“God’s Mission – My Mission” consistently points us to our Gracious God and how He wishes us to portray what He has done for us. In response we will reach out to others: 
Hymn 573 – I’ll Go Where You Want Me To Go, Dear Lord, hence our theme hymn. This is in response to 
So Send I You – Hymn 573.

Sabbath afternoon’s introduction reminds us how our universe was put into existence by God, Himself:
Hymn 97 – Lord Of The Boundless Curves Of Space.

“The God Who Reaches Out to Us” is perfumed with the amazing love given to us: 
Hymn 79 – O Love Of God, How Strong And True, 
Hymn 76 – O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go, 
Hymn 162 – Wondrous Love, 
Hymn 78 – For God So Loved The World and 
Hymn 191 – Love Divine. Because of this abundant love, God had “the plan of redemption” in place for us showing 
The Wonder of Redeeming Love – Hymn 179 instructing that we are 
By Christ Redeemed – Hymn 402.

Monday reminds us that 
God Himself Is With Us – Hymn 3. This helps us to ponder and ask 
O For A Closer Walk with God – Hymn 315. Abraham was called and able to praise God, and so are we in singing The God Of Abraham Praise – Hymn 11.

“The God Who Continues to Be With Us” (Wednesday), encourages us to go 
Seeking The Lost – Hymn 373.

Oh, with grateful thanks, we see “in the place where sin abounded, God’s grace much more abounds” (Thursday): 
Hymn 109 – Marvelous Grace.

So, dear people, be encouraged to go forward so that we and all our friends and neighbors will be rejoicing 
When We All Get To Heaven – Hymn 633.

To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org/Search and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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Daily Lesson for Sunday 1st of October 2023

God created us in His image and likeness. He gave us a perfect world, and His purpose was that we would live in perfect connection with Him, a relationship centered in His most precious attribute: love. But for love to be real, God also gave us another precious gift: free will—the freedom to choose which way to follow. Of course, God gave clear instructions to Adam and Eve about the danger and deadly consequences of disobedience (Genesis 2:16-17).

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Satan, in turn, deceptively persuaded Eve that she could eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but without any negative results. On the contrary, he claimed that they would “be like God, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:5, NKJV). Unfortunately, Eve chose to eat and gave the fruit to Adam, who made the same choice. The perfect creation, then, was stained by sin.

That moment changed God’s original plan and purpose for the newly created planet Earth. The mission of salvation, which had been designed “before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4), had now to be implemented.

Of course, God knew exactly where they were. Dominated by fear, Adam and Eve were the ones who needed to see what was going on. But they also needed to be confronted so they could understand the dreadful consequences of their sin. Satan also needed to be defeated. For that, God then began to present His mission: the plan of redemption (see Genesis 3:14-15)—the only hope of “reconciling the world to Himself” (2 Corinthians 5:19, NKJV).

We need to pay close attention, however, to the fact that before the confrontation and the promise of reconciliation, God came looking for fallen humanity. In spite of the seemingly hopeless situation, God essentially addresses two issues in His question to Adam: our fallen state and His missionary nature. We are lost and in desperate need of salvation. He is the One who finds us with the determination to save and to be with us.

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