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To Be Like Jesus — Day 229 of 350 September—Sharing the Good News Tell Others to Love and Obey Christ, September 1 “You are My witnesses,” says the Lord, “and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me.” Isaiah 43:10 , NKJV. Satan is constantly alluring away from faithfulness and thoroughness in the essential works of preparedness for the great event that will try every person's soul. The work in the heavenly sanctuar...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 228 of 350 Keep Streams of Beneficence in Constant Circulation, August 31 Do you not say, “There are still four months and then comes the harvest”? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! John 4:35 , NKJV. Human power did not establish the work of God, neither can human power destroy it. To those who carry forward His work in face of difficulty and opposition, God will give the constant guidance and guardianship of His holy angels. His work on earth will never cease. T...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 227 of 350 Greater Efficiency and Deeper Consecration Needed, August 30 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. John 16:13 , NKJV. Every day that passes brings us nearer the end. Does it bring us also near to God? Are we watching unto prayer? Those with whom we associate day by day need our help, our guidance. They may be in such a condition of mind that a word in season will be sent h...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 226 of 350 Fallow Ground of the Human Heart Should Be Worked, August 29 Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, till He comes and rains righteousness on you. Hosea 10:12 , NKJV. I want to exhort those who are in positions of responsibility to waken to their duty, and not imperil the cause of present truth by engaging inefficient men and women to do the work of God. We want those who are willing to go into new fields, and to do hard service for the Lord. I remember visitin...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 225 of 350 An Exhaustless Source of Instruction and Delight, August 28 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? Job 38:4, 5 , NKJV. To Adam and Eve was committed the care of the garden, “to dress it and to keep it” ( Genesis 2:15 ). Though rich in all that the Owner of the universe could supply, they were not to be idle. Useful occupation was appointed them as a blessing, to strengthen the body, t...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 224 of 350 Cultivating the Soil Is Doing God's Service, August 27 “And behold, this vine” “was planted in good soil by many waters, to bring forth branches, bear fruit, and become a majestic vine.” Ezekiel 17:7, 8 , NKJV. The tithing system was instituted by the Lord as the very best arrangement to help the people in carrying out the principles of the law. If this law were obeyed, the people would be entrusted with the entire vineyard, the whole earth.... Human beings were to cooperate with God in restoring the d...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 223 of 350 Work, for Earth's Night Is Coming, August 26 Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3 , NKJV. The work given us is a great and important one, and in it are needed wise, unselfish workers, workers who understand what it means to give themselves to unselfish effort to save souls. But there is no need for the service of men and women who are lukewarm, for such Christ cannot use. Workers are needed whose hearts are touc...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 222 of 350 The Poor Have Rights in God's World, August 25 The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. Psalm 24:1 , NKJV. “On the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement,” the trumpet of the jubilee was sounded. Throughout the land, wherever the Jewish people dwelt, the sound was heard, calling upon all the children of Jacob to welcome the year of release. On the great Day of Atonement satisfaction was made for the sins of Israel, and with gladness of heart the peop...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 221 of 350 Rich Blessings From a Sabbath for the Land, August 24 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruit; but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. Leviticus 25:3, 4 , NKJV. The feast of tabernacles, or harvest festival, with its offerings from orchard and field, its week's encampment in the leafy booths, its social reunions, the sacred memorial service, and t...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 220 of 350 The Natural World Speaks of the Creator, August 23 Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them. For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it. Psalm 69:34, 35 , NKJV. The same creative energy that brought the world into existence is still exerted in upholding the universe and continuing the operations of nature. The hand of God guides the planets in their orderly march through the heavens. It is not because of inherent power that year by year the earth ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 219 of 350 Earth's Bounties Give Evidence of God's Love, August 22 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 2 Corinthians 9:10, 11 , NKJV. As we are continually receiving the blessings of God, so are we to be continually giving. When the heavenly Benefactor ceases to give to us, then we may be excused; for we shall have not...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 218 of 350 Nature Testifies of a Master Artist and Designer, August 21 Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Psalm 19:2, 3 , NKJV. The things of nature that we now behold give us but a faint conception of Eden's glory. Sin has marred earth's beauty; on all things may be seen traces of the work of evil. Yet much that is beautiful remains. Nature testifies that One infinite in power, great in goodness, mercy, and love, created the earth, and f...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 217 of 350 Valuable Objects in Nature Are Pruned or Refined, August 20 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. Isaiah 48:10 , NKJV. The furnace fires are not to destroy, but to refine, ennoble, sanctify. Without trial we would not feel so much our need of God and His help; and we would become proud and self-sufficient. In the trials that come to us we should see the evidences that the Lord's eye is upon us, and that He means to draw us to Himself. It is not the whole, but the wounded,...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 216 of 350 Nature Teaches the Value of Obedience to Law, August 19 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. Matthew 10:29 , NKJV. The great teacher brought His hearers in contact with nature, that they might listen to the voice which speaks in all created things; and as their hearts became tender and their minds receptive, He helped them to interpret the spiritual teaching of the scenes upon which their eyes rested. The parables, by means of which He loved to teach...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 215 of 350 How to Learn From Nature Its Deepest Lessons, August 18 Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this, in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind? Job 12:9, 10 , NKJV. While the children and youth gain a knowledge of facts from teachers and textbooks, let them learn to draw lessons and discern truth for themselves. In their gardening, question them as to what they learn from the care of their plants. As they look on a beautiful landscape, ask them why God clothed the fi...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 214 of 350 Many Lessons to Be Learned From Nature, August 17 Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created. He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which shall not pass away. Psalm 148:5, 6 , NKJV. How beautiful the psalmist's description of God's care for the creatures of the woods: “The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies” ( Psalm 104:18 ). He sends the springs to run among the hills, where the birds have their habitation and...