Cultivate Christlike Love
"He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile." 1 Peter 3:10
"The Christian parent should never lose the sense that he is one of God's little children, and that he is to cultivate a courteous, compassionate disposition, because he is an educator. He is to represent Jesus to his children. In his dealing with them, there is to be seen no impetuosity, and neither is there to be seen the cold, icy dignity that freezes love in the heart. He is to be so kind, so tender, that the hearts of the children will be softened and subdued, prepared to receive the love and grace of Christ. No harsh words are to be spoken by a Christian to any one, old or young. Such words are prompted by the enemy... We are taught in the Word of God to be kind, tender, pitiful, courteous. Cultivate Christlike love. Let all that you do bear the impress of this love. Those who do not speak the words and do the works of Christ are trying to climb into heaven by some other way than through the door... Do not endeavor to preserve your cold, un-Christlike dignity. This is not religion; it is not Christianity. What you need is the light that shines in the face of Christ to cause your faces to shine with the brightness of His love. Put away your cast-iron dignity. God has not told you to cherish any such thing. Let your hearts be filled with the love of Christ. Then Christlike sympathy will shine forth from your faces... There are some serving in holy things who have no faith in God or His power. They multiply their efforts to gain salvation by their own devices. How pitiful are their vain endeavors to justify themselves, and to hold their footing against the downward current of evil. They are powerless; for they do not make God their trust... God is the eternal, uncreated fountain of all good. All who look to Him and trust in Him find Him to be this. To those who serve Him, cleaving to Him as their heavenly Father, He gives the assurance that He will fulfil His promises. His joy will be in their hearts, and their joy will be full." -Letter 203, 09/14/1903
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"He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile." 1 Peter 3:10
"The Christian parent should never lose the sense that he is one of God's little children, and that he is to cultivate a courteous, compassionate disposition, because he is an educator. He is to represent Jesus to his children. In his dealing with them, there is to be seen no impetuosity, and neither is there to be seen the cold, icy dignity that freezes love in the heart. He is to be so kind, so tender, that the hearts of the children will be softened and subdued, prepared to receive the love and grace of Christ. No harsh words are to be spoken by a Christian to any one, old or young. Such words are prompted by the enemy... We are taught in the Word of God to be kind, tender, pitiful, courteous. Cultivate Christlike love. Let all that you do bear the impress of this love. Those who do not speak the words and do the works of Christ are trying to climb into heaven by some other way than through the door... Do not endeavor to preserve your cold, un-Christlike dignity. This is not religion; it is not Christianity. What you need is the light that shines in the face of Christ to cause your faces to shine with the brightness of His love. Put away your cast-iron dignity. God has not told you to cherish any such thing. Let your hearts be filled with the love of Christ. Then Christlike sympathy will shine forth from your faces... There are some serving in holy things who have no faith in God or His power. They multiply their efforts to gain salvation by their own devices. How pitiful are their vain endeavors to justify themselves, and to hold their footing against the downward current of evil. They are powerless; for they do not make God their trust... God is the eternal, uncreated fountain of all good. All who look to Him and trust in Him find Him to be this. To those who serve Him, cleaving to Him as their heavenly Father, He gives the assurance that He will fulfil His promises. His joy will be in their hearts, and their joy will be full." -Letter 203, 09/14/1903
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How to Have Heaven Here
Desire a better country, that is, an heavenly." Hebrews 11:16
We want to seek with all the powers that God has given us to unfold the Scriptures to those who are in darkness. There is happiness, hope, and peace for the desponding. We cannot afford to give our God-given ability and devote it to the commonplace things of this earth. We want a faith that will grasp the promise set before us in the gospel. What if we should lose our soul? It would be better for us had we never been born. One soul is worth more than all the gold and silver that could be heaped up on this earth... We want to cultivate living faith in God. We want to have our eyes turned away from the attractions of this earth and centered upon heaven and heavenly things. We do not want the earth to intervene between us and God, but we want an eye single to the glory of God. We talk of heaven and of its blessing, and it would be a great loss to lose it. Well then, if it so lovely, so desirable, bring it into this life, bring it into your families and educate your children not to live for this world but for the future, immortal life... You can have a little heaven here below, if you will only get your eye fixed upon God--not looking at Christ half the time and at the world the other half. When you live for God, He will put His everlasting arm beneath you, and then He says, "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30). Do you believe it? I can testify this is so. By my past experience I can testify that I would not [want to] have one trial less, one sorrow less, for Paul says, "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen" (2 Corinthians 4:17, 18). We want to look at the things of eternal interest, that we may think seriously in regard to what use we have made of our reasoning powers, whether we have tried to strengthen them with idle things which we cannot take with us when we shall be caught up to meet Christ in the air... We want to be fitting that we may have an abundant entrance into the city of God... Everything compared with this is of no consequence." -Manunoscript 16, 09/19/1886
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Desire a better country, that is, an heavenly." Hebrews 11:16
