Inside Story for Friday 10th of January 2025 By Andrew McChesney Melvin wasn’t sure whether man was created from dust or corn. In the Bible, he read that “the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being” (Genesis … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 10th of January 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “The Privilege of Prayer,” Pages 93–104, in Steps to Christ. “Keep your wants, your joys, your sorrows, your cares, and your fears before God. You cannot burden Him; you cannot weary Him. He who numbers the hairs of your head is not indifferent … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 9th of January 2025 Just as the servant could never repay his debt to his master, we can never repay God. We could never earn or merit God’s love. “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8, NKJV). What … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 8th of January 2025 God’s love is everlasting and always unmerited. However, humans can reject it. We have the opportunity to accept or reject that love, but only because God freely loves us with His perfect, everlasting love prior to anything we do (Jeremiah 31:3). Our love for God is a … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 7th of January 2025 God calls and invites every person into an intimate love relationship with Him (see Matthew 22:1-14). Responding appropriately to this call involves obeying God’s command to love God and to love others (see Matthew 22:37-39). Whether one enjoys the benefits of this relationship with God depends on … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 6th of January 2025 The Bible often depicts God’s special love relationship with us by using family or kinship metaphors, particularly metaphors of the love between a husband and wife or of a good mother for her child. These metaphors are used particularly to depict the special relationship between God and … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 5th of January 2025 Scripture is clear: God loves everyone. The most famous verse of Scripture, John 3:16, proclaims this truth: “ ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life’ ” (NKJV). Read Psalms … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 4th of January 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: 2 Peter 3:9, Deuteronomy 7:6-9, Romans 11:22, 1 John 4:7-20, John 15:12, 1 John 3:16. Memory Text: “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to … Continue reading –>
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 –>
