Sabbath Ideas! – Free Resource

On this interesting website, you will find over 350 Sabbath activities for your family and church. These interactive activities will enhance your understanding of the Sabbath. And, you will have fun doing it!

http://www.sabbathideas.org/p/home.html

The King’s Daughter and Other Stories For Girls

By J.E. White

This book contains stories to teach girls character and how to deal with difficult moral decisions. These stories were compiled from orphanage stories used in the United States many years ago. Fortunately, Godly character does not have a time period attached to it. These timeless stories will encourage girls to choose right from wrong. Read them to your children and even grandchildren!

To order this book, just click the link below:

https://biblesabbath.org/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=47&=SID

THE GENTILE HEALINGS: FAITH AMONG THE NATIONS

By R. Herbert

We tend to think of events described in the Book of Acts as the beginning of faith among the Gentiles, but earlier biblical examples of faith in both the Old and New Testaments are instructive. There is also a striking parallel between these examples that deserves our attention.

Three of the gospels tell how Jesus spoke in the synagogue in his home town of Nazareth, but was rejected by the people there. It is clear that the message Jesus took to these people was not welcomed by the Nazarenes, but his response to their rejection particularly enraged them. Luke tells us that as a result of the rejection, Jesus said: “Truly I tell you … no prophet is accepted in his hometown. I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed — only Naaman the Syrian” (Luke 4:24-27).

When they heard this, the Nazarenes’ rejection turned to outright rage, and they attempted to kill Jesus because he had said that God had chosen to send His servant Elijah to a widow in Sidon (a non-Jewish area) and had Elisha heal Naaman (another non-Jewish person) over people of Judah with the same problems.

It is easy to continue reading the Gospel accounts without noticing the striking parallels between the examples Jesus gave…”

(This is an excerpt from the Sept-Oct 2014 edition of The Sabbath Sentinel)

To read the rest of this article, which starts on page 10, click this link: http://biblesabbath.org/media/TSS_Sept-Oct-2014_569.pdf

“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.  For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” (Jesus of Nazareth, quoted in Luke 9:23-24 ESV)

Jesus once told a parable about a pearl of great price. It was a parable of a few words, but packed with a mighty lesson: “The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” (Matthew 13:45-46 ESV)

If you found such a pearl, would you not sacrifice everything to attain that prize? It would take some faith to do it, but if you keep the end in mind, you would certainly be foolish not to go after it.

But what if you didn’t know what the end was? All you had was a promise that everything would work out in the end. You are not told how it would work out, but only that it would. In that case would you be able to take up your cross daily and follow? Would you be willing to lose your life in order to save it?

Such a step of trusting faith has been required of God’s people throughout the ages, from Noah to Moses to David to the prophets and straight through to the Apostles and those of us who have followed them. 

It was also required of Jesus’ mother, Mary.

Imagine a young Jewish girl, about to be married and embark on a her future with her new husband and one day a family, all of which was put at risk by an out-of-the-ordinary visit from a messenger of God. Imagine the thoughts Mary must have had when told of what was to happen, that she would be with child, and the child would not be Joseph’s. She knew she would be subject to ridicule and ostracized by her small-town neighbors. Rumors would fly, and snide remarks would follow her and her son for the rest of their lives.

She could not have known at the time of Gabriel’s appearing that Joseph would also receive word directly from God and that he would still marry her and accept the child as his own. She could expect that Joseph would abandon her, and likely no good man would want her. She would  have nothing to look forward to except single motherhood and all the poverty and misery that would come with it.

Yet, in spite of all of the uncertainty, in spite of all the upheaval this would cause, Mary says, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38).

How many of us would be willing to forgo all our hopes and dreams for the the pearl of great price, for the call of God in our lives? I don’t know what God’s call is for you, but whatever it is you are bought with a price. You are a pearl of great price. Jesus sacrificed all for you, and he calls us to do the same for him.

Lenny Cacchio has a blog that you can follow through the BSA website. Be sure to check it out:
http://biblesabbath.org/index.php?pr=Lenny_Cacchio_Blog

Sabbath Truth – Free Videos!

This free website has instructional videos and articles about the Sabbath. One of the prominent features available through this group is a 10-part series understanding the history of the Sabbath.

Just click the link below to access this FREE resource!

http://www.sabbathtruth.com/free-resources/seventh-day-video-series/id/966/the-seventh-day-part-1

How I Discovered the Sabbath

by Pastor Jason Towe

Imagine yourself on the way back from lunch break on any normal workday when you pass by an empty gravel parking lot and you see a man sitting in his truck alone. You happen to notice in passing that the man, with arms raised in intense frustration, appears to be passionately arguing with his vehicles rear view mirror. Hopefully no one noticed, but if that (literally) happened to you in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North GA, I am just coming clean to clarify that it was me in the truck that day. Though you may have gotten a good laugh, and I hope you did, that was the moment in my life when everything began to change. Though I did not realize it in that moment, this was the day when the story of my journey to the Sabbath Day (among the rest of Torah) got its start.

Several months earlier I had finally come to grips with the reality that God was calling me into the ministry though I had not made a public announcement about it. I wanted to tell my pastor first so I stopped by his house one morning on the way to work and after beating around the bush for a moment I just plainly stated “God is calling me to preach”. Finally, I had uttered the words that immediately seemed to release a thousand pounds off of my shoulders. I felt like I was floating the remainder of that day but that ecstatic emotion was short lived. I had finally openly admitted and announced it, but little did I know that things were about about to get very real for me.

This was a testimonial printed in one of our 2017 editions of the Sabbath Sentinel Magazine.

To read the rest of this article, which begins on page 12, please click the link below: http://biblesabbath.org/media/May-June_2017.pdf

Sabbath Action Blast!

But the rest of us. . . well, we’ll be mentally high-fiving those creative people who’ve found ways to really celebrate God’s special day! In these pages are 101 of the best Sabbath activity ideas that Guide editors have ever seen ─ nearly 2 years’ worth of fun! Some of these activities are great for groups, while others are perfect for solo ventures. And whether you plan ahead or flip through on the spur of the moment, you’re sure to find something to make you smile, laugh, have fun, and learn about God!

To order this book, just click the link below:

https://biblesabbath.org/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=103&=SID

Sabbath Keeping Basics

by Chris DeWeese

“Once we come to the conclusion that the Sabbath is for Christians then come the questions about how to keep it. This article takes a comprehensive look at the scriptures supporting the Sabbath and explains how it is kept in plain terms.

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy” (Exodus 20:8-11).

The first word to key in on is “holy”. In this context “holy” means to be “set-apart, dedicated, hallowed, or consecrated.” This is a serious word. Think about the fine dishes or silverware that only come out for special occasions. Think about a special suit or dress you have that you only wear to the most important events. This is the same concept in which God has placed the seventh day of the week. It is a very special day that we are to treat specially. The opposite of “holy” is common. In other words, the clothing or silverware you use from day to day are commonly used, not set aside for special purposes. At the extreme opposite of holy is profane, which is something reprehensible that one would not consider using for anything. To keep the Sabbath holy is to treat it as something very special and precious.

The next concept in the commandment is…”

(This is an excerpt from the Nov-Dec 2013 edition of The Sabbath Sentinel)

To read the rest of this article, which starts on page 12, click this link: http://biblesabbath.org/media/TSS_2013_Nov-Dec_LowRes.pdf