Brightenthecorner

to live, to live life to the fullest, to let live.

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

@adventistchurch Yes turning the other cheek is radical and more
Matthew 5:40-44
Luke 9.60,62; 14:26
Mat 20:28; 23:11-12
John 13:14

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

@adventistchurch For my daughter, my wife used John 1:1 as her first verse

For my son i used Psalm 23 in song

These were their first verses

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

@adventistchurch John 3.16 for a verse
I Corinthians 13 for a chapter

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

Its the mystery of the universe coming together to help a plant break out and grow
Biochemistry within its anatomy is activated by the laws of physiology all governed by a gracious God who is in it all.

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

1 Corinthians 3:7 ICB
[7] So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God is important, because he is the One who makes things grow.

https://t.co/A3E2y6XACk

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

@AdventistReview And God is never the Prize
He is there for all of us

God believes in Equity
He will rescue the lost coin and and the lost sheep and the lost son.

Even if you dont study the Word of God, God will find you.

The word of God is a light unto your feet for your walk with God

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

@AdventistReview God is in pursuit of you
You are not searching for God. God is looking for ways to talk to you.

Bible study (and nature study) helps us come closer to realise our purpose in Life.

Remember it's a very eastern mystical thinking that God is elusive and we need to find Him.

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

@djhamstra While adventist is a global church, we are still divided by our own schisms.
Tolerance to difference and celebrating commonality is key

I have walked into churches from Nairobi to Manila and was able to take part in the Sabbath school class.

But our churches are still ghettos!!

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

Blessed are the peacemakers

Reconciliation is key to restore order and peace

Reconciliation is an art and a science. The body needs to be trustworthy, genuine and the gravitas to be listened too.

Can the Adventist church step up to build institutions that can play this role?

[David Hamstra @djhamstra]

"Scripture does not treat peacemaking as optional. Yet too often, Adventists have confined these commands to personal piety and conflict-free interpersonal relationships rather than institutional mission." https://t.co/jH2RyaVzmP

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

The Pope is now calling for Unity in Europe especially tied to their christian heritage and to truth justice values

Europe does seem to have found its spine to avoid aligning with the US

But
Is it really for common good, for humanity or just for immediate gains.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Being a Christian in politics does not mean being overtly confessional. Instead, it means allowing the Gospel to guide the decisions that have to be made, even those that may not attract easy consensus. https://t.co/PW47HZSb7D

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

I travel on flights quite regularly.
And every time we hit turbulence or have a shaky landing a dread comes over me
A dread that this could be the end of life

Not a dread that shakes you or makes you anxious, but a feeling that just remains there... Silent but sure

All is well

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

African Leadership is largely Christian

Aren't they corrupt
Aren't they self centred

Then what difference have we made

We have failed in building a moral compass either in the US, or in the global South

Lets relook at where we are going wrong

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

Earlier the rhetoric was

1. The atheist under the red communist flag are destroying the global south
We need to reach there before they do

2. The heathen pagan worshippers have kept the global South in the dark. Lets bring them to light

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

Today's global disasters are largely man made and not 'acts of God' random event caused by nature

The church has failed in being the moral compass to the 'saved'. Lets #fixthis before we befuddle the 'unsaved'

[Sam Neves, PhD @saneves]

The hardest-hit communities in any global disaster are almost always in the global south. And the global south is where the majority of unreached people groups live.

I say that because I have watched the pattern long enough to take it seriously. When catastrophe strikes an isolated or closed community, walls come down. Questions surface. The human soul reaches for something beyond itself with a directness it rarely has in ordinary life.

7,130 people groups. Fewer than 1 in 1,000 Christians. These windows do not stay open forever. @Hope_Channel

#community #global #gospel

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

@saneves Whats the definition of being a Christian

True definition... Bears the fruits of the spirits regularly

False definition... Its on a certificate or someone who attends a formal church

There are more true Christians in the third world then in the rich North

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

"From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth,

from the laziness that is content with half-truths,

from the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth,

O God of truth, deliver us."

#PresentTruth

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife.

They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again.

I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting.

Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous-not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance. . . .

That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. . . .

That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. . . .

That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful. . . .

The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday.

I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.”

― Ann Druyan

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

Before being generous, we must be just.
James Joyce

Priest
Prophet
King

Jesus could be any of them.
But while on earth he chose not be a priest... Though he began as a young boy arguing with priest
He also chose not to be a King.. Though his disciples firmly believed in this

[Brightenthecorner @Brightenthecor1]

@joelrainey @NeilShenvi Yes.
Power should always rest with men.
Thats it.

Women can contribute to everything else, but power can and will not be shared

[Trans-European Division of Seventh-day Adventists @AdventistsTED]

Pastor Daniel Ebenezer has been elected Director of Sabbath School & Personal Ministries for the global Adventist Church. His passion for disciple-making and global ministry experience brings a vision for member empowerment.

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