Closer To Heaven
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24 June 2026 | In an email sent early this morning, Ohio Conference president Bob Cundiff responded to Dr. Julian Heilig, father of Camp Mohaven counselor Lucia, who was left at the train station in Toledo in the early morning hours of Father’s Day. Cundiff wrote, “I’m in receipt of your email and have noted […] Source: https://atoday.org/ohio-conference-president-refuses-conversation-with-parent-about-camp-mohaven-problem/
Daily Lesson for Thursday 25th of June 2026
The invitation is offered to us again, today: “Come.”
The Holy Spirit wants to draw you to Jesus today. Jesus invites you to come to Him, to abide in Him today, and every day, until He comes. When you respond and come to Him, when your heart is soft and your mind surrendered, you will feel peace because you know that He will raise you up, no matter how unworthy you may feel, on the last day of this earth. Jesus said, “Who comes to Me I will by no means cast out” (John 6:37, NKJV).
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We should sense the urgency to work with the Holy Spirit to call others to come into a saving relationship with Jesus. “And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let him who hears say, ‘Come!’ And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17, NKJV).
The invitation is free, offered as a gift of grace. When we accept Him into our life and love Him with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength (Deuteronomy 6:5), our life here and in the future will be changed forever.
Even as Jesus invites us to come to Him, the last words in the Bible promise this: “ ‘Surely I am coming quickly.’ Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20, NKJV, emphasis added).
How quickly? From our perspective, as soon as we close our eyes in death, the next thing we know will be the return of Christ. Considering how quickly our lives pass, that’s how quickly Jesus is coming back for us. Perhaps our first thought at the resurrection will be Wow, Lord, Your coming was soon after all!
Truly, now we see but faintly, as in a mirror. But then we’ll see Him face-to-face. Don’t grow weary in waiting. Keep this desire alive, ever before you, in faith and in trust in the love and goodness of God. Lord Jesus, please come soon!
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Pray right now for the faith to endure, for the faith to allow you to surrender wholly and completely to the One who died for you and is coming back quickly for you, too. |
Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/26b-13-come/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=26b-13-come
23 June 2026 – In an article on his website, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig says that his 18-year-old daughter, Lucia Heilig, was abandoned at a train station in Toledo, Ohio, shortly after midnight on Saturday by Camp Mohaven director and Ohio Conference youth leader Pastor Joe Ottinger. Lucia had been working as a counselor at […] Source: https://atoday.org/father-says-ohio-conference-camp-director-abandoned-his-daughter-a-camp-counselor-at-a-train-station-after-midnight/
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by Edward Reifsnyder | 23 June 2026 | “How should we understand the inspiration of Ellen White’s writings and their relation to the Bible principles of sola scriptura? She herself referred to her writings as the ‘lesser light’ shining on the ‘greater light’ of the Bible. They were given to help us understand the Bible […] Source: https://atoday.org/lets-be-honest-about-ellen-white-we-do-put-her-writings-above-the-bible/
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