Devotion Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12:2. Many of the youth repine because they have not ability to do some large work, and they covet talents by which they might do some wonderful things; but while they are spending their time in vain desires, they are making a failure of life. They are overlooking opportunities which they might improve in doing deeds of love in the path of life in which their feet are set…. O that you would now consider the things that make for your peace, and devote your affections, your thoughts, your time, your service, to Christ. Satan is concentrating all his energies to bend your will to his, to make you his agent in opposing the plans of Christ, that you may refuse to have Jesus reign over you. Although you know that “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life,” Satan … will seek to draw you away from Christ, that you may become his agent in drawing others away, and thus frustrate the plans of God. He is the father of lies, and he weaves a net of falsehood in which he binds you with cords of lies to his service. The more intelligent you are, the more attractive, the harder he will work that he may persuade you to lay your talents at his feet, and aid him to accomplish his ends in alluring others under his black banner. If he can only keep the mind infatuated, he will do it. Paul inquires, “Who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth?” Satan is the bewitcher, and he has wrought, that Christ may be expelled from the soul, and that he himself may be there enthroned. I beg of you, sons and daughters, to break from the infatuation of the evil one. Flee to Jesus as your refuge, and lay hold upon eternal life. Each day be determined that you will keep nigh to God, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith. From Sons and Daughters of God by Ellen G. White. For free access to more of her writings, please visit...

Colossians 2:6-7 NKJV “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” [ Spiritual Fullness in Christ ] So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7...

T = Thank God for life, food clothes, shelter, friends, you, love ones and most of all for JESUS for dying for me. H = Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness: Psalm 51:1 A = Anchor my soul Dear LORD in the cleft of the  Rock {Rock is Jesus} N = Nothing but the blood of JESUS that can wash my sins away.        Hebrews 9:22 K = Know ye that the LORD  He is GOD, He made us.   Psalm 100:3 S = Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.       Psalm 23:6 G = GOD’S Grace is sufficient for me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 I  =  I am the LORD your God..Leviticus: 26:13 V = Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and  believeth on Him that sent Me,… John 5:24 I  = ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”. John 14:6 N = Now to Him who is able to keep me from falling..  Jude 1:24 G = Give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.Psalm 107:1                   On this Thanksgiving day let us not forget to be thankful for EVERYTHING that GOD has blessed us...

Standing on the promises of Christ my King, Through eternal ages let His praises ring, Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, Standing on the promises of God. Refrain Standing, standing, Standing on the promises of God my Savior; Standing, standing, I’m standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises that cannot fail, When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail, By the living Word of God I shall prevail, Standing on the promises of God. Refrain Standing on the promises I now can see Perfect, present cleansing in the blood for me; Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free, Standing on the promises of God. Refrain Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, Bound to Him eternally by love’s strong cord, Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword, Standing on the promises of God. Refrain Standing on the promises I cannot fall, Listening every moment to the Spirit’s call Resting in my Savior as my all in all, Standing on the promises of God. “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.” [Hebrews...

“The power of the will is not valued as it should be. Let the will be kept awake and rightly directed, and it will impart energy to the whole being and will be a wonderful aid in the maintenance of health. It is a power also in dealing with disease. Exercised in the right direction, it would control the imagination and be a potent means of resisting and overcoming disease of both mind and body. By the exercise of the will power in placing themselves in right relation to life, patients can do much to co-operate with the physician’s efforts for their recovery. There are thousands who can recover health if they will. The Lord does not want them to be sick. He desires them to be well and happy, and they should make up their minds to be well.”. ~Ministry of Healing p. 246 by Ellen G....

Angels in My Daily Life “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.”  [Psalm. 34:7] Today . . . heavenly messengers are passing through the length and breadth of the land, seeking to comfort the sorrowing, to protect the impenitent, to win the hearts of men to Christ. We cannot see them personally; nevertheless they are with us, guiding, directing, protecting. . . . These angels of light create a heavenly atmosphere about the soul, lifting us toward the unseen and the eternal. We cannot behold their forms with our natural sight; only by spiritual vision can we discern heavenly things. The spiritual ear alone can hear the harmony of heavenly voices. . . . Again and again have angels talked with men as a man speaketh with a friend, and led them to places of security. Again and again have the encouraging words of angels renewed the drooping spirits of the faithful, and carrying their minds above the things of earth, caused them to behold by faith the white robes, the crowns, the palm branches of victory, which overcomers will receive when they surround the great white throne. It is the work of the angels to come close to the tried, the suffering, the tempted. They labor untiringly in behalf of those for whom Christ died. Angels are ever present where they are most needed. They are with those who have the hardest battles to fight, with those who must battle against inclination and hereditary tendencies, whose home surroundings are the most discouraging. Heavenly beings are appointed to do their work of ministry– to guide, guard, and control those who shall be heirs of salvation. . . . Faithful sentinels are on guard to direct souls in right paths. From My Life Today – Page 308 by Ellen G. White...