Have you ever experienced the wait and expectation that arises before something you’ve been looking forward to finally arrives? Perhaps the day of your wedding, the first day of your new job, or even that all-inclusive vacation you’ve desperately been needing. During the wait, time can seem as if it passes ever so slowly. From our human point of view—especially in today’s Instagram world—anything less than instant is slow. For 180 years, Adventists have been preaching and proclaiming the Second Coming of Christ. While many wait in anticipation for this life-changing event, others can feel like that long-awaited day is still an eternity to come. In this video, Pastor Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, explores the reality of Christ’s Second Coming and encourages listeners that it is still possible to wait in hope for His return. Want to know more? 🔗 For a detailed look at what the Seventh-day Adventist Church believes about the Second Coming, visit https://www.adventist.org/second-coming/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amnEdoKrfYk
Tante Louise, la Bible ne veut pas que les femmes soient ordonnées et qu’elles prêchent!
18 janvier | Chère tante Louise, Des femmes ordonnées et qui prêchent? Tante Louise, la Bible est-elle ou non la parole de Dieu? Est-ce que nous considérons ou non que Dieu nous y parle? Que dit la Bible? Il est très clair que les femmes n’ont pas leur place derrière la chaire, et, sur ce […] Source: https://atoday.org/tante-louise-la-bible-ne-veut-pas-que-les-femmes-soient-ordonnees-et-quelles-prechent/
Beyond the Earthly Kingdom #Short
Have you ever pondered the significance of an earthly kingdom versus the promise of a heavenly home? Discover how history meticulously follows the blueprint of prophecy in Daniel, Chapter 2, shaping our world's destiny. The seemingly random political events around us are not mere chance; they are signs pointing to the imminent return of Jesus, the King of Kings. His arrival is the sole hope for a planet teetering on feet of iron and clay, ready to crumble. Dive deeper into prophecy, revelation, and the divine tapestry of history
as Cami Oetman of Adventist World Radio shares the intricate plans set forth for our world. #Shorts #YouTubeShorts To watch the full video, paste this link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNH5FcgMsXM&list=PL-k2Gb-DBYo8tgzOLsPqMwfAHSwFHU-Xx&index=13 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpbfMF_rj-U
Thank you, Emerald Foundation!
The Irish Mission is a dynamic and growing church community working on a historical step to change its organisational status to a Conference. It consists of a diverse, cosmopolitan and mission-oriented membership which, in partnership with the relatively small but dedicated pastoral team, is ‘making God known’ in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
One of the reasons why the work on the Emerald Isle has grown in leaps and bounds is because of networking with like-minded people and ministries…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2024-01-18/1815/
Inside Story: “I Fought and Won”
Inside Story for Friday 19th of January 2024
By Andrew McChesney
Pedro was shocked at the greeting that he got when he returned from church services in Mozambique.
“Don’t go back to the Seventh-day Adventist church,” his sister said. “It’s not a good church because it has false prophets. If you go again, you can’t live here anymore.”
Worrisome thoughts filled Pedro’s head. Family problems in his hometown, Beira, had forced him to move 700 miles (1,140 kilometers) to his sister’s house in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo. Because he was new to town, he had missed a few worship services as he searched for an Adventist church. Now he had found a church, worshiped there for the first time, and returned home to find that his sister didn’t want him to go again.
Pedro prayed and kept going to church.
His sister stopped sharing her food with Pedro. She hoped that hunger would cause him to change his mind. But church members gave him food to eat.
Pedro thanked God for His care and kept going to church.
One Sabbath morning, as he was preparing to leave for church, his sister told him not to return.
“Are you still refusing to listen and insisting on going to your church?” she asked. “You don’t want to live here anymore because you don’t want to comply with the house rules.”
Pedro was sad but not discouraged. He realized that he wasn’t caught in a conflict with his sister but in a spiritual struggle between Jesus and Satan. He remembered Paul’s words in Ephesians 6:12, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (NKJV).
He went to church and asked the pastor and church members to pray for him. When he returned home later that day, he was kicked out.
A friend allowed Pedro to stay with him for two nights. Then a church member gave Pedro a job as the caretaker of his house in exchange for room and board.
Today, Pedro still works as a house caretaker, he is free to worship God every Sabbath, and he believes that God is working on his sister’s heart. Their friendship has been restored, and she no longer insists that he stop going to church on Sabbath. Pedro hopes that one day she will accept the whole Bible truth and learn to appreciate the inspired writings of Ellen White.
“I put on the armor of God,” he said. “I fought and won, and ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me’ ” (Philippians 4:13).
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