CONNECTED Adventist

Jelena shares with the CONNECTED fam one of her most powerful outreach tools for sharing her faith with secular friends; being genuine

The grass may look greener at the other church for two reasons; its fake or they watered it.

When I speak with broken people about the F word their responses are so varied. Not everyone wants to hear the f word in connection to their emotional trauma.

"The inferno of our brokenness can leave us burnt beyond recognition". When people experience brokenness through betrayal, rejection or abandonment, they often loose their value and worth in who God made them and the gifts of character that God blessed them with. Through an emotionally traumatic experience, we can become so guarded, that we are no longer the same person.

Citizens arrest, tackling thieves in the shopping mall, calling out sin; have you been faced with a situation where you stood back and watch a crime happen right in front of you, only to later realise you could have done something? Well, Kyle and I did too.

During painful and traumatic experiences in life, where there is betrayal and people letting us down, the hardest stage in forgiveness and restoration, is realising that in some situations, it took two to tango; everyone played their part in enabling the final outcome.

Bruce is a young guy who just oozes Divine anointing. Join us as we journey with Bruce from his worldly days, to his love for the Scriptures and finally, the prayer his Pentecostal Pastor prayed that ultimately created a the path for Bruce and his whole Pentecostal congregation becoming Seventh-Day Adventists. Follow and support Bruce's youtube channel "The Sounding Trumpet" and find the 'Garden Cure' magazine on "The Sounding Trumpet's" Facebook page.

Our personal wilderness will leave us with one question, 'why me?'. Most often, the answer to this painful question will be BLAME.

'GoYe' board game creator, Kyle Morrison from the 'Adventist on Fire' podcast, shares with us what its taken to create this strategical, ADVENTIST board game and how to WIN! You'll also find out about the other creative projects he has coming up, to make our life that little bit sweeter.

Go to www.goye.games to find out how secure your very own copy

The truth hurts and reality isn't always the nicest picture. But there is one thing positive about seeing people for their true colours, it simultaneously shows you God's true colours too.