June 12
Thus the Baptist declared God's message to Israel. Many gave heed to his instruction. Many sacrificed all in order to obey. Multitudes followed this new teacher from place to place, and not a few cherished the hope that he might be the Messiah. But as John saw the people turning to him, he sought every opportunity of directing their faith to Him who was to come.
Desire of Ages, page 109 from the chapter, 'The voice in the wilderness'
This is the last paragraph of this chapter, tomorrow we move on to chapter 11, the Baptism.
One of the big issues in the time of John the Baptist was that the Pharisees sought to attract attention to themselves, “I’m not a sinner like he is”, “I fast and pray”.
The idea, when witnessing, is not to draw attention to yourself. The direction is, “not I but Christ.”
You have a treat this morning as you listen to the song, ‘Morning Prayer’. This is another song by 
Don Francisco. Thank you Bryn. Please click on the picture to listen
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Housekeeping details for you
The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.
A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here
