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HEART MAY NOT BE SHARED BY THOSE UNCERTAIN OF TOMORROW S MEALS OR HOUNDED BY A GOVERNMENT UNFRIENDLY TO THEIR FAITH 4HIS MAGAZINE IS CALLED !DVENTIST 7ORLD BECAUSE IT SEEKS

AT HEART TO MAKE THE GLOBAL FAMILY OF !DVENTISTS AWARE OF ONE ANOTHER AND OF THE MANY THINGS WE SHARE IN #HRIST )N THESE PAGES YOU WILL READ OF MEN AND WOMEN PHYSICALLY FAR DISTANT FROM YOU BUT CLOSER IN THE THINGS THAT COUNT THAN PERSONS LIVING ON YOUR STREET OR IN YOUR TOWN 9OU WILL BE ENCOURAGED BY THEIR FAITH AND PERSEVERANCE THEY WILL LEARN OF YOUR GENEROSITY AND STRENGTH !LL OF US WILL BE REMINDED THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED INTO A CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY OF #HRISTIANS FOUNDED ON THE UNCHANGING TRUTHS OF 3CRIPTURE AND COMMITTED TO PREPARING PEOPLE TO MEET A SOON COMING 3AVIOR )N THESE PAGES YOU WILL READ THE STORIES OF 'OD S GRACE AND OF THE CHURCH S WITNESS TO A WORLD NEEDING HOPE ! GLOBAL FAMILY OF NEARLY MILLION BAPTIZED MEMBERS AND MILLION IN TOTAL MEETS IN THESE PAGES EVERY MONTH h4HERE IS NEITHER 'REEK NOR *EW CIRCUMCISED NOR UNCIRCUMCISED BARBARIAN 3CYTHIAN SLAVE NOR FREE BUT #HRIST IS ALL AND IN ALLv #OL

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THOUSANDS OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS IN 0UERTO 2ICO SKIPPED CHURCH SERVICE ON 3ABBATH -ARCH IN ORDER TO DISTRIBUTE MESSAGES OF HOPE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE PLAGUED WITH INCREASING VIOLENCE #HURCH MEMBERS PASSED OUT A FREE PAGE MAGAZINE ENTITLED h! ,OOK AT THE 0UERTO 2ICAN &AMILY v 4HE MASSIVE DISTRIBUTION EFFORT IS THE SECOND ISLAND WIDE ACTIVITY OF ITS KIND FOR THE CHURCH %ARLY LAST YEAR SOME

MAGAZINES WERE DISTRIBUTED h)T HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ACTIVITY AGAIN THIS YEAR v SAID &REDDY 3OSA

COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CHURCH IN 0UERTO 2ICO h4HIS YEAR S MAGAZINE WAS A CONTINUATION OF LAST YEAR S PROJECT WHICH LAUNCHED A PREVENTIVE CAMPAIGN IN FAVOR OF THE FAMILY OFFERING NECESSARY GUIDANCE TO PARENTS IN THEIR DAILY LIFE AT HOME v !CCORDING TO 3OSA SOME

MAGAZINES WERE DISTRIBUTED HOUSE TO HOUSE AND THROUGHOUT BUSINESSES IN ONE SINGLE DAY !T A COST OF MORE THAN FOR THE PRINTING AND RADIO AND TELEVISION PROMOTION OF THE ACTIVITY CHURCH LEADERS BELIEVE IT IS A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE THE AILING SOCIETY 4HE MAGAZINE HAD A SPECIAL

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4HOUSANDS OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS SET OUT TO DISTRIBUTE A SPECIAL MAGAZINE ON 3ABBATH

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2ODRIGUEZ PRESIDENT OF 0UERTO 2ICO S 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH SAID THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLICATION WAS TO GUIDE AND EDUCATE FAMILIES ON THE ISLAND h7E ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT PARENTS AND CHILDREN FACE TODAY

AND WE ARE ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE TO CONTINUE PROMOTING THE INTEGRAL EDUCATION SO THAT OUR SOCIETY CAN HAVE THE USEFUL TOOLS TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISIONS v SAID 2ODRIGUEZ 4HIS EFFORT IS ONE OF MANY BEGUN LAST YEAR TO FOCUS ON THE NEED FOR A VIOLENCE FREE LIFESTYLE AMONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO GIVE THE CHURCH MORE VISIBILITY 3OSA SAID )N &EBRUARY THE CHURCH BEGUN A SERIES OF SECOND DAILY TELEVISION MESSAGES ON 0UERTO 2ICO S LARGEST TELEVISION STATION 7!0!

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3OSA EXPLAINED 3OON AFTER 0UERTO 2ICO S 5NIVISION TELEVISION STATION BEGAN BROADCASTING THE SAME SECOND REmECTION MESSAGE DURING ITS PRIME TIME MORNING PROGRAM 4HE SEGMENTS RANGE IN TOPICS FROM HATE SUICIDE AND CRIME TO HOW FOLLOWING #HRIST CAN LEAD TO HAPPINESS h7E ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED SUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM VIEWERS AND DOZENS OF CALLS HAVE COME INTO OUR UNION OFlCE FROM PEOPLE IN NEED OF COUNSELING HELP AND GUIDANCE v HE SAID 4HE SEGMENTS ARE PLANNED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 4HEY RE PART OF A LARGER PROJECT THE

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!DVENTIST #HURCH IN 0UERTO 2ICO HAS IN PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON THE ISLAND &OR NOW 3OSA SAID THE CHURCH IS NOT PLANNING ON DISTRIBUTING THE MAGAZINE NEXT YEAR

BUT OTHER INITIATIVES AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES WILL CONTINUE -ORE THAN 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS IN 0UERTO 2ICO WORSHIP IN CHURCHES AND CONGREGATIONS -ADE UP OF REGIONAL TERRITORIES THE CHURCH OPERATES TWO RADIO STATIONS

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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)NTER !MERICAN $IVISION )N %URO !SIA 3ATELLITE %VANGELISM (AS )MPACT N 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST EVANGELISM IS ONCE AGAIN ATTRACTING THOUSANDS IN THE CHURCH S %URO !SIA REGION A DECADE AFTER INTEREST IN #HRISTIANITY DECLINED FOLLOWING AN INITIAL SURGE AFTER THE FALL OF THE 3OVIET 5NION

CHURCH LEADERS SAY ! SATELLITE EVANGELISM INITIATIVE BASED IN ,UTSK IN NORTHWESTERN 5KRAINE RECENTLY COMPLETED A TWO WEEK RUN WITH MORE THAN IN ATTENDANCE EACH EVENING )VAN /STROVSKY A REGIONAL CHURCH SPOKESMAN REPORTED MORE THAN

PEOPLE VIEWED THE PROGRAM IN SURROUNDING COUNTRIES INCLUDING 2USSIA +AZAKHSTAN AND 'ERMANY #HURCH LEADERS ESTIMATE THAT ABOUT HALF OF PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED TO JOIN THE CHURCH THROUGH THE MEETINGS ARE UNDER YEARS OLD ANOTHER ENCOURAGING SIGN 4HE MAYOR OF ,UTSK AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ATTENDED THE -ARCH MEETING THANKING !DVENTISTS FOR OFFERING POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES TO ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO FOR YOUTH 4WO YEARS AGO !DVENTIST EVANGELIST 0ETER +ULAKOV HELD A REGION WIDE SATELLITE OUTREACH FROM +IEV THE CAPITAL OF 5KRAINE WHICH WAS WATCHED

BY THOUSANDS VIA THE (OPE #HANNEL &OR PROGRAMMING INFORMATION VISIT HOPECHANNEL INFO ˆ2EPORTED BY !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK "APTIST !DVENTIST ,EADERS -EET

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'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS PRESIDENT IN EARLY -ARCH TO AFlRM THEIR DENOMINATIONS COMMON VALUES AND RECOMMIT TO THEIR SHARED GOALS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 4HE MEETING WHICH INCLUDED OTHER CHURCH LEADERS TOOK PLACE AT !DVENTIST

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DIRECTOR OF THE 0UBLIC !FFAIRS AND 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY $EPARTMENT FOR THE !DVENTIST #HURCH AND &AUSTO 6ASCONCELOS DIRECTOR OF EVANGELISM AND EDUCATION FOR THE "APTIST 7ORLD !LLIANCE 4HE GROUP ATTENDED A MEETING HELD IN EARLY -ARCH AT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH HEADQUARTERS IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND 5NITED 3TATES

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ECENT TWO DAY EVANGELISTIC TRAINING SEMINARS HAVE SET THE STAGE FOR CHURCH GROWTH IN THE "ALTIC NATIONS OF ,ATVIA ,ITHUANIA AND %STONIA 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH LEADERS THERE REPORT !BOUT PASTORS AND LAY MEMBERS FROM %STONIAN !DVENTIST CHURCHES PASTORS AND LAY MEMBERS FROM ,ATVIAN !DVENTIST CHURCHES AND PASTORS "IBLE WORKERS AND LAY MEMBERS FROM ,ITHUANIAN !DVENTIST CHURCHES REFRESHED THEIR COMMITMENT TO EVANGELISM AND EXPLORED NEW WAYS TO REACH UNCHURCHED PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS DURING THE EVANGELISM TRAINING SEMINARS IN 4ARTU %STONIA 2IGA ,ATVIA AND +AUNAS ,ITHUANIA ORGANIZED BY THE 4RANS %UROPEAN $IVISION OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH #ONTINUED NEXT PAGE

