As we continue praying our way through the Pentecost 2025 experience, our entire North American Division family remains united in intentional prayer — seeking a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our lives, churches and communities.This July, we invite you, as Northwest Adventists or wherever you may live, to take time each week — [...]
Sometimes, when you read a familiar Bible story once again, a new insight stands out.Elijah tops my list of Bible prayer heroes. As one of history's greatest spiritual reformers, he earned the title “troubler of Israel” from King Ahab — what a compliment!After three years of drought, God instructed Elijah to confront Ahab in a [...]
The Bible says you can “pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks for what you have” (Phil. 4:6). Here are some ways you can practice prayer and praise with your family.Prayer NestTo make a prayer nest, cut out egg shapes from colored paper. Write a prayer on one side of a [...]
Life can be hard, can’t it? During times of struggle how do we help our kids build faith and be resilient? We are currently dealing with serious health issues in our extended family — mental health issues as well — and life is a lot different in 2025 for a middle schooler and high schooler. [...]
Pentecost 2025 is a prayer and evangelism movement inviting Seventh-day Adventists in North America to collectively hold 3,000 or more proclamation events throughout 2025.But what takes this initiative to a higher level than evangelism programming alone is the intentional call to prayer for the Holy Spirit to bring a second Pentecost.North American Division leadership has [...]
North Pacific Union executive committee has embraced the vision for Pentecost 2025, an evangelism initiative that seeks to encourage 3,000 evangelism proclamation meetings throughout North America.In their most recent meeting on Aug. 14, 2024, the committee approved the promotion of Pentecost 2025 across the six ministry conferences in the five Pacific Northwest states. The committee’s [...]
The Granger Church prayer committee desired to foster a greater sense of community, gratitude and spiritual connection within their church family and decided to host an International Day of Prayer program. Marcie Duim and Allyson Williams, prayer leaders, orchestrated a thoughtful sequence of prayer, scripture readings and a devotional story for the Nov. 12, 2023 [...]
