Ask in Faith
Let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. James 1:6 It is our privilege, our duty, to receive light from heaven, that we may perceive the wiles of Satan, and obtain strength to resist his power. Provision has been…
Read MoreI Consecrate my All
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1 God calls for whole-souled consecration to His ways. Our highest powers are to be carefully cultivated. Our talents are lent us by God for use, not…
Read MoreThe Way of Righteousness Is Life
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. Prov. 12:28 Another year now opens its fair unwritten pages before you. The recording angel stands ready to write. Your course of action will determine what shall be traced by him. You may make your future life good or…
Read MoreGod’s Glory Seen in His Works
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole hearth is full of his glory. Isaiah 6:3 As it came from the Creator’s hand, not only the Garden of Eden but the whole earth was exceedingly beautiful. No taint of sin, or shadow of death, marred the fair creation. God’s glory “covered the heavens,…
Read MoreReverence in the House of the Lord
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:30 – {ML 286.1} God is high and holy; and to the humble, believing soul, His house on earth, the place where His people meet for worship, is as the gate of heaven. The song of praise, the words spoken by…
Read MoreReverence for God’s Representatives
And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people,…
Read MoreLives of John and Judas Contrasted
The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 1 John 2:17 John and his fellow disciples were in a school in which Christ was teacher. . . . John treasured every lesson and constantly sought to bring his life into harmony with the Divine…
Read MoreJohn’s Love and Loyalty
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:16 The confiding love and unselfish devotion manifested in the life and character of John present lessons of untold value to the Christian church.…
Read MoreSteadfast Integrity of the Three Hebrews
Nebuchadnezzar . . . said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said . . . , True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and…
Read MoreFlagrant in Words
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12:36, 37. As the prophet Isaiah beheld the glory of the Lord, he was amazed,…
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