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WHEN A GROUP FROM -ARIENH HE !DVENTIST !CADEMY WENT TO #AMBODIA FOR THE lRST TIME TO HELP IN A DEVELOP MENT AID PROJECT !BOUT SANITARY INSTALLATIONS WERE ESTABLISHED IN A REFUGEE CAMP LOCATED NEAR THE PARTNER SCHOOL /NE YEAR LATER IN THE lRST ORPHANAGE WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE CAMPUS )N THE FOLLOWING YEARS MORE ORPHANAGES AND SCHOOL ROOMS WERE BUILT SEWERS WERE DUG A DISPENSARY DAMAGED BY TERMITES WAS RECONSTRUCTED AND A DIESEL GENERATOR WAS INSTALLED TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY #URRENTLY ORPHANS LIVING IN lVE HOUSES ARE PROVIDED WITH CLOTHING AND LOVING CARE 4HIS AID HAS BEEN PRICELESS TO THE #AMBODIAN PEOPLE AS THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH MANY HARDSHIPS 4HE HELP ALLOWS THE CHILDREN PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALING AND ALSO PREVENTS THEM FROM HAVING TO LIVE ON THE STREETS 3TUDENTS FROM -ARIENH HE !DVENTIST !CADEMY COOPERATE WITH THE LOCAL POPULATION &RIENDSHIPS MADE OFTEN LAST FOR MANY YEARS 4HE STUDENTS LEARN TO SEE THE WORLD FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE 4HEY LEARN THAT THE VALUES OF THESE CHILDREN DIFFER WIDELY FROM THOSE IN %UROPE 4HE STUDENTS BECOME AWARE OF THE LUXURY THEY LIVE IN AND THAT OPENNESS FRIENDLINESS AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE CHILDREN ARE WORTH SO MUCH MORE THAN MONEY AND LIFE IN ABUNDANCE CAN OFFER 4HE NUMBER OF STUDENTS GRADUAT ING FROM -ARIENH HE !DVENTIST !CADEMY WHO WANT TO VOLUNTEER IN THE DEVELOPMENT AID PROJECT AT THEIR PARTNER SCHOOL IN #AMBODIA IS INCREASING )N 3EPTEMBER THE STUDENTS OF -ARIENH HE !DVENTIST !CADEMY ORGANIZED VARIOUS FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES TO EARN THE MONEY NEEDED TO BUILD DORMITORIES FOR TEACHERS AND VOLUNTEERS WORKING AT THE PARTNER SCHOOL IN #AMBODIA 2EPORTED BY +ARL 3TRASSNER %URO !FRICA $IVISION

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WHICH WOULD BE THE lRST !DVENTIST OPERATED SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY #HRISTIANITY IS RELATIVELY NEW IN -ONGOLIA 4HE END OF SOCIALIST RULE IN OPENED THE COUNTRY TO PRACTICE RELIGION ABOUT HALF ARE "UDDHIST AND MORE THAN A QUARTER ARE ATHEIST 3HA MANISM BELIEFS ARE ALSO WIDESPREAD !DVENTIST MISSIONARIES lRST CAME TO -ONGOLIA IN 4HOUGH THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IS GROWING IN THE COUNTRY THERE ARE ONLY ESTABLISHED CONGREGATIONS 4HE $ESCENDANTS GROUP MAY EVENTUALLY EXHAUST RESOURCES AND EVANGELISM MEETINGS AT WHICH TO PERFORM 3TILL THE GROUP HAS AIDED CHURCH GROWTH LEADERS SAY AND HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE CHURCH S HEALTH AND CULTURAL OUTREACH $URING WEEKLONG EVANGELISM MEETINGS HEALTH CLASSES ARE LED BY ONE OF THE GROUP S MEMBERS WHO IS A MEDICAL STUDENT 3IMILARLY CHILDREN S CLASSES ARE LED BY THE FORMER CHILDREN S DIRECTOR FOR THE -ONGOLIA -ISSION /NSTAGE THE GROUP PERFORMS A MIX OF LOCALLY COMPOSED SONGS *APANESE SONGS AND RELIGIOUS SONGS 4HEY SING IN %NGLISH +OREAN *APANESE AND -ONGOLIAN

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OFlCIALS SAID A FOLLOW UP PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON MICROlNANCE AS WELL AS THE MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE ALBINO COMMUNITY !CROSS SUB 3AHARAN !FRICA

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SAID HIS FRIENDS WERE SURPRISED WHEN HE BECAME AN !DVENTIST ASKING h7HY v (E TOLD THEM HE SAW MORE BIBLICAL TRUTH IN THE !DVENTIST #HURCH AFTER HAVING BEEN VISITED BY A MISSIONARY AND STUDYING THE "IBLE WITH A LOCAL LAY MEMBER AFTERWARD &IVE OTHER MINISTERS BECAME !DVENTIST ALONG WITH HIM HE SAID %LIZAR , !BAS A FORMER "APTIST MINISTER BECAME AN !DVENTIST IN !UGUST &OR YEARS HE HAD READ BOOKS WRITTEN BY !DVENTIST #HURCH COFOUNDER %LLEN 7HITE ABOUT HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE (E IS ONE OF SEVERAL NEW !DVENTIST MINISTERS SERVING IN THE NEARBY PROVINCE OF .ORTH #OTABATO -ISSION PRESIDENT 2OGER #ADERMA HAS IMPLEMENTED A GOAL OF AT LEAST ONE BAPTISM A MONTH FOR EACH OF THE PAS TORS WORKING FOR THE MISSION 4HE BIGGEST RECENT INCREASES IN MEMBERSHIP THOUGH ARE THE RESULT OF WORK DONE YEARS PREVIOUSLY AS MEMBERS OF OTHER CONGREGATIONS FOLLOW THEIR MINISTER INTO THE !DVENTIST FAITH h)T S AMAZINGˆWE RE BAPTIZING HERE BY CHURCH NOT JUST INDIVIDUALLY v #ADERMA SAID 4HE CHILDREN OF MANY NEW MEMBERS COULD SOON HAVE THE CHANCE TO ATTEND -ATUTUM 6IEW !CADEMY IN THE TOWN OF 4UPI 4HE BOARDING SCHOOL IS NAMED AFTER THE NEARBY MOUNTAIN WHICH LOOMS ABOVE THE SURROUNDING PINEAPPLE lELDS AND PALM TREES 3EVERAL HUNDRED STUDENTS FROM lVE TRIBES ATTEND THE SCHOOL AND NEARLY HALF RECEIVE SIGNIlCANT TUITION ASSISTANCE WITH A WORK STUDY PROGRAM &EBRUARY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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0ERHAPS THE MAIN REASON MANY DO NOT ACCEPT THE "IBLE AS 'OD S )NSPIRED 7ORD IS BECAUSE THEY WOULD THEN HAVE TO ACCEPT THE AUTHORITY OF THE "IBLE IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES 4HE 3CRIPTURES HAVE DIVINE AUTHORITY BECAUSE IN THEM 'OD SPEAKS THROUGH THE (OLY 3PIRIT

READ IT TODAY 7ITHOUT THE (OLY 3PIRIT S ILLUMINATION OF OUR MINDS WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE "IBLE OR EVEN ACKNOWL EDGE IT AS 'OD S AUTHORITATIVE WILL !CCEPTING THAT 'OD WAS AND IS ACTIVELY COMMUNICATING THROUGH (IS 7ORD GIVES THE "IBLE AUTHORITY )T BECOMES THE lNAL AUTHORITY ON ALL MATTERS OF BELIEF AND OF LIFESTYLE 7E CANNOT LET SCIENTIlC AND SOCIOCULTURAL FORCES DICTATE WHAT THE "IBLE CAN MEAN 4HE APOSTLE 0AUL S WORDS ARE AS RELEVANT TODAY AS WHEN HE lRST WROTE TO THE BELIEVERS IN 2OME NEARLY

YEARS AGO h$O NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF 'ODv 2OM

3OME PEOPLE WHILE ACCEPTING THE "IBLE AS THE 7ORD OF 'OD TAKE ISSUE WITH WHETHER THE WHOLE "IBLE IS INSPIRED !PPLYING DIFFERENT CRITERIA THEY CLAIM THAT SOME PARTS OF THE "IBLE ARE NOT INSPIRED OR NOT AS INSPIRED AS OTHERS

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EVERYTHING WILL BE JUDGED BY IT FOR IT IS THE STANDARD OF CHARACTER AND TEST OF ALL EXPERIENCE AND THOUGHT SEE #OR #OR 7E 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS ACCEPT THE "IBLE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL OUR

BELIEFS AND SEE IN ITS PAGES OUR UNIQUE PROPHETIC IDENTITY AND MISSION 7E MUST RESIST THE SUBTLE AND NOT SO SUBTLE WAYS IN WHICH THE DEVIL SEEKS TO DISTANCE US FROM THE "IBLE AND A PLAIN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT 'OD HAS SAID IS TRUE 7E MUST TAKE ALL THE "IBLE AS AUTHORITATIVE FOR HOW CAN WE TRUST #HRIST AS 2EDEEMER IF WE DOUBT (IM AS #REATOR /R HOW CAN WE TRUST THE IMPLICIT BIBLICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT THE LITERAL 3ECOND #OMING IF WE DOUBT THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF A SIX DAY CREATION IN ITS PLAIN LITERAL SENSE 7E NEED TO

FACE OUR EVERYDAY CHALLENGES WITH THE SAME SOLID CONlDENCE THAT *ESUS HAD IN THE 7ORD WHEN CONFRONTED BY THE TEMPTER SEE -ATT %LLEN ' 7HITE WROTE THAT hWE MUST BE CAREFUL LEST WE MISINTERPRET THE 3CRIPTURES 4HE PLAIN TEACHINGS OF THE 7ORD OF 'OD ARE NOT TO BE SO SPIRITUALIZED THAT THE REALITY IS LOST SIGHT OF $O NOT OVERSTRAIN THE MEANING OF SENTENCES IN THE "IBLE IN AN EFFORT TO BRING FORTH SOMETHING ODD IN ORDER TO PLEASE THE FANCY 4AKE THE 3CRIPTURES AS THEY READv 3ELECTED -ESSAGES BOOK P

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!CCEPTING THE "IBLE S AUTHORITY INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST BELIEVING THAT THE "IBLE IS TRUE 4HE 7ORD OF 'OD IS A POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN US AND OUR #REATOR *UST AS WE CANNOT HAVE A LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE IN THEORY SO WE CANNOT ACCEPT THE "IBLE S AUTHORITY IN THEORY AND NOT IN

LIVE IT TEACH IT AND PREACH IT WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR AND THOSE WHO LET OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES AND OUR LIVES TOGETHER BE SHAPED BY ITS CLEAR AND COMPELLING TRUTHS /NE OF THE IMPORTANT OBJEC TIVES OF %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS WAS TO ENCOURAGE US TO MORE AVID "IBLE STUDY 3HE WROTE h4HE "IBLE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED TO EVERYONEˆTO EVERY CLASS

