Great is the reward in heaven of those who are witnesses for Christ through persecution and reproach. While the people are looking for earthly good, Jesus points them to a heavenly reward.... {MB 34}
Because He had rested upon the Sabbath, “God blessed the seventh day, & sanctified it,”—set it apart to a holy use. He gave it to Adam as a day of rest. It was a memorial of the work of creation, & thus a sign of God’s power & His love....
{DA 281.2}
The Rock of faith is the living presence of Christ in the church. Upon this the weakest may depend, and those who think themselves the strongest will prove to be the weakest, unless they make Christ their efficiency.
{DA 414}
The Lord will not disappoint any who put their trust in Him. He will be first and last and best in everything to us. He will be a present help in every time of need. In these last days of service we shall ... be held, and led, and protected, by the power of Christ....
{TSB 32.3}
In the first centuries the true Sabbath had been kept by all Christians. They were jealous for the honor of God, and, believing that His law is immutable, they zealously guarded the sacredness of its precepts.
{GC 52}
All through the week keep the Lord’s holy Sabbath in view, for that day is to be devoted to the service of God. It is a day when the hands are to rest from worldly employment, when the soul’s needs are to receive especial attention. {CG 527.3}
“Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed.”
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"Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having."
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“Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)... Continue seeking Him with seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be wanting Him.”
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Letters of C. S. Lewis
To every precious woman who is seeking God in everything you do and trying to trust Him wholeheartedly with your life, I want to speak this over you today...
You are a woman of valor. A courageous woman. A woman of strength and dignity. And I'm celebrating you!
Do not for a moment acknowledge Satan's temptations as being in harmony with your own mind. Turn from them as you would from the adversary himself. Satan's work is to discourage the soul. Christ's work is to inspire the heart with faith & hope...{1MCP 32}
Great blessings are enfolded in the observance of the Sabbath, and God desires that the Sabbath day shall be to us a day of joy. There was joy at the institution of the Sabbath... {CCh 261}
Isaiah’s rapt portrayals of the Messiah’s glory were his [John's] study by day & by night,—the Branch from the root of Jesse;a King to reign in righteousness...the shadow of a great rock in a weary land;”...The heart of the lonely exile was filled with the glorious vision.{DA103}
An understanding of the hope of Christ’s second coming is the key that unlocks all the history that follows, and explains all the future lessons. {Mar 15.2}
At the creation, when the foundations of the earth were laid, the sons of God looked with admiration upon the work of the Creator, and all the heavenly host shouted for joy... {EW 217}