June 13 and 14
Tidings of the wilderness prophet and his wonderful announcement, spread throughout Galilee. The message reached the peasants in the remotest hill towns, and the fisher folk by the sea, and in these simple, earnest hearts found its truest response. In Nazareth it was told in the carpenter shop that had been Joseph's, and One recognized the call. His time had come. Turning from His daily toil, He bade farewell to His mother, and followed in the steps of His countrymen who were flocking to the Jordan.
Desire of Ages, page 110 from the chapter, 'The baptism'
As the fields are white, ready for harvest, that means that people would love to flock with us. Note who it is that choose to travel those many miles down to the baptism pool in Galilee. The ordinary people of the day, the working class people. Are we looking for the right people?
Netherfield are having a baptism this Sabbath at 4:00, more for the flock. Will you be there?
I made a short film about an outdoor baptistery over in Lancashire. If you fancy a trip to the hills above Haslingden take a look here.
Bryn has chosen, ‘Dear Mr Jesus’ by Ray Boltz for your delectation and delight. 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
