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Daily Devotional September 30, 2015 Let Your Light Shine Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matt. 5:16 To every soul born into Christ’s kingdom is given a solemn charge, Let your light so shine before men that they, by seeing your good works, shall glorify your Father which is in heaven. Pour forth upon your neighbors the rich rays of light received from the Sun of Righteousness; flash upon your friends in the world the bright gems of light and truth imparted to you abundantly from the throne of God. This is trading upon the talents entrusted. Go on from light to a greater light, catching more and more the bright beams from the Sun of Righteousness, and shine more and more unto the perfect day. Jesus does not bid the Christian to strive to shine, but just to let his light shine in clear and distinct rays to the world. Do not blanket your l...

Thought of the Day September 30, 2015 Continual devotion establishes so close a relation between Jesus and His disciple that the Christian becomes like Him in mind and character. The Desire of Ages, p. 251. 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 September 29, 2015 Heaven Cheap At Any Price And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:27. It is too true that the great mass who possess ability and talent do not choose to travel the Christian road. Are their talent and ability too precious to devote to the Giver, the Lord of heaven and earth? . . . Many would be followers of Christ if He would come down from the cross and appear to them in such a manner as they desire. If He would come with riches and pleasure, many would receive Him gladly and would be in haste to crown Him Lord of all. If He would only lay aside His humiliation and sufferings and cry, “If any man will come after Me, let him please himself and enjoy the world and he shall be My disciple,” multitudes would believe on Him. But the blessed Jesus will come to us in no other character than the meek and lowly Crucified One. We must p...

Thought of the Day September 29, 2015 There is no limit to the usefulness of one who, by putting self aside, makes room for the working of the Holy Spirit upon his heart, and lives a life wholly consecrated to God. The Desire of Ages, pp. 250, 251. 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 September 28, 2015 The Beauty Of Christlikeness Shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. Titus 2:10. Everyone who names the name of Christ is to adorn the doctrine of Christ our Saviour by a well-ordered life and a godly conversation, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit....Possessing this, you will have favor both with God and with men. Words spoken hastily wound and bruise souls, and the deepest wound is made upon the soul of the speaker. Christ’s gift, the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, is authoritatively declared by Him who can make no mistake to be of great price. We must each find out its worth for ourselves by seeking it from God. However men may estimate us, if we wear this ornament, we bear the sign of our discipleship with Christ. We are esteemed by the Most High; for the ornament we wear is in His sight of great price. This ...

Thought of the Day September 28, 2015 In the common walks of life there is many a man patiently treading the round of daily toil, unconscious that he possesses powers which, if called into action, would raise him to an equality with the world's most honored men. The Desire of Ages, p. 250. 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 September 27, 2015 The Sacred Temple Of The Body What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Cor. 6:19, 20. That perfection of character which the Lord requires is the fitting up of the whole being as a temple for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. God will accept of nothing less than the service of the entire human organism. It is not enough to bring into action certain parts of the living machinery. All parts must work in perfect harmony, or the service will be deficient. It is thus that man is qualified to cooperate with God in representing Christ to the world. Thus God desires to prepare a people to stand before Him pure and holy, that He may introduce them into the society of heavenly angels. We have been en...

Thought of the Day September 27, 2015 The Saviour did not despise education; for when controlled by the love of God, and devoted to His service, intellectual culture is a blessing. Desire of Ages, p. 249. 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 September 26, 2015 Reminders Of Our Heavenly Home Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Neh. 9:6. There is beauty in the valley’s awful grandeur, in the solemn, massive, cleft rocks; there is majesty in the towering mountains that look as if they touched the heavens. There are the lofty trees with their delicately formed leaves; the spires of grass, the opening bud and blossoming flower, the forest trees, and every living thing. They all point the mind to the great and living God. Every faculty of our being testifies that there is a living God, and we may learn from the open book of nature the most precious lessons in regard to the Lord of heaven. In this study the mind expands, is elevated a...

