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Daily Devotional August 31, 2015 Safety Only In Obedience For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 1 Peter 3:12. No man is safe for a day or an hour without prayer. Especially should we entreat the Lord for wisdom to understand His Word. Here are revealed the wiles of the tempter, and the means by which he may be successfully resisted. Satan is an expert in quoting Scripture, placing his own interpretation upon passages, by which he hopes to cause us to stumble. We should study the Bible with humility of heart, never losing sight of our dependence upon God. While we must constantly guard against the devices of Satan, we should pray in faith continually, “Lead us not into temptation.” When Balaam, allured by the promise of rich rewards, practiced enchantments against Israel, and by sacrifices to the Lord sou...

Thought of the Day August 31, 2015 By communion with God in nature the mind is uplifted and the heart finds rest. The Desire of Ages, p. 291. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 30, 2015 Tears And Conflict Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews. Acts 20:19. From the days of Adam to our own time, our great enemy has been exercising his power to oppress and destroy. He is now preparing for his last campaign against the church. The better to disguise his real character and purposes, he has caused himself to be so represented as to excite no stronger emotion than ridicule or contempt. He is well pleased to be painted as a ludicrous or loathsome object, misshapen, half animal and half human. If Satan was so cunning at first, what must he be now, after gaining an experience of many thousands of years? Yet God and holy angels, and all those who abide in obedience to all the Lord’s will, are wiser than he. All who are actively engaged in the cause of God, seeking to unveil the de...

Thought of the Day August 30, 2015 A Christlike life is the most powerful argument that can be advanced in favor of Christianity. Counsels on Stewardship, p. 95. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 29, 2015 Builders, Not Destroyers And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. Isa. 58:12. Has God no living church? He has a church, but it is the church militant, not the church triumphant. We are sorry that there are defective members. . . .While the Lord brings into the church those who are truly converted, Satan at the same time brings persons who are not converted into its fellowship. While Christ is sowing the good seed, Satan is sowing the tares. There are two opposing influences continually exerted on the members of the church. One influence is working for the purification of the church, and the other for the corrupting of the people of God. . . . Although there are evils existing in the church, and will be until the end of th...

Thought of the Day August 29, 2015 Every endowment of grace and power and efficiency has been liberally provided.... to give to the world the impression that their faith is not a dominating power in their lives is to greatly dishonor God. Our Father Cares, p. 322. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 28, 2015 Jesus’ Example In Humility If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. John 13:14, 15. There is in man a disposition to esteem himself more highly than his brother, to work for self, to seek the highest place; and often this results in evil surmisings and bitterness of spirit. The ordinance preceding the Lord’s Supper is to clear away these misunderstandings, to bring man out of his selfishness, down from his stilts of self-exaltation, to the humility of heart that will lead him to serve his brother. The ordinance of feet washing most forcibly illustrates the necessity of true humility. While the disciples were contending for the highest place, in the promised kingdom, Christ girded Himself, and performed the office of a servant by washing the fe...

Thought of the Day August 28, 2015 It would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation of the life of Christ. We should take it point by point, and let the imagination grasp each scene, especially the closing ones. The Desire of Ages, p. 83. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 27, 2015 Who Shall Receive God’s Seal? And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Rev. 7:2, 3. The seal of the living God will be placed upon those only who bear a likeness to Christ in character. As wax takes the impression of the seal, so the soul is to take the impression of the Spirit of God and retain the image of Christ. It is obedience to the principles of the commandments of God, that molds the character after the divine similitude. The seal of God’s law is found in the fourth commandment. This only, of all the ten, brings to view both the name and the title of the Lawgiver. It declares Him to be the Creator of ...

Thought of the Day August 27, 2015 Christ was treated as we deserve, that we might be treated as He deserves. Desire of Ages, p. 25. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 26, 2015 A Welcome To The Heavenly Home Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Isa. 26:2. The life on earth is the beginning of the life in heaven. We are children of the heavenly King, members of the royal family, heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. The mansions Jesus has gone to prepare are to receive only those who are true, who are pure, who love and obey His words. . . . If we would enjoy eternal bliss, we must cultivate religion in the home. . . . Peace, harmony, affection, and happiness should be perseveringly cherished every day, until these precious things abide in the hearts of those who compose the family. That which will make the character lovely in the home is that which will make it lovely in the heavenly mansions. If we manifest the character of Christ here, keeping all the commandments of God, we shall be cheered and blessed wi...

