As we look back over the 80 years during which God has called the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement to uphold the sacred principles of present truth, we see a miracle of His grace. Struggles, hardship, and sacrifice for His cause are daily showered with blessings of providential mercy and divine protection. With deep solemnity, and living as we are in the last days of this earth’s history, by His strength we continue to take our stand on the solid platform of the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

This extraordinary mid-year week of prayer and consecration has been specially set aside as a time to consider carefully how the Lord has led us thus far, but more importantly, what are His intentions for our future. Our need is great, and believers all around the world are encouraged to assemble for these readings, and to remember also the isolated souls. Let us prayerfully reflect on each topic, “knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed” (Romans 13:11). “Truth must be practiced in order to be a power in the world. When truth abides in the heart, the daily experience is a revelation of the controlling power of Christ’s grace. Never keep the truth in the outer court. Let the Holy Spirit stamp it on the soul.”1

Let us remember the last Sabbath, June 25, as a special day of prayer with fasting in behalf of our standing as a people united before a holy God. As many as are able and impressed to fast are urged to participate. On Sunday, June 26, a special offering will be gathered to promote new missions around the world. May our gracious Lord hear and answer our prayers and imbue us with the needed power to go forth in purity, energy and spotless integrity as that “spectacle unto the world” (1 Corinthians 4:9) - His faithful people in spirit and in truth!