%VEN AMID THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE WORLD AROUND US WE CAN REST WITH ABSOLUTE CONlDENCE ON THE UNCHANGING WORDS OF 'OD PRACTICE !S WE SEE THAT 'OD S DIVINE AUTHORITY IS BASED ON LOVE AND TRUTH IT MUST ELICIT A RESPONSE OF LOVE FAITH

AND WILLING OBEDIENCE IN US %ARLY 0ROTESTANT 2EFORMERS BELIEVED THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF READING AND STUDYING THE "IBLE FOR THEMSELVES ,UTHER 7YCLIFFE

AND MANY OTHERS WERE WILLING TO RISK THEIR LIVES IN ORDER TO TRANSLATE THE "IBLE INTO LANGUAGES PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND 4HEY UNDERSTOOD THAT IN ORDER FOR THE "IBLE TO HAVE ANY EFFECT

IT MUST NOT JUST BE SPOKEN ABOUT

BUT ACTUALLY BE STUDIED 4HE POWER PROMISED IN ITS PAGES WILL BE POURED OUT ONLY ON THOSE OF US WHO READ IT

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/UR ENVIRONMENT IS MARKED BY INSTABILITY $ESTRUCTIVE EVENTS IN NATURE ARE INCREASING IN FREQUENCY AND INTEN SITY 4HERE IS GREAT CONFUSION IN POLITICS AS WORLD ECONOMIES DO NOT MAKE THE PREDICTED RECOVERIES 2AMPANT CRIME IS ON THE RISE 3OCIETAL AND FAMILY VALUES ARE DISINTEGRATING (OW WE COPE WITH THESE SITUATIONS HAS MUCH TO DO WITH OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WITH PERSONAL SATIS FACTION AS WELL AS OUR ETERNAL DESTINY

7HEN WE ACCEPT THE "IBLE AS AN AUTHORITATIVE MESSAGE FROM 'OD WE ARE PROVIDED WITH A SOURCE OF STABILIZA TION THAT BRINGS MEANING TO OUR LIVES 7E SEE THAT 'OD IS ACTIVE NOT ONLY IN THE GOVERNING OF THE UNIVERSE BUT ALSO IN OUR DAILY LIVES !S WE LOOK AWAY FROM THE CHAOS AND CONTRADICTIONS OF LIFE AROUND US AND TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK INTO 'OD S 7ORD WE UNDERSTAND OURSELVES AND OUR GLORIOUS DESTINY )N THE "IBLE WE lND SECURITY IN KNOWING THAT OUR WORTH RESTS ON OUR CREATION AND REDEMPTION BY #HRIST 'OD S 7ORD IS AUTHORITATIVE FOR THE CHURCH AND ITS PROCLAMATION TO THE WORLD "UT MORE IMPORTANT IT IS AUTHORITATIVE FOR MY LIFE -Y BELIEF IN A PERSONAL 'OD IS FORMED BY MY UNDERSTANDING OF 'OD S INCREDIBLE LOVE FOR US ) CAN TRUST 'OD TO DO EXACTLY WHAT (E SAYS (E WILL DO IN MY LIFE ACCORDING TO (IS 7RITTEN 7ORD ) CAN COUNT ON IT AND ) BELIEVE IT )T S A GREAT BLESSING TO KNOW THAT EVEN AMID THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE WORLD AROUND US WE CAN REST WITH ABSOLUTE CONlDENCE ON THE UNCHANG ING 7ORD OF 'OD 4HE READING OF THE "IBLE UNDER THE DIRECTION AND INSPIRA TION OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL REVIVE US AND REFORM US ,ET US AS 'OD S PEOPLE PLACE OURSELVES INDIVIDUALLY AND CORPORATELY UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF hTHE AUTHOR AND lNISHER OF OUR FAITHv (EB ,ET US COVENANT TO READ (IS 7ORD DAILY !S WE DO THIS WE WILL DISCOVER A NEW POWER IN OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES THAT WILL ENERGIZE AND EMPOWER US TO PROCLAIM EAGERLY THE GOOD NEWS THAT THE CHAOS UNCERTAINTY FEAR AND PAIN WILL NOT GO ON FOREVER 3OON *ESUS WILL COME 3OON THERE WILL BE A hNEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTHv 2EV IN WHICH hTHERE WILL BE NO MORE DEATH OR MOURNING OR CRYING OR PAINv VERSE

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)T SEEMS THAT NEW VACCINES ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND RECOMMENDED ALL THE TIME ) GET THE FEELING THAT THEY AREN T NEARLY AS NECESSARY AS DOCTORS MAKE THEM OUT TO BE 7HAT S YOUR OPINION ISEASE IS MISERABLE )T COMES IN AS MANY FORMS AS THERE ARE PATHOGENS AND TISSUES AND ORGANS THAT CAN BE AFFECTED BY IT 3OME DISEASES REMAIN MYSTERIES OTHERS ARE WELL UNDERSTOOD BUT POORLY MANAGED &OR

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SUCH AS THOSE WHO REFUSE TO WASH THEIR HANDS AFTER USING THE TOILET CAN POSE A RISK TO THEMSELVES BUT MORE SO TO OTHERS WHEN THEY REFUSE IMMUNIZATION )T S FOOLISH TO CLAIM IMMUNIZATION IS THE lNAL ANSWER BUT WHEN A SHINGLES VACCINE REDUCES AN OLDER PERSON S RISK BY PERCENT THAT S SIGNIlCANT

)N !FRICA SEVERE DIARRHEA HAS BEEN A MAJOR KILLER OF INFANTS FOR DECADES TUNATELY THE DEFENSE SYSTEMS BUILT INTO OUR PHYSIOLOGY WORK REMARKABLY WELL ,IKE MOST THINGS HOWEVER THEY ARE IMPERFECT IN THE FACE OF DISEASE CAUS ING AGENTS 7HILE CANCER AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS AND DEGENERATIVE PROCESSES ARE STILL POORLY CONTROLLED INFECTIOUS DISORDERS ARE BETTER MANAGED %VEN AS RECENTLY AS A FEW DECADES AGO INFEC TIOUS AGENTS KILLED FAR MORE PEOPLE THAN THEY DO TODAY 0EOPLE OVER THE AGE OF MAY REMEMBER THE HORRORS OF POLIO THE MISERY OF MEASLES THE DREAD OF DYSENTERY THE MENACE OF MENINGITIS AND THE DAMAGED BABIES THAT RESULTED FROM RUBELLA -UCH HAS CHANGED !NTIBIOTICS HAVE $ ! . ) % , 7 ! ( , % .

!N EXAMPLE OF SUCH PROTECTION IS THAT SEEN WITH A HUMAN ROTAVIRUS VACCINE )N !FRICA SEVERE DIARRHEA HAS BEEN A MAJOR KILLER OF INFANTS FOR DECADES )T WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR KILLERS OF BOTTLE FED BABIES WHO STOOD A FOUR lFTHS CHANCE OF DYING BEFORE REACHING YEAR OF AGE 9ET EVEN BREAST FED BABIES DIED IN FAR HIGHER PROPORTIONS THAN DID BABIES IN THE 5NITED +INGDOM OR %UROPE 4HE CAUSE IN MANY CASES WAS A VIRUS CALLED HUMAN ROTAVIRUS ! VACCINE WAS RECENTLY TESTED AGAINST THIS VIRUS IN -ALAWI AND 3OUTH !FRICA .EARLY

INFANTS WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS /NE GROUP WAS GIVEN A PLACEBO THE

OTHER TWO GROUPS WERE GIVEN ROTAVIRUS VACCINE IN VARYING AMOUNTS 3EVERE GASTROENTERITIS OCCURRED IN PERCENT OF THE PLACEBO GROUP AND IN ONLY PERCENT OF THE IMMUNIZED INFANTS 0EOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT VACCINES THINK OF ADVERSE EFFECTS 4HESE OCCURRED IN PERCENT OF THE VACCINATED GROUP BUT ALSO IN PERCENT OF THE PLACEBO GROUP 4HIS MEANS THAT WHAT ARE CALLED hADVERSEv EFFECTS ARE OFTEN JUST COINCIDENTAL EVENTS ASCRIBED TO THE VACCINE BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE IN THE UNVACCINATED GROUP 4HE PERCENT REDUCTION SHOWN IN THIS STUDY WHEN MULTIPLIED

BY THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN WHO GET ROTAVIRUS RELATED DIARRHEA TRANSLATES INTO MILLIONS OF CHILDREN WHO WERE SAVED THE MISERY AND POSSIBLE DEATH CAUSED BY THE DISEASE !S HEALTH PROMOTERS THIS STUDY DESERVES OUR ATTENTION

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) HAVE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH THE ISSUE OF 'OD S WILL FOR MY LIFE 4HERE ARE TWO REASONS FOR THIS &IRST ) AM RIGHT NOW AT A CROSSROAD IN MY CAREER ) DON T KNOW WHETHER IT IS 'OD S WILL FOR ME TO KEEP SERVING IN THE PLACE WHERE ) CURRENTLY LIVE OR IF ) SHOULD MOVE ON !ND IF IT WOULD BE 'OD S WILL FOR ME TO MOVE ON

WHERE WOULD (E WANT ME TO GO 7ORK IN ANOTHER PLACE

OR GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR FURTHER STUDIES 3ECOND A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP THAT ) HAD TREASURED FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THAT SEEMED TO BE 'OD S WILL FOR MY LIFE FELL APART )T LEFT ME CONFUSED ABOUT ALL THOSE TIMES ) WAS SO CONVINCED THAT IT WAS 'OD S WILL FOR ME TO STAY IN IT $OES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR

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MATURE MOMENTS WE WANT TO DO (IS WILL v 3O THE ISSUE FOR ME HAS NOT BEEN WHETHER OR NOT ) WANT TO DO 'OD S WILL THE ISSUE HAS BEEN HOW DO ) KNOW IT WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY 4HIS CAN BE A VERY BROAD AND DAUNTING SUBJECT 3IMILAR TO MY OWN QUESTIONS SOME ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING 'OD S WILL AS THEY CHOOSE A CAREER /THERS ASK FOR 'OD S WILL AS THEY THINK ABOUT MARRIAGE AND A LIFE PARTNER (OWEVER ) WISH TO FOCUS ON HOW #HRISTIANS CAN UNDERSTAND 'OD S WILL FOR THEIR LIVES IN BROADER TERMS 7HAT DOES IT REALLY TAKE IN ORDER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN !ND DISCLAIMER lRST THIS ARTICLE WILL NOT ANSWER ALL OUR QUESTIONS RELATED TO lNDING 'OD S WILL BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ALWAYS STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS

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3CRIPTURE PROVIDES MANY REFERENCES REGARDING THE QUES TION OF UNDERSTANDING 'OD S WILL FOR OUR LIVES &OR THIS ARTICLE ) WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT 2OMANS BRINGS TO THE DISCUSSION 7HILE IT IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE OR SYSTEMATIC DISCUSSION IT IS NONETHELESS A GOOD STARTING POINT 4HROUGH 2OMANS ) HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A SUSTAINED GENUINE CONVERSION EXPERI ENCE BEFORE WE CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND 'OD S WILL 4HIS CONTINUOUS CONVERSION EXPERIENCE OUGHT TO BE FACILITATED