Thought of the Day August 26, 2015 Tobacco is a poison of the most deceitful and malignant kind, having an exciting then a paralyzing influence upon the nerves of the body. It is all the more dangerous because its effects upon the system are so slow, and at first scarcely perceivable! Temperance, p. 57. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 25, 2015 Day Of Days And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. Eze. 20:20. The Sabbath should be made so interesting to our families that its weekly return will be hailed with joy. The Sabbath school and the meeting for worship occupy only a part of the Sabbath. The portion remaining to the family may be made the most sacred and precious season of all the Sabbath hours. In the minds of the children the very thought of the Sabbath should be bound up with the beauty of natural things. . . . Happy the father and mother who can teach their children God’s written word with illustrations from the open pages of the book of nature; who can gather under the green trees, in the fresh, pure air, to study the Word and to sing the praise of the Father above. In pleasant weather let parents walk with their children in the fields an...

Thought of the Day August 25, 2015 Let the sunshine from a loving, grateful heart light up the countenance. Adventist Home, p. 432. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 24, 2015 What Kind Of Inheritance? And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? Judges 13:12. The words spoken to the wife of Manoah contain a truth that the mothers of today would do well to study. The child will be affected for good or for evil by the habits of the mother. She must herself be controlled by principle, and must practice temperance and self-denial, if she would seek the welfare of her child. If before the birth of her child she is unstable, if she is selfish, peevish, and exacting, the disposition of her child will bear the marks of her wrong course. . . . But if she unswervingly adheres to the right, if she is kind, gentle, and unselfish, she will give her child these traits of character. And fathers as well as mothers are involved in this responsibility. Both parents transmit their own characteristics, mental and ...

Thought of the Day August 24, 2015 Lay all your plans before God, to be carried out or given up, as His providence shall indicate. Accept His plans instead of your own, even though their acceptance requires the abandonment of cherished projects. Testimonies, vol. 7, p. 44. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 23, 2015 Deposits In The Bank Of Heaven Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:27. The tender sympathies of our Saviour were aroused for fallen and suffering humanity. If you would be His followers, you must cultivate compassion and sympathy. . . . The widow, the orphan, the sick, and the dying will always need help. Here is an opportunity to proclaim the gospel—to hold up Jesus, the hope and consolation of all men. When the suffering body has been relieved, . . . the heart is opened, and you can pour in the heavenly balm. A company of believers may be poor, uneducated, and unknown; yet in Christ they may do a work in the home, the neighborhood, the church, and even in “the regions beyond,” whose results will be as far-reaching as eternity. It is be...

Thought of the Day August 23, 2015 Each morning consecrate yourselves and your children to God for that day. Make no calculation for months or years; they are not yours. One brief day is given you. Testimonies vol. 7, p. 44. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 22, 2015 Schemes Of Satan Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8. It is unsafe to trust to feelings or impressions; these are unreliable guides. God’s law is the only correct standard of holiness. It is by this law that character is to be judged. If an inquirer after salvation were to ask, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” the modern teachers of sanctification would answer, “Only believe that Jesus saves you.” But when Christ was asked this question He said, “What is written in the law? how readest thou?” And when the questioner replied, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, ... and thy neighbour as thyself,” Jesus said, “Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.” Luke 10:26-28. No value is attached to a...

Thought of the Day August 22, 2015 Press with determination in the right direction, and circumstances will be your helpers, not your hindrances. Christ's Object Lessons, p. 332. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 21, 2015 The Blotting Out Of Sins He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. Rev. 3:5. As the books of record are opened in the judgment, the lives of all who have believed on Jesus come in review before God. Beginning with those who first lived upon the earth, our Advocate presents the cases of each successive generation, and closes with the living. Every name is mentioned, every case closely investigated. Names are accepted, names rejected. When any have sins remaining upon the books of record, unrepented of and unforgiven, their names will be blotted out of the book of life, and the record of their good deeds will be erased from the book of God’s remembrance. . . . All who have truly repented of sin, and by faith claimed the blood of Christ as t...

Thought of the Day August 21, 2015 Holy angels are on the track of every one of us. Review and Herald, June 30, 1896. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 20, 2015 Uttermost Salvation For God’s Children But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Heb. 7:24, 25. Every provision has been made for our infirmities, every encouragement offered us to come to Christ. Christ offered up His broken body to purchase back God’s heritage, to give man another trial. . . . By His spotless life, His obedience, His death on the cross of Calvary, Christ interceded for the lost race. And now, not as a mere petitioner does the Captain of our salvation intercede for us, but as a Conqueror claiming His victory. His offering is complete, and as our Intercessor He executes His self-appointed work, holding before God the censer containing His own spotless merits and the prayers, confessions, and than...

