“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.” and to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Psalm 118:8; Proverbs 3:5-6 ) “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6...
While a man was polishing his new car , his 4 year old son pick up a stone and scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child’s hand and hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench. At the hospital the child lost all his fingers due to the multiple fractures. When the child saw his father….with painful eyes he asked, ”Dad when will my fingers grow back?” The man was so hurt and speechless he went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times, Devastated by his own action… Sitting in front of his car he looked at the scratches, the child had written ”LOVE YOU DAD” (Unknown Author) ANGER and LOVE have no limits. Choose the latter (LOVE) to have a beautiful life. Things are to be used and people are to be loved. A problem in today’s world is that people are used and things are loved. During the day, let’s be mindful and keep this thought in mind.. ”Things are to be used and people are to be LOVED.” Its better to control our anger before it controls us, calm yourself down, and let the feelings subside or count to 10. 1 Peter 3:8 NKJV) says, “Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tender hearted, be courteous.” Jesus is the only way. Red rose from my garden . Life is as beautiful as a rose with the thorns.!! Enjoy it and share the love. Dear Lord please help me to put people first before material things, stuff. Please help me to be calm when I am angry and to think before I act so that I do not speak words I will regret later....
An Invitation to Abundant Life “Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. Isaiah 55:6-8 NKJV...
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Titus 3:5-7 King James Version...
Steps to Christ by Ellen G. White “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 feel that sin has separated you from God, that you are in bondage to the power of evil. The more you struggle to escape, the more you realize your helplessness. Your motives are impure; your heart is unclean. You see that your life has been filled with selfishness and sin. 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 offers it to you as a gift, “without money and without price.” Isaiah 55:1. It is yours if you will but reach out your hand and grasp it. The Lord says, “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18. “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.” Ezekiel 36:26. You have confessed your sins, and in heart put them away. You have resolved to give yourself to God. Now go to Him, and ask that He will wash away your sins and give you a new heart. ” Excerpt from Steps to Christ, Pages 49-50 by Ellen G. White.. [Read more books at Ellen G. White...
Light Through Darkness “The work of God in the earth presents, from age to age, a striking similarity in every great reformation or religious movement. The principles of God’s dealing with men are ever the same. The important movements of the present have their parallel in those of the past, and the experience of the church in former ages has lessons of great value for our own time. No truth is more clearly taught in the Bible than that God by His Holy Spirit especially directs His servants on earth in the great movements for the carrying forward of the work of salvation. Men are instruments in the hand of God, employed by Him to accomplish His purposes of grace and mercy. Each has his part to act; to each is granted a measure of light, adapted to the necessities of his time, and sufficient to enable him to perform the work which God has given him to do. But no man, however honored of Heaven, has ever attained to a full understanding of the great plan of redemption, or even to a perfect appreciation of the divine purpose in the work for his own time. Men do not fully understand what God would accomplish by the work which He gives them to do; they do not comprehend, in all its bearings, the message which they utter in His name.” “Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?” “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” “I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.” Job 11:7; Isaiah 55:8, 9; 46:9, 10.] Excerpt from Great Controversy by Ellen G. White pages 344-345 Read more books at Ellen G. White...