BY FULLY ENGAGING OUR 'OD GIVEN GIFTS IN MINISTRY 2OMANS PARTICULARLY THE lRST TWO VERSES IS A VERY FAMILIAR CHAPTER TO MANY 0AUL OFFERS TWO IMPORTANT KEYS TO DISCOVERING 'OD S WILL (E STARTS OFF BY INVITING HIS READERS TO hPRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIlCE HOLY ACCEPTABLE TO 'OD WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICEv VERSE (AVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT 0AUL MEANT HERE !S YOU READ THE ENTIRE CHAPTER YOU WILL DISCOVER 0AUL IS TALKING ABOUT USING 0 ( / 4 / 3 " 9 ,/ - ! , ) . $ ! 5 . ) 6 % 2 3 ) 4 9 ! . $ 5 . ) / . # / , , % ' %

BEING A CATERPILLAR TO BEING A MATURE BUTTERmY OUR MINDS NEED TO GO THROUGH A SIMILAR CHANGE 4HIS HAPPENS AS WE ENGAGE OUR 'OD GIVEN TALENTS AND GIFTS IN SERVICE )T IS HARD TO IMAGINE WELL BALANCED #HRISTIAN GROWTH WITHOUT USING OUR TALENTS AND GIFTS FOR 'OD )N THE %PISTLE TO THE %PHESIANS WHILE ADDRESSING THE SUBJECT OF USING SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN RELATION TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH 0AUL SOUGHT TO EMPHASIZE THIS FACT WHEN HE WROTE h!ND (E (IMSELF GAVE SOME TO BE APOSTLES SOME PROPHETS

SOME EVANGELISTS AND SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS TILL WE ALL COME TO THE UNITY OF THE FAITH AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE 3ON OF 'OD TO A PERFECT MAN TO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF #HRISTv %PH )N SUMMARY 'OD S WILL IS REVEALED TO THOSE WHO ARE GROWING SPIRITUALLY IN #HRIST THROUGH THE USE OF THEIR 'OD GIVEN SPIRITUAL GIFTS 3PIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING TAKES PLACE IN ACTION !CTION PRODUCES THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH THAT IS NEEDED TO RECOGNIZE SPIRITUAL INSIGHTS 2EALLY ,IVING

TALENTS AND GIFTS THAT 'OD HAS GIVEN US &ROM VERSES TO HE ADMONISHES THE CHURCH TO ACCEPT THE DIVERSITY OF THE GIFTS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND TO USE THEM IN LOVE (E WRITES h(AVING THEN GIFTS DIFFERING ACCORDING TO THE GRACE THAT IS GIVEN TO US

LET US USE THEM IN PROPORTION TO OUR FAITHv VERSE 4HEREFORE WHILE WE ARE WAITING TO DISCOVER 'OD S WILL FOR OUR LIVES WE SHOULD NOT STOP USING OUR 'OD GIVEN TALENTS AND GIFTS TO ADVANCE (IS KINGDOM AND FOR (IS GLORY 'OD S WILL IS NOT REVEALED TO THOSE WHO SIT AND WAIT 2ATHER IT IS REVEALED TO THOSE WHO ARE ACTIVE IN MINISTRY AND PUTTING TO USE THOSE GIFTS THAT 'OD HAS GIVEN THEM 3WINDOLL AFlRMS THIS SUGGESTING THAT hFOLLOWING THE WILL OF 'OD REQUIRES FAITH AND ACTION v %LLEN 7HITE ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THIS IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE STATING THAT hACTION PERVADES THE WHOLE CREATION

AND IN ORDER TO FULlLL OUR MISSION WE TOO MUST BE ACTIVE v 3ECOND ONCE WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED IN (IS SERVICE IT IS IN THIS COMMITMENT THAT WE EXPERIENCE A SUSTAINED CONVERSION THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATION OF OUR MINDS FOR 0AUL CONTINUES h!ND DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD BUT BE TRANSFORMED

BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF 'ODv VERSE 4HE PHRASE hTHAT YOU MAY PROVEv SEEMS TO IMPLY THAT A CONDITION HAS TO BE FULlLLED IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO HAPPEN 4HE 'REEK WORD THAT 0AUL USES FOR hTRANSFORMEDv IS METAMORPHOO FROM WHICH WE GET THE WORD hMETAMOR PHOSIS v 4HIS TERM IMPLIES A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE .OT ONE THAT IS SUPERlCIAL BUT ONE THAT AFFECTS THE PERSON COMPLETELY !CCORDING TO 0AUL WE GET TO PROVE OR KNOW THE WILL OF 'OD AFTER WE HAVE BEEN CHANGED *UST AS A BUTTERmY GOES THROUGH A METAMORPHOSIS FROM

) REMEMBER A PROGRAM ON (OPE #HANNEL CALLED 2EALLY ,IVING 4HE PROGRAM FEATURED A COUPLE WHO AT THAT TIME

WAS SERVING IN AN !FRICAN COUNTRY AS MEDICAL MISSIONARIES ) MAY NOT REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS OF THEIR STORY BUT WHAT CERTAINLY STUCK WITH ME WAS THE FACT THAT THEY BOTH MET THERE AS SINGLES ANSWERING A CALL OF 'OD IN THEIR LIVES 4HEY NOT ONLY ANSWERED 'OD S CALL BUT ALSO FOUND A SUITABLE MARRIAGE PARTNER IN THE PROCESS 7HILE THEY MAY HAVE HAD CULTURAL DIFFERENCES SHE WAS FROM %UROPE AND HE WAS FROM THE 5 3 !

THEY CERTAINLY FOUND A LOT IN COMMON BY THE MERE FACT THAT THEY BOTH HAD SHARED INTERESTS AND A SIMILAR DIVINE CALLING 4HIS CERTAINLY MAY NOT BE THE EXPERIENCE OF EVERY #HRISTIAN BUT IT MAY WELL SERVE AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE WHO lND 'OD S WILL WHILE ACTIVELY USING THEIR GIFTS !S YOU SEEK TO KNOW 'OD S WILL THERE IS ONE QUESTION YOU NEED TO ASKˆAT LEAST ACCORDING TO 2OMANS !RE YOU GROW ING IN #HRIST THROUGH FULLY UTILIZING THE GIFTS THAT 'OD HAS GIVEN YOU NOW WHILE YOU SEEK (IS WILL FOR YOUR LIFE

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COMPOUND STAFF MEMBERS GATHER UNDER THE THATCHED ROOF SHELTER TO SHARE THE EVENING MEAL 3OMETIMES RAPID lRE GUNSHOTS CAN BE HEARD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT )N THESE TENSE TIMES WE GAIN IMMENSE COMFORT FROM THE STORY OF %LISHA PRAYING FOR THE OPENING OF HIS ATTENDANT S EYES TO SEE THE ARMY OF 'OD ON THE HILLS SURROUNDING THEM 4O HIS ATTENDANT S QUESTION h7HAT SHALL WE DO v %LISHA ANSWERED h$ON T BE AFRAID 4HOSE WHO ARE WITH US ARE MORE THAN THOSE WHO ARE WITH THEMv +INGS

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OR —& BUT IN SUMMER THE DAYS ARE UNBEARABLY HOT —# OR —& 3HIFTING SANDS BLOWN BY DESERT WINDS KEEP MOVING ACROSS THE DRY BARREN AREA WHERE THE PROJECT IS IMPLEMENTED "UT WITH WELLS PUMPING WATER TO HECTARES ACRES OF IRRIGATED LAND AN AMAZING TRANSFORMATION HAS TAKEN PLACE "ECAUSE THE lELDS ARE NOW IRRIGATED CROPS OF WHEAT BROAD BEANS

FENUGREEK ONIONS AND OKRA mOURISH ) RECENTLY VISITED THE PROJECT SITE

LOCATED KILOMETERS MILES NORTH OF +HARTOUM TO SEE THE CHANGES THIS PROJECT HAS BROUGHT %IGHTEEN YEARS AGO ) M TOLD HERDERS WALKED UP TO A SHINY !$2! VEHICLE AND STROKED IT WITH AWE 4ODAY THE ONCE TIMID HERD ERS ARE ABLE TO OVERHAUL ENGINES REPAIR WELLS AND WELD THEIR OWN IMPLEMENTS 3OON WHEN A NEW GOVERNMENT HYDROELECTRIC SCHEME IS COMPLETED ON THE .ILE 2IVER A TRANSFORMER WILL BE SET UP TO STEP DOWN POWER FROM THE PASSING POWER LINES SO THESE HERDERS CAN USE ELECTRIC PUMPS TO LIFT WATER TO THE SURFACE FOR IRRIGATION 4HIS WILL CUT THE MAJOR COSTS OF RUNNING THE DIESEL ENGINES THAT CURRENTLY OPERATE THE MASSIVE PUMPS .EVER ENDING 0ROJECTS

7ITH EVERY PROJECT !$2!

EMPLOYS A HOST OF OTHER INTERVEN TIONS ARE ALSO NEEDED %DUCATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE CHILDREN LIVING IN THE

ISOLATED SAND DUNES SO !$2! HAS ESTABLISHED A SCHOOL 4RADITIONALLY

GIRLS MARRY AT AN EARLY AGE AND ONLY BOYS ARE EDUCATED 4HIS MIND SET IS SLOWLY CHANGING THOUGH AND GIRLS ARE NOW ATTENDING SCHOOL /THER PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED ARE LITERACY TRAINING AND ADULT EDUCATION WHICH GO HAND IN HAND WITH LEARNING TO OPERATE SMALL BUSINESSES #OUPLED WITH THIS ARE HEALTH AND HYGIENE TRAINING AND A WOMEN S FORUM IN WHICH ISSUES PERTINENT TO QUALITY OF LIFE CAN BE DISCUSSED !$2! ALSO CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE HARMFUL PRACTICES OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND DISCOURAGES EARLY MARRIAGE ! 3UCCESS 3TORY

) MET !LI DURING ONE OF MY VISITS TO THE PROJECT (E HAD BEGUN FARMING IN THE AREA BUT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF WORKING HIS PIECE OF LAND HE BECAME DISCOURAGED AND QUIT (E THEN BEGAN HERDING GOATS AND CAMELS /NE EVE NING !LEX THE !$2! PROJECT MANAGER

VISITED !LI AND NOTICED THAT HE HAD BOUGHT TWO BAGS OF ALFALFA FROM THE IRRIGATION FARMERS TO FEED HIS ANIMALS 7HEN !LEX EXPLAINED HOW MUCH MONEY !LI COULD SAVE BY GROWING HIS OWN ALFALFA !LI DECIDED TO GO BACK TO THE PROJECT WITH !LEX AND FARM ALFALFA 2ECENTLY ) SPOKE TO !LI AND ASKED HIM WHETHER AFTER A FEW SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF GROWING HIS OWN CROPS HE WAS THERE TO STAY (E SAID h%VEN IF YOU OFFER ME A WHOLE HERD OF ANIMALS ) WILL NEVER GIVE UP MY IRRIGATION LAND v )N 0SALM THE QUESTION IS ASKED h#AN 'OD SPREAD A TABLE IN THE DESERT v 4HE ANSWER FOLLOWS IN THE NEXT VERSE h(E STRUCK THE ROCK

