Discover how AWR is helping former rebels transition to a new life by supporting them in starting farms and small businesses. See how these efforts provide economic stability and hope for the future. Click the like button, subscribe for more content, and share your thoughts in the comments! #EconomicEmpowerment #NewBeginnings #AWRInitiatives #awr #adventistworldradio #short Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ccwiGtgYN0
Editorial: “A Time to Deconstruct… and A Time to Innovate”
I remember a particular theology class, with one of the hardest professors on campus during graduate school. After handing out the syllabus he said something that stayed with me for years afterwards. “If you look at the syllabus and decide that you would like to leave the class, please leave now. Otherwise, I ask that […] Source: https://atoday.org/editorial-a-time-to-deconstruct-and-a-time-to-innovate/
Sunday: The Everlasting Love of God
Daily Lesson for Sunday 5th of January 2025
Scripture is clear: God loves everyone. The most famous verse of Scripture, John 3:16, proclaims this truth: “ ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life’ ” (NKJV).
Read Psalms 33:5 and Psalms 145:9. What do these verses teach about how far God’s loving-kindness, compassion, and mercy extend?
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Some might think that they are unlovable or that God might love everyone else but not them. Yet, the Bible consistently proclaims that every single person is loved by God. There is no one whom He does not love. And because God loves everyone, He also wants everyone to be saved, as well.
Read 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Timothy 2:4, and Ezekiel 33:11. What do these texts teach about God’s desire to save everyone?
The verse after John 3:16 adds: “ ‘For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved’ ” (John 3:17, NKJV). If it were up to God alone, every human being would accept His love and be saved. Yet, the Lord will not force His love on anyone. People are free to accept or reject it.
And even though some do reject it, God never stops loving them. In Jeremiah 31:3, He proclaims to His people: “ ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you’ ” (NKJV). Elsewhere, the Bible repeatedly teaches that God’s love endures forever (see, for example, Psalms 136:1-26). God’s love never runs out. It is everlasting. This is hard for us to understand because we often find it easy not to love others, don’t we?
However, if we as individuals could learn to experience the reality of that love—that is, to know for ourselves God’s love—how differently we might live and treat others.
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If God loves everyone, this means He must love some pretty despicable characters because there are some (a lot, in fact) despicable characters out there. What should God’s love for these people teach us about how we should seek to relate to them, as well? |
(0)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25a-02-the-everlasting-love-of-god/
God First: Your Daily Prayer Meeting #876
Matthew 21:22 – "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Tag someone in need of prayer, and kindly share your prayer requests here. https://wkf.ms/3DBuapQ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSvY30fB2ak
SdS – L’amore e la giustizia di Dio – Lezione 2
AMORE FRUTTO DI UN PATTO.
Approfondimento della lezione 2 del 1° trimestre 2025 con Mariarosa Cavalieri, Tamara Pispisa e Luca Faedda. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhAjgDk51ds
