December 17, 2024
A New Devotional to Start Your Year
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At AudioVerse, we believe we have one and only one job to do on this earth. That job is to prepare people for Jesus to come by spreading the Word of God to as many as possible. This is the only thing that matters.
By God’s grace, AudioVerse has been fulfilling this one job for the past 12 years. Over the course of that time our library has grown to over 16,000 messages by over 1,200 presenters. That’s a lot of sermons, seminars, lectures, stories, and audiobooks!
Moreover, from this archive, over 4 MILLION messages are listened to each year. That’s one message every 7 seconds!
What’s even more encouraging to me is that over 3,500 chapters of the audio Bible are listened to each day. With 1,189 chapters in the Bible, this means that our users are collectively listening to the Bible through nearly 3 times every single day!
Our one job is to spread God’s Word, and I praise the Lord that the Word is being heard! But what’s most exciting to me is that this mission doesn’t result in mere numerical statistics, but it changes real lives. Listen to what Jonathan has to say:
I praise God for AudioVerse. I mean that quite seriously. Just about four years ago, I was privileged to learn of the Advent message from those God had lead me to meet—my very first Adventists. Today…I am profoundly honored that He has allowed me to be a recipient of His truths as laid out in the Scriptures and in His testimonies through Ellen Gould White! My learning of much of these truths were by way of AudioVerse…. AudioVerse, in my estimation, is a tool God has blessed in providing for those with an honest heart, a means by which to grow in doctrine—which must never be divorced from Christ. The two go hand in hand! I learned of many passages of Scripture, quotes from the Testimonies, and many great teachers because of AudioVerse. May God continue to bless AudioVerse in providing content that, I believe, is sifted for doctrinal soundness that are in line with the movement Christ Himself has called many to; in preparing a people to meet Him at His coming!
Can you see why I am as excited about the mission of AudioVerse as ever? This is a work where we don’t have to wonder whether there will be success. This is the work that Christ commissioned us to do (Matt. 28:19-20), and it is the one work that can hasten His return (Matt. 24:14). It is the one mission in which there will never be failure.
Today, I want to invite you to join us in accomplishing the one job that Jesus has given us to do. As 2017 draws to a close, there is still time for you to partner with AudioVerse with a tax-deductible gift to help spread God’s Word to more souls. Your help is needed to fund AudioVerse for the coming year so to reach more souls, to change more lives, and to make a bigger impact in hastening Christ’s return. Please consider giving today!
You may give by check to our address below or by visiting our donate page to give now, or you may check out some of the other ways you can help support AudioVerse below.
As you know, the work of AudioVerse is possible only through the generous support of partners just like you. There are numerous ways in which you can give to partner in this work of spreading God’s Word through digital media.
AmazonSmile. As you do your holiday shopping on Amazon this year, remember to go to AmazonSmile where 0.5% of every purchase gets donated to AudioVerse. Just follow our link provided for you, or manually select AudioVerse as your charity of choice.
Giving Assistant. Similar to AmazonSmile, Giving Assistant is an online service that allows you to give while shopping at nearly 2000 other online retailers. By clicking through the AudioVerse Giving Assistant link to your qualifying online store, you will receive a percentage cashback on your purchases. You can then select all or a portion of that cashback to be automatically given to AudioVerse. Simply follow this link to Giving Assistant for more information: Giving Assistant.
PayPal Giving Fund. For every credit card donation that is processed through PayPal, a transaction fee is deducted. So from each donation, only around 97% actually gets to the ministry. PayPal Giving Fund is a service where there is no transaction fee and 100% of donations can go directly to the ministry. To do this, simply give via the AudioVerse’s PayPal Giving Fund page. (Note: If you do this, you will receive your tax-deductible receipt from PayPal Giving Fund and not from AudioVerse.)
Check and Credit/Debit Card. If you prefer not to open a PayPal account or prefer the traditional methods of giving, checks can be sent to our mailing address below, and you can easily make a credit/debit card donation on our donate page here. Consider becoming a recurring partner to help support this work all throughout the year!
Charitable Gift Annuity* For those who wish to leave a lasting legacy in support of the work of AudioVerse, we have partnered with Western Adventist Foundation to provide charitable gift annuities as an option for our financial partners. For more information, visit their website www.wafsda.org or call them at 866.356.5595.
As you plan your year-end giving, please consider a special gift to help spread the Truth around the world online. Your financial partnership is essential for the work of AudioVerse to advance! Thank you for your continued support!
With gratitude,
Alistair Huong
Executive Director
P.S. AudioVerse has just one job to do, and that is to prepare a people for Jesus to come by spreading God’s Word. This work is changing lives all around the world, and your support is needed to fund this mission for the coming year. Please consider a year-end, tax-deductible gift to partner with AudioVerse in this singular mission. You may give by check to our address below or by visiting our donate page. No matter how you choose to give, we thank you in advance for your faithful support!
*Charitable gift annuities are NOT AVAILABLE in the following states: AL, MD and WA; Annuities for CA and IL residents are provided by the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; Annuities for HI residents are provided by the Hawaii Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; and Charitable gift annuities to benefit AudioVerse in all other states are provided by Western Adventist Foundation. Western Adventist Foundation provides no legal advice. Individuals should seek the advice of their own legal counsel.
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