WATER GUSHED OUT AND STREAMS mOWED ABUNDANTLYv VERSE

"IBLE VERSES ARE QUOTED FROM THE .EW )NTERNATIONAL 6ERSION

,LEWELLYN *UBY IS COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR !$2! 3UDAN

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ORE THAN A QUARTER CENTURY BEFORE THE YOUNG 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH SENT OUT ITS lRST OFlCIAL MISSIONARY IN THE !MERICAN POET *AMES 2USSELL ,OWELL ANNOUNCED A MISSIONARY ETHIC THAT EARLY WORKED ITS WAY INTO THE FABRIC OF !DVENTIST WITNESS AND EVANGELISM h.OT WHAT WE GIVE BUT WHAT WE SHARE v 4EN YEARS BEFORE *OHN .EVINS !NDREWS AND HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER AND SON SAILED FROM "OSTON -ASSACHUSETTS TO LAUNCH AN !DVENTIST MAGAZINE IN %UROPE (ANNAH -ORE

A LAY MISSIONARY WHO HAD READ HERSELF INTO !DVENTISM

PLANTED CONGREGATIONS OF 3ABBATHKEEPERS ON THE WEST COAST OF !FRICA ! YEAR LATER A FORMER #ATHOLIC PRIEST -ICHAEL #ZECHOWSKI FOUND SPONSORS AND TRAVELED TO NORTHERN )TALY

PREACHING IN THE 7ALDENSIAN VILLAGES NEAR THE 3WISS BORDER

AND IN 4URIN -ILAN "ERGAMO AND 6ENICE (IS TIRELESS BUT UNOFlCIAL EFFORTS PRODUCED THE lRST BAPTIZED 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS ON THAT CONTINENT AND LED DIRECTLY TO THE EARLIEST !DVENTIST CONGREGATIONS IN 3WITZERLANDˆWHICH WELCOMED !NDREWS WHEN HE ARRIVED YEARS LATER .O HISTORY OF !DVENTIST WITNESS AND MISSION IS EVER COMPLETE UNLESS IT TELLS MORE THAN THE STORY OF THOSE OFlCIALLY SPONSORED AND EMPLOYED TO PREACH THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES 4HE SUCCESS OF !DVENTIST EVANGELISM CAN T BE MEASURED ONLY IN THE SIZE OF ANNUAL OFFERINGS OR EVEN

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SACRIl CIAL GIVING )T S NOT THE SENDING OF TALENTED OTHERS TO TELL THE STORY OF *ESUS THAT MARKS US AS BELIEVERS BUT THE IMPRINT OF THE GOSPEL IN THE SHARED CONVERSATIONS OF DAILY LIFE THAT ILLUSTRATES HOW DEEPLY THE GOOD NEWS HAS PENETRATED OUR OWN LIVES )T S NOT JUST WHAT WE GIVE TO *ESUS BUT WHAT WE SHARE ABOUT *ESUS THAT BEST PERSUADES AN OPEN HEART TO CONSIDER (IS CLAIMS h%VERY MEMBER SHOULD BE A CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH 'OD CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE WORLD THE TREASURES OF (IS GRACE

THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF #HRIST v WROTE %LLEN 7HITE EXACTLY A CENTURY AGO h4HERE IS NOTHING THAT THE 3AVIOUR DESIRES SO MUCH AS AGENTS WHO WILL REPRESENT TO THE WORLD (IS 3PIRIT AND (IS CHARACTER 4HERE IS NOTHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS SO MUCH AS THE MANIFESTATION THROUGH HUMANITY OF THE 3AVIOUR S LOVE v 7ITNESS IS THE IMPULSE OF EVERY REGENERATED HEART EVEN IF THE TONGUE IS NOT TRAINED AND THE WORDS AT lRST SEEM HALTING h&OR TOO LONG AND IN TOO MANY PLACES THE MISSION OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH HAS BEEN TIED TO THOSE OFlCIALLY EMPLOYED AND PROFESSIONALLY PREPARED FOR THAT JOB v SAYS 2OBERT &OLKENBERG 3R DIRECTOR OF 3HARE(IM A MINISTRY OF THE #AROLINA #ONFERENCE AND ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST INTERNATIONAL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES OPERATED BY 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS h!S A PEOPLE WE VE LEARNED TO PUT OUR EFFORT INTO WHAT SEEM TO BE ONLY THOROUGHLY SAFE EVENTS EVEN THOUGH THEY DON T YIELD THE HARVEST 'OD INTENDS FOR THESE LAST DAYS 7E MEASURE SUCCESS BY THE USUAL QUANTIlERSˆATTENDANCE BAPTISMSˆINSTEAD OF MEASURING MISSION SUCCESS THE WAY 'OD DOES BY THE CONSISTENCY AND CONTINUITY OF OUR INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS v &OLKENBERG

PUNCHES THE AIR PASSIONATELY AS HE DESCRIBES THE WORK HE IS STILL ENGAGED IN AT AN AGE WHEN MANY LONG SERVING CHURCH LEADERS HAVE RETIRED ! FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE &OLKENBERG LAUNCHED THE 3HARE(IM ORGANIZATION THEN KNOWN AS 'LOBAL %VANGELISM IN AS A WAY TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE LAY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CHURCH S EVANGELISTIC INITIATIVES +NOWN

4/'%4(%2 )RMA *ENKINS AND $EBBIE "ONDS ENJOY FELLOWSHIP DURING A WEIGHT LOSS PRO GRAM IN 6IRGINIA

FOR HIS WARM OUTGOING MANNER AND BOOMING VOICE &OLKEN BERG LED THE CHURCH DURING ONE OF THE MOST RAPID GROWTH CURVES IN ITS YEAR HISTORY 'LOBAL MEMBERSHIP WAS MILLION WHEN &OLKENBERG WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD CHURCH IN *ULY AND STOOD AT MORE THAN MILLION WHEN HE LEFT THE OFlCE IN &EBRUARY AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN PERCENT 4HAT IMPRESSIVE RECORD MIGHT HAVE BEEN SATISFYING TO OTHER LEADERS BUT NOT TO &OLKENBERG h4HE MAKING OF DISCIPLES WHICH IS WHAT *ESUS SAYS IS OUR PRIMARY MISSION ISN T COMPLETE UNTIL THOSE DISCIPLES ARE MAKING OTHER DISCIPLES v &OLKENBERG SAYS THOUGHTFULLY h!DDING TO THE CHURCH NUMERICALLY ONLY REALLY COUNTS IF YOU RE ALSO REBUILDING THE MEN AND WOMEN ALREADY IN THE CHURCH INTO THE KIND OF DISCIPLES WHO SHARE *ESUS IN THEIR EVERYDAY RELATIONSHIPS AND THUS WIN NEW DISCIPLES !S LONG AS WE RE WINNING NEW CONVERTS WHO BELIEVE THAT IT S THE PASTOR S JOB OR THE EVANGELIST S JOB TO GO OUT AND WITNESS TO OTHERS WE HAVEN T MADE MUCH HEADWAY IN OUR MISSION v $ESCRIBING THE SPRAWLING MULTINATIONAL 3HARE(IM MINISTRY AS A VAST hLABORATORY v &OLKENBERG FREELY ADMITS THAT HE HAS LEARNED MUCH ABOUT WITNESSING AND MISSION SINCE LEAVING THE DENOMINATION S TOP LEADERSHIP POSITION MORE THAN A DECADE AGO h,EARNING HOW TO REALLY MOTIVATE AND EQUIP LAY MEM BERS FOR EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND SOUL WINNING TOOK A WHILE v HE SAYS WITH A RUEFUL SMILE h)T WASN T SOME INSTANT REVELATION LET ME TELL YOU -Y ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT SOME THINGS WERE COMPLETELY WRONG ) ASSUMED THAT IF YOU TAKE A LAYPERSON FROM .ORTH !MERICA OR 7ESTERN %UROPE OR !USTRALIA AND GIVE THEM A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE IN ACTUALLY DOING EVANGELISM IN !FRICA OR #ENTRAL !MERICA THEY LL COME HOME AND MAKE IT HAPPEN RIGHT WHERE THEY LIVE "UT THAT S NOT WHAT HAPPENS IN TOO MANY PLACES THEY COME HOME AFTER A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE OF PREACHING THE GOS PEL TO HUNGRY PEOPLE TO SIT IN A CHURCH THAT FEELS COMPLETELY UNLIKE THE PLACE THEY JUST VISITED !ND THE lRE THAT BURNED IN THEM WHILE THEY WERE PREACHING SLOWLY DIES AWAY v "EGINNING IN THE 3HARE(IM MINISTRY BEGAN A CONSCIOUS FOCUS ON REMOVING THE OBSTACLES AND THE EXCUSES THAT FREQUENTLY KEEP LAYPERSONS FROM INVOLVING

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6ANESSA AND HER SISTERS WERE ABANDONED

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WHERE 6ANESSA ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND EVENTUALLY MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART 2ONALD 4AYLOR 2EmECTING ON HER SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

6ANESSA DESCRIBES YEARS OF GOING THROUGH hTHE MAZE OF MANY DENOMINA

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AND IN THEY DECIDED THAT 'OD WAS CALLING THEM TO A SPECIAL MINISTRY 3ELLING EVERYTHING THE FAMILY WHICH

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BY PAYING FOR IT v h7E RE ALSO WORKING TO HELP MEMBERS AND PASTORS DEVELOP A BROADER VISION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES EVANGELISM v SAYS *EREMIAH 7EEKS 3HARE(IM S ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 4HROUGH ITS hMAKING KINGDOM FRIENDSv APPROACH 3HARE

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MANY STRUGGLE WITH BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS 3INCE RELATION SHIPS GROW THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES EATING LUNCH WITH A COLLEAGUE HELPING A NEIGHBOR WITH A PROJECT OR EVEN PLAYING GOLF WITH SOMEONE CAN BE A STEP TOWARD LEADING THAT PERSON TO A SAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH *ESUS #HRIST v !S CHURCH MEMBERS BUILD FRIENDSHIPS WITH NON BELIEVERS THEY DOCUMENT THEIR PROGRESS AND SHARE THEIR

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6ANESSA HEARD ABOUT OUTREACH OPPORTUNI TIES SPONSORED BY 3HARE(IM AND 1UIET (OURS INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EVANGELISM PROGRAM h!FTER MY OWN EXPERIENCE OF SEARCHING FOR YEARS BEFORE lNALLY HEARING THE EXCITING TRUTH OF 'OD S PEOPLE ) WANTED SO MUCH TO SHARE *ESUS AND BE PART OF THE GOSPEL COMMISSION v SHE RECALLS 3OON 6ANESSA WAS INVITED TO BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS WITH A TEAM OF !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY STUDENTS GOING TO :IMBABWE h) KNEW ) WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS )

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AND ) WANTED TO SHARE THAT STORY WITH OTHERS v 3INCE THAT lRST TRIP TO :IMBABWE IN

6ANESSA HAS PARTICIPATED IN SIX DIFFERENT 3HARE(IM PROGRAMS RANGING FROM PRESENT ING SEMINARS IN "ENIN THE $OMINICAN 2EPUBLIC AND )NDIA TO WORKING WITH A MEDICAL MISSION AND 6ACATION "IBLE 3CHOOL IN &IJI )N ADDITION 6ANESSA HAS FOUND THAT PARTICIPATING IN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS HAS GIVEN HER THE COURAGE TO SHARE IN HER HOME STATE OF (AWAII LEADING OUT IN VARIOUS MEET INGS AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH 3HARE(IM PROGRAMS 4HERE HAVE BEEN TIMES 6ANESSA

ADMITS WHEN SHE HAS FACED DISCOURAGE MENT PARTICULARLY WHEN FACING CENSURE FROM THOSE LESS SUPPORTIVE OF HER PARTICI PATING IN INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH h-Y DAD SAID THAT WE ;2ON AND 6ANESSA= SHOULD USE OUR MONEY IN OTHER WAYS AND EVEN SOMEONE FROM MY CHURCH TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY v .EVERTHELESS 6ANESSA CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD IN HER DETERMINATION TO SHARE WITH OTHERS HOW *ESUS HAS LED IN HER LIFE AND THE GOOD NEWS OF (IS SOON RETURN h4HESE EXPERIENCES HAVE AFFECTED MY SPIRITUAL LIFE TREMENDOUSLY v SAYS 6ANESSA h) KNOW THAT ) CAN REACH OUT TO OTHERS THROUGH MY SIMPLE LOVE OF SHARING *ESUS TO KEEP (IS COMMANDMENTS IN MY HEART AND TO FOLLOW WHEREVER (E LEADS ME THROUGH MY FAITH IN (IM v $URING HER lVE YEARS OF INVOLVEMENT 6ANESSA HAS APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT GIVEN BY 3HARE(IM PROVIDING SERMONS AND OTHER MATERIALS ALONG WITH ENCOURAGING TEAM MEMBERS AND SUPPORT STAFF AT EACH SITE WHO HELP PRESENTERS CONNECT WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE &OR THOSE CONSIDERING OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES 6ANESSA IS STRAIGHTFORWARD h'O AND BE A LIVING SCRIPTURE &OLLOW YOUR HEART S COMPELLING DESIRE TO SHARE *ESUS 0RAY AND ASK (IM TO HELP YOU 9OU HAVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE THAT SOMEONE IS WAITING TO HEAR AND WANTS TO BELIEVE $ON T BE AFRAIDˆIF SOMEONE LIKE ME CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT TOO v

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# /6 % 2 3 4 / 29 EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER MEMBERS WEEK BY WEEK IN 3ABBATH SCHOOLS OR SMALL GROUPS h3HARING STORIES BUILDS ENTHUSIASM v SAYS 7EEKS h)T ENCOURAGES MEMBERS AS THEY RECOGNIZE THE PROGRESS THEY RE MAKING AND HELPS NURTURE AN OUTWARD FOCUSED EVANGELISTIC CULTURE v /UT REACH TEAMS ALSO USE THE PLANNING TOOLS OFFERED BY 3HARE(IM TO PUT hGET TO KNOW YOU ACTIVITIESv AND hREAPING EVENTSv ON THE CHURCH S CALENDARˆ THEN INVITE THEIR NEW FRIENDS TO JOIN THEM h4HE ,ORD IS CONSTANTLY OPENING DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS FOR (IM v 7EEKS SAYS h)T S NOT BY CHANCE OR

BY ACCIDENT THAT WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORS COWORKERS

AND FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WE DO 4HE QUESTION IS WHAT WE WILL DO WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES (E PROVIDES 3HARE(IM IS ALL ABOUT TAKING THE MYSTERY OUT OF MAKING DISCIPLES *ESUS DIDN T CALL US TO A COMPLEX TECHNICAL ASSIGN MENT (E CALLED US TO UTILIZE THE RELATIONSHIPS ALL AROUND US TO INVITED PEOPLE TO ACCEPT (IM AS 3AVIOR AND ,ORD v -ANY CHURCH ENTITIES HAVE PARTNERED WITH 3HARE(IM TO PROVIDE MOTIVATION TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR NEW OUTREACH

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AS DO CONFERENCES IN )TALY 'ERMANY !USTRIA $ENMARK AND (ONDURAS ! TOTAL OF EVANGELISTIC OR hREAPINGv CAMPAIGNS WERE COORDINATED BY 3HARE(IM INTERNATIONALLY DURING ANOTHER ARE ALREADY PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR )NTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN SITES IN INCLUDE LOCATIONS IN )NDIA THE 0HILIP PINES #UBA %L 3ALVADOR #OLOMBIA .ICARAGUA #OSTA 2ICA

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)NDONESIA :AMBIA AND :IMBABWE #OLLEGE STUDENT LED CAMPAIGNS JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE 1UIET (OUR MINISTRIES TOTALED MORE THAN FROM TO WITH THOUSANDS OF !DVENTIST YOUNG ADULTS FACULTY

AND STAFF PARTICIPATING FROM !DVENTIST CAMPUSES ACROSS .ORTH !MERICA %UROPE !SIA 3OUTH !MERICA AND THE 3OUTH 0ACIlC h4HE ,ORD HAS COMMISSIONED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO SHARE THE PEACE AND HOPE WE HAVE IN (IM v SAYS 7EEKS h4HE WORK (E HAS TASKED US WITH NEEDN T BE DAUNTING OR SCARY BUT IT DOES REQUIRE A CHANGE IN OUR PRIORITIES IT TAKES TIME AND EFFORT -OST OF ALL IT TAKES A 'OD GIVEN PASSION FOR PEOPLE (E CAN GIVE US THAT PASSION !ND WITH (IS LEADING

WE CANNOT FAIL v

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0ASTOR *AMES 6OLPE IS EXCITED TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT 3HARE(IM PROGRAMS ARE HAVING IN HIS THREE CHURCH DISTRICT IN 7EST 6IRGINIA %NCOURAGING MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN SIX 3HARE(IM PROGRAMS HAS BEEN REVITALIZING FOR THE CHURCH MEMBERS HE EXPLAINS h4HE CHALLENGE WE FACE IN OUR AREA IS COMMUNITY PASTORS TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO STUDY THE "IBLE WITH 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS

SO ATTENDANCE CAN BE A CHALLENGE "UT THE POSITIVE SIDE IS THAT OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE LED OUT IN MEETINGS HAVE GROWN TO APPRECIATE OUR MESSAGE ALL THE MORE AND HAVE BECOME MORE INVOLVED WITH OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY v 3TEVE AND 2EGINA "OYCE WHO WERE BAPTIZED BY 0ASTOR 6OLPE JUST TWO YEARS AGO PRESENTED A THREE WEEK 3HARE(IM SERIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PRESENTING MORE MEETINGS IN THEIR AREA 4HEY ARE PRESENTLY INVOLVED IN GIVING "IBLE STUDIES IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING MEETINGS *ONATHAN 'REGG ANOTHER CHURCH MEMBER WAS A POPULAR HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WHEN HE DECIDED TO HOLD A 3HARE(IM SERIES IN A ROOM AT HIS PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL "EING VERY ACTIVE IN SPORTS ACA DEMICS AND MUSIC *ONATHAN INVITED HIS FRIENDS TO THE MEETINGS AND PRESENTED EVERY OTHER NIGHT ALTERNATING WITH 0ASTOR 6OLPE FOR THE EVENING SERIES 7HILE NO BAPTISMS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED

*ONATHAN GAVE EXCELLENT PRESENTATIONS AND IS THANKFUL TO HAVE GIVEN THE SERIES AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL (E HAS SINCE GRADUATED AND ATTENDS (AMPDEN 3YDNEY #OLLEGE IN 6IRGINIA AN UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION WHERE THE MOTTO IS h!ND THE 4RUTH 3HALL 3ET 9OU &REE v h) BELIEVE THAT ANYTIME YOU PUT YOURSELF IN A PLACE TO SHARE THE MESSAGE YOU ARE GOING TO BE BLESSED SPIRITUALLY v SAYS 0ASTOR 6OLPE &OR THOSE CONSIDERING BECOMING INVOLVED WITH 3HARE(IM

HE URGES h'ET INVOLVED )T WILL NOT HURT YOU 7E NEED TO DO ALL WE CAN WHILE WE CAN WHEN WE CAN WHERE WE CAN v

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4HOSE WHOM #HRIST HAS CONNECTED WITH HIMSELF WILL AS FAR AS IN THEM LIES LABOR DILIGENTLY AND PERSEVERINGLY AS (E LABORED TO SAVE SOULS WHO ARE PERISHING AROUND THEM ! 7ORKING #HURCH 'ROWS

! WORKING CHURCH WILL EVER BE A GROWING CHURCH 4HEY WILL EVER lND A

)NSTEAD OF OUR MINISTERING BRETH REN LABOURING AMONG THE CHURCHES

'OD DESIGNS THAT WE SHOULD SPREAD ABROAD AND OUR MISSIONARY LABOR BE EXTENDED OVER AS MUCH GROUND AS WE CAN POSSIBLY OCCUPY TO ADVANTAGE

GOING IN EVERY DIRECTION TO RAISE UP NEW COMPANIES !S LONG AS CHURCHES RELY UPON LABOURERS FROM ABROAD

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HE CAUSE OF PRESENT TRUTH CAN BE GREATLY EXTENDED BY PERSONAL EFFORT !S CHILDREN OF 'OD NONE OF US ARE EXCUSED FROM TAKING A PART IN THE GREAT WORK OF #HRIST IN THE SALVATION OF OUR FELLOW MEN !LL MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE #HRISTIANS IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD

SHOULD BE WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD OF THE ,ORD 'OD WORKS WITH OUR EFFORTS 7E MAY CLOSE THE WAY FOR SINNERS BY OUR NEGLIGENCE AND SELlSHNESS 7E SHOULD NOT HOLD OURSELVES ALOOF FROM OUR FELLOW MEN BUT COME CLOSE TO THEM FOR THEIR SOULS ARE AS PRECIOUS AS OUR OWN -ISSIONARIES FOR 'OD ARE WANTED FAITHFUL MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL NOT SHIRK RESPONSIBILITY *UDICIOUS LABOR WILL ACCOMPLISH GOOD RESULTS $ ! . ) % , * 7 ! ( , % . 0 ( / 4 / ' 2 ! 0 ( 9

