I was recently blessed with the beautiful thought found in Titus 3:4, 5: “But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.” According to His great mercy …
Inaugurating New Facilities Brazil As the year 2016 started, so did the Evangelistic Health Program at Espirito Santo’s Evangelistic Training Institute (SETI) in Brazil. The students were excited to learn principles from the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy that will help them improve their own health and aid others in doing the same. In their classes, the students study …
Mission Tales from China As a pastor in China, I travel often, encouraging believers, praying and studying with new interests, visiting the sick and performing baptisms. In my travels, I’m blessed to hear many stories of how God’s work is advancing. I know you’ll be blessed to read a few accounts of the Holy Spirit’s work in my homeland! …
The Ark in Amazonas Brazil Tears filled her eyes as she peeked through the classroom window and saw her son Gilberto* leading the prayer in his first grade class. “I didn’t know my son knew how to pray!” she later told his teacher. “I never taught him, and we don’t even go to church. Listen to what a beautiful …
Hair Dresser’s Witness Brazil Joana D’ark Alves de Paiva lives in Bairro do Limão, a neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil. For the last 35 years she has worked as a hair dresser. Although raised in a devout Catholic family, Joana didn’t want to follow her family’s steps. Instead she decided to attend an evangelical church, Assembleia de Deus. Still, …
Happy Hearts in Malawi Tucked into the southeast corner of Africa is a little snippet of a country called Malawi. It is a land blessed with natural beauty, abundant wildlife and lovely people. Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa), 363 miles long and the third-largest freshwater lake in Africa, occupies about a quarter of Malawi’s territory. When David …
Watch Out for That Landmine Cambodia At the end of nearly three decades of warfare, Cambodia had more than ten million landmines still hidden in the ground. That was nearly one for every person in the country! At the markets, where people come together for trade, you can see the results of those landmines: beggars with arms and legs …
One of Scripture’s greatest promises is combined with an equally amazing commission: “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:18. We have been reconciled to God by Jesus’ life, death and resurrection so that we can reconcile others to Him. What …
A Dream Transformed Democratic Republic of the Congo I had a dream. I wanted to be a priest, but God had other plans for me and He used the Bible to transform my life! I was born into a very poor family in a small village by the name of Ngonde in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I …
Honduras Reports – More Than We Asked For by Elsa Willis “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto Him be glory.” Ephesians 3:20, 21. We believe with all our hearts that Christ is soon to come, and that as God’s …