Thought of the Day August 20, 2015 Angels weep, while human eyes are dry and hearts are closed to pity. Christ's Object Lessons, p. 192. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 19, 2015 Sorrow With Hope But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 1 Thess. 4:13. To the afflicted ones I would say, be of good comfort in the hope of the resurrection morning. The waters of which you have been drinking are as bitter to your taste as were the waters of Marah to the children of Israel in the wilderness, but Jesus can make them so sweet with His love. . . . God has provided a balm for every wound. There is a balm in Gilead, there is a Physician there. Will you not now as never before study the Scriptures? Seek the Lord for wisdom in every emergency. In every trial plead with Jesus to show you a way out of your troubles, then your eyes will be opened to behold the remedy and to apply to your case the healing promises that have been recorded in His Word. In this way the enemy will find no...

Thought of the Day August 19, 2015 To us in the common walks of life, heaven may be very near. Angels from the courts above will attend the steps of those who come and go at God's command. The Desire of Ages, p. 48. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 18, 2015 The Arrow Of Death O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! Deut. 32:29. The Lord “doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.” Lam. 3:33. “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” Ps. 103:13, 14. He knows our heart, for He reads every secret of the soul. . . . He knows the end from the beginning. Many will be laid away to sleep before the fiery ordeal of the time of trouble shall come upon our world. . . . If Jesus, the world’s Redeemer, prayed, “O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me,” and added, “nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt” (Matt. 26:39), how very appropriate it is for finite mortals to make the same surrender to the wisdom and will of ...

Thought of the Day August 18, 2015 Angels are commissioned to watch in every family. Each one has the watch care of a holy angel. These angels are invisible, but sometimes they let their light shine so distinctly that it is recognized. Manuscript Releases, vol. 3, p. 305, 306. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 17, 2015 Holiness Of Life Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Heb. 12:14. No one who claims holiness is really holy. Those who are registered as holy in the books of heaven are not aware of the fact, and are the last ones to boast of their own goodness. It is not a conclusive evidence that a man is a Christian because he manifests spiritual ecstasy under extraordinary circumstances. Holiness is not rapture: it is an entire surrender of the will to God; it is living by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God; it is doing the will of our heavenly Father; it is trusting God in trial, in darkness as well as in the light; it is walking by faith and not by sight; it is relying on God with unquestioning confidence, and resting in His love. No one can be omnipotent, but all can cleanse themselves from filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting hol...

Thought of the Day August 17, 2015 The angels appointed to minister to the children of God have at all times access to His presence. The Great Controversy, p. 513. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 17, 2015 A Change Of Heart Needed Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3. Nicodemus held a high position of trust in the Jewish nation. . . . With others, he had been stirred by the teaching of Jesus. . . .The lessons that had fallen from the Saviour’s lips had greatly impressed him, and he desired to learn more of these wonderful truths. . . Nicodemus had come to the Lord thinking to enter into a discussion with Him, but Jesus laid bare the foundation principles of truth. He said to Nicodemus, It is not theoretical knowledge you need so much as spiritual regeneration. You need not to have your curiosity satisfied, but to have a new heart. You must receive a new life from above before you can appreciate heavenly things. The change of heart represented by the new birth can be brought about only...

Thought of the Day August 17, 2015 A guardian angel is appointed to every follower of Christ. My Life Today, p. 302. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 15, 2015 Sincere Confession Essential If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9. The apostle says, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.” James 5:16. Confess your sins to God, who only can forgive them, and your faults to one another. If you have given offense to your friend or neighbor, you are to acknowledge your wrong, and it is his duty freely to forgive you. Then you are to seek the forgiveness of God, because the brother you have wounded is the property of God, and in injuring him you have sinned against his Creator. . . . True confession is always of a specific character, and acknowledges particular sins. They may be of such a nature as to be brought before God only; they may be wrongs that should be confessed to individuals who have suffered injury ...

Thought of the Day August 15, 2015 The angels of God are ever near your little ones. The Adventist Home, p. 432. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 14, 2015 The Just Shall Live By Faith As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. Col. 2:6. Our growth in grace, our joy, our usefulness—all depend upon our union with Christ. It is by communion with Him, daily, hourly—by abiding in Him—that we are to grow in grace. He is not only the author, but the finisher of our faith. It is Christ first and last and always. He is to be with us, not only at the beginning and the end of our course, but at every step of the way. . . . Do you ask, “How am I to abide in Christ?” In the same way as you received Him at first. “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him.” Col. 2:6. “The just shall live by faith.” Heb. 10:38. You gave yourself to God, to be His wholly, to serve and obey Him, and you took Christ as your Saviour. You could not yourself atone for y...

