Closer To Heaven
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Painting by Cherilyn Clough, posted Feb 16, 2017 Editor’s note: There is a wonderful blog that goes with this painting. It speaks of the necessity of speaking up for love and inclusion. To read it, go to Clough’s Little Red Survivor blog and scroll down to Feb. 11.
Read more at the source: Don’t Shut Up
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Today.
See more posts by Sabbath School Lesson “In modern language the passage in Galatians 5:22-23 could read something like this: ‘The Fruit of the Spirit is an affectionate, lovable disposition, a radiant spirit and a cheerful temper, a tranquil mind and a quiet manner, a forbearing patience in provoking circumstances and with trying people, a sympathetic insight and tactful helpfulness, generous judgment and a big-souled charity, loyalty and reliableness under all circumstances, humility that forgets self in the joy of others, in all things self-mastered and self-controlled, which is the final mark of perfecting. Image © Stan Myers from GoodSalt.com This is the kind of character that is the Fruit of the Spirit. Everything is in the word Fruit. It is not by striving, but by abiding; not by worrying, but by trusting; not of works, but of faith.’ “-S. Chadwick, in Arthur Walkington Pink, The Holy Spirit (Bellingham, Wash.: Logos Bible Software, n.d.), chapter 30
Read more at the source: Friday: Further Thought – The Holy Spirit and the Fruit of the Spirit
**To share this story: Aaron Atkison fills orders for tornado survivors in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Read more at the source: Baptized Teen Serves New Orleans Tornado Survivors
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Church Connect.
**To share this story: By V. Michelle Bernard Photo by Jorge Pillco More than 7,700 Columbia Union Conference members recently attended Caravan of Training meetings at 24 sites across the union. Before the meetings, Rubén Ramos, Columbia Union vice president for Multilingual Ministries, and his team distributed 19,000 copies of Como Compartir A Jesús to churches across the union with the goal of helping the readers understand why they need to get involved in mission. During the meetings, international evangelist Alejandro Bullón and Ramos further encouraged members to get personally involved in evangelizing their communities. Bullón challenged attendees to use Christ’s method of befriending and caring for people. “The goal of the caravan is to help every member realize they need to be involved in mission — not to make sooner the coming of Jesus or to help the church grow
Read more at the source: More than 7,700 Attend Caravan of Training Meetings
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Church Connect.
**To share this story: Click on the links below to watch general sessions and leadership sessons from the 2017 NAD Adventist Ministries Convention held on Jan.
Read more at the source: Adventist Ministries Convention Sessions Available [Videos]
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Church Connect.
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