We received a message during the week that simply said “Books” on WhatsApp. We replied that if he wanted to receive The Great Controversy and Steps to Christ, he should send us his name, address, and zip code. Within minutes, he shared the information, we scheduled a visit, and called him before arriving to make sure he could receive us.

Mrs. Silva lives in the Guayabitos neighborhood of the municipality of Tlaquepaque. For several years, she has listened to the Radio La Verdad Presente program broadcast in the Guadalajara metropolitan area every week.

As the pressures of everyday life constantly increase in this dying world, it is becoming more and more difficult to stay grounded with a positive attitude. Unless we are anchored on the Rock Christ Jesus by spending time in prayer and claiming the precious promises of His Word every day, the enemy will find a way to bring us down. When things don’t go the way we would like, it is so easy to focus on the trouble and forget all the hundreds of blessings, large and small, that God showers upon us everyday. As the text says, in order to have the peace of God, we must “thank Him for what He has done”. That means a conscious choice to forget about our trouble, and remember what He has done! It is a change of focus which makes all the difference.

Everyone we are talking with seems to sense time slipping away, quicker and quicker each week seems to pass. Is this just a thing in the States, or do you notice it in your country as well? Could it be a fulfillment of prophecy—the final events will be rapid ones?