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Thank you. God loves you!
Numbers 23:19-20,NKJV
Hi Everyone,
God be with you in 2021, and always!
May you have a healthy, joyful and prosperous New Year, full of hope,
laughter and love.Annette Bailey-Sargeant
NOTE WELL:
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good works."
GOD LOVES YOU!
"For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn
the world;
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"Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever."
Psalm 118:1, NKJV
"Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ,
and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place."
2 Corinthians 2:14, New King James Version (NKJV)
Jesus said:
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6 JESUS saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:1-6, KJV.
1 Timothy 1:14-17, NKJV
14 And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise,[a] be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation--
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life--
of whom shall I be afraid?
Today, May 21, is the 152nd Anniversary of when the Seventh-day Adventist Church was formed - one day after the very first General Conference Session began.
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"Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward."
Proverbs 127:3
BY ANDRÉIA SILVA, South American Division
An Adventist couple married for 65 years died holding hands in a hospital room in Brazil.
The couple, Italvino and Diva Possa, were known in life for giving Bible studies and providing clothes to the needy. In death, their devotion to God and each other made news headlines across Brazil.
Italvino, 89, died 40 minutes apart from his wife, Diva, 80, in their hometown of Porto Alegre in southern Brazil on Oct. 3.
Italvino was diagnosed with leukemia in August 2013, and Diva had bladder cancer.
Italvino and Diva Possa at their wedding in 1949. Credit: South American Division
Friends and family spoke warmly of the couple, who were members of the Vila Jardim Seventh-day Adventist Church in the city of 1.5 million people.
“They were very missionary-minded,” said a friend, Elena Brenner. “They went out to give Bible studies and visit people whenever they could. They were active participants in Sabbath School, and they will be remembered always for being kind and polite.”
The couple, who wed in 1949, were members of the Adventist Church for more than 30 years. But it was Diva who led her husband, who traveled frequently because of work, to baptism by packing books by church co-founder Ellen G. White into his luggage, said daughter Veramar Possa.
“My mother, who was baptized first, would put an Ellen White book in his suitcase every time she prepared him for a trip,” she said. “When he arrived at the hotel, he would read the book.”
After Italvino’s baptism, the couple read the Bible together every morning and welcomed the Sabbath together as a family.
They also became deeply involved in church outreach, with Italvino participating in evangelism initiatives and establishing an Adventist presence in the town of Maquiné in southern Brazil, said a second daughter, Rosimar Possa.
“My mother helped a lot in the Dorcas Society, sewing clothes to give to needy children until the day she was admitted to the hospital,” she said.
The Dorcas Society, a community outreach program formally established by the Adventist Church in 1874, was renamed Adventist Community Services in 1956.
The couple is survived by 10 children, 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Other than Christian kindness, the couple was also known for following a healthy lifestyle.
“My father would go for lots of walks and cared for a garden at home,” Veramar said. “My mother always liked to pick the vegetables and legumes that my father grew in their own orchard. Besides that, their diet was complemented with a great variety of fruits they grew, such as grapes, passion fruit, banana, and kiwi, among others.”
The couple’s unity and companionship took the media spotlight in Brazil, with a report on the noon news show “Jornal do Almoço” on the regional television channel Rede Brasil Sul de Televisão and a news feature on G1, the largest news website in the country.
God’s name was even glorified in their deaths — and that’s probably how the couple would have wanted it.
“They were faithful Sabbathkeepers and sought to honor God in everything they did,” said daughter Rosimar.
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(CNN) -- The look of total surprise on her face said it all.
Alia Atkinson went into the final of the 100m breaststroke at the world short course swimming championships very much as the second favorite to Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania.
But in a big upset the 25-year-old from Jamaica snatched victory on the final stroke from Meilutyte and with it made swimming history.
Not only had she equaled Meiluyte's world best but also became the first swimmer black woman to claim a world title in the pool.
"I realized I was catching up so I was just trying to get a good finish," she told the official FINA website.
"I'm not used to seeing my name up in number one so it was kind of a shock, but a good one!"
17-year-old Meilutyte, who trains in England, had led going down the final length of the 25-meter pool, looking set to complete the 50-100m double, until Atkinson's late charge.
The winning time of one minute 2.36 seconds left Atkinson 0.1 seconds ahead of her great rival, who claimed gold over 100m at the London Olympics.
Atkinson, who was fourth in that final, has been steadily improving since claiming gold for Texas A&M at the 2010 NCAA championships.
It was also Jamaica's first ever gold in world swimming championships and Atkinson had come close in the 50m final, losing out to Meilutyte on the touch.
The first black woman to hold a world record in the pool was Enith Brigitha of the Netherlands, some 40 years ago.
Brigitha also took bronze medals behind two East German winners in both the 100 and 200m freestyle events at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and won four bronze medals in the 1973 and 1975 world championships.
King James Version (KJV)
And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment:
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;
and unto them that look for him shall he appear the
second time without sin unto salvation.
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Ellen G. White
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For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice,
of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has
given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and
well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:7 (AMP)
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"The Lord your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing."
Zephaniah 3:17, New King James Version
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3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
JESUS IS COMING AGAIN!