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WORLD CHURCH HEADQUARTERS IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND 5NITED 3TATES 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AND "APTISTS hSHARE A #HRISTCENTRIC FAITH AND MANY OF THE SAME VALUES v SAID *OHN 'RAZ DIRECTOR OF THE 0UBLIC !FFAIRS AND 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY $EPARTMENT FOR THE !DVENTIST #HURCH h7E ALSO SHARE A PASSION FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND IN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WE COOPERATE CLOSELY TO PROMOTE AND DEFEND THIS FREEDOM v .EVILLE #ALLAM GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE "APTIST 7ORLD !LLIANCE SINCE

ECHOED THE COMMON NEED TO WORK FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY h0ART OF THE GENETIC MAKEUP OF THE "APTIST COMMUNITY IS ;THE AFlRMATION= OF HUMAN DIGNITY v #ALLAM SAID (E ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PURSUING hMUTUAL SHARING AND COLLABORATION IN COMMON CAUSESv IN THE FUTURE !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH PRESIDENT *AN 0AULSEN ALSO COMMENDED THE GROUP ON PAST COLLABORATIONS IN THE AREA OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY h4HE STRENGTH OF AFlRMING AND PROTECTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEPENDS ON THE PARTICIPATION OF MANY ;,ET US= EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE NAME OF #HRIST AND TO STRENGTHEN OUR WITNESS FOR (IM v 0AULSEN SAID 0AULSEN ADDED THAT THE PARTNERSHIP HAS PROVIDED hA FERTILE SPIRITUAL SOIL TO OUR FAITH FAMILY v 4HE "APTIST 7ORLD !LLIANCE WAS FOUNDED IN AND CURRENTLY REPRESENTS MILLION MEMBERS IN COUNTRIES 4HE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE WAS ORGANIZED IN AND REPRESENTS A WORLD CHURCH WITH MORE THAN MILLION BAPTIZED MEMBERS IN COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES !N ESTIMATED MILLION PEOPLE ATTEND 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORSHIP WORLDWIDE EVERY WEEK 2EPORTED BY 2AJMUND $ABROWSKI

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SMALL GROUPS MINISTRY AND CHURCH PLANTING IN THE 4RANS %UROPEAN $IVISION AND "ALTIC 5NION #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT 6ALDIS :ILGALVIS PRAY DURING AN EVANGELISM TRAINING SEMINAR IN 2IGA ,ATVIA

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4HE PROGRAMS GAVE PARTICIPANTS PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT AND PERHAPS EVEN ARGUE OVER !S THE %STONIAN #ONFERENCE YOUTH LEADER )VO +ØSK NOTED IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HEAR AGAIN THAT IF WE ARE WILLING AND READY 'OD WILL USE US IN (IS WORK h4HIS TWO DAY SEMINAR WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE )T WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REFRESH OUR COMMITMENT TO EVANGELISM AND THINK ABOUT NEW STRATEGIES ) D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO *ANOS +OVACS "IRO AND TO ALL OF THE ;DIVISIONAL= TEAM FOR THIS SEMINAR AND SUPPORT TO MISSION v SAID 6IESTURS 2EKIS ,ATVIAN #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT h4HIS SEMINAR WAS EXACTLY ON TIME v SAID "ERTOLD (IBNER ,ITHUANIAN &IELD PRESIDENT h) FEEL THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY ENCOURAGED TO BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN EVANGELISM BY SEEING HOW IT COULD BE DONE

BY HEARING THAT 4%$ AND "!5# ARE READY TO SUPPORT lNANCIALLY

BY EXPERIENCING WARM UNDERSTANDING FROM LEADERSHIP ) EXPECT THAT CHURCH MEMBERS WILL BOLDLY TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND SHARE THEIR FAITH WITH THEIR FRIENDS 7E ARE WORKING TO CHOOSE PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT THE

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EVANGELISTIC CIRCLE *ANOS HAS TAUGHT US v HE SAID h) BELIEVE THAT THIS TRAINING SEMINAR HAS HELPED PEOPLE TO CRYSTALLIZE WHAT THEY VE BEEN THINKING AND PRAYING ABOUT 7E ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TRAINING SEMINAR ) M VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL 4%$ AND "!5# STAFF FOR ORGANIZING THIS TRAINING EVENT v (IBNER CONCLUDED )N OUR SECULAR SOCIETY ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS IS WHAT REALLY WORKS AND WHAT HAS POTENTIAL TO BRING PEOPLE TO 'OD 3EMINAR PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY FOUND ANSWERS DURING THE TRAINING h!S ) CHERISH CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH MY FRIENDS ) WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO CHURCH ARE DOING SO THANKS TO CLOSE FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIPS v SAID 4OIVO +AASIK WHO PASTORS TWO SMALL CHURCHES IN THE CENTER OF %STONIA h! FRIEND RELATIVE OR NEIGHBOR WHO DOESN T BELIEVE IN 'OD IS THE lRST WHOM WE SHOULD INVITE TO STUDY THE "IBLE WITH US WITH WHOM WE SHOULD TALK AND LEAD ON THE PATH TO #HRIST v 0ARTICIPANTS HAD TO COME UP WITH INTERESTING NEW IDEAS FOR EVANGELISM )N %STONIA SOCIAL NETWORKING GOT THE MOST SUPPORT )N ,ATVIA THE BIGGEST SUPPORT WAS RECEIVED ABOUT AN IDEA TO CONSTRUCT AN INmATABLE PORTABLE CHURCH )N ,ITHUANIA IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A CONTRACT WOULD BE MADE WITH A LOCAL BAKERY TO PLACE !DVENTIST #HURCH ADVERTISEMENTS ON BREAD LABELS .OW CHURCH MEMBERS HAVE TO WORK ON THESE IDEAS AND TURN THEM INTO PROJECTS h) NOTICED GREAT RESPONSE IN THESE TRAINING SEMINARS IN %STONIA ,ATVIA AND ,ITHUANIA 4HESE SEMINARS DID LEAVE AN IMPRESSION ON THEIR PARTICIPANTS 4HESE SEMINARS GAVE BIRTH TO NEW INITIATIVES NEW EVANGELISTIC SERIES v "ALTIC 5NION PRESIDENT 6ALDIS :ILGALVIS SAID h4HE TRAINING WAS VERY SIMPLE AND VERY PRACTICAL ) COULD SEE THAT *ANOS IS TALKING FROM HIS EXPERIENCE AND REAL EXPERIENCE HAS MUCH STRONGER POWER OF CONVICTION .OW ALL OUR PASTORS ARE WORKING ON EVANGELISM PROJECTS v :ILGALVIS NOTED h7E HAVE lNANCIAL SUPPORT FOR EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGNS IN EACH "ALTIC COUNTRY %ACH EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN WILL GET a APPROXIMATELY 53 FROM THE 4RANS %UROPEAN $IVISION AND ,ATVIAN LATS APPROXIMATELY 53 FROM THE "ALTIC 5NION #ONFERENCE ,OCAL CONFERENCES AND CHURCHES WILL ALSO GIVE THEIR SHARE 4HANKS TO THIS INITIATIVE MANY PEOPLE WILL HEAR THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT *ESUS #HRIST AND WILL lND NEW PURPOSE IN THEIR LIVES v ˆ2EPORTED BY 'UNTIS "UKALDERS AND ,AURI "EEKMANN

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WHICH GIVES THE COUNTRY A MODERATE SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE )N ,USAKA :AMBIA S CAPITAL CITY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE DEGREES #ELSIUS &AHRENHEIT IN THE WINTER AND DEGREES #ELSIUS &AHRENHEIT IN THE SUMMER )N FAMED "RITISH MEDICAL MISSIONARY $AVID ,IVINGSTONE WAS ONE OF THE lRST 7ESTERNERS TO TRAVEL THROUGH WHAT IS NOW :AMBIA AND TO DISCOVER THE STUNNING 6ICTORIA &ALLS ALONG THE :AMBEZI 2IVER 3TARTING IN THE S SOME HALF DOZEN %UROPEAN COUNTRIES SCRAMBLED FOR CONTROL OF MUCH OF !FRICA LOOKING FOR NATURAL RESOURCES !S PART OF THIS h3CRAMBLE FOR !FRICA v THE "RITISH 3OUTH !FRICAN #OMPANY "3!