Thought of the Day September 26, 2015 >From what dangers, seen and unseen, we have been preserved through the interposition of the angels, we shall never know, until in the light of eternity we see the providences of God. Desire of Ages, p. 240. 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 September 25, 2015 Hold High The Standard Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. Isa. 62:10. The Word of God not only sets forth the great principles of truth and duty which should govern our lives, but it presents also, for our encouragement, the history of many who have exemplified these principles. . . .Except the one perfect Pattern, there is not described in the Sacred Pages a single character more worthy of emulation than that of the prophet Daniel. Exposed in youth to all the allurements of a royal court, he became a man of unbending integrity and fervent devotion to God. He was subjected to the fierce temptations of Satan, yet his character was not vacillating, nor his course changeable. He was firm where many would be yielding; he was true where they would be false; he was strong wh...

Thought of the Day September 25, 2015 Our standing before God depends, not upon the amount of light we have received, but upon the use we make of what we have. Desire of Ages, p. 239. 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 September 24, 2015 Great In God’s Sight He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. Luke 16:10. Life is not made up of great things alone; it is the little things that make the sum of life’s happiness or miseries. It is the little things in life that reveal a person’s real character. Oh, if all youth and those of mature age could see as I have seen the mirror of person’s lives presented before them, they would look more gravely upon even the little duties of life. Every mistake, every error, unimportant though it may be regarded, leaves a scar in this life and a blot on the heavenly records. Life is full of duties that are not agreeable, but all these unpleasant duties will be made agreeable by a cheerful performance of them because it is right. Taking an interest in the duties which someone must do...

Thought of the Day September 24, 2015 Of all the gifts that Heaven can bestow upon men, fellowship with Christ in His sufferings is the most weighty trust and the highest honor. Desire of Ages, p. 225. 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 September 23, 2015 How To Grow In Grace But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 2 Peter 3:18. How is it possible that we may grow in grace? It is possible to us only as we empty our hearts of self, and present them to Heaven, to be molded after the Divine Pattern. We may have a connection with the living channel of light; we may be refreshed with the heavenly dew, and have the showers of heaven descend upon us. As we appropriate the blessing of God, we shall be able to receive greater measures of His grace. As little children we are to sit at the feet of Christ, learning of Him. . . . We should not allow a day to pass without gaining an increase of knowledge in temporal and spiritual things. We are to plant no stakes that we are not willing to take up and plant further on, nearer the heights we hope to ascend. The highest e...

Thought of the Day September 23, 2015 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 coworkers with Him. Desire of Ages, pp. 224, 225. 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 September 22, 2015 With Eyes Of Faith The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Eph. 1:18. The highest qualification of the mind will not, cannot, supply the place of true simplicity, of genuine piety. The Bible may be studied as a branch of human science would be; but its beauty, the evidence of its power to save the soul that believes, is a lesson that is never thus learned. If the practice of the Word is not brought into the life, then the sword of the Spirit has not wounded the natural heart. It has been shielded in poetic fancy. Sentimentalism has so wrapped it about that the heart has not sufficiently felt the keenness of its edge, piercing and cutting away the sinful shrines where self is worshipped. . . . The eyes of the understanding must be enlightened, and the heart and m...

Thought of the Day September 22, 2015 It is moral worth that God values. Love and purity are the attributes He prizes most. Desire of Ages, p. 219. 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 September 21, 2015 The Smiles Of God The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Prov. 10:22. Nothing can do us real good without the blessing of God. What God blesses is blessed. Therefore “a little that a righteous man hath is better that the riches of many wicked.” Ps. 37:16. The little with the blessing of God is more efficient, and it will extend farther. The grace of God will make a little go a great ways. When we devote ourselves to the affairs of the kingdom of God, He will mind our affairs.” The Lord has given us precious blessings in the simple flowers of the field, in the fragrance so grateful to our senses. He has tinted every flower with beauty; for He is the great Master Artist. He who has created the beautiful things in nature will do far greater things for the soul. God is a lover of the beautiful, and He would adorn our characters with His ...

