ELIEZER’S GIFTS We are all familiar with the story of Eliezer, the servant of Abraham, and his mission to find a suitable God-fearing wife for Abraham’s “son of promise”, Isaac. Eliezer prayed and asked God for a sign that would reveal/inform him that he had found the woman that would be a suitable mate for [...]
"Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.” Colossians 3:20 “I’m sooooo bored,” Jeremy said sighing. “I don’t think I can stand another day like this." "Hey, I know, let’s go swimming in Taylor’s pond!” said Stella. “I don’t know; we better not. Your grandma said to stay [...]
"The true principles of Christianity open before all a source of happiness, the height and depth, the length and breadth of which are immeasurable.” –The Adventist Home, p. 493 We are continuing our series of health articles on the topic of happiness. Last month we learned that higher levels of happiness can be achieved if [...]
"But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” Matthew 24:13 On the evening of August 3, members and visitors gathered together for a spiritual feast over the weekend. Believers came from all over North America to partake of the feast. Knowing the time in which we live, the theme of [...]
Greetings to all believers around the world. I, Robert Magampa, salute you from South Africa–the land of my temporal nativity. We Christians have a greater hope in eternal things than on temporal things, which will soon pass away. I would like to encourage you by saying, trust and know that God sees every hardship you [...]
When I say I am a Christian I’m not shouting I’ve been saved I’m whispering I get lost at times That’s why I chose this way When I say I am a Christian I don’t speak with human pride I’m confessing that I stumble Needing God to be my guide When I say I am [...]
Before I became an Adventist, I used to work on an army base, in the south of Finland, where I served the officers of war. While working there, I visited some religious meetings to which I was invited. There they spoke about the second advent of Jesus Christ, and it touched me deeply, and I [...]
"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man.” James 1:13 Temptation takes place in the life of a believer by the activation of mechanisms that awake appetites and desires that may lead to an action opposed to the [...]
There was a criminal in terrible pain, rejected, hated by others, and sentenced to death. But he did not complain; he was satisfied with his suffering. “And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him, saying, If thou be Christ, save Thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not [...]
"Jesus took human nature, passing through infancy, childhood, and youth, that He might know how to sympathize with all, and leave an example for all children and youth. He is acquainted with the temptations and weaknesses of children. He has, in His love, opened the fountain of pleasure and joy for the soul that trusts [...]