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ARE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS A RATIO OF ONE !DVENTIST FOR EVERY PEOPLE 9ET THE !DVENTIST #HURCH HAS ONLY ONE SECONDARY SCHOOL AND A HANDFUL OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY )N THE !DVENTIST #HURCH ESTABLISHED :AMBIA !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY

IN 3OUTHERN :AMBIA SOME MILES OUTSIDE ,USAKA -ORE THAN STUDENTS STUDY THERE 4HE SCHOOL LIBRARY HAS

BOOKS BUT NO LIBRARY SPACE TO HOUSE THEM 0ART OF THIS QUARTER S 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH /FFERING WILL HELP PROVIDE A LIBRARY FOR THIS UNIVERSITY 9OU CAN HELP TELL THE WORLD ABOUT *ESUS BY REBUILDING !DVENTIST SCHOOLS IN !NGOLA AND :AMBIA SO YOUNG PEOPLE CAN GET THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO BECOME ACTIVE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THEIR CHURCH AND SOCIETY 7ITH YOUR SUPPORT THEY CAN SHARE A MESSAGE OF HOPE IN *ESUS WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES 4HANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR PART TO SHARE 'OD S LOVE WITH THE WORLD !ND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE WEEKLY MISSION OFFERINGS 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S MISSION WORK IN :AMBIA VISIT WWW !DVENTIST-ISSION ORG -AY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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O TALK ABOUT hWHAT ) HAVE LEARNEDv IS NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE AND THERE IS ALWAYS THE DANGER OF SELF DELUSION 7HETHER WE HAVE REALLY LEARNED SOMETHING IS NOT PROVED JUST BY SAYING SO BUT IS TESTED INSTEAD IN MOMENTS OF DECISION OR CRISIS !S ) REmECT BACK ON YEARS OF MINISTRY AND CHURCH ADMINISTRATION AND PARTICULARLY THESE PAST YEARS AS 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT ) SEE A NUMBER OF REOCCURRING LESSONS THAT 'OD HAS PATIENTLY YET PERSISTENTLY SOUGHT TO TEACH ME IN (IS CLASSROOM OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS !S (IS STUDENT ) HAVE PERHAPS NOT ALWAYS BEEN A QUICK LEARNER "UT IN RECENT YEARS A NUMBER OF LESSONS HAVE CRYSTALLIZED IN MY MIND 4HEY ARE LESSONS THAT CAN T BE LEARNED AT A DESK OR FROM A BOOK BUT RATHER IN THE DYNAMICSˆTHE hMESSINESSvˆOF EVERYDAY LIFE 4HEY ARE LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH WORSHIPPING WITH THOSE WHOSE LANGUAGE CUSTOMS

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AND EXPERIENCES ARE ALIEN TO MINE IN RELATING TO COLLEAGUES AND STRUGGLING TOGETHER THROUGH DIFlCULT DECISIONS AND CONmICTING OPINIONS IN TALKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE OLDER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO lND MY VIEWS AND TASTES AS INCOMPREHENSIBLE AS ) lND THEIRS AND YET IN SPITE OF THIS

CLAIMING EACH ONE AS MY BROTHER OR SISTER IN #HRIST 4HIS LIST IS INCOMPLETE THE PROCESS OF LEARNING IS NEVER STATIC !ND IT S A LIST THAT BUILDS ON A NUMBER OF CORE hGIVENSvˆSUCH AS THE NEED TO KEEP 'OD S 7ORD AND WILL AT THE CENTER OF ONE S LIFE TO DAILY SUBMIT TO (IS LEADING AND SEEK (IS FORGIVENESS 4HESE ARE THINGS (E CONTINUES TO TEACH ME !ND SO IT S AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT ) SINGLE OUT THESE lVE LESSONS

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)T CAN BE EASY AS A CHURCH AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO EXERCISE LEADERSHIP TO THINK IN TERMS OF hNON PEOPLEv ITEMS 7E SIT DOWN IN COMMITTEE AND DISCUSS VALUES POSITION STATEMENTS GOALS PROJECTIONS POLICIES AND PLANS AND AT SOME POINT ALL THIS BECOMES SEPARATED FROM INDIVIDUAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE 7E BEGIN TO SEE THESE THINGS AS INTRINSICALLY VALUABLE RATHER THAN HAVING VALUE ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY SERVE 'OD S PURPOSE AND NURTURE (IS PEOPLE %VERYTHING 'OD DOES IN THE HUMAN REALM IS TO REACH OUT TO

PEOPLE TO DRAW THEM CLOSE TO (IM THROUGH (IS IRREPRESSIBLE LOVE AND TO GUIDE THEM INTO ETERNITY 0EOPLE ARE 'OD S PRIMARY FOCUS 4HIS IS THE REASON #HRIST CAME TO EARTH !ND THIS SIMPLE TRUTH HAS UNTOLD CONSEQUENCES FOR HOW WE WALK THROUGH EACH DAY AND HOW WE ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER )N EVERY CONCEIVABLE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP THE VALUE OF THE OTHER PERSON IS GREATER THAN ) CAN COMPREHEND !ND SO WITHIN THE CHURCH OUR CONSTANT QUESTION SHOULD BE h(OW DOES THIS AFFECT PEOPLE v )T S NOT HUMAN LOGIC BUT RATHER 'OD S ILLOGICAL LOVE FOR (IS CREATED BEINGS THAT MUST BE CENTRAL TO ALL THAT WE ARE AND DO 9ES SOMETIMES ) FAIL SOMETIMES THE CHURCH CORPORATELY FAILS "UT THE LESSON IS NO LESS IMPORTANT AND IT STICKS WITH ME

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+EEP YOUR GAZE FOCUSED OUTWARD

4HE CHURCH IS HERE TO DO MISSION 4HIS SIMPLE STATE MENT IS THE PIVOT UPON WHICH WE BALANCE OUR IDENTITY OUR PURPOSE OUR VERY REASON FOR BEING ) VE LEARNED THAT THIS PRINCIPLE CARRIES VERY PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS (OW SHOULD THE CHURCH PRIORITIZE SPENDING IN DIFlCULT TIMES /R HOW SHOULD WE STRUCTURE OUR INSTITUTIONS OR OUR ADMINISTRATION /R HOW SHOULD THE CHURCH FUNCTION IN A CERTAIN PART OF THE WORLD !LMOST ANY QUESTION OF IMPORTANCE COMES DOWN TO THIS SINGLE CONSIDERATION WHAT IS BEST FOR THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH 4HIS PRINCIPLE IS ALSO LINKED TO HOW WE MAKE USE OF OUR HUMAN RESOURCES ) VE SAID IT BEFORE BUT IT MUST BE SAID AGAIN ) BELIEVE OUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN MISSION HAS BEEN DAMAGED OVER TIME BY OUR FAILURE TO GIVE MEANINGFUL ROLES TO WOMEN IN MINISTRY AND LEADERSHIP AND OUR FAILURE TO DRAW MORE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALSˆOUR UNDER Sˆ INTO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESSES OF THE CHURCH "EING CLEAR ABOUT OUR PRIMARY GOAL ALSO HAS TO DO WITH WHERE WE KEEP OUR FOCUS $O WE NEED REVIVAL AND RENEWAL WITHIN THE CHURCH /F COURSE "UT TO ME FOCUSING INWARD SHOULD HAPPEN ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF MAKING OURSELVES MORE EFFECTIVE AT REACHING OUTWARD 7HEN WE BECOME PREOCCUPIED WITH CONSTANTLY TAKING THE hTEMPERATUREv INSIDE THE CHURCH

AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR MISSION FOCUS THE CHURCH BECOMES AN INTROSPECTIVE ISOLATED AND INEFFECTIVE COMMUNITY #ONTINUALLY FOCUSING INWARD CAN ALSO BE DISCOURAGING )F WE RE HONEST WE LL SEE MANY mAWS IN OUR CHURCH 3O SHOULD OUR PRIMARY TASK BE TO lX THESE .O 5NTIL hTHIS CORRUPTIBLE SHALL HAVE PUT ON INCORRUPTION AND THIS MORTAL SHALL HAVE PUT ON IMMORTALITYv #OR +*6 ) MUST LIVE WITH HUMAN FAILINGSˆMY OWN AND OTHERS "UT ) HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT IN SPITE OF THIS 'OD FORGIVES HEALS AND RESTORES (E TAKES THE BROKEN THE FRAIL AND THE STUMBLING AND (E EQUIPS US AND CARRIES US ONWARD SO THAT WE MAY DO MISSION

#ONSULTATION TRUMPS TYRANNY

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h2EMEMBER YOU RE IN CHARGE ONLY IF YOU DON T HAVE TO PROVE IT v !ND ) HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS TRUE 4HERE IS NO PLACE IN CHURCH LEADERSHIP FOR TRYING TO hPROVEv YOUR AUTHORITYˆAT -AY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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THE VERY LEAST IT BECOMES A HECTIC DEFENSIVE EXERCISE IN SELF ASSERTION AT WORST IT BECOMES DOMINEERING AND DICTATORIAL )T S SAID THAT IN THE CHURCH WE DON T OPERATE ON A PRESIDENTIAL MODEL !ND WE DON TˆEVEN THOUGH SOME EXECUTIVE DECISIONS MUST BE MADE AND CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES MUST ULTIMATELY REST WITH SOMEONE "UT IN MAKING DECISIONSˆAT EVERY LEVEL OF CHURCH LEADERSHIPˆWE SEEK OUT OTHER OPINIONS WE TALK THROUGH ISSUES WE REACH FOR CONSENSUS ) HAVE LEARNED THAT THE BEST AND SAFEST DECISIONS YOU CAN MAKE AS A SPIRITUAL LEADER ARE MADE IN A FORUM OF CONSULTATION WHERE YOU ARE SUFlCIENTLY AT EASE TO ENTERTAIN A FRANK EXCHANGE OF IDEAS WHERE YOU DON T FEEL THREATENED BY OTHERS WHO HOLD DIFFERENT VIEWS WHERE YOU PLACE NO hTABOOSv ON CERTAIN OPINIONS AND WHERE YOU ARE WILLING TO SAY h7ELL MAYBE ) GOT THIS ONE WRONG v OR h) UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU RE SAYING BUT NO ) DON T AGREE v

THAT -Y MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED v ) FEEL THIS STRONGLY WHEN ) VISIT WITH CHURCH MEMBERS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD -ANY TIMES A PERSON ) VE NEVER MET BEFORE WILL COME TO ME AND SAY h0ASTOR ) WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ) PRAY FOR YOU ) MENTION YOU BEFORE 'OD BY NAME EVERY DAY v .OBODY HAS THE FAINTEST IDEA HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME FOR ) SENSE THAT THE ,ORD HEARS THEIR PRAYERS AND THAT IN (IS LOVE FOR (IS CHURCH AND (IS PEOPLE (E MINISTERS TO ME RESILIENCEˆOF BODY AND MINDˆNOT BECAUSE OF WHO ) AM BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT (E WANTS ME TO DO ) HAVE FELT 'OD S MINISTERING HAND ALSO IN HELPING ME TOWARD A BETTER BALANCE IN MY THEOLOGY THAN ) HAD AS A YOUNGER MAN ) NOW SEE DIMENSIONS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH HOLDING THE CHURCH TOGETHER NOT SCATTERING THE mOCK AND SO ) AM MORE hGENEROUSv AS A THEOLOGIAN THAN ) WAS YEARS AGO !S A TEACHER OF THEOLOGY ) HAD SOME PRECISE LINES

)T S GOOD FOR EACH OF US TO LOOK BACK AND REmECT ON WHAT THE ,ORD IS TEACHING US ALONG THE WAY

$ON T TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY

'OD SUPPLIES THE SHORTFALL

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OR THE DOWNRIGHT HUMOROUS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS CAN BE WONDERFULLY HEALTHY IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH 9ES WE ARE ENGAGED IN A SERIOUS WORK "UT FUNNY THINGS HAPPEN !ND IN SHARED LAUGHTER WE DISPLAY OUR SHARED HUMANITY 7ITHOUT BEING FRIVOLOUS OR IRREVERENT MOMENTS OF HUMOR CAN HELP EASE SITUATIONS OF GREAT TENSION OR BRING A NEW OPENNESS INTO STRAINED RELATIONSHIPS )T CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE ANTIDOTE TO SELF IMPORTANCE OR THE SPIRITUAL hSTIFF UPPER LIP v !ND ) HAVE SEEN TIME AND AGAIN THAT WE GIVE OUR BEST WHEN WE ARE AT EASE WITH OURSELVES AND WITH OTHERS 7ITHOUT LOSING A SENSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK WE RE ENGAGED IN STEPPING BACK FOR A MOMENT OF LIGHTNESS

ACKNOWLEDGING THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN WHAT WE DO CAN HELP FORGE A WAY FORWARD THROUGH A DIFlCULT MOMENT !ND ) BELIEVE THAT 'OD ALSO LAUGHS WITH US

) HAVE LEARNED THAT NO MATTER WHAT MY mAWS OR MISTAKES THE ,ORD WILL CONTINUE TO WALK WITH ME REFRESH ME AND EQUIP ME FOR (IS PURPOSE )N THIS ) MAKE NO CLAIM EXCLUSIVE TO MYSELF ) BELIEVE THAT 'OD TAKES EACH OF US BY THE HAND AND SAYS h(ERE ) AM GIVING YOU A SPECIAL TASK !ND NOW ) WILL STAY BY YOU AND SUPPLY WHAT YOU LACK SO

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ -AY

WITHIN WHICH ) OPERATEDˆA TEXTBOOK THEOLOGY 4ODAY ) HOLD STRONGLY TO OUR THEOLOGY BUT RELATE IT TO THE CHURCH AS A LIVING ORGANIC GROWING GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF FAITH A PEOPLE WHOM 'OD WANTS TO KEEP UNITED AS ONE ) SEE THIS AS PART OF A CIRCLE OF IDEASˆJUST AS THE ,ORD HAS SOUGHT TO TEACH ME THE IMMENSE VALUE (E PLACES ON INDIVIDUALS SO MY APPROACH TO THEOLOGY MUST SEEK TO DRAW PEOPLE IN NOT PUSH THEM OUT 9ES THERE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE A DENIAL OF OUR IDENTITY AND OF 3CRIPTURE AND CANNOT BE RECONCILED OR ACCOMMODATED "UT ) HAVE LEARNED THAT SOMETIMES WE DON T ALL SEE EVERYTHING JUST THE SAME WAY AND STILL WE ARE HELD TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND OUR DESTINY IS THE SAME (OW DID THIS CHANGE IN ME COME ABOUT !GAIN ) THINK IT WAS A LACK THAT THE ,ORD MADE GOODˆA NEED IN ME (E MET TO FURTHER (IS PURPOSE !ND IF (E DOES THIS FOR ME (E DOES IT ALSO FOR OTHERS )T S GOOD FOR EACH OF US TO LOOK BACK AND REmECT ON WHAT THE ,ORD IS TEACHING US ALONG THE WAY !ND AS WE DO

) BELIEVE WE LL BE ABLE TO TRACE THE OUTLINE OF (IS HAND AS IT WORKS IN OUR LIVES AND ON OUR HEARTS &OR TOGETHER WE ARE ALL hSTUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF #HRIST EVER LEARNING MORE OF HEAVEN MORE OF THE WORDS AND WILL OF 'OD MORE OF THE TRUTH AND HOW TO USE FAITHFULLY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ;WE= HAVE GAINED v

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AUNDICE IN NEWBORNS IS FAIRLY COMMON AFFECTING UP TO PERCENT OF INFANTS DURING THE lRST WEEK OF LIFE 4HE USUAL CAUSE IS THAT A BABY HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF HEMOGLOBIN THE NAME FOR THE RED COLOR IN THE BLOOD 4HIS HEMOGLOBIN HAS TO BE PROCESSED

BY THE BABY S LIVER AND EXCRETED IN THE BILE BUT IN MOST BABIES THE LIVER METABOLISM IS NOT SWITCHED ON IMMEDIATELY 4HE HEMOGLOBIN IS CONVERTED TO BILIRUBIN THE YELLOW PIGMENT AND JOINED WITH AN ACID TO MAKE IT SOLUBLE IN THE BILE )T IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS JOINING WITH THE ACID NOT TAKE PLACE BEFORE BIRTH BECAUSE IT WOULD THEN NOT BE ABLE TO CROSS THE PLACENTA "EFORE JOINING WITH THE ACID THE BILIRUBIN IS CALLED UNCONJUGATED BECAUSE IT IS NOT PROCESSED OR CONJUGATED ONCE JOINED WITH GLUCURONIC ACID "ABIES WITH JAUNDICE NEED TO BE CAREFULLY MONITORED BECAUSE HIGH LEVELS OF BILIRUBIN CAN DAMAGE AN INFANT S BRAIN 3UCH OUTCOMES FORTUNATELY ARE VERY RARE THESE DAYS BECAUSE DOCTORS ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS 3OME CONDITIONS FURTHER HEIGHTEN THE NORMAL BREAKDOWN OF RED BLOOD CELLS TO BILIRUBIN AND BECAUSE AN INFANT S LIVER IS IMMATURE THEY MAY CAUSE A GREATER RISK OF JAUNDICE !MONG THESE IS A BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN MOTHER AND INFANT /NE THAT IS BETTER KNOWN IS WHERE THE MOTHER IS 2HESUS NEGATIVE AND HER BABY OR BABIES ARE 2H POSITIVE 4HE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IS AS FOLLOWS 4HE BABY S BLOOD CELLS CROSS 0 ( / 4 / " 9 - ! 2 + % 6! . 3

THE PLACENTA INTO THE MOTHER S CIRCULATION AND HER IMMUNE SYSTEM THEN MAKES ANTIBODIES THAT BREAK DOWN THE hALIENv RED BLOOD CELLS 4HESE ANTIBODIES UNFORTUNATELY CAN CROSS THE PLACENTA AND ATTACK THE BABY S RED BLOOD CELLS INSIDE THE BABY ITSELF )T IS USUALLY A MOTHER S SECOND OR THIRD BABY THAT IS MORE SEVERELY AFFECTED

BECAUSE THE REPEATED PREGNANCIES ACT LIKE hBOOSTERv STIMULANTS TO THE MOTHER S IMMUNE SYSTEM &ORTUNATELY

TODAY AN INJECTION OF ANTIBODY TO THE 2H ANTIGEN GIVEN TO 2H NEGATIVE WOMEN PREVENTS THE MORE SERIOUS OF THESE PROBLEMS 4HE PREPARATION IS CALLED 2HOGAM /THER BABIES MAY BE BORN WITH INHERITED DISORDERS THAT CAUSE THEIR BLOOD CELLS TO BREAK DOWN MORE RAPIDLY THAN NORMAL SUCH AS SPHEROCYTOSIS

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WHEREBY THE NORMAL CONJUGATION PROCESS IS SLOWED DOWN ! COMMON ONE IS CALLED 'ILBERT S SYNDROME 4HE BIRTHING PROCESS IS DIFlCULT

AND SOME BABIES ARE BORN WITH BRUISING UNDER THE SCALP CALLED A CEPHALO HEMATOMA WHICH IS A COLLECTION OF BLOOD BENEATH THE lBROUS MEMBRANE COVERING THE BONES OF THE SKULL !S THIS BLOOD IS REABSORBED IT MAY DELIVER MORE HEMOGLOBIN THAN THE LIVER CAN COPE WITH 4HE LARGEST GROUP OF HEALTHY BABIES THAT ARE JAUNDICED ARE THOSE IN WHOM BREAST MILK IS EITHER INADEQUATE IN AMOUNT OR CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS OF PROGESTERONE COMPOUNDS WHICH

FURTHER SLOW THE LIVER S MATURITY 4HESE ARE TRANSIENT EFFECTS AND IF THE JAUNDICE LEVEL IS NOT VERY HIGH OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE 0HOTOTHERAPY IS A PROCESS WHEREBY BABIES ARE EXPOSED TO INTENSE LIGHT WITH OF COURSE LITTLE PATCHES OVER THEIR EYES 4HE LIGHT BREAKS THE BILIRUBIN WHICH CAN BE EXCRETED BY THE KIDNEYS 4HE USE OF PHOTOTHERAPY HAS SO GREATLY REDUCED THE NEED FOR EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION THAT THE ONCE COMMON PROCEDURE IS NOW RARE 3EEING YOUR DAUGHTER HAS BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT SHE WILL HAVE NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH EFFECTS OF JAUNDICE ALTHOUGH SHOULD SHE HAVE AN UNDERLYING DISORDER SHE COULD EXHIBIT A TENDENCY TO ANEMIAˆBUT THAT WOULD NOT BE LIFE THREATENING &OLLOW UP WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN AND DON T WORRY IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH YOU HAVE A HEALTHY LITTLE GIRL

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) FOLLOWED "ERT TO HIS OFlCE TO LOOK AT SOME INDIGENOUS ART HE HAD BROUGHT BACK FROM "OLIVIA ! FEW MINUTES LATER AS ) RETURNED TO THE LIVING ROOM ) SAW 'LADYS SHOWING OTHER GUESTS THE PHOTOGRAPH ) HAD GIVEN THEM AS A HOUSE WARMING GIFT h.ICE PHOTOGRAPH CHEAP FRAME v ) OVERHEARD $ONALD SAY ) FROZE IN THE HALLWAY AS MY FACE mUSHED WITH ANGER AND HURT 7AS THAT REALLY $ONALD S VOICE 7HY WOULD HE SAY SUCH A THING 4HERE WAS NO REASON FOR HIM TO PUT ME DOWN WITH SUCH A CAUSTIC REMARK ) HAD DELIBERATELY CHOSEN THAT FRAME BECAUSE THE PHOTOGRAPH COULD BE EASILY REMOVED AND ) HAD TOLD 'LADYS AND "ERT THAT WHEN THEY TIRED OF MY PHOTOGRAPH THEY SHOULD FEEL FREE TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE ) LINGERED A MOMENT IN THE HALLWAY

CALMING MYSELF THEN REJOINED THE GROUP "UT ) WAS UPSET ) HAD ONLY RECENTLY RETURNED TO THE !DVENTIST #HURCH AND ) HAD BEEN DRAWN TO $ONALD ADMIRING HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR LIFE AND HIS LOVE FOR 'OD (E HAD TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A DAILY RELATIONSHIP WITH *ESUS !S ) DROVE AWAY THAT EVENING ) COMFORTED MYSELF WITH THE PRAYER *ESUS TAUGHT (IS DISCIPLES h&ORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US v )N MY HEART ) KNEW THAT ) WANTED TO FORGIVE $ONALD NOT ONLY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT #HRIST WOULD DO BUT BECAUSE ) DIDN T KNOW HOW OFTEN MY OWN THOUGHTLESS WORDS MIGHT HAVE HURT SOMEONE .OT WANTING TO BELIEVE ILL OF $ONALD

) WONDERED IF HE WAS DEALING WITH PROBLEMS IN HIS OWN LIFE 0ERHAPS HE HAD AIMED A lERY DART AT ME BECAUSE HE FELT HELPLESS AND FRUSTRATED IN HIS

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h'IVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD v 7E FORTIFY OURSELVES WITH SPIRITUAL FOOD ON A DAILY BASIS SO THAT WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THOSE WE MEET THROUGHOUT THE DAY /N 3ABBATH MORNING WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DAY S SPIRITUAL MENU WE DO NOT TURN UP

REPORT AND FULL OF VIRTUE SEE 0HIL 7E ARE MOTIVATED TO SEEK DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL NOT JUST FOR OUR OWN GOOD

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7HEN WE HAVE LIVED FOR TEN THOUSAND YEARS IN THAT LOVE POWERED KINGDOM THE IRRITATIONS AND SLIGHTS OF THIS WORLD WILL HAVE FADED INTO OBSCURITY LAW THAT GOVERNS LIFE ON THIS SPLASH OF BLUE AND WHITE WE CALL EARTH (E IS ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL EARTHLY FATHERS

AND YET WE CAN COMMUNE WITH (IM h@#OME NOW LET US REASON TOGETHER

SAYS THE ,ORDv )SA 236 o /UR MINDS STRUGGLE TO COMPREHEND WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO COMMUNE WITH THE #REATOR OF THE UNIVERSE !ND SO WHEN WE STEP INTO (IS HOUSE IT IS WITH REVERENCEˆ EAGERLY WAITING FOR (IS STILL SMALL VOICE TO SPEAK A WORD TO US h9OUR KINGDOM COME 9OUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN v *ESUS DESCRIBES OUR &ATHER S KINGDOM WHEN (E SAYS h"UT WHOEVER DESIRES TO BECOME GREAT AMONG YOU SHALL BE YOUR SERVANT !ND WHOEVER OF YOU DESIRES TO BE lRST SHALL BE SLAVE OF ALLv -ARK

7E MUST ASK OURSELVES WHETHER WE ARE PREPARING DAILY TO LIVE IN SUCH A KINGDOM !S WE GET READY TO ATTEND CHURCH ON 3ABBATH MORNING OUR ATTITUDE SHOULD BE h&ATHER SHOW US HOW WE CAN SERVE SOMEONE TODAY v /UR EARS SHOULD BE READY TO LISTEN SYMPATHETICALLY OUR TONGUES POISED TO SPEAK KINDLY AND OUR HANDS READY TO TOUCH GENTLY )F LOVING OTHERS BEFORE OURSELVES IS OUR ATTITUDE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT OUR &ATHER S WILL WILL BE DONE ON EARTH

OUR NOSES AT IT IF IT DOESN T APPEAR TO MEET OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS )NSTEAD WE GRACIOUSLY CONSIDER THAT THE LESSON STUDY AND MORNING MESSAGE MAY BE LOADED WITH THE VITAMINS AND MINERALS THAT SOMEONE ELSE URGENTLY NEEDS h!ND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS v 7E REMEMBER THAT THOSE SITTING BESIDE US IN THE PEW ARE STRUGGLING SAINTS DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ,IKE OUR &ATHER IN HEAVEN WE CUT THEM SOME SLACK

DEAL GENTLY WITH THEM EVEN WHEN THEY CAST UNKIND WORDS OR GLANCES OUR WAY ,IKE *ESUS WE SAY h&ATHER

FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DOv ,UKE +EEPING IN MIND THAT THEY DON T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR LIVES ANY BETTER THAN WE KNOW THE DETAILS OF THEIRS WE TRULY BELIEVE IN OUR HEARTS THAT THEY ARE IGNORANT OF THE HURT THEY VE CAUSED US AND WE GENUINELY FORGIVE THEM h!ND DO NOT LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION

BUT DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE v 7E FEED DAILY UPON OUR &ATHER S 7ORD SO THAT WE WILL HAVE CONlDENCE IN (IS STRENGTH TO DELIVER US FROM DIFlCULT CIRCUMSTANCES !T THE SAME TIME WE PROTECT OURSELVES FROM TEMPTATION

BY CHOOSING BOOKS MAGAZINES 7EB SITES AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS THAT ARE TRUE HONEST JUST PURE LOVELY OF GOOD

4HE GLORY OF OUR &ATHER S EVERLASTING KINGDOM IS THAT IT IS POWERED BY LOVE 3TRONG ARM TACTICS ARE NEVER USED (IS KINGDOM HAS ALWAYS EXISTED AND WILL ALWAYS EXIST !ND BEST OF ALL WE CAN BE A PART OF IT )F WE CHOOSE DAILY TO BE ONE OF OUR &ATHER S CHILDREN WE CAN LIVE WITH (IM FOREVER ENJOYING EVER EXPANDING LOVE AND JOY THROUGHOUT ETERNITY 7HEN WE HAVE LIVED FOR TEN THOUSAND YEARS IN THAT LOVE POWERED KINGDOM THE IRRITATIONS AND SLIGHTS OF THIS WORLD SUCH AS $ONALD S UNKIND REMARK WILL HAVE FADED INTO OBSCURITY 3O WHY SHOULD WE FRET ABOUT SUCH THINGS TODAY h!MEN v 3O BE IT 2IGHT ON &ATHER -AY THE WORDS AND THOUGHTS OF THIS PRAYER COME TRUE IN THE LIVES OF EVERY MEMBER OF 9OUR FAMILY

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)MPRISONED IN WITH A ONE AND A HALF YEAR SENTENCE FOR A MINOR OFFENCE 'AMBAT JOINED A PRISON GANG IN ORDER TO SURVIVE HIS INCARCERATION (E BECAME IMPLICATED IN A PRISON GANG lGHT AND HIS SENTENCE WAS EXTENDED TO YEARS 2ECENTLY

HOWEVER HE lNALLY WALKED OUT OF THAT FACILITYˆA FREE MAN ENTERING A NEW

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WORLD HE NO LONGER RECOGNIZED 7HEN 'AMBAT WAS lRST INCARCERATED IN -ONGOLIA WAS A 3OVIET STATE WHEN HE LEFT PRISON IT WAS A REPUBLIC !BOUT VEHICLES COULD BE SEEN DRIVING AROUND -ONGOLIA S CAPITAL 5LAANBAATAR AT ANY ONE TIME IN TODAY MORE THAN

ROUTINELY CROWD THE ROADWAYS 4HE NEW BUILDINGS BILLBOARDS AND A MYRIAD OF BUSES LEAVE HIM AMAZED AND BEWILDERED 'AMBAT WAS IN NEED OF PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE AFTER HIS MANY YEARS IN PRISON ! LOCAL NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION .'/ KINDLY RENTED A SMALL ROOM IN A BASEMENT FOR HIM AND PAID FOR A TWO MONTH BUILDING

CONSTRUCTION COURSE TO TEACH HIM A SKILL THAT WOULD HELP HIM lND EMPLOYMENT 4HE .'/ WORKERS THEN SUGGESTED HE CONTACT !$2! FOR HIS CLOTHING NEEDS (E CAME TO OUR OFlCE

AND WE LET HIM CHOOSE WHAT HE NEEDED OUT OF OUR STORAGE CONTAINERS 7E ALSO TOOK TIME TO TALK WITH HIM ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE 'AMBAT S STORY WAS HEARTRENDING (E TOLD US OF HIS MANY YEARS IN PRISON AND THE DEATH OF PRISON MATES WHO GAVE UP OR BECAME TOO WEAK TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE (E DESCRIBED OTHERS WHO DEVELOPED PERMANENT HEALTH PROBLEMS AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS OF PRISON DIET HE SURVIVED (E DISCLOSED HOW THOSE WHO DIED HAD

BEEN WRAPPED IN OLD CEMENT BAGS SO OTHER PRISONERS COULD KEEP THE CLOTHING FOR THEMSELVES (E ALSO SHARED HIS FEAR OF MEETING FORMER PRISON FRIENDS AND GIVING IN TO THE TEMPTATION OF DRINKING ALCOHOL )T BECAME OBVIOUS THAT 'AMBAT DESPERATELY WANTED TO LEAVE BEHIND HIS BAD HABITS AND MAKE A NEW LIFE FOR HIMSELF ) WATCHED 'AMBAT TAKE OFF HIS OLD SOILED BERET AND THROW IT ONTO THE GROUND (E THEN PUT ON A NEW

&IGHTING FOR (ER #HILD S ,IFE

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BE IN THE WORLD !S PART OF HER DEGREE PROJECT *ULIA DEVELOPED A PRENATAL HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM WHICH SHE SHARED WITH LOCAL MIDWIVES AS SHE TRAVELED INTO THE DANGEROUS MOUNTAIN AREAS AROUND +ABUL )N *ULIA WAS ONE OF THE lRST STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FROM A FULLY ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAM THROUGH AN !DVENTIST INSTITUTION -ONGOLIA 4HE MAJORITY OF THE MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN -ONGOLIA ARE UNDER YEARS OF AGE MOST ARE ATHEISTS 5NTIL THE EARLY S

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4HE MISSION OF !))!3 TO EXPAND THE CHURCH S PRESENCE IN !SIA HAS RESULTED IN BUILDING BRIDGES INTO TARGETED AREAS THROUGH SPECIALIZED INITIATIVES 7HILE MANY INTERNATIONAL CAMPUSES STRUGGLE TO OPERATE STRONG LIBRARIES THE SCHOOL S ,ESLIE (ARDINGE ,IBRARY HOLDING MORE THAN VOLUMES PROVIDES THE TOOLS NEEDED

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FACULTY MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO TEACH FOUR CLASSES AT THE .ATIONAL )NSTITUTE OF 4ECHNOLOGY IN "EIJING DURING )N A $ISTANCE ,EARNING #ENTER BEGAN OPERATING IN 1ATARˆTHE lRST !))!3 LEARNING CENTER IN THE -IDDLE %AST ,OCATED NEAR THE 5NITED !RAB %MIRATES AND BORDERING 3AUDI !RABIA THE SMALL OIL RICH COUNTRY OF 1ATAR IS SEEKING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ITS YOUNG PEOPLE 4HROUGH THIS $ISTANCE ,EARNING #ENTER LOCATED IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF $OHA !))!3 IS OFFERING THE - " ! DEGREE TO STUDENTS IN THIS PREDOMINANTLY -USLIM COUNTRY /N ITS MAIN CAMPUS !))!3 HAS WELCOMED BOTH -USLIM AND #HRISTIAN STUDENTS FROM )NDONESIA DURING AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM 4HE EIGHT EXCHANGE STUDENTS lVE -USLIM THREE #HRISTIAN WERE STUDYING ECONOMICS PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH AT WELL KNOWN UNIVERSITIES IN )NDONESIA !FTER SPENDING A MONTH AT !))!3 THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY FOUND h4HE VERY COMPLETE LIBRARY AND THE FRIENDLY LECTURERS ENCOURAGE ME TO USE MY CRITICAL THINKING WHEN ) GIVE MY OPINION IN CLASS v SAID ONE STUDENT h!ND ) FEEL SURROUNDED BY LOVE IN THIS PLACE v !NOTHER STUDENT COMMENTED h!T !))!3 ) HAVE GAINED MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND OBSERVED MANY THINGS

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COPIES OF HIS BOOK 4HE #OMING +ING WHICH WAS SOLD TO SUPPORT THE NEW WORK IN THE 3OUTH .OT CONTENT WITH ONLY RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION %DSON 7HITE EVEN TAUGHT CROP DIVERSIlCATION FROM THE DECKS OF 4HE -ORNING 3TAR (E URGED "LACK FARMERS WHO WORKED ON BIG COTTON PLANTATIONS TO ACHIEVE GREATER ECONOMIC SELF SUFlCIENCY BY RAISING CHICKENS AND CARING FOR BEES AS WELL AS IMPROVING SOIL QUALITY BY GROWING PEANUTS STRAWBERRIES

TOMATOES AND CABBAGE 4HE MINISTRY CENTERED ON 4HE -ORNING 3TAR SPREAD THROUGHOUT -ISSISSIPPI AND INDEED THROUGHOUT THE 3OUTH /NE OF THOSE IT REACHED WAS !NNA +NIGHT DAUGHTER OF A SLAVE WHO HAD SOMEHOW TAUGHT HERSELF TO READ AND HAD COME ACROSS PAMPHLETS PRODUCED BY !DVENTISTS 0AINSTAKINGLY SHE BEGAN CORRESPONDING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAD SENT HER THE PAMPHLETS %VENTUALLY THESE !DVENTISTS INVITED HER TO JOIN THEM AND BE BAPTIZED WHICH SHE WAS 4HEY THEN ARRANGED FOR !NNA TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN "ATTLE #REEK -ICHIGAN 4HERE SHE GRADUATED lRST FROM THE )NDUSTRIAL 3CHOOL AND lNALLY IN FROM THE !MERICAN -EDICAL -ISSIONARY #OLLEGE AS A NURSE 7HEN *OHN (ARVEY +ELLOGG PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE

DISCOVERED THAT !NNA WAS RESPONDING TO THE CALL TO BE A MISSIONARY BY SAYING THAT SHE WANTED TO GO BACK TO -ISSISSIPPI HE GAVE HER WHAT HE GAVE OTHER GRADUATES TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR HER RETURN TO -ISSISSIPPI A NURSE S UNIFORM AND ALL THE COPIES SHE NEEDED OF HIS BOOK ON PHYSIOLOGY !NNA WENT BACK HOME TO -ISSISSIPPI AND STARTED A SCHOOL FOR ALL WHO WOULD COME IN A LOG CABIN ON HER UNCLE S FARM 7ITHIN A FEW MONTHS SHE MOVED THE SCHOOL INTO A NEW BUILDING WHOSE CONSTRUCTION SHE HERSELF SUPERVISED

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INVOLVING HERSELF THERE IN WHAT !DVENTISTS ALWAYS DO WHEREVER THEY GO EVERYTHING h) WORKED IN MANY LINES v SHE WROTE 3HE EXTRACTED TEETH LANCED BOILS AND ABSCESSES KEPT THE ACCOUNT FOR THE MISSION TAUGHT THE "IBLE AND %NGLISH CLASSES AND SOLD LITERATURE "UT THIS DAUGHTER OF THE -ISSISSIPPI SOIL ALSO BELIEVED IN THE PRINCIPLES OF CROP ROTATION AND STARTED TEACHING THE PEOPLE HOW THEY OUGHT TO PLOW AND MULCH THE LAND h7ELL v THEY SAID hTHAT MIGHT BE ALL RIGHT IN !MERICA v

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SO IMPRESSED THE ORGANIZATION BY HER COMBINATION OF THE GOSPEL AND HEALTH EDUCATION THAT THEY SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED USING IT AS A MODEL FOR A NATIONAL PROGRAM )N LATER YEARS !NNA WAS ASKED TO LEAD OUT ON THE CONFERENCE AND UNION LEVELS OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH )N SHE WAS ELECTED ASSOCIATE SECRETARY OF THE (OME -ISSIONARY -ISSIONARY 6OLUNTEER AND %DUCATION DEPARTMENTS OF THE 3OUTHERN 5NION 3HE ALSO PERSISTED IN REACHING OUT TO CHANGE SOCIETY !T HER DEATH IN

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hPATIENCE v OR hEXPECTATION v BUT IT IS REMINDED THAT )N 'REEK LITERATURE IT REF ENDURANCE GROUNDED IN THE ERRED TO AN ATTITUDE OF AGG CONVICTION THAT THE ,ORD RESSIVE AND DElANT PERSE WILL RETURN WILL BRING A VERANCE WHEN FACING DIFl REVERSAL OF FORTUNE CULTIES OR MISFORTUNES )T 0ERSEVERANCE AND REVEALED AN INDIVIDUAL S COU 'OD S %ND 4IME 0EOPLE 4HE RAGE ENDURANCE AND WILL LAST PASSAGE THAT EMPLOYS INGNESS TO SUFFER 4HOSE THE TERM HUPOMONE TO IDEAS EXPRESSED WELL THE DESIGNATE THE END TIME ROOT MEANING OF THE TERM

PEOPLE OF 'OD DESCRIBES "Y !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODR¤GUEZ HUPO hUNDERv AND MENO THEM AS THOSE WHO HAVE hTO REMAINv THAT IS TO SAY hPATIENT ENDURANCE v KEEP hREMAINING UNDERv PRESSURE THE COMMANDMENTS OF 'OD

WITHOUT GIVING UP AND HAVE THE FAITH OF *ESUS 2EV 4HE IMMEDIATE )N THE "IBLE A NEW DIMENSION OF MEANING IS ADDED 4HE CONTEXT CHAPTERS n MAKES CLEAR THAT THE CAPACITY TO 'REEK TRANSLATION OF THE /LD 4ESTAMENT USED THAT TERM TO RESIST TO ENDURE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE EVIL POWERS PROCLAIM A TRANSLATE SOME OF THE (EBREW WORDS FOR hHOPE v (ENCE IT ADDED TO THE 'REEK TERM THE IDEA OF EXPECTATION OF WAITING FALSE MESSAGE THAT IS INVITE PEOPLE TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST !ND BECAUSE THEIR LIVES ARE BEING THREATENED THEY E G *ER 0S 4HIS HOPE WAS CONSIDERED TO ARE UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE 2EV 9ET THEY ENDURE

COME FROM 'OD THE HOPE OF (IS PEOPLE 4HE 'REEK TERM KNOWING THAT THEY CAN RELY ON THE ,ORD FOR DELIVERANCE 4HIS EXPRESSED NOT ONLY ENDURANCE AND PERSEVERANCE UNDER PRESSURE BUT ALSO THE GROUND FOR THAT PERSEVERANCE NAMELY ENDURANCE IS BASED ON A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO THE ,AMB AND IN THE DEEP CONVICTION THAT (E WILL DELIVER THEM TRUST AND HOPE IN 'OD WHO CAN DELIVER (IS PEOPLE FROM )N 2EVELATION HUPOMONE IS A KEY CHARACTERISTIC OF THREATENING SITUATIONS THAT BRING ANGUISH TO THE SOUL THE REMNANT WHO CONFRONT PERSECUTION SUFFERING AND 5SE OF (UPOMONE IN 2EVELATION 4HE NOUN DECEPTION 3OME READING THIS MAY NOW BE EXPERIENCING HUPOMONE IS USED SEVEN TIMES IN THE BOOK OF 2EVELATION OPPRESSION AND EVEN PERSECUTION SOME MAY BE STRUGGLING SEVEN IS A RECURRING COMMON NUMBER IN THE BOOK )T WITH FALSE TEACHINGS 4HE MESSAGE FOR ALL OF US IS HOLD OUT DESIGNATES THE CORRECT RESPONSE OF 'OD S PEOPLE WHEN AND REMAIN FAITHFUL UNDER PRESSURE BEING FULLY PERSUADED THEIR FAITH IS THREATENED )N 2EVELATION IT DESIGNATES THAT YOU CAN WAIT IN THE ,ORD THE EXPERIENCE OF *OHN AND THE CHURCHES TO WHICH HE WAS

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(AVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT *ESUS MEANT WHEN (E SAID THAT IF WE HAVE EVEN THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF FAITH LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED WE COULD MOVE MOUNTAINS 7HAT MAKES FAITH SO POWERFUL 7HY DO SOME #HRISTIANS SEEM TO HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF IT AND OTHER #HRISTIANS HAVE SO LITTLE )N TODAY S LESSON WE WILL STUDY HOW TO HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF LIFE CHANGING FAITH

7HAT VITALLY IMPORTANT REQUEST DID THE DISCIPLES MAKE OF *ESUS h!ND THE APOSTLES SAID TO THE ,ORD @)NCREASE OUR FAITH v ,UKE 4HE DISCIPLES ASKED *ESUS TO INCREASE THEIR

7HY DO YOU THINK THEY MADE THIS REQUEST

(OW DID *ESUS RESPOND TO THE DISCIPLES REQUEST h3O THE ,ORD SAID @)F YOU HAVE FAITH AS A MUSTARD SEED YOU CAN SAY TO THIS MULBERRY TREE h"E PULLED UP

BY THE ROOTS AND BE PLANTED IN THE SEA v AND IT WOULD OBEY YOU v ,UKE *ESUS SAID THAT IF THE DISCIPLES FAITH WAS AS SMALL AS A

THEY WOULD SEE UNUSUAL MIRACLES

! MUSTARD SEED IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST OF ALL SEEDS %VEN THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF FAITH IS LIFE CHANGING 7HEN *ESUS SAID THAT FAITH THE SIZE OF A MUSTARD SEED WAS ENOUGH TO PLUCK UP A MULBERRY TREE BY THE ROOTS AND TRANSPLANT IT INTO THE SEA (E WAS ILLUSTRATING THE INCREDIBLE POWER OF FAITH

7HERE DOES FAITH COME FROM !ND HOW CAN WE RECEIVE IT )S FAITH SOMETHING WE GENERATE OURSELVES h&OR ) SAY THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN TO ME TO EVERYONE WHO IS AMONG YOU NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK BUT TO THINK SOBERLY AS 'OD HAS DEALT TO EACH ONE A MEASURE OF FAITHv 2OM h%VERY GOOD GIFT AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE AND COMES DOWN FROM THE &ATHER OF LIGHTS WITH WHOM THERE IS NO VARIATION OR SHADOW OF TURNINGv *AMES &AITH IS A THAT COMES FROM

&AITH IS NOT SOMETHING WE WORK UP IT S SOMETHING WE RECEIVE AS A GIFT FROM HEAVEN 7HEN WE ACCEPT *ESUS AND BECOME PART OF 'OD S FAMILY OUR HEAVENLY &ATHER GIVES EACH ONE OF US A MEASURE OF FAITH -AY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

7HAT ROLE DOES FAITH PLAY IN OUR SALVATION h&OR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES IT IS THE GIFT OF 'ODv %PH 7E ARE SAVED BY

7E ARE SAVED THROUGH

&AITH IS NOT OUR 3AVIOR *ESUS IS OUR 3AVIOR 3ALVATION IS A GIFT OF GRACE 7HEN WE TRUST 'OD IN AN ACT OF FAITH WE RECEIVE (IS GRACE %VEN THE FAITH WE EXERCISE TO RECEIVE 'OD S GIFT OF SALVATION IS ITSELF A GIFT /UR ROLE IS TO CHOOSE TO RECEIVE THE GIFT 'OD SO FREELY OFFERS US

)N ADDITION TO BEING SAVED BY FAITH WHAT ELSE DOES FAITH ACCOMPLISH IN OUR LIVES (OW DID *ESUS DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF FAITH h4O OPEN THEIR EYES IN ORDER TO TURN THEM FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT AND FROM THE POWER OF 3ATAN TO 'OD

THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND AN INHERITANCE AMONG THOSE WHO ARE SANCTIlED BY FAITH IN -Ev !CTS 7E ARE

BY FAITH

4HE WORD hSANCTIFYv MEANS TO SET SOMETHING APART FOR A HOLY PURPOSE )T HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING CONSECRATED OR MADE HOLY 7HEN WE ACCEPT *ESUS SALVATION FREELY BY FAITH (E BEGINS A WORK IN US TO SANCTIFY US OR MAKE US HOLY "Y FAITH WE TRUST (IS GRACE TO SAVE US FROM THE PENALTY OF SIN AND BY FAITH WE TRUST (IS GRACE TO SAVE US FROM THE POWER OF SIN

7HAT IS THE SECRET OF JOYOUS GUILT FREE VICTORIOUS #HRISTIAN LIVING h&OR IN IT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF 'OD IS REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH AS IT IS WRITTEN @4HE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH v 2OM h&OR WE WALK BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHTv #OR 7E LIVE BY

7E WALK BY

4O LIVE AND WALK BY FAITH IS TO LIVE A LIFE OF DAILY CONTINUAL TRUST IN 'OD !S WE EXERCISE THE FAITH (E HAS PLACED IN OUR HEARTS AND TRUST (IM AS OUR VERY BEST FRIEND KNOWING (E DESIRES ONLY GOOD FOR US OUR FAITH WILL INCREASE AND WE WILL LIVE ABUNDANT #HRISTIAN LIVES

7HAT COUNSEL DID *ESUS GIVE (IS DISCIPLES REGARDING SUCCESSFUL #HRISTIAN LIVING h3O *ESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM @(AVE FAITH IN 'OD v -ARK *ESUS URGED (IS FOLLOWERS TO HAVE FAITH IN

&AITH IN 'OD IS THE SECRET TO DEALING WITH WORRY ANXIETY GUILT FEAR AND DEFEAT 'OD HAS PLACED IN OUR HEARTS A MEASURE OF FAITH !ND EVERY DAY WE HAVE THE PROMISE THAT (E WILL INCREASE OUR FAITH !S WE READ (IS 7ORD OUR FAITH WILL GROW !S WE TRUST (IM WITH LIFE S CHALLENGES OUR FAITH WILL GROW ,ET S LOOK AWAY FROM ALL THAT PERPLEXES US TRUSTING OUR LIVES INTO (IS HANDS AND WE WILL LIVE A FAITH lLLED JOYOUS #HRISTIAN LIFE

.EXT MONTH WE WILL BEGIN A SERIES ON THE BOOK OF 2EVELATION BEGINNING WITH h2EVELATION S )NCOMPARABLE *ESUS v

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4HANK YOU FOR THE COVER STORY h@) #HOOSE THE 3ABBATH v BY !NDREW -C#HESNEY &EBRUARY $ANIEL ,ISULO S PAINFUL STRUGGLE UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE BY THE DEAN OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IS A CLASSIC STORY ) SHALL NEVER FORGET 4HE RUDE CRUDE AND INSENSITIVE BEHAVIOR OF THE OFlCIAL REmECTS THE ATHEISTIC CULTURE OF 2USSIA A DECADE AFTER THE BREAKUP OF THE 3OVIET 5NION 4O TEST A FOREIGN STUDENT FROM !FRICA IN SUCH A MEAN WAY IS UNBELIEVABLE &ROM SPELLING A FEW WORDS CORRECTLY THE DEAN SWITCHED TO MUSIC MAKING $ANIEL SING EVERY WORD CORRECTLY )T WAS A MIRACLEˆ WORDS h9OU ARE AMAZING v SHE EXCLAIMED IN %NGLISH h9OU ARE GOOD 'O AND BELIEVE IN YOUR 'OD v 9ES THE COMMITMENT TO OBEY 'OD THE CONVICTION TO KEEP THE 3ABBATH HOLY AND THE COURAGE TO STAND lRM EVEN IF HE WAS hKICKED OUTv OF

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NDRAVINAMBO IS A SMALL QUIET VILLAGE KNOWN FOR ITS VANILLA IN THE FOREST BETWEEN TWO BIG TOWNS ON THE NORTHEAST COAST OF -ADAGASCAR -OST GOSPEL PREACHERS HAVE A TENDENCY TO ORGANIZE CRUSADES IN THE BIG CITIES AND NO ONE CAN BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS VILLAGE AS 'OD FOUND ANOTHER WAY OF SAVING SOULS FOR (IS GLORY ! SMALL GROUP OF !DVENTISTS USED TO TRAVEL TO MANY PLACES TO SELL COOKING POTS /NE DAY THEY ARRIVED IN !NDRAVINAMBO !S USUAL THEY PLANNED TO REST ON 3ATURDAY AND "ELIEVERS AT THE SITE WHERE THE ASKED THE VILLAGERS IF THERE WAS AN !DVENTIST CHURCH IN THE VILLAGE 4HE VILLAGERS SAID NEW CHURCH WILL BE BUILT THERE WERE NO !DVENTISTS THERE 5NSATISlED WITH THE ANSWER THE VISITORS ASKED ANOTHER QUESTION h)S THERE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP ON 3ATURDAY v 4HE VILLAGERS TOLD THEM KINDLY THAT SOMEONE WORSHIPPED EVERY 3ATURDAY IN A HOUSE 7HEN THEY ARRIVED THEY SAW A SIGN THAT READ h3EVENTH DAY +EEPING #HURCHv HANGING FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE )NSIDE THEY DISCOVERED ABOUT PEOPLE WORSHIPPING !FTER THE MEETING THE VISITORS ASKED ONE OF THE LEADERS A 0ROTESTANT CHURCH CATECHIST IN THE VILLAGE MORE ABOUT THE GROUP (E SAID THEY HAD BEEN LISTENING TO !DVENTIST 7ORLD 2ADIO !72 EVERY DAY AND CONVINCED BY THE TRUTH HAD DECIDED TO FOLLOW 'OD S WILL BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE READY FOR *ESUS SECOND COMING +NOWING THAT THEY SHOULD KEEP 3ATURDAY HOLY THEY DECIDED TO WORSHIP 'OD EVERY 3ABBATH AND THIS WAS THE REASON THEY CHOSE THE NAME h3EVENTH DAY +EEPING #HURCH v 4HEY KNEW THAT !72 IS AN !DVENTIST OWNED STATION BUT THEY DID NOT DARE TO USE THE NAME !DVENTIST UNTIL THEY HAD MET AN !DVENTIST PASTOR WHO COULD TELL THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD DO -EANWHILE THEY FOLLOWED WHATEVER THEY LEARNED FROM LISTENING TO !72 S DAILY PROGRAMS AND ON 3ABBATHS THEY DISCUSSED THE "IBLE TRUTHS THEY HAD HEARD 3URPRISED AND IMPRESSED THE !DVENTISTS REPORTED THIS TO THE NEAREST DISTRICT PASTOR WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE 3AMBAVA REGION 4HE PASTOR IMMEDIATELY PLANNED EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN !NDRAVINAMBO AND AFTER THE SERIES AN ELDER WAS DESIGNATED TO GO THERE EVERY WEEKEND AND LOOK AFTER THE GROUP OF BELIEVERS /NE WOMAN IN THE GROUP GAVE A PIECE OF LAND TO BUILD AN !DVENTIST CHURCH IN THE VILLAGE !72 DID THE SOWING AND THE LOCAL CHURCH IS NOW IN CHARGE OF THE FOLLOW UP OF THE SOWED SEED ˆ"Y 0ASTOR 2AMANANTSALAMA "ERJOSECLIN WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE 3AMBAVA DISTRICT AT THE TIME OF WRITING AND %LIAN !NDRIAMITANTSOA

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