We want to seek with all the powers that God has given us to unfold the Scriptures to those who are in darkness. There is happiness, hope, and peace for the desponding. We cannot afford to give our God-given ability and devote it to the commonplace things of this earth. We want a faith that will grasp the promise set before us in the gospel. What if we should lose our soul? It would be better for us had we never been born. One soul is worth more than all the gold and silver that could be heaped up on this earth... We want to cultivate living faith in God. We want to have our eyes turned away from the attractions of this earth and centered upon heaven and heavenly things. We do not want the earth to intervene between us and God, but we want an eye single to the glory of God. We talk of heaven and of its blessing, and it would be a great loss to lose it. Well then, if it so lovely, so desirable, bring it into this life, bring it into your families and educate your children not to live for this world but for the future, immortal life... You can have a little heaven here below, if you will only get your eye fixed upon God--not looking at Christ half the time and at the world the other half. When you live for God, He will put His everlasting arm beneath you, and then He says, "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30). Do you believe it? I can testify this is so. By my past experience I can testify that I would not [want to] have one trial less, one sorrow less, for Paul says, "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen" (2 Corinthians 4:17, 18). We want to look at the things of eternal interest, that we may think seriously in regard to what use we have made of our reasoning powers, whether we have tried to strengthen them with idle things which we cannot take with us when we shall be caught up to meet Christ in the air... We want to be fitting that we may have an abundant entrance into the city of God... Everything compared with this is of no consequence." -Manunoscript 16, 09/19/1886
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Partners With God
"So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." 1 Corinthians 3:7
"We need to understand that individually we are in copartnership with God. "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling," He admonishes us, and adds, "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:12, 13). Here is the cooperation of the divine with human agencies... The former and the latter rains are needed. "We are labourers together with God" (1 Corinthians 3:9). The Lord alone can give the precious former and latter rain. The clouds, the sunshine, the dews at night--these are heaven's most precious provisions. But all these favors graciously bestowed of Heaven will prove of little worth to those who do not appropriate them by diligent, painstaking effort on their part. Personal efforts must be put forth in agriculture. There is the plowing and replowing. Implements must be brought in and human skill must use them. The seed must be sown in its season. The laws which control seedtime and harvest must be observed, else there will be no harvest... The apostle brings in another figure: "Ye are God's building" (verse 9)--an edifice to be erected. The construction of a building calls for skill in using the timber which God has caused to grow for the happiness and blessing of man. The Lord has provided the forest trees, and now man must use the trees. They must be cut down and prepared by saw, and axe, and wedge, and hammer, to be fitted for the building... Thus is presented the copartnership of the human and the divine. All the power is of God. "Without me," says Christ, "ye can do nothing" (John 15:5). Then how many hours is it safe for us to try to work alone? All the glory proceeds from God and should flow back in all possible ways to God, through our cooperation with God... We need to consider carefully our own spiritual interest. If we are abiding in Christ, we shall not allow ambitious business transactions, even in our service for Him, to come before the spiritual fragrance that should characterize our association with our brethren." Manunoscript 182, Sept. 24, 1897
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"So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." 1 Corinthians 3:7
"We need to understand that individually we are in copartnership with God. "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling," He admonishes us, and adds, "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:12, 13). Here is the cooperation of the divine with human agencies... The former and the latter rains are needed. "We are labourers together with God" (1 Corinthians 3:9). The Lord alone can give the precious former and latter rain. The clouds, the sunshine, the dews at night--these are heaven's most precious provisions. But all these favors graciously bestowed of Heaven will prove of little worth to those who do not appropriate them by diligent, painstaking effort on their part. Personal efforts must be put forth in agriculture. There is the plowing and replowing. Implements must be brought in and human skill must use them. The seed must be sown in its season. The laws which control seedtime and harvest must be observed, else there will be no harvest... The apostle brings in another figure: "Ye are God's building" (verse 9)--an edifice to be erected. The construction of a building calls for skill in using the timber which God has caused to grow for the happiness and blessing of man. The Lord has provided the forest trees, and now man must use the trees. They must be cut down and prepared by saw, and axe, and wedge, and hammer, to be fitted for the building... Thus is presented the copartnership of the human and the divine. All the power is of God. "Without me," says Christ, "ye can do nothing" (John 15:5). Then how many hours is it safe for us to try to work alone? All the glory proceeds from God and should flow back in all possible ways to God, through our cooperation with God... We need to consider carefully our own spiritual interest. If we are abiding in Christ, we shall not allow ambitious business transactions, even in our service for Him, to come before the spiritual fragrance that should characterize our association with our brethren." Manunoscript 182, Sept. 24, 1897
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Forwarded from Sunday Laws Are Coming
Mississippi Newspaper States: "Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy"
At the end of the article they ended with a prayer: "Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day, Sunday.”
