He was prepared to leave the Seventh-day Adventist Church for good. But he went to a Pathfinder event called “Oshkosh,” and now he’s a leader in God’s last day remnant church.
“Según la providencia de Dios, los que han estado soportando la carga de su obra se han estado esforzando por poner nueva vida en métodos antiguos de trabajo, y también por inventar nuevos planes y nuevos métodos para despertar el interés de los miembros de la iglesia para que realicen un esfuerzo unido a fin de alcanzar el mundo” (Consejos sobre Mayordomía Cristiana, p. 199).
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of Man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle (Revelation 14:14 KJV).
Although raised as a Seventh-day Adventist, as time went along, I stopped practicing my faith. There was no time for God. I was a busy wife and owner of a successful farrier business where I traveled from farm to farm, trimming and shoeing horses. I eventually came to the place where I knew something was missing.
It’s usually late morning, on a Friday, when Matthew Lucio goes into the Peoria (Illinois) church to record. Timing is critical as the “studio” space, converted from a small library by the Peoria members, is just about 100 feet from a busy road. Traffic noise can disrupt a recording session.
How can a church reach its community when its residents are unresponsive to invitations about evangelistic meetings? The Petoskey Church used health as an avenue and it worked! More than forty people attended a recent supper club.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee (Exodus 20:12 KJV).
It is fascinating how we internalize this notion that we are victims of stress, time and busyness. It is as if we are completely defenseless, running in a hamster wheel, out of breath, often stumbling, sometimes falling, taken for a constant nauseating spin.
ANDREWS UNIVERSITY—Several students from Andrews University received awards for their films at the SONScreen Film Festival held April 4–6 at La Sierra University in Riverside, Calif.
Using crutches, the man came to the medical clinic seeking treatment for his badly fractured ankle. He had been thrown from a bus and had gone to the hospital in El Salvador, but it was overcrowded and he hadn’t been treated in two weeks, so he got frustrated and left.
Robert Dabney knows God began a good work in him as a child. But when Dabney left the Seventh-day Adventist church at 16, and joined the military at 18, little did he know God would continue that work in an army base camp in Kuwait.
When life doesn’t go as we planned, it can be easy to ask God, “Why this? Why now?” Although I may not immediately understand, I’ve seen that while God is ministering to me, He is also using my experiences to help other people in need.
Knowing that wisdom is found in the aged and long life brings understanding (see Job 12:12), we are highlighting some of our oldest members — 90 years and older, suggested by our conferences — who have modeled healthy living and cultivated a long walk with God. We can learn so much from them!