STIMULUS AND A TONIC IN TRYING TO HELP OTHERS AND IN DOING IT THEY WILL BE STRENGTHENED AND ENCOURAGED 3ATAN IS NOW SEEKING TO HOLD 'OD S PEOPLE IN A STATE OF INACTIVITY TO KEEP THEM FROM ACTING THEIR PART IN SPREAD ING THE TRUTH THAT THEY MAY AT LAST BE WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE AND FOUND WANTING 7E ARE ANSWERABLE TO 'OD FOR THE SOULS OF THOSE WITH WHOM WE ARE BROUGHT IN CONTACT AND THE CLOSER OUR CONNECTIONS WITH OUR FELLOW MEN THE GREATER OUR RESPONSIBILITY %VERY OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE IMPROVED TO EXTEND THE TRUTH TO OTHER NATIONS 4HIS WILL BE ATTENDED BY CON SIDERABLE EXPENSES BUT EXPENSE SHOULD IN NO CASE HINDER THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS WORK 4HE ,ORD HAS LENT MEN MEANS FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE TO USE IN SENDING THE TRUTH TO THEIR FELLOW MEN

TO STRENGTHEN AND ENCOURAGE THEIR FAITH THEY WILL NOT BECOME STRONG IN THEMSELVES 4HEY SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED THAT THEIR STRENGTH WILL INCREASE IN PRO PORTION TO THEIR PERSONAL EFFORTS 4HE MORE CLOSELY THE .EW 4ESTAMENT PLANS ARE FOLLOWED IN MISSIONARY LABOUR THE MORE SUCCESSFUL WILL BE THE EFFORTS PUT FORTH

4HIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS h9E 3HALL "E 7ITNESSES 5NTO -Ev IN THE *UNE ISSUE OF 4HE !DVANCE A QUAR TERLY PERIODICAL PRINTED IN .EW :EALAND 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS BELIEVE THAT %LLEN ' 7HITE EXERCISED THE BIBLICAL GIFT OF PROPHECY DURING MORE THAN YEARS OF PUBLIC MINISTRY

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7HAT IS THE BEST GIFT YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED 7HEN ) WAS YEARS OLD ) WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN MY PARENTS BOUGHT ME A SAXOPHONE %VERY DAY ) LOOKED FOR WARD TO PLAYING IT "UT ) SOON REALIZED THAT THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT GIFTS TIME RELATIONSHIPS AND LOVE FOR EXAMPLE ,ATER STILL ) LEARNED THAT IT CAN BE EVEN MORE SATISFYING TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE A PRINCIPLE THAT *ESUS (IMSELF TAUGHT !CTS 3CRIPTURE TELLS US THAT 'OD MADE EVERYTHING AND THAT (E OWNS EVERYTHING h4HE EARTH IS THE ,ORD S AND EVERYTHING IN IT THE WORLD AND ALL WHO LIVE IN ITv 0S 4HE AMAZING THING IS THAT (E HAS PUT US IN CHARGE OF CARING FOR THE WORLD SEE 'EN

AND 'OD HAS ASKED US TO BE STEW ARDS OR MANAGERS OF (IS PROPERTY )N "IBLE TIMES A STEWARD WOULD MANAGE THE POSSESSIONS OF HIS MASTER E G *OSEPH FOR 0OTIPHAR IN 'EN (OWEVER 'OD IS DIFFERENT FROM AN EARTHLY MASTER IN THAT (E SHARES (IS POSSESSIONS WITH US FOR WE ARE PART OF THE FAMILY OF 'OD CF *OHN -ANY PEOPLE ASSOCIATE THE TERM hSTEWARDSHIPv WITH TITHE AND OFFERINGS "UT THAT IS ONLY A SMALL PART OF ITS MEANING 3TEWARDSHIP IS LIVING THE BIBLICAL LIFE FULLY *ESUS CALLS EACH FOLLOWER TO LOVE 'OD WITH ALL HIS HEART

SOUL STRENGTH AND MIND ,UKE !S WE RESPOND TO

0HILIP 2ODIONOFF LIVES ON THE 'OLD #OAST IN !USTRALIA (E IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO HAS A -ASTER S DEGREE IN RELIGION FROM !NDREWS 5NI VERSITY AND CONDUCTS SEMINARS ON EVIDENCES FOR THE #HRISTIAN FAITH

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'OD S LOVE WE ARE MOTIVATED TO SEE HOW MUCH NOT HOW LITTLE WE CAN DO 7HEN WE CONSIDER WHAT 'OD HAS DONE FOR US WE WANT TO RESPOND TO (IS LOVE BY SERVING (IM WITH ALL THAT WE HAVE INCLUDING OUR TIME TALENTS AND MONEY

!PPLYING THE 0RINCIPLE OF 3TEWARDSHIP

4HE PRINCIPLE OF STEWARDSHIP INTERACTS WITH MANY ASPECTS OF OUR CALLING AND PURPOSE IN #HRIST *ESUS 4HE FOLLOWING ARE SOME KEY AREAS 4IME 'OD CALLS US TO CONSIDER OUR PRIORITIES 4HIS INCLUDES OUR USE OF TIME ,IFE CAN TOO EASILY BECOME A SERIES OF DISTRACTIONS (OW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR LIVES MAKE A DIFFERENCE RATHER THAN BEING SQUANDERED ON THE TRIVIAL AND UNIMPORTANT "ELIEVERS ARE MOTIVATED TO SPEND TIME ON 'OD S PRIORI TIES AND OPPORTUNITIES h"E VERY CAREFUL THEN HOW YOU LIVE NOT AS UNWISE BUT AS WISE MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL 4HEREFORE DO NOT BE FOOLISH BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ,ORD S WILL ISv %PH SEE ALSO #OL 4ALENTS !BILITIES AND )NTELLIGENCE %VERY PERSON HAS TALENTS SKILLS AND ABILITIES !LL BELIEVERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AT LEAST ONE SPIRITUAL GIFT #OR !S 0ETER EXPLAINS h%ACH ONE SHOULD USE WHATEVER GIFT HE HAS RECEIVED TO SERVE OTHERS FAITHFULLY ADMINISTERING 'OD S GRACE IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS v 'OD IS HONORED WHEN WE USE OUR MINDS FOR (IS PURPOSES $AN )NTELLIGENCE IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE SQUANDERED 2ATHER IT IS A GIFT THAT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED TO ITS 'OD GIVEN POTENTIAL IN ORDER TO SERVE AND GLORIFY 'OD -ONEY )NCLUDING 4ITHE AND /FFERINGS 'OD PROVIDES

3TEWARDSHIP IS LIVING THE BIBLICAL LIFE FULLY THE MEANS BY WHICH WE LIVE )N GRATITUDE WE RETURN OUR TITHE AND OFFERINGS TO (IM -ALACHI SAYS h@"RING THE WHOLE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE 4EST ME IN THIS SAYS THE ,ORD !LMIGHTY @AND SEE IF ) WILL NOT THROW OPEN THE mOODGATES OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT SO MUCH BLESSING THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ROOM ENOUGH FOR IT v -Y WIFE AND ) HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE RECENTLY GONE THROUGH A VERY TOUGH TIME 4HEY STRUGGLED WITH WHETHER TO CONTINUE TO TITHE OR WAIT UNTIL THEIR lNANCES IMPROVED 4HEY DELIBERATED h$O WE TRUST 'OD TO LOOK AFTER US v &INALLY THEY DECIDED TO PLACE THEIR TRUST IN 'OD 'OD PROVIDED FOR THEMˆSOMETIMES IN UNEXPECTED WAYSˆBUT (E ALWAYS CAME THROUGH *ESUS PROMISED IN -ATTHEW h"UT SEEK lRST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU AS WELL v 4HE MEMBERS OF THE EARLY #HRISTIAN CHURCH CARED FOR THOSE WHO WERE NEEDY IN THEIR COMMUNITY !CTS 7E ARE ALSO INVITED TO GIVE FREELY AND CHEERFULLY h%ACH MAN SHOULD GIVE WHAT HE HAS DECIDED IN HIS HEART TO GIVE NOT RELUCTANTLY OR UNDER COMPULSION FOR 'OD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVERv #OR /UR "ODIES 3CRIPTURE CLEARLY AFlRMS THAT OUR BODIES ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM h$O YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT

WHO IS IN YOU WHOM YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM 'OD 9OU ARE NOT YOUR OWN YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE 4HEREFORE HONOR 'OD WITH YOUR BODYv #OR

'OOD STEWARDS WILL NOT ONLY WANT TO ABSTAIN FROM HARMFUL SUBSTANCES BUT WILL ALSO STRIVE TO KEEP THEIR BODIES IN OPTIMAL PHYSICAL CONDITION )F WE FOLLOW GOOD HEALTH

3TEWARDSHIP 7E ARE 'OD S STEWARDS ENTRUSTED BY (IM WITH TIME AND OPPORTUNITIES ABILITIES AND POSSESSIONS AND THE BLESSINGS OF THE EARTH AND ITS RESOURCES 7E ARE RESPONSIBLE TO (IM FOR THEIR PROPER USE 7E ACKNOWLEDGE 'OD S OWNERSHIP BY FAITHFUL

HABITS THE BENElTS EXTEND BEYOND JUST PHYSICAL HEALTH "ECAUSE OF THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MIND AND BODY

PHYSICAL HEALTH WILL IMPACT OUR CLARITY OF THOUGHT AND ULTIMATELY OUR CONNECTION WITH 'OD %ARTH S 2ESOURCES 'OD PRONOUNCED THAT (IS CREATION WAS hVERY GOODv 'EN (E ALSO PLACED HUMANITY IN A POSITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP 'EN !LTHOUGH SIN HAS TARNISHED CREATION AND BELIEVERS LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH 2EV THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE TO NEGLECT THE PLANET *UST AS 'OD LOVES US AND HAS GIVEN US THIS WORLD TO ENJOY WE ARE TO LOVE AND CARE FOR ALL OF 'OD S CREATION 'OSPEL 4HE GOSPEL COMMISSION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO EACH OF US 7E HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE WORK OF MAK ING DISCIPLES OF BAPTIZING AND OF TEACHING -ATT 4HIS IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE 4HE APOSTLE 0AUL EXPLAINS THAT hMEN OUGHT TO REGARD US AS SERVANTS OF #HRIST AND AS THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH THE SECRET THINGS OF 'OD .OW IT IS REQUIRED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN A TRUST MUST PROVE FAITHFULv #OR 7E HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING THE GOOD NEWS WITH THE WORLD !LL TO *ESUS

'OD ULTIMATELY OWNS EVERYTHING AND YET (E SHARES BY PROVIDING US WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF GIFTS (IS INTENT IS NOT THAT WE USE THESE GIFTS SELlSHLY BUT RATHER THAT WE USE THEM TO SERVE OTHERS "ECAUSE OF ALL THAT 'OD HAS DONE FOR US WE RESPOND WITH WHOLEHEARTED GRATITUDE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO THANK (IM FACE TO FACE