Thought of the Day September 21, 2015 When we come to Him in faith, every petition enters the heart of God. When we have asked for His blessing, we should believe that we receive it, and thank Him that we have received it. Desire of Ages, p. 200. 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 September 20, 2015 The Court Of Holy Life But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 1 Peter 2:9. The church of Christ on earth is amid the moral darkness of a disloyal world, which is trampling upon the law of Jehovah. But their Redeemer, who has purchased their ransom with the price of His own precious blood, has made every provision that His church shall be a transformed body, illumined with Light of the world, possessing the glory of Emmanuel. The bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness, shining through His church, will gather into His fold every lost, straying sheep who will come unto Him and find refuge in Him. They will find peace and light and joy in Him who is peace and righteousness forever. The members of the church should individually keep th...

Thought of the Day September 20, 2015 Every true disciple is born into the kingdom of God as a missionary. Desire of Ages, p. 195. 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 September 19, 2015 The Work Of Heart-Keeping Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Prov. 4:23. Diligent heart-keeping is essential to a healthy growth in grace. The heart in its natural state is a habitation for unholy thoughts and sinful passions. When brought into subjection to Christ, it must be cleansed by the Spirit from all defilement. This can not be done without the consent of the individual. When the soul has been cleansed, it is the duty of the Christian to keep it undefiled. Many seem to think that the religion of Christ does not call for the abandonment of daily sins, the breaking loose from habits which have held the soul in bondage. They renounce some things condemned by the conscience, but they fail to represent Christ in the daily life. They do not bring Christlikeness into the home. They do not show a thoughtful care in their choice of words. Too often,...

Thought of the Day September 19, 2015 No circumstance of birth or nationality, no condition of life, can turn away His love from the children of men. Desire of Ages, p. 194. 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 September 18, 2015 Humble, Persevering Prayer Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. James 5:17, 18. Important lessons are presented to us in the experience of Elijah. When upon Mount Carmel he offered the prayer for rain, his faith was tested, but he persevered in making known his request unto God. The servant watched while Elijah prayed. Six times he returned from the watch, saying, There is nothing, no cloud, no sign of rain. But the prophet did not give up in discouragement. He kept reviewing his life, to see where he had failed to honor God. . . . As he searched his heart, he seemed to be less and less, both in his own estimation and in the sight of God. It seemed to him that he wa...

Thought of the Day September 18, 2015 As the mother watches for the smile of recognition from her little child, which tells of the dawning intelligence, so does Christ watch for the expression of grateful love, which shows that spiritual life is begun in the soul. Desire of Ages, p. 191. 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 September 17, 2015 Seeking God With All The Heart Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee. Zech. 9:12 We need to educate the soul to lay hold, and hold fast the rich promises of Christ. The Lord Jesus knows that it is not possible for us to resist the many temptations of Satan, only as we shall have divine power given us from God. He well knows that in our own human strength we should surely fail. Therefore every provision has been made, that in every emergency and trial we shall flee to the Stronghold.... We have the word of promise from lips that will not lie. . . . We must individually cherish the faith that we receive of Him the things He hath promised. God will be to us everything we will let Him be. Our languid, half-hearted prayers will not bring us returns from heaven. Oh, we need to press our petitions! Ask in faith, wait in...

Thought of the Day September 17, 2015 God calls a man to do a certain work; and when he has carried it as far as he is qualified to take it, the Lord brings in others, to carry it still farther. Desire of Ages, p. 182. 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 September 16, 2015 Time For Meditation But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Ps. 1:2. Your last thought at night, your first thought in the morning, should be of Him in whom is centered your hope of eternal life. Many seem to begrudge moments spent in meditation, and the searching of the Scriptures, and prayer, as though the time thus occupied was lost. I wish you could all view these things in the light God would have you; for you would then make the kingdom of heaven of the first importance. . . . As exercise increases the appetite, and gives strength and healthy vigor to the body, so will devotional exercises bring an increase of grace and spiritual vigor. The affections should center upon God. Contemplate His greatness, His mercy and excellences. Let His goodness and love and perfection of character captivate your heart. Converse upon His divine ...

