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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake The solution to racial prejudice is to be filled with the Holy Spirit, says Pastor Flemons. The early Christian church learned that in truth. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, testified to how relying on God is the solution to stress and anxiety, which causes anemia. In the home of an artist, whose wife is hosting a new juice feast group, beet juice spilled onto and damaged a very valuable painting. With a calm Christian attitude, the artist responded, “Don’t worry about it. It’s just stuff.” Pastor Flemons says, “The reason many of you are sick is because your stuff is more important than having a Christlike character.” It is stress and anxiety that causes the body to make too much hydrochloric acid, which causes ulcers and gastritis. The extra hydrochloric acid also causes the body to not be able to absorb iron and B-12, which leads to anemia.
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QTQT Carlene reported on the new juice feast group that met yesterday in her home and provided tips for improving juice feast group management, including saving money for participants by starting a coop. The next juice feast group will begin September 17. The all groups roundup is scheduled for October 22.
Special Prayer was offered for 2989. Please pray for her special needs son and young adults, especially those with unique challenges like SDA Christians. Also continue to pray for God’s guidance and protection at Bermuda Institute for the academic year. Pray for Paula and Pastor’s mom’s move to Springfield and for the new juice feast group in Indianapolis. Please keep them and last week’s requests in your prayers. Thank you.
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – August 20 – 26
Worship Sunday – Before the Sanhedrin; Monday – The Seven Deacons – Tuesday – The First Christian Martyr; Wednesday – The Gospel in Samaria; Thursday – From Persecutor to Disciple; Friday – Days of Preparation; Saturday, the Sabbath – A Seeker for Truth [All topics per The Acts of the Apostles by Ellen G. White.]
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Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Philippians 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.
For Heaven’s Sake…
“The early church was made up of many classes of people, of various nationalities. At the time of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, ‘there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.’ Acts 2:5. Among those of the Hebrew faith who were gathered at Jerusalem were some commonly known as Grecians, between whom and the Jews of Palestine there had long existed distrust and even antagonism. AA 87.2
“The hearts of those who had been converted under the labors of the apostles, were softened and united by Christian love. Despite former prejudices, all were in harmony with one another. Satan knew that so long as this union continued to exist, he would be powerless to check the progress of gospel truth; and he sought to take advantage of former habits of thought, in the hope that thereby he might be able to introduce into the church elements of disunion. AA 87.3
“Thus it came to pass that as disciples were multiplied, the enemy succeeded in arousing the suspicions of some who had formerly been in the habit of looking with jealousy on their brethren in the faith and of finding fault with their spiritual leaders, and so ‘there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews.’ The cause of complaint was an alleged neglect of the Greek widows in the daily distribution of assistance. Any inequality would have been contrary to the spirit of the gospel, yet Satan had succeeded in arousing suspicion. Prompt measures must now be taken to remove all occasion for dissatisfaction, lest the enemy triumph in his effort to bring about a division among the believers. AA 88.1
“The disciples of Jesus had reached a crisis in their experience. Under the wise leadership of the apostles, who labored unitedly in the power of the Holy Spirit, the work committed to the gospel messengers was developing rapidly. The church was continually enlarging, and this growth in membership brought increasingly heavy burdens upon those in charge. No one man, or even one set of men, could continue to bear these burdens alone, without imperiling the future prosperity of the church. There was necessity for a further distribution of the responsibilities which had been borne so faithfully by a few during the earlier days of the church. The apostles must now take an important step in the perfecting of gospel order in the church by laying upon others some of the burdens thus far borne by themselves. AA 88.2
“Summoning a meeting of the believers, the apostles were led by the Holy Spirit to outline a plan for the better organization of all the working forces of the church. The time had come, the apostles stated, when the spiritual leaders having the oversight of the church should be relieved from the task of distributing to the poor and from similar burdens, so that they might be free to carry forward the work of preaching the gospel. ‘Wherefore, brethren,’ they said, ‘look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.’ This advice was followed, and by prayer and the laying on of hands, seven chosen men were solemnly set apart for their duties as deacons. AA 89.1
“The appointment of the seven to take the oversight of special lines of work, proved a great blessing to the church. These officers gave careful consideration to individual needs as well as to the general financial interests of the church, and by their prudent management and their godly example they were an important aid to their fellow officers in binding together the various interests of the church into a united whole. AA 89.2
“That this step was in the order of God, is revealed in the immediate results for good that were seen. ‘The word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.’ This ingathering of souls was due both to the greater freedom secured by the apostles and to the zeal and power shown by the seven deacons. The fact that these brethren had been ordained for the special work of looking after the needs of the poor, did not exclude them from teaching the faith. On the contrary, they were fully qualified to instruct others in the truth, and they engaged in the work with great earnestness and success.” AA 89.3
(This study is based on Acts 6:1-7 and chapter 9, “The Seven Deacons” in The Acts of the Apostles (AA), by Ellen G. White.)