Saturday, August 30, 2008

From The Pastor's Desk

What is your dream? I'm talking about the dream that you live and work for every day? Right now there are some trying to become the next president of the United States, and there are some trying to become billionaires. Yet, each of these men and women, will one day have to be laid down into a cold hole in the ground. They will take nothing with them. All we sweat for here on earth is worthless when it comes to our last breath. Except, to seek God with all our heart. Will your age come to an end, or are you seriously looking for a better land?

Pastor Throstur Thordarson
Seventh-day Adventist Church
South Bend, Indiana
USA

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Du Bureau Du Pasteur

Quel est votre reve? Je parle du reve pour lequel vous vivez et trimez chaque jour? Au moment ou je vous parle certains travaillent d'arrache-pied pour devenir le prochain president des Etats-Unis, et d'autres s'acharnent afin de devenir des millionaires. Cependant, chacun de ces hommes et femmes, finira un jour par etre repose dans un trou froid dans la terre. Ils ne prendront rien avec eux. Tout le travail que nous nous escrimons a faire chaque jour est inutile quand s'il s'agit de notre dernier souffle. L'essentiel, c'est de chercher Dieu avec tout notre coeur. Votre generation, connaitra-t-elle une fin, ou vous etes en train de chercher serieusement un pays meilleur?

Pasteur Throstur Thordarson
Eglise Adventiste du 7e Jour
South Bend, Indiana
Etats-Unis d'Amerique

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Ijambo Rya Pasitoro w'Itorero

Ni iki uharanira mu buzima? Ndashaka kuvuga icyo wifuza kugeraho kandi ukaba ugiharanira buri munsi? Ubu mbandikira hari abarimo guharanira kuyobora Leta Zunze Ubumwe z'Amerika. Abandi barahanira kugira ibirundo byinshi by'amafaranga. Nyamara , buri wese muri aba bagabo n'aba bategarugori, igihe nikigera azashyingurwa mu mwobo ukonje mu gitaka. Kandi mu byo baharanira byose, nta nakimwe bazajyana mu nda y'isi. Ibyo tubirira icyuya byose ntacyo bimaze iyo umwuka duhumeka utuvuyemo. Igifite agaciro ni ugushaka Imana n'umutima wacu wose. Mbese igihe cyawe kizarangira, cyangwa urashaka ukomeje kwibera mu kindi gihugu cyiza?

Pasitoro Throstur Thordaarson
Itorero ry'Abadivantisiti b'Umunsi wa Kalindwi
South Bend, Indiana
Leta Zunze Ubumwe z'Amerika

Sunday, August 24, 2008

LET US MEET AT THE CROSS

"Come to Me, says Jesus, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will
find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30

Let us all take our burdens to Jesus at the cross. He is the only one who can give us genuine and lasting rest.

TIME FOR DEEP AND GENUINE CONVERSION

Unconverted people will not make it to heaven. The period of grace that has been extended to each one of us is now while we are still breathing, is now when we can pray and repair, through the power of the Holy Spirit, the breach in our both vertical and horizontal relationships . The time of waiting is crucial for all pilgrims. We need to sit down and unselfishly examine where we stand in our faith. Empowered by the Holy Spirit we need to evaluate or assess the progress accomplished on our heavenly-bound journey. We should not brush aside criticisms and admonitions from the pulpit. Remember that God must send us the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers...Malachi 4:5.

My favorite spiritual writer puts it this way: "There are persons in the church who are not converted, and who will not unite in earnest, prevailing prayer. We must enter upon the work individually. We must pray more, and talk less. Iniquity abounds, and the people must be taught not to be satisfied with a form of godliness without the spirit and power. If we are intent upon searching our own hearts, putting away our sins, and correcting our evil tendencies, our souls will not be lifted up unto vanity; we shall be distrustful of ourselves, having an abiding sense that our sufficiency is of God." SM, Book I, page 122, para#2.

Alluding to this kind of genuine conversion, Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:3 that no man can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. We need to learn how to live in heaven while we are still here on earth. Our characters must change here on planet -earth before crossing over into celestial Canaan. Let us all avail ourselves greatly and efficiently of the opportunity before us now before the door of probation closes on us forever. Remember if we are not born again through the Holy Spirit we will not make it to heaven. God will not allow unconverted souls in His heavenly courts because they would be a fatal liability to all what heaven means. If you really want to go to heaven you are invited to introspectively examine yourself and see whether or not you are converted. If you are not it is time to do something while the door of probation is still open. But how long will it stay open? Hurry up! Time is running out. We are just ONE MILE AWAY FROM ETERNITY.

Written by Samuel M. Ntawiniga