Thought of the Day September 16, 2015 Those who are true to their calling as messengers for God will not seek honor for themselves. Love for self will be swallowed up in love for Christ. No rivalry will mar the precious cause of the gospel. Desire of Ages, p. 179. 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 September 15, 2015 “Come Unto Me” Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11:28. Many who hear this invitation, while sighing for rest, yet press on the rugged path, hugging their burdens close to their heart. Jesus loves them, and longs to bear their burdens and themselves also in His strong arms. He would remove the fears and uncertainties that rob them of peace and rest; but they must first come to Him, and tell Him the secret woes of their heart. . . . Sometimes we pour our troubles into human ears, and tell our afflictions to those who cannot help us, and neglect to confide all to Jesus, who is able to change the sorrowful way to paths of joy and peace. . . . He proposes to be our friend, to walk with us through all the rough pathways of life. He says to us, I am the Lord thy God; walk with me, and I will fill thy path with light. Jesus, the ...

Thought of the Day September 15, 2015 Not through controversy and discussion is the soul enlightened. We must look and live. Desire of Ages, p. 175. 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 September 14, 2015 How To Maintain Integrity! Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Rom. 6:11, 12. Some regard sin as altogether so light a matter that they have no defense against its indulgence or its consequence. . . . If you suppose for a moment that God will treat sin lightly, or make provisions or exemptions so that you can go on in committing sin, and the soul suffer no penalty from so doing, you are under a terrible delusion of Satan. Any willful violation of the righteous law of Jehovah exposes your soul to the full assaults of Satan. When you lose your conscious integrity, your soul becomes a battlefield for Satan; you have doubts and fears enough to paralyze your energies and drive you to discouragement. . . . Remember that...

Thought of the Day September 14, 2015 He who passes from death to life realizes that it is a divine reality. The beginning of redemption we may know here through a personal experience. Desire of Ages, p. 173. 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 September 13, 2015 Above The Fog Of Doubt Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. Ps. 31:24. Even Christians of long experience are often assaulted with the most terrible doubts and waverings. . . . You must not consider that for these temptations your case is hopeless. . . . Hope in God, trust in Him and rest in His promises. When the devil comes with his doubts and unbeliefs, shut the door of your heart. Shut your eyes so that you will not dwell upon his hellish shadow. Lift them up where they can behold the things which are eternal, and you will have strength every hour. The trial of your faith is much more precious than gold. . . . It makes you valiant to fight the battle of the Lord. . . . Satan connects with everyone that will connect with him. If he can get those that have had an experience in religion, they are his most effectual agents to reach jus...

Thought of the Day September 13, 2015 The Christian's life is not a modification or improvement of the old, but a transformation of nature. There is a death to self and sin, and a new life altogether. This change can be brought about only by the effectual working of the Holy Spirit. The Desire of Ages, p. 172. 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 September 12, 2015 God Calls For Our Best Affections No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matt. 6:24. Many are on the enchanted ground of the enemy. Things of the least importance—foolish social parties, singing, jesting, joking—engross their minds and they serve God with a divided heart. . . . The declaration of Christ, “No man can serve two masters,” is unheeded. One of the most marked features of the earth’s inhabitants in the days of Noah was their intense worldliness. They made eating and drinking, buying and selling, marrying and giving in marriage, the supreme objects of life. It is not sinful, but the fulfillment of a duty, to eat and drink, if that which is lawful is not carried to excess. . . . God Himself instituted marriage when He ...

