taught a higher calling–one that looks beyond oneself to the welfare of others.
This young woman genuinely cared about the well-being of a powerful man who could have rightly been considered her enemy. She cared enough to speak with Naaman's wife, who conveyed the message to her husband.
This took courage. She could have reasoned that because of her lowly position she was helpless, that no one would listen to or believe her. Nevertheless, despite the risk of ridicule and rejection, she spoke up, and her captors believed her.
Why did they believe her? It was in part, no doubt, to what they had observed—her kindness, courtesy, and thoughtfulness. We are told in Prophets and Kings: "The conduct of the captive maid, the way that she bore herself in that heathen home, is a strong witness to the power of early home training. There is no higher trust than that committed to fathers and mothers in the care and training of their children. Parents have to do with the very foundations of habit and character. By their example and teaching the future of their children is largely decided. . . . The parents of that Hebrew maid, as they taught her of God, did not know the destiny that would be hers. But they were faithful to their trust; and in the home of the captain of the Syrian host, their child bore witness to the God whom she had learned to honor"(Prophets and Kings, p. 245).
As we consider our calling, let us never forget those nearest to us, and the powerful influence God has placed within our hands. Whether we have children of our own, or are "mothers in Israel," God has placed us in the powerful position of teaching, nurturing, and guiding the lives of all humanity!
God has indeed placed us in a powerful position of influence–a position that only we can fulfill. While there are many ways we can serve the Lord as we "Go to reach our world," let us always remember our special calling to reach those nearest and dearest through the powerful influence of the home. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viXx2QEP3Wo

The world looks like it has fallen into chaos. There is destruction and pain all around. But Jesus, God the Son, came to earth to change history. He is creating a new Kingdom and gives us an amazing future as we accept His offer of friendship. This video shows how Jesus brings hope for the future no matter how the world around us makes us feel. Blog: https://www.ibelievebible.com/a-hero-foreseen/ ___
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The new covenant is a greater, more complete, and better revelation of the plan of redemption. We who partake of it partake of it by faith, a faith that will manifest itself in obedience to a law written in our hearts. Sabbath School Lessons – God`s Everlasting Covenant. Week 10, study this lesson for June 5 To follow our official social media accounts, just follow the links below:
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How can we navigate between legalism and grace? Many of us believe that we are covered by God's grace, but some believe that we have to do works to fully be acceptable before God. This video will help you understand where you find yourself in this journey between legalism and grace. Our guest this week is Jill Morikone. Jill serves as the Vice President/COO of 3ABN and she is passionate about sharing the Word of God. 3ABN is the family of networks that contains original programming designed to reach into the hearts and lives of each listener, addressing their everyday problems and most urgent needs, and sharing the good news of salvation by grace through Christ, and His soon return. LEARN ABOUT 3ABN
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00:04:08 – 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 00:04:35 – Galatians 3 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+3&version=NKJV
00:22:02 – Romans 6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+6&version=NKJV
00:24:10 – But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. Romans 7:17
00:24:55 – I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20
00:27:48 – Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled Hebrews 12:14-15
00:33:57 – Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13
00:42:35 – For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
00:44:09 – For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba,[a] Father.” Romans 8:15
00:45:11 – If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
00:45:23 – Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27 ___
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