Carmichael SDA Church Bulletin

Carmichael Seventh-day Adventist Church

Carmichael SDA Church Bulletin

The Gospel of Revelation-Blessed and Holy

October 26, 2024 • Pastor Marvin Wray • Revelation 19:7–9

I have done so many weddings over the past 50 years. I love watching the eyes of the groom as he first sees the bride walking down the aisle. That moment is the highlight of the whole service to me. Can you imagine...no, you can't, but try...try to imagine the eyes of Jesus as He welcomes His bride...the church...you and me...to our forever home with Him! I am reminded of the chorus of an old hymn: "It is joy unspeakable and full of glory, O' the half has never yet been told!" However, there is another "great supper" where the final destruction of the beast and the false prophet and those who participated with them is acted out. We're almost done my friends. Those of us who are still alive when Christ comes will be caught up together with those raised in the first resurrection and we will be "priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years!" May God give us the faith to hold fast to what we have and keep our eyes on Jesus alone!

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December 14, 2024 • Pastor Benji Ferguson • Galatians 4:4–7

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December 7, 2024 • Pastor Marvin Wray • Psalm 8:3–4

Take the time for a few minutes to put away the hustle and bustle of preparations and navigating the highways and the aisles and just consider the vastness of God and all of his creation! Where does God dwell? How does he occupy his time? It is so hard to imagine that God could actually be interested in my small broken life...but he is! God sent his Son to rescue me from this dark world and then to literally live within my heart...and your heart...all at the same time. That is pretty hard to wrap my poor addled brain around. This Christmas, as we encircle the tree with our gifts, may we unwrap the Gift with the tag that reads, "From God, with Love"! And, even more, may we open the gift and wear the covering with joy, and then find someone who needs to know that the same gift is waiting for them to open. Merry Christmas!

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November 30, 2024 • Pastor Marvin Wray • John 1:1–3, John 1:14

As we turn the corner from the simplicity of Thanksgiving and head toward the often chaotic preparations for Christmas, can we just stop for a bit and take a breath? Ahhhh, yes, not just a breath of air, but a breath of God...the Spirit of God and His real presence among us rather than the presents around us. Over the remaining weeks before Christmas I'm going to focus on celebrating the very basic reality of the incarnation...the birth of the Christ...the ultimate Gift of God. You are going to hear me refer to the simplicity of the message and the simple testimony we can share with those we interact with on a daily basis. I'll explain more about the concept of simply sharing what God has revealed to us as individuals in my message this Sabbath. I am praying that as a church and as individuals we might deliberately make time to center our minds on what Jesus might want to say to us this Christmas.