THE PURE JOY OF GIVING “I remember that when I became an Adventist, I understood the basic truths; I knew the doctrines, but I also remember in 1979, we bought our first piece of land that we owned, and I was sitting in church, bored to tears,” Ron Hetland, a hardworking farmer from [...]
THE POWER OF A MOTHER'S PRAYER “At the age of 9, my parents separated and eventually got a divorce,” Joel Telis recalls. “My parents had been fighting constantly, and my sister and I felt trapped in the middle. I remember the sounds of my mother crying in her room. I had a lot [...]
CANADA-WIDE CALL TO PRAYER Everyone who has ever experienced the death of a loved one knows the feeling: the pain ebbs and flows, but the ache never goes away. God Himself knows for He lost His own Son to the cruel clutches of death. Though you have faith in the promise that one [...]
HEARING GOD'S VOICE We first called him Princess, until we found out he was a boy; hence his name became Prince. I figured he must be a boy because he was so intelligent. Just kidding… it was because he was a cockatiel, and only male cockatiels speak. Prince could mimic any voice he [...]
WHY IS THE WORLD AT WAR? The belief we have in the power of prayer is evidenced by the time we give it. One of my past pupils told me about an older lady in her church who she admired greatly, a woman of prayer who loves the Lord dearly and is always [...]
WHY IS THE WORLD AT WAR? We hear about war in the news, and various organizations tell us there are between 27 and 59 live global conflicts in the world right now. Of those worsening are the conflicts in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Myanmar, Somalia, and Ethiopia. The Bible makes a bold statement: [...]
LOST AND YOU DON'T KNOW IT “I don’t know what’s wrong with me,” the well-dressed woman confessed to us. “I do everything right: I pray, go to church every Sabbath, pay my tithe, study my Bible daily, but it’s all empty. I’ve never felt close to God.” My mind wrestled with her words, [...]
JUST SAY YES “My father would kill me if he knew I was converting to Christianity,” a brave Muslim recently shared his growing convictions. Wide eyed I marveled at his beaming young face. “I loved yours and René’s sermon this Sabbath. I have decided to convert to Christianity and become a Seventh-day Adventist!” [...]
PRESCRIPTION FOR LOVE “We were about to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our marriage, but for about 10 years, I was disconnected from my husband,” Doreen Cliffe discloses. “I felt trapped in a world I didn’t want to be in with somebody who didn’t care about me. We had been doing health and [...]
HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR WILLPOWER The chocolate cake or the apple? Staying in bed or going to the gym? Watching another YouTube video or focusing on your work? Spending or saving? Every day, all day, choices challenge your willpower: the ability to exercise self-control when you need it. The problem is that sometimes [...]
