Apr 21, 2016
You can see the little girl in this drawing has only one foot. But your mind will give her that other foot because you know it is really there. Your imagination will also have a story about this little girl. She is out in the field of flowers where she picked those in her hand. She is taking them home to her mother. She is in her home on a nice carpeted floor....
Apr 21, 2016
by Steve James Pastor, Verona SDB Church, NY In June of 2015, I had the privilege of being part of a missions trip to Kenya. I want to share with you God’s good hand in this so that you may rejoice in what He is doing in this world; reflect on what you are doing in this world; and resolve to be a part of what God wants to do in this world through you. ...
by Rev. Dr. Paul W. Manuel German Seventh Day Baptist Church Salemville, PA According to what the scriptures teach, God answers the petitionary prayer of the righteous believer that meets three conditions: • He must pray in the right direction (i.e., to God the Father not anyone else). For the singular devotion of the disciple, who appeals “to [his] Father” in...
Mar 18, 2016
by Caroline Snyder SDB Church of Daytona Beach, FL Many years ago, Audrey and Menzo Fuller, former Seventh Day Baptist missionaries to Africa, inspired me to dedicate my retirement years to missionary work. So it was with both humility and excitement that I was privileged to participate in Pastor Steven James’s mission trip to Kenya in June 2015. Our group...
Mar 18, 2016
by Casey Greene Berlin, NY, SDB Church I had the privilege, along with four other youth from the Berlin and First Hopkington SDB Churches, to go to Puerto Rico this past summer. Our time there was an amazing and eye-opening experience. The relationships and connections we made there will be a blessing for a lifetime. Never before had I walked into a place and...
Mar 18, 2016
by Debbie James Verona, NY, SDB Church After Steve returned from his first trip to Kenya in June 2012, God began to place a burden on my heart to teach the women of Kenya how to sew as a way to help provide for their families. I watched as God orchestrated all the details from that time up to our trip there in June 2015. One Sabbath, I shared with a friend at...