Thought of the Day August 14, 2015 "God is love" is written upon every opening bud, upon every spire of springing grass. Steps to Christ, p. 10. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 13, 2015 Filled With His Righteousness Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matt. 5:6. Righteousness is holiness, likeness to God, and “God is love.” 1 John 4:16. It is conformity to the law of God, for “all thy commandments are righteousness” (Ps. 119:172), and “love is the fulfilling of the law” (Rom. 13:10). Righteousness is love, and love is the light and the life of God. The righteousness of God is embodied in Christ. We receive righteousness by receiving Him. Not by painful struggles or wearisome toil, not by gift or sacrifice, is righteousness obtained; but it is freely given to every soul who hungers and thirsts to receive it. “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat;. . . without money and without price.” Isa. 55:1. “Their...

Thought of the Day August 13, 2015 In every difficulty He has His way prepared to bring relief. The Desire of Ages, p. 330. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 12, 2015 Peace Through The Cross There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom. 8:1 If sinners can be led to give one earnest look at the cross, if they can obtain a full view of the crucified Saviour, they will realize the depth of God’s compassion and the sinfulness of sin. As your conscience has been quickened by the Holy Spirit, you have seen something of the evil of sin, of its power, its guilt, its woe; and you look upon it with abhorrence. . . . You long to be forgiven, to be cleansed, to be set free. Harmony with God, likeness to Him—what can you do to obtain it? It is peace that you need—Heaven’s forgiveness and peace and love in the soul. Money cannot buy it, intellect cannot procure it, wisdom cannot attain to it; you can never hope, by your own efforts, to secure it. But God offe...

Thought of the Day August 12, 2015 Salvation is like the sunshine. It belongs to the whole world. The Desire of Ages, p. 307. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 11, 2015 The Saving Power Of Jesus And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Cor. 12:9. Our precious Saviour has invited us to join ourselves to Him and unite our weakness with His strength, our ignorance with His wisdom, our unworthiness with His merit. Rigid precision in obeying the law would entitle no man to enter the kingdom of heaven. There must be a new birth, a new mind through the operation of the Spirit of God, which purifies the life and ennobles the character. This connection with God fits man for the glorious kingdom of heaven. No human invention can ever find a remedy for the sinning soul. There must be a power working from within, a new life from above, before men can be changed from sin to holiness. That power is Chris...

Thought of the Day August 11, 2015 He knows just what we need, just what we can bear, and He will give us grace to endure every trial and test that He brings upon us. My constant prayer is for a greater nearness to God. Sons and Daughters of God, p. 19. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 10, 2015 Does Faith Cancel Obedience? Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Rom. 3:31. Faith is not an opiate, but a stimulant. Looking to Calvary will not quiet your soul into nonperformance of duty, but will create faith that will work, purifying the soul from all selfishness. The faith in Christ which saves the soul is not what it is represented to be by many. “Believe, believe,” is their cry; “only believe in Christ, and you will be saved. It is all you have to do.” While true faith trusts wholly in Christ for salvation, it will lead to perfect conformity to the law of God. There are two errors against which the children of God—particularly those who have just come to trust in His grace—especially need to guard. The first . . . is that of looking to their own works, trusting to anything they can do, to bring the...

Thought of the Day August 10, 2015 The Lord desires us to rest in Him without a question as to our measure of reward. When Christ abides in the soul, the thought of reward is not uppermost. This is not the motive that actuates our service. Christ's Object Lessons, p. 398. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 9, 2015 A Saviour From Eternity Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Eph. 1:3, 4 Since the Fall the Lord has wrought out His will in the plan of redemption, a plan by which He is seeking to restore man to his original perfection. Christ’s death on the cross has made it possible for God to receive and pardon every repentant soul. As the divine Sufferer hung upon the cross, angels gathered about Him, and as they looked upon Him, and heard His cry, they asked, with intense emotion, “Will not the Lord Jehovah save Him?” . . . Then were the words spoken: “The Lord hath sworn, and He will not repent. Father and Son are pledged to fulfill the terms of th...

Thought of the Day August 9, 2015 He cares for each one as if there were not another on the face of the earth. The Desire of Ages, p. 480. Click here to delete or update your subscription. Recommend this newsletter to others. Click here to invite them!  Tell others on Facebook about this service!

Daily Devotional August 8, 2015 The Saving Providences Of God And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Rom. 8:28. The fact that we are called upon to endure trial shows that the Lord Jesus sees in us something precious which He desires to develop. If He saw in us nothing whereby He might glorify His name, He would not spend time in refining us. He does not cast worthless stones into His furnace. It is valuable ore that He refines. God never leads His children otherwise than they would choose to be led, if they could see the end from the beginning and discern the glory of the purpose which they are fulfilling as co-workers with Him. All that has perplexed us in the providences of God will in the world to come be made plain. The things hard to be understood will then find explanation. The mysteries of grace will unfold before us. Where ...