Inside Story for Friday 3rd of January 2025 By Andrew McChesney Kneeling before a South Korean student, I asked if he had any prayer requests before I washed his feet during a Communion service at the Moscow International Seventh-day Adventist Church in Russia. “Pray for North Korea,” said the student, who was studying at a … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 3rd of January 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “ ‘To Meet the Bridegroom,’ ” Pages 405–421, in Christ’s Object Lessons. “It is the darkness of misapprehension of God that is enshrouding the world. Men are losing their knowledge of His character. It has been misunderstood and misinterpreted. At this time a … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 2nd of January 2025 God invites everyone into a love relationship with Him, but only those who freely accept the invitation enjoy the eternal results. As seen in the parable of the wedding banquet, many whom the king called “ ‘were not willing to come’ ” (Matthew 22:3, NKJV). Accordingly, shortly … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 1st of January 2025 God not only loves people of His own free will, but He also invites them to love Him in return. That God grants them the ability to freely choose whether they will accept or reject His love is apparent in (among other places) Christ’s parable of the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 31st of December 2024 God not only continued to bestow His love freely on Israel, despite repeated rebellions, but God also continues to bestow love freely upon us, even while we are sinners. We do not deserve God’s love, and we could never earn it. Conversely, God does not need us. … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 30th of December 2024 God’s striking instance of His love for fallen humanity is found in the story of Hosea. God commanded the prophet Hosea, “ ‘Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord’ ” (Hosea … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Exod. 33:15-22; Hosea 14:1-4; Rev. 4:11; John 17:24; Matt. 22:1-14; John 10:17-18. Memory Text: “ ‘I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from him’ ” (Hosea 14:4, NKJV). Though Peter had denied Jesus three times, just as Jesus had predicted … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 29th of December 2024 God not only asks us, “Do you love Me,” but God Himself loves each person, and does so freely. Indeed, He freely loves you and me and every other person more than we could possibly imagine. And we know this love by the way He has acted … Continue reading –>
God is love. So says 1 John 4:8, 16. The entirety of the Bible testifies to this fact. The Christian faith is centered on God’s character of love. Love is at the core of who God is, at the core of everything that we believe, and should be at the core of everything we do. … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 28th of December 2024 Read for This Week’s Study Exodus 33:15-22; Hosea 14:1-4; Revelation 4:11; John 17:24; Matthew 22:1-14; John 10:17-18. Memory Text: “ ‘I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from him’ ” (Hosea 14:4, NKJV). Though Peter had denied Jesus … Continue reading –>