Thought of the Day September 12, 2015 We should never give to the world the false impression that Christians are a gloomy, unhappy people. Desire of Ages, p. 152. 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 September 11, 2015 The Privilege Of Assurance And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 1 John 3:19. I would impress upon our young men and young women the necessity of making their calling and election sure. I would beseech you to do no haphazard or uncertain work where your eternal interests are involved. By so doing you lose happiness, peace, comfort, and hope in this life, and you lose also your immortal inheritance. My young friends, you are judgment bound, and through the grace of Christ you may render obedience to the commands of God, and daily gain fortitude and strength of character, so that you need not fail or be discouraged. Divine grace has been abundantly provided for every soul, so that each one may engage in the conflict and come off victorious. Do not become sluggish; do not flatter yourselves that you may be saved in walking in accordance with...

Thought of the Day September 11, 2015 As disciples of Christ we shall not mingle with the world from a mere love of pleasure, to unite with them in folly. Such associations can result only in harm. Desire of Ages, p. 152. 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 September 10, 2015 In Love With Christ For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens. Heb. 7:26. The character of Christ was one of unexampled excellence, embracing everything pure, true, lovely, and of good report. We have no knowledge of His ever visiting a party of pleasure or a dance hall, and yet He was the perfection of grace and courtly bearing. Christ was no novice; He was distinguished for the high intellectual powers He possessed even in the morning of His life. His youth was not wasted in indolence, neither was it wasted in sensual pleasure, self-indulgence, or frittered away in things of no profit. Not one of His hours from childhood to manhood was misspent, none were misappropriated. . . . Jesus was sinless and had no dread of the consequences of sin. With this exception His condition was as yours. You have not a ...

Thought of the Day September 10, 2015 God could have reached His object in saving sinners without our aid; but in order for us to develop a character like Christ's, we must share in His work. Desire of Ages, p. 142. 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 September 9, 2015 Let Jesus Lead Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6. Oh, that we who are pilgrims and strangers in this foreign country . . . might comprehend Christ, the way, the truth, and the life. He says, “No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” The path He has marked out is so plain and distinct that the veriest sinner, loaded with guilt, need not miss his way. Not one trembling seeker need fail of finding the true path, and of walking in pure and holy light, for Jesus leads the way. The path is so narrow, so holy, that sin cannot be tolerated therein, yet access to the path has been made for all, and not one desponding, doubting, trembling soul needs to say, “God cares nought for me.” Every soul is precious in His sight. . . . When Satan was triumphing as the prince of the world, when he claimed...

Thought of the Day September 9, 2015 Our influence upon others depends not so much upon what we say as upon what we are. Men may combat and defy our logic, they may resist our appeals; but a life of disinterested love is an argument they cannot gainsay. Desire of Ages, p. 142. 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 September 8, 2015 Enjoyment Of The Truth Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. Ps. 86:11. Say with your whole heart, “I will walk in Thy truth.” Every resolution expressed in the fear of God will give strength to purpose and to faith. It will tend to stimulate and to humble, to strengthen and confirm. “I will walk in thy truth.” Truth deserves our confidence none the less because the world is flooded with fables. Because error and counterfeit are in circulation it only evidences the fact that there is truth, genuine truth, somewhere. . . . It is not enough for us to hear the truth only. God requires of us obedience. “Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.” Luke 11:28. “If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.” John 13:17. We may walk in the enjoyment of the truth. It need not be to...

Thought of the Day September 8, 2015 No sooner is one converted than there is born within him a desire to make known to others what a precious friend he has found in Jesus. Desire of Ages, p. 141. 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 September 7, 2015 Hope For The Hopeless Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. Isa. 55:7, 8. It is your thought that your mistakes and transgressions have been so grievous that the Lord will not have respect unto your prayers, and will bless and save you. . . . The closer you come to Jesus, the more faulty you will appear in your own eyes; for your vision will be clearer, and your imperfections will be seen in broad and distinct contrast to His perfect nature. But do not be discouraged. This is evidence that Satan’s delusions have lost their power; that the vivifying influence of the Spirit of God is arousing you, and your indifference and unconcern are passing away. No de...