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As we move into this new year I’ve been especially struck with how backwards our culture has gotten New Year’s resolutions. Now, I’m not one of those resolution haters. I think any time is a good time to reflect on the past and think about future possibilities. But January is just not the time for […] Source: https://atoday.org/weve-been-doing-new-years-resolutions-all-wrong/
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 10th of January 2026
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Philippians 1:19-30, 1 Corinthians 4:14-16, 2 Corinthians 10:3-6, John 17:17-19, Micah 6:8, Acts 14:22.
Memory Text: “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21, NKJV).
Death, we’re often told, is just part of life. That’s a lie. Death is the opposite of life, the enemy of life. Death was no more built into life than wreckage was built into a car. Paul emphatically says that Christ died to “destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage” (Hebrews 2:14-15).
Although ready to die for Christ, Paul was confident of his long-term fate. The most important thing for him in the meantime was, by his own life or death, to honor Christ and to preach the gospel to as many as possible. Perhaps that is one reason we have so many epistles bearing his name. Through his writings, he could reach many people and places, including places that he himself had never visited.
Life is short, and it is vital to make the biggest impact possible for God’s kingdom within the span of the years that God grants us. No small part of that impact has to do with our encouraging “the unity of the faith.” As we shall see beginning this week, this theme was one important reason for Paul’s writing to the Philippians.
by David Geelan | 9 January 2025 | After a range of different jobs through my life—working in a lumber yard and as a builder’s laborer, packing cornflakes and cleaning in a factory, washing glassware in a laboratory—to pay my way through school, I began my first real job as a high school chemistry, physics, […] Source: https://atoday.org/teaching-and-parenting-for-character/
When trials come, praising God does not always feel natural. Yet Job chose trust over bitterness. His experience is a reminder that even in loss, God remains worthy of praise. Think of God’s faithfulness in your life and share what you want to praise God for in the comments. Are there blessings you want to thank God for? #AWR360 #HappySabbath Source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jquXS0E8jDQ
par Reinder Bruinsma | 8 janvier 2026 | Récemment, je suis tombé sur une déclaration de John Suk qui m’a intrigué. Son livre, Not Sure: A Pastor’s Journey from Faith to Doubt (Pas sûr: le parcours d’un pasteur de la foi au doute), n’était plus disponible sur Amazon. J’ai donc commandé un exemplaire d’occasion pour […] Source: https://atoday.org/lecons-du-pasteur-john-d-suk/
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