Sunday is not the seventh day, Saturday is.
On March 7th, 321 AD, Constantine enforced the first Sunday Law commanding everyone to rest on the venerable day of the Sun. The Sun-day has been gaining more popularity for worship with proclaimed Christians and the secular world.
"The Roman emperor Constantine I (died 337), a convert to Christianity, introduced the first civil legislation concerning Sunday in 321, when he decreed that all work should cease on that day, except that farmers could work if necessary. That law, aimed at providing time for worship, was followed later in the same century and in subsequent centuries by further restrictions on Sunday activities." - Britannica
https://www.picayuneitem.com/2022/10/let-us-keep-the-sabbath-day-holy/
At the end of the article they ended with a prayer: "Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day, Sunday.”
Sunday is not the seventh day, Saturday is.
On March 7th, 321 AD, Constantine enforced the first Sunday Law commanding everyone to rest on the venerable day of the Sun. The Sun-day has been gaining more popularity for worship with proclaimed Christians and the secular world.
"The Roman emperor Constantine I (died 337), a convert to Christianity, introduced the first civil legislation concerning Sunday in 321, when he decreed that all work should cease on that day, except that farmers could work if necessary. That law, aimed at providing time for worship, was followed later in the same century and in subsequent centuries by further restrictions on Sunday activities." - Britannica
https://www.picayuneitem.com/2022/10/let-us-keep-the-sabbath-day-holy/
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Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy - Picayune Item
By Erlene Smith “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or…
⚠️ PROPHECIED SUNDAY LAWS ARE COMING! ⚠️
Religious laws hidden under the veil of climate emergency are in the works!
🚨 See this link to learn more - https://news.1rj.ru/str/BIBLETruthChannel/144🚨
"Threat forces us to think of ourselves and our position in the world to survive. Safety allows us to lose ourselves and connect to the greater world around us. It is here where we heal, recover, become resilient and thrive. Ancient tradition, now, unfortunately, largely forgotten in the modern world, may give us some strategies to become more resilient. The ideas of the Sabbath and sabbatical have validity to improve the human condition" - source
Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy:
"Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day. (Sunday)" - source
As a country we’re in need of healing. Here’s how Shabbat can help. - source
Biden will attend COP27 — the U.N’s climate change summit — in Egypt:
"Biden’s planned attendance at the climate conference will give a boost to the gathering, which had been at risk of delivering little concrete action amid disputes over ambition and funding." - source
"Football has faced many challenges over the past couple of years with clubs pushed to the brink and beyond following financial difficulties. Stadiums fell silent as a result of a global pandemic, while the threat of the European Super League almost changed the sport as we know it. But that episode demonstrated what can be achieved when the football community comes together, and now it faces an even bigger threat on the horizon. There can be no division when it comes to climate change." - source
Newsletter: I’m an alarmist on climate change, and you should be too - source
World Bank chief says will keep 'intense' focus on addressing climate change - source
Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ —UN chief - source
Scotland speeding up process of tackling the climate crisis - source
Refugees flee conflict sparked by climate change in central Africa - source
WE ARE GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO CHRIST'S RETURN! REPENT!
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Religious laws hidden under the veil of climate emergency are in the works!
🚨 See this link to learn more - https://news.1rj.ru/str/BIBLETruthChannel/144🚨
"Threat forces us to think of ourselves and our position in the world to survive. Safety allows us to lose ourselves and connect to the greater world around us. It is here where we heal, recover, become resilient and thrive. Ancient tradition, now, unfortunately, largely forgotten in the modern world, may give us some strategies to become more resilient. The ideas of the Sabbath and sabbatical have validity to improve the human condition" - source
Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy:
"Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day. (Sunday)" - source
As a country we’re in need of healing. Here’s how Shabbat can help. - source
Biden will attend COP27 — the U.N’s climate change summit — in Egypt:
"Biden’s planned attendance at the climate conference will give a boost to the gathering, which had been at risk of delivering little concrete action amid disputes over ambition and funding." - source
"Football has faced many challenges over the past couple of years with clubs pushed to the brink and beyond following financial difficulties. Stadiums fell silent as a result of a global pandemic, while the threat of the European Super League almost changed the sport as we know it. But that episode demonstrated what can be achieved when the football community comes together, and now it faces an even bigger threat on the horizon. There can be no division when it comes to climate change." - source
Newsletter: I’m an alarmist on climate change, and you should be too - source
World Bank chief says will keep 'intense' focus on addressing climate change - source
Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ —UN chief - source
Scotland speeding up process of tackling the climate crisis - source
Refugees flee conflict sparked by climate change in central Africa - source
WE ARE GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO CHRIST'S RETURN! REPENT!
↩️ See previous articles | See more articles ➡️
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