Lift up the trumpet, and loud let it ring:
Jesus is coming again!
Cheer up, ye pilgrims, be joyful and sing:
Jesus is coming again!
Refrain
Coming again, coming again,
Jesus is coming again!
Echo it, hilltops; proclaim it, ye plains:
Jesus is coming again!
Coming in glory, the Lamb that was slain;
Jesus is coming again!
Refrain
Heavings of earth, tell the vast, wondering throng:
Jesus is coming again!
Tempests and whirlwinds, the anthem prolong;
Jesus is coming again!
Refrain
Nations are angry—by this we do know
Jesus is coming again!
Knowledge increases; men run to and fro;
Jesus is coming again!
Refrain
A brief review of the Easter celebration and how it relates not only to the resurrection of Jesus, but why it has become a major festival in the Christian world and how it relates to the biblical record.
Should we participate in Easter celebrations? What is the history of Easter and where did celebration of the day originate?
The name "Easter" never appears in the Greek New Testament. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Eostre, the name of the goddess of spring. By the 8th century this name had come to be applied to the anniversary of Christ's resurrection. With the passage of time the connection with the goddess was lost, the only remaining meaning being associated with Christ's resurrection. To ask where and when practices originated is only partially valid, for most of our practices in everyday life have antecedents in the ancient world, often from nonbelievers. Over the centuries meanings change. Even the 60-minute hour came from the pagans of ancient Babylonia, and such time calculations play a part in our worship services today as we sense the passing of time.
Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus. Unquestionably the resurrection was of enormous importance to the apostolic church, for it figures prominently in the evangelistic messages from the apostles as recorded in the book of Acts. No issue is made about the date when it occurred, however, other than to note in a factual manner that the resurrection occurred on the first day of the week. There is no suggestion that the resurrection made a new day holy. In the Bible is to be found only one holy day of the week, the Sabbath, formed as a part of the creation process by God Himself, and never suspended. For that reason we observe only the Sabbath as sacred or holy time.
It is to be noted that the apostolic church never gave attention to either the date of Christ's birth or the date of His resurrection, other than to note that the latter occurred on a Sunday. Neither of these days was observed by early Christians and if our model is that of the apostolic church we will be guided by the New Testament reports. Indeed, in the third and fourth centuries a tremendous debate arose among Christian churches as to when Easter is to be observed. For the Roman Catholic branch it was largely settled at the Council of Nicaea (AD 325) with a rather artificial formula still followed to this day, which cannot possibly be commemoration of the actual resurrection. In current practice Easter always falls on a Sunday and the Sunday chosen wanders over a period of four weeks ranging from March 22-April 25. The eastern branch of Christendom selected a different system, so that in the Eastern Orthodox tradition both Christmas and Easter fall on different dates from those in the Western Catholic and Protestant tradition. The point is that the early Christians gave no attention to commemorating the resurrection day of Christ. If they had been serious they would be observing the 17th day of the Jewish month, Nisan, which begins with the first new moon following the spring solstice. Passover among the Jews begins with the 14th day of Nisan. It would not be possible to commemorate the actual day of the month and have it always on Sunday, so the choice was made to have it on Sunday, adjusting the day of the month for convenience.
Given this information, although the resurrection of Jesus is a historical event of huge importance, we have no biblical precedent for making it a special day of celebration. That came in later centuries of Christian history. For this reason Seventh-day Adventists have never given the attention to Easter that other churches do. Our interest is to return to the practices and faith of the early Christian church.
However, we live in a society saturated with celebration of Easter. To a large degree this is driven, as with Christmas, by an opportunity to sell goods to people to mark the day. Clothing, in particular, is associated with Easter, as are toys with Christmas. In an effort to convey the idea that Adventists are believers in the resurrection, a few of our people have introduced Easter observances. They are fearful we will be misunderstood, and for them it is important that we be seen as orthodox and acceptable to the society around us. They conform to customs around us, at times unthoughtfully. Actually this practice conveys another misunderstanding — the idea that we give special significance to Sunday because it was the resurrection day. A few of our churches have introduced Sunday morning services for Easter, which for many Adventists creates problems. We recognize that we are not treating Sunday as holy time, but the public may not catch the subtle difference.
It is important that we encourage the leaders of our congregations to consider all the factors involved when they decide what to do with Easter. Several things are involved and need to be considered before making decisions. Often choices on matters such as this are made with minimal forethought. Always it is appropriate to allow the Scriptures to be our guide and to think carefully about the direction our actions will lead the church.
Although there exists no clear biblical reason for observing Easter as a religious festival, in parts of the world the public is so oriented to Easter observance that it is a time of year when they become open to special studies in the Bible. An opportunity opens to reach out to the public with the fuller message of Christ, often with good response. Under such circumstances Easter and its ssurrounding events can lend themselves to evangelistic outreach without, however, assigning any special religious meaning to the day itself. Wherever there is opportunity to advance the message of Christ without compromising biblical truth, the "wise as serpents, harmless as doves" counsel of Christ is appropriate.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
King James Version (KJV)
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Prepare To Meet Your God
Amos 4:12