!LL 3CRIPTURE QUOTATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM THE .EW )NTERNATIONAL 6ERSION

SERVICE TO (IM AND OUR FEL LOW MEN AND BY RETURNING TITHES AND GIVING OFFERINGS FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF (IS GOSPEL AND THE SUPPORT AND GROWTH OF (IS CHURCH 3TEWARDSHIP IS A PRIVILEGE GIVEN TO US BY 'OD FOR NURTURE IN LOVE AND THE VICTORY OVER

SELlSHNESS AND COVETOUSNESS 4HE STEW ARD REJOICES IN THE BLESSINGS THAT COME TO OTHERS AS A RESULT OF HIS FAITHFULNESS 'EN #HRON (AGGAI -AL #OR -ATT #OR 2OM

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Y GRANDFATHER 3TEPAN :AIT SEV SERVED AS A PASTOR OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH DURING THE DIFlCULT TIME OF THE 3OVIET REGIME (E ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WAS CONVICTED AS AN hENEMY OF THE PEOPLEv IN UNDER 3TALIN S FAMOUS ARTICLE OF THE 2USSIAN 0ENAL #ODE -Y GRANDFATHER SURVIVED THE HORRORS OF THE 'ULAG THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT ADMINISTERED THE PENAL LABOR CAMPS -Y GRANDMOTHER BARELY SURVIVED WITH FOUR CHILDREN -Y PARENTS TOLD OF HOW IN THE SPRINGTIME 'RANDMOTHER CLIMBED THE HILLS TO lND NEW GRASS FOR HERSELF AND HER CHILDREN TO EAT AS THEY WERE STARVING SUFFERING FROM CONSTANT MALNUTRITION AND HYPOVITAMINOSIS

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SYSTEM OF FALSE ACCUSATIONS AND PRISON CAMPS DIED OUT 4HE YEARS FOLLOWING 3TALIN S DEATH ARE KNOWN AS THE hTHAW v BECAUSE IN MANY AREAS OF 3OVIET LIFE

ESPECIALLY IN CULTURE AND RELIGION IT SEEMED THERE WAS A WARMING #ONFES SION OF FAITH WAS ALLOWED AS WELL AS HOLDING WORSHIP SERVICES WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS 4HIS STRENGTHENED THE HOPE OF MANY BELIEVERS THAT THE TER RIBLE PAST WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN

,EFT 0%23%#54%$ TEPAN :AITSEV IN 3OVIET EXILE !BOVE &!-),9 0/242!)4 3TEPAN :AITSEV FRONT ROW SECOND FROM LEFT WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS SENT INTO EXILE

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(OWEVER THIS REVITALIZATION SPARKED A NEW ANTIRELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN

WHICH BY THE END OF THE S BECAME MASS AND ORGANIZED 4HE CAMPAIGN REACHED ITS CLIMAX IN THE LAST lVE YEARS OF THE +HRUSHCHEV LEADERSHIP FROM TO !CCORDING TO RESEARCHERS

+HRUSHCHEV S ANTIRELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN WAS SO CRUEL IT WAS SECOND ONLY TO 3TALIN S PERSECUTIONS IN THE S $URING THE ANTIRELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN MANY CHURCHES WERE CLOSED MANY PRIESTS AND PASTORS WERE ARRESTED )T WAS IN THIS DIFlCULT SITUATION THAT THE FAITH OF MY GRANDFATHER WAS CHAL LENGED AGAIN

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)N THE LATE S 3TEPAN :AITSEV AND HIS FAMILY LIVED IN THE SMALL TOWN OF :YRYANOVSK IN EASTERN +AZAKHSTAN -Y GRANDFATHER WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED BY THE TOWNSPEOPLE 4HE LOCAL NEWSPAPER WROTE ABOUT HIM AS AN HONEST AND UNSELlSH MAN AS A TIRELESS WORKER AS HAVING hGOLDEN HANDSv AND PASSING ON HIS MECHANICAL EXPERIENCE TO YOUNG PEOPLE

(OWEVER WITH THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST RELIGION

THE ATTITUDE TOWARD MY GRANDFATHER CHANGED DRAMATICALLY )N THE SAME LOCAL NEWSPAPER ANOTHER ARTICLE APPEARED

IN WHICH HE WAS SHAMELESSLY MOCKED AND SLANDERED 4HE RADIO ANNOUNCED THAT THE LOCAL PEOPLE REQUESTED :AITSEV TO BE EXILED FROM :YRYANOVSK AND TO 0 ( / 4 / 3 # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 / & 4 ( % ! 5 4 ( / 2

BE JUDGED IN A PUBLIC COURT !BOUT PEOPLE CAME TO THE TRIAL 7HEN 3TEPAN :AITSEV WAS LED TO THE HEARING THE JUDGES MET WITH HIM IN A SEPARATE ROOM POLITELY GREETED HIM AND ADVISED HIM TO REFUSE THE hRELIGIOUS NARCOTIC v PROMISING TO CLOSE THE CASE AND SET HIM FREE h9OU COULD HAVE HAD A CAREER v THEY SAID h9OU ARE A PACESETTER 9OU SHOULD JUST LIVE AS ALL PEOPLE LIVE BUT INSTEAD

YOU BELIEVE IN SOME KIND OF 'OD 9OU DESTROY YOUR LIFE AS WELL AS THAT OF YOUR FAMILY #OME TO YOUR SENSES BEFORE IT S TOO LATE DENY YOUR FAITH IN 'OD PUBLICLY

WE WILL BELIEVE YOU AND YOU WILL BE FREE v 'RANDFATHER LOOKED AT THEM CALMLY

LISTENING TO THEIR CUNNING SPEECH !T THE END HE SAID ONLY ONE THING h$O WHAT YOU VE PLANNED TO DO $O NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ) WILL NEVER DENY MY 'OD v 3TEPAN :AITSEV WAS BROUGHT INTO THE HALL AND THE PROSECUTOR BEGAN HIS SPEECH (E FALSELY ACCUSED MY GRAND FATHER OF DESTROYING THE 3OVIET FAMILY WITH HIS TEACHING DISTRIBUTING RELIGIOUS PREJUDICES CORRUPTING THE YOUTH NEVER WORKING AND LIVING AS A PARASITE BY DECEIVING PEOPLE AND LIVING ON THEIR MONEY 4HE PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCED THAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD ALREADY HAD SEVERAL PRIOR CONVICTIONS $URING THE SPEECH CRIES OF INDIGNATION h4HERE IS NO PLACE FOR SUCH PEOPLE IN THE 3OVIET 5NION 7E SHOULD SHOOT THEM v WERE HEARD FROM SPECIALLY PREPARED PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY NEVER KNEW 3TEPAN :AITSEV !FTER THE AVALANCHE OF FALSE ACCUSA TIONS SLANDER AND LIES ALONG WITH THE HOSTILE CHANTS FROM THE AUDIENCE

OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WAS lNALLY GIVEN TO THE ACCUSED &AITH (IS /NLY #RIME

h) HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE THE AGE OF v BEGAN MY GRANDFATHER hAND HAVE WORKED UNTIL THIS DAY 2ECENTLY

THE NEWSPAPERS WROTE THAT :AITSEV HAD @GOLDEN HANDS THAT HE PASSED ON HIS EXPERIENCE TO HIS APPRENTICES THAT HE IS FRIENDLY COURTEOUS AND A GOOD EXAMPLE 3O WHY AM ) STANDING BEFORE

YOU AS A CRIMINAL TODAY 7HAT KIND OF WRONG HAVE ) DONE AND TO WHOM h)SN T IT TRUE THAT MY FAULT IS THAT ) M A BELIEVER 9ES ) AM A BELIEVER ) BELIEVE IN 'OD #REATOR OF HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND IN THE 3AVIOR *ESUS #HRIST WHO GAVE (IS LIFE FOR ME AND FOR MY SINS ) ACKNOWLEDGE THE HOLI NESS OF 'OD S MORAL LAW EXPRESSED IN THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS AND TRY TO LIVE KEEPING THEM h9OU MENTIONED THAT ) WAS PREVI OUSLY CONVICTED 9ES ) WAS CONVICTED FOR MY FAITH ) WAS IN PRISON FOR YEARS AND AFTER THAT TWO YEARS IN EXILE 4ODAY ) M STANDING BEFORE YOU AND MY ONLY CRIME IS MY FAITH ) M READY TO SUFFER FOR MY FAITH AGAIN BUT ) WILL NOT DENY MY #REATOR AND MY 3AVIOR v 4HERE WAS SILENCE IN THE ROOM FOR A LITTLE WHILE 0EOPLE WERE SHOCKED BY THE REPLY OF THE CONVICTED (OWEVER

THIS TEMPORARY SILENCE DID NOT LAST LONG !CCUSATIONS SHOUTING AND THREATS SHOWERED AGAIN !FTER A BRIEF MEETING THE COURT ANNOUNCED ITS VERDICT A lVE YEAR EXILE FROM THE %AST +AZAKHSTAN REGION

SO IT WAS DIFlCULT TO DETERMINE WHERE HIS DWELLING ONCE STOOD !LMOST ALL THE SETTLERS WHO WERE EXILED TO THIS h'OD FORGOTTENv TERRITORY DEPARTED MANY YEARS AGO ) TRIED ASKING THE VILLAGERS IF THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT 3TEPAN :AITSEV .O ONE HAD AND NO WONDER AS ALMOST TWO GENERATIONS HAVE PASSED SINCE THEN &INALLY ) MANAGED TO lND AN OLD COUPLE WHO REMEMBERED THE :AITSEV FAMILY AND SHARED AN INTERESTING STORY 4HESE PEOPLE WERE YOUNG WHEN THEY WERE DEPORTED BUT THEY STILL REMEMBER HOW ONE EVENING WHEN THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYONE AND WERE STARVING MY GRANDMOTHER BROUGHT THEM A LOAF OF FRESHLY BAKED HOME MADE BREAD 4HIS ACT OF HUMANITY AND COMPASSION SHOWN IN A SITUATION IN WHICH EVERYONE THOUGHT ONLY ABOUT HIMSELF TRYING TO SURVIVE THE INHUMAN CONDITIONS REMAINED IN THE MEMORY OF THESE PEOPLE FOREVER 4HE OLD MAN SHOWED ME THE PLACE WHERE THE DWELLING OF MY EXILED GRANDPARENTS ONCE STOOD 4HERE WERE NO HILLS ON WHICH TO NAVIGATE BUT THE OLD MAN POINTED OUT THE EXACT PLACE

GOING TO A POPLAR TREE %XILED BUT .OT &ORGOTTEN )T WAS LATE AUTUMN AND THE LEAVES ! NEW PERIOD OF GRIEF AND TROUBLES HAD ALREADY FALLEN DOWN h(ERE AT THE BEGAN IN THE LIFE OF MY GRANDFATHER PLACE OF THEIR DWELLING THE TREE GREW v AND ALL HIS FAMILY !FTER SEVERAL MONTHS SAID THE OLD MAN IN DIFFERENT PRISONS GRANDFATHER WAS 4HIS TREE IS PERHAPS THE BEST TAKEN TO A REMOTE VILLAGE CALLED .OVO MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO LEFT IN THE .IKOLAEVKA IN THE 5BAGANSKAYA AREA REMOTE STEPPES A PART OF THEIR LIVES OF NORTHERN +AZAKHSTAN 4HERE ON %VERY YEAR IT RENEWS ITS FOLIAGE

