At the closing of Jesus' earthly ministry, He gave assurance that His presence would be with His followers, from the day He spoke those words, until the end of the world.

The word 'prison' conjures up, usually negative thoughts in our minds, and rightly so.

This editorial is taken from Daniel Pel’s last presentation of our North Island camp last month as a sample for you, to taste the blessings from the camp.

I saw that God sent His angel to move upon the heart of a farmer (William Miller) who had not believed the Bible, and led him to search the prophecies.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4 I was rostered on to take a lesson recently and as I was reading the Bible texts through, I became more and more intrigued with it, so much so, that I want to share it with more than our Sabbath School class at our local church.

There were two institutions established before the fall of humanity in this world. The Sabbath and marriage were both given as gifts from God for the pleasure, the benefit and continuation of the human race.

God made man in His own image. A masterpiece to crown the whole week of creation, all recorded in Genesis 1 and 2. This beautiful being was perfect in beauty, in looks, in symmetry, in function, in compassion, all just as God intended and made.

April of this year has deep significance to us as a ministry and to us as a family. This editorial is shared with you to encourage just what God can do with frail humanity and may it encourage each one of you who read it.

It would be a correct statement that every single soul who receives Christ as their Saviour, would want their Christian experience, right from the very first day, to be a success, but whether our Christian experience is a success or not, really comes down to the choices we make from that first day and to continue on a daily basis.