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Sabbath School and Church

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Everyone is welcome to attend the worship hour. It starts at 10:45 a.m.  

We broadcast Church live on youtube.com. Church will start at 10:45 AM.  Go to youtube.com and search for "greeley sda".  Click on the circle with the church picture.  You may need to choose the "Live" tab.

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Weekly Church Meetings

Wednesday - 1:30 p.m.  Midweek study 

Sabbath 4:00 - p.m.  End Time Events with Shawn Korgan

Food for Thought

“Come and See” - “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, for what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV

The other day I noticed in a little devotional book put out by Guidepost Magazine a picture of three little owls peering out from a cavity in a tree trunk. The Bible text was from the English Standard Version and it said: “Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.” Proverbs 4:25  I guess I took special note of that text because it reminded me so much of what I had been hearing lately: “Keep looking straight ahead, keep your eyes right on that light, don’t look right or left, look only directly over my ear.” The eye doctor was preparing me for eye surgery. 

The Bible also has instruction for our eyes. “I lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:1) Paul tells us: “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.” ( Hebrews 12:2)

In the first chapter of John Jesus is calling some of His first disciples. He called Philip who immediately responded. Philip went to find his friend Nathanuel and said, “We have found the One the prophets wrote about – Jesus of Nazareth.” But Nathanuel was very skeptical. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip had a very simple response: “Come and see.” “Come and see” -- something we all need to respond to. COME to Jesus daily to accept His grace and power and salvation and to SEE what a friend we have in Jesus. How thankful we can be that “He (Jesus) does not take His eyes off the righteous.” (Job 36: 7)  We are told “The eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.” (2 Chron. 16:9)

As my eyes began to heal from the surgery, I could see so much better than I had seen in a very long time. Not only had the cataracts been removed, but in the process my distance vision had greatly improved. (Something I still don’t fully understand.) It made me think of some promises in the Bible about how Jesus will one day “correct” our eyesight. “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9)  We will see things we can’t even imagine, and most of all, we will see Jesus, our forever Friend and Savior.

Sharon Oster 

The Golden Rule - “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Luke 6:31

I was talking to our daughter the other day who sounded rather discouraged with her two little boys – ages four years and six years. She said they fight and argue all the time over toys. Maybe that is why I took special notice of a news story. A clinical psychologist was talking about sibling rivalry and she has written a book about it – a children’s book to be read to children. The book shows two little boys on the front cover and is titled “That’s MY Truck!” (Not only can our daughter’s family maybe benefit from this book, I think many adults could as well as leaders of world nations!)

David and his men were in need of food and supplies. They were in the vicinity of a very wealthy man named Nabal. They had been very good to Nabal’s shepherds, not mistreating them or taking anything that belonged to them. So, when David sent men to ask Nabal for food, they expected the favor to be returned. But the Bible says Nabal was “surly and mean in his dealings,” and he had no intention of supplying David and his men with food.

David and about four hundred of his men put on their swords and were ready to retaliate. (The adult version of “That’s MY Truck”) Before they reached Nabal, one of his servants told Nabal’s wife Abigail about the encounter, adding “They were a wall of protection around us the whole time we were herding sheep.” Abigail immediately got together many supplies and went to meet David and his men. When she met David, she actually took the blame and pleaded with David not to have “on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed.” Suddenly David realized what a mistake he was making. He thanked her for the gift, for her good judgment, and for keeping him from retaliating with bloodshed. (1 Samuel 25)

Jesus and his disciples were on their way to Jerusalem. On their way they were going to pass through a village in Samaria. Some messengers went on ahead to get things ready, but the Samaritans did not welcome them. James and John were instantly ready to retaliate. (Again, the adult version of you mistreat me, I’ll mistreat you.) “Lord,” they said, “do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” But Jesus rebuked James and John! In other words, “No! That is not my way. We’ll just go to another village.” (Luke 9:51-56)

Then we read about the closing scenes of Jesus’ life on this earth – insults, beatings, cruel trials, and finally nailed to a cross. And Jesus’ response: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34) Oh, to be more like Jesus! How our world would change!

Sharon Oster