Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Just be faithful to God. And spread the word of God. There is nothing that Satan can do against the gospel but for the gospel. The truth will always prevail. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, says if you are anemic, please avoid or at least be careful about doing hot treatments and excess exercise. And never do them alone. The body does not have enough oxygen and iron to successfully do these. You must avoid becoming too winded. Of course, the severity of the anemia is a key factor to what you can tolerate. And you must consider the severest disease that you have as the determining factor in doing hot treatments or the type of exercise. Also, remember that the elderly don’t release heat well, so heat strokes are possible. Nor do they heat up well in the cold.
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – August 27 – September 2
Worship Sunday – Delivered From Prison; Monday – The Gospel Message in Antioch – Tuesday – Heralds of the Gospel; Wednesday – Preaching Among the Heathen; Thursday – Jew and Gentile; Friday – Exalting the Cross; Saturday, the Sabbath – In the Regions Beyond [All topics per The Acts of the Apostles by Ellen G. White.]
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Words of Encouragement
Isaiah 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Exodus 14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
For Heaven’s Sake…
“Arriving at Salamis, the apostles ‘preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. . . . And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus: which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.’ AA 167.1
“Not without a struggle does Satan allow the kingdom of God to be built up in the earth. The forces of evil are engaged in unceasing warfare against the agencies appointed for the spread of the gospel, and these powers of darkness are especially active when the truth is proclaimed before men of repute and sterling integrity. Thus it was when Sergius Paulus, the deputy of Cyprus, was listening to the gospel message. The deputy had sent for the apostles, that he might be instructed in the message they had come to bear, and now the forces of evil, working through the sorcerer Elymas, sought with their baleful suggestions to turn him from the faith and so thwart the purpose of God. AA 167.2
“Thus the fallen foe ever works to keep in his ranks men of influence who, if converted, might render effective service in God’s cause. But the faithful gospel worker need not fear defeat at the hand of the enemy; for it is his privilege to be endued with power from above to withstand every satanic influence. AA 167.3
“Although sorely beset by Satan, Paul had the courage to rebuke the one through whom the enemy was working. ‘Filled with the Holy Ghost,’ the apostle ‘set his eyes on him, and said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.’ AA 168.1
“The sorcerer had closed his eyes to the evidences of gospel truth, and the Lord, in righteous anger, caused his natural eyes to be closed, shutting out from him the light of day. This blindness was not permanent, but only for a season, that he might be warned to repent and seek pardon of the God whom he had so grievously offended. The confusion into which he was thus brought made of no effect his subtle arts against the doctrine of Christ. The fact that he was obliged to grope about in blindness proved to all that the miracles which the apostles had performed, and which Elymas had denounced as sleight of hand, were wrought by the power of God. The deputy, convinced of the truth of the doctrine taught by the apostles, accepted the gospel. AA 168.2
“Elymas was not a man of education, yet he was peculiarly fitted to do the work of Satan. Those who preach the truth of God will meet the wily foe in many different forms. Sometimes it will be in the person of learned, but more often of ignorant, men, whom Satan has trained to be successful instruments to deceive souls. It is the duty of the minister of Christ to stand faithful at his post, in the fear of God and in the power of His might. Thus he may put to confusion the hosts of Satan and may triumph in the name of the Lord.” AA 169.1
(This study is based on Acts 13:4-52; and chapter 17, “Heralds of the Gospel” in The Acts of the Apostles (AA), by Ellen G. White.)