Watch Your Step!
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Proverbs 4:26. “Make straight paths for your feet,” says the apostle, “lest that which is lame be turned out of the way.” Hebrews 12:13. The path that leads away from God, away from His holy, perfect standard of right, is always crooked […]
The Secret of Contentment
But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6. Pure religion brings peace, happiness, contentment; godliness is profitable to this life and the life to come.45Letter 1b, 1873. That unrest and discontent which ends in fretting and complaining is sinful; but the discontent with one’s self which urges on to more earnest effort for […]
Has Religion Made You Better?
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 1 Peter 2:12. Whatever we are at heart will be revealed in character, and will have an influence on all those with whom […]
Not Easily Provoked
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. 1 Corinthians 13:4, 5. Many have a vivid, unsanctified sensitiveness which keeps them constantly on the alert for some word, some look, […]
Cherishing the Spirit of Jesus
Forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3:13