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HE WAS PUT ON THE RECORD INDICATING THE INDESTRUCTIBLE POWER AS AN EXILE SETTLER OF LIFE AND COURAGE OF THOSE WHO 7HEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL DEFENDED THEIR PRINCIPLES AND FAITH IN COLLECTIVE FARM LEARNED THE REASON WHY ANY CIRCUMSTANCE OF LIFE 3TEPAN :AITSEV HAD BEEN CONDEMNED

HE EXCLAIMED h7E DO NOT NEED A FANATIC A LOAFER HE WILL ONLY INTERFERE v ,ATER HOWEVER HE RADICALLY CHANGED 9EVGENY 6LADIMIROVICH HIS MIND AND WAS CONVINCED THAT IF :AITSEV IS RECTOR OF HIS FARM CONSISTED OF SUCH hLOAFERS v HE THE :AOKSKY !DVENTIST WOULD SOON TAKE lRST PLACE IN THE AREA 5NIVERSITY S #OLLEGE OF ON ALL COUNTS (UMANITIES AND %CONOMICS IN :AOKSKY

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HE TERM hANTICHRISTv COMES FROM A 'REEK TERM TO OCCUPY THE PLACE THAT EXCLUSIVELY BELONGS TO 'OD (E FORMED BY THE PREPOSITION ANTI hAGAINST v hIN PLACE QUESTIONED AND ATTACKED 'OD S CHARACTER IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY OF v AND THE NOUN CHRISTOS hTHE ANOINTED ONEv )T HIS ACTIONS (E WAS EXPELLED FROM HEAVEN AND AFTER THE FALL PRIMARILY REFERS TO A BEING WHO ATTEMPTS TO USURP THE ROLE OF !DAM AND %VE MADE THIS PLANET HIS BASE OF OPERATIONS OF *ESUS BY ILLEGALLY APPROPRIATING (IS FUNCTIONS )T COULD $ANIEL DEALT WITH THE ANTICHRIST USING SYMBOLS REPRESENT ALSO DESIGNATE THE SYSTEMS USED BY HIM TO WORK IMPLICITLY ING A HISTORICAL POWER THAT AFTER THE FALL OF 0AGAN 2OME

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IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANTICHRIST (E DECEIVES BY PERSECUTED 'OD S PEOPLE SPOKE AGAINST 'OD CHAP

PRETENDING TO BE THE #HRIST AND HE OPPRESSES OR PERSECUTES AND USURPED THE PRIESTLY WORK OF #HRIST CHAP 4HIS 'OD S PEOPLE IN HIS CONmICT CLEARLY DESCRIBES THE SPIRIT AGAINST #HRIST AND WORK OF THE ANTICHRIST 5SE OF THE 4ERM 4HE WITHIN HISTORY TITLE hTHE ANTICHRISTv 'REEK

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7HO OR WHAT IS THE CHRIST WILL WORK FROM WITHIN APOSTASY WILL REACH UNIVERSAL #HRISTIANITY 4HE TITLE ITSELF DIMENSIONS AND WILL BE ANTICHRIST PRESUPPOSES THAT WE ARE DEAL ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMING ING WITH A CORRUPTION OF THE OF THE ANTICHRIST IN PERSON "Y #HRISTIAN FAITH 4HE ANTI 2EVELATION ANNOUNCES THE !NGEL -ANUEL CHRIST IS AGAINST THE TRUTH AS FORMATION OF A GLOBAL COALI 2ODR¤GUEZ REVEALED IN *ESUS REPLACING IT TION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP WITH HIS OWN UNDERSTANDING OF DEMONS 2EV

OF *ESUS VERSE *OHN ACCOMPANIED BY MIRACLES 3ECOND THE COMING OF THE ANTICHRIST WAS PREDICTED IN AND SIGNS THAT WILL REACH ITS CLIMAX IN THE COMING OF THE ANTI APOSTOLIC TEACHINGS *OHN WROTE h!S YOU HAVE HEARD THAT CHRIST DESCRIBED BY *OHN AS lRE COMING hDOWN FROM HEAVEN THE ANTICHRIST IS COMING v *OHN "ELIEVERS WERE TO EARTH IN FULL VIEW OF MENv CHAP CF +INGS INSTRUCTED ABOUT THIS SIGNIlCANT THREAT TO THEIR COMMIT 0AUL WROTE ABOUT hTHE COMING ;PAROUSIA= OF THE LAWLESS ONE v USING THE SAME TERM HE EMPLOYED WHEN REFERRING TO THE MENT TO *ESUS hCOMING ;PAROUSIA=v OF #HRIST 4HESS 4HE ANTICHRIST 4HIRD THE ANTICHRIST COULD MANIFEST HIMSELF THROUGH WILL TRY TO IMITATE THE 3ECOND #OMING OF #HRIST HUMAN SYSTEMS OR INSTRUMENTALITIES h%VEN NOW MANY 4HIS POWERFUL APPARITION OF THE ANTICHRIST WILL DECEIVE ANTICHRISTS HAVE COMEv *OHN 4HESE INDIVIDUALS ARE THE INHABITANTS OF EARTH 4HEY WILL WORSHIP 3ATAN THE ANTI NOT PROPERLY SPEAKING hTHE ANTICHRIST v BUT THEY HAVE THE hSPIRIT OF THE ANTICHRIST v THAT IS THE SAME MINDSET 4HEY ARE CHRIST AND THE RELIGIOUS POLITICAL SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT HIM HIS INSTRUMENTS CHAP 4HEY ARE HISTORICAL EXPRESSIONS 2EV 4HE ANTICHRIST WILL LAUNCH A WAR TO EXTERMINATE 'OD S PEOPLE CHAP BUT THEY WILL lND SAFETY IN OF THE ANTICHRIST WITHIN THE CHURCH AND AS SUCH THEY COULD THE ,ORD CHAP NOT IN HUMAN ARMAMENTS 4HEIR BE DESCRIBED AS BEING MANIFESTATIONS OF hTHE ANTICHRISTv MISSION IS TO PROCLAIM THE ETERNAL GOSPEL OF SALVATION AND CHAP *OHN 4HE 0ERSON OF THE !NTICHRIST 4HE INDIVIDUAL CALLED BY UNMASK THE ANTICHRIST CHAP #HRIST WILL lNALLY DELIVER THEM AND DESTROY THE ANTICHRIST *OHN THE hANTICHRISTv IS MENTIONED IN OTHER PLACES IN THE "IBLE /RIGINALLY HE WAS A HEAVENLY BEING A CHERUB WHO REBELLED AGAINST 'OD AND INITIATED A COSMIC CONmICT %ZE 2EV (E WAS INDEED AN ANTI 'OD POWER

THEREFORE THE ANTICHRIST WHO WANTED TO MAKE HIMSELF !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÓGUEZ IS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE hLIKE THE -OST (IGHv )SA (IS ULTIMATE GOAL WAS

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)S THE (OLY 3PIRIT AN INmUENCE OR THE THIRD PERSON OF THE 'ODHEAD )N THE TEXTS BELOW

CIRCLE THE MEMBERS OF THE 'ODHEAD h4HE GRACE OF THE ,ORD *ESUS #HRIST AND THE LOVE OF 'OD AND THE COMMUNION OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL !MENv #OR h4HE 3PIRIT (IMSELF BEARS WITNESS WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE CHILDREN OF 'OD AND IF CHILDREN THEN HEIRSˆHEIRS OF 'OD AND JOINT HEIRS WITH #HRIST IF INDEED WE SUFFER WITH (IM THAT WE MAY ALSO BE GLORIlED TOGETHERv 2OM

h'O THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE &ATHER AND OF THE 3ON AND OF THE (OLY 3PIRITv -ATT !S YOU READ THESE THREE PASSAGES DOES THE "IBLE INDICATE IN ANY WAY THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS MERELY AN INmU ENCE OR IN ANY WAY INFERIOR TO THE &ATHER AND THE 3ON 9ES

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7HOM DOES *ESUS CALL THE (OLY 3PIRIT h!ND ) WILL PRAY THE &ATHER AND (E WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER (ELPER THAT (E MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVERv *OHN h"UT THE (ELPER THE (OLY 3PIRIT WHOM THE &ATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME (E WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS

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4HE WORD hHELPERv IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE .EW 4ESTAMENT IS PARAKLETE )T IS A WORD RICH IN MEANING )T MEANS ONE WHO STANDS ALONGSIDE )T WAS USED OF A FRIEND IN COURT WHO PROVIDED DEFENSE FOR THE ACCUSED ONE WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE

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7HAT IS THE MOST SIGNIlCANT REASON *ESUS PROMISED TO SEND (IS (OLY 3PIRIT h"UT WHEN THE (ELPER COMES WHOM ) SHALL SEND TO YOU FROM THE &ATHER THE 3PIRIT OF TRUTH WHO PROCEEDS FROM THE &ATHER (E WILL TESTIFY OF -Ev *OHN 4HE PURPOSE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS TO

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7HAT THREE THINGS WILL THE (OLY 3PIRIT CONVICT EACH ONE OF US OF IF OUR HEARTS ARE OPEN TO (IS PROMPTINGS h!ND WHEN (E HAS COME (E WILL CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OF JUDGMENTv *OHN 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL CONVICT THE WORLD OF

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7HAT OTHER NAME DID *ESUS GIVE THE (OLY 3PIRIT h4HE 3PIRIT OF TRUTH WHOM THE WORLD CANNOT RECEIVE BECAUSE IT NEITHER SEES (IM OR KNOWS (IM BUT YOU KNOW (IM FOR (E DWELLS WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOUv *OHN h(OWEVER WHEN (E THE 3PIRIT OF TRUTH HAS COME (E WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH FOR (E WILL NOT SPEAK ON (IS OWN AUTHORITY BUT WHATEVER (E HEARS (E WILL SPEAK AND (E WILL TELL YOU THINGS TO COMEv *OHN *ESUS CALLS THE (OLY 3PIRIT THE

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7HY DO YOU THINK *ESUS GAVE THE (OLY 3PIRIT THIS SPECIAL TITLE

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4HE WORK OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS NOT TO GLORIFY (IMSELF IT IS TO GLORIFY *ESUS 4HE WORK OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS NOT TO GLORIFY US IT IS TO BRING GLORY TO OUR 3AVIOR 7HEN WE ARE lLLED WITH THE (OLY 3PIRIT

THE GREAT DESIRE OF OUR LIVES IS TO GLORIFY *ESUS IN EVERYTHING WE DO TO BE MORE LIKE *ESUS 7OULD YOU LIKE TO OPEN YOUR HEART TO THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO MAKE YOU MORE LIKE *ESUS 7HY NOT BOW YOUR HEAD AND PRAY FOR A GREATER INlLLING OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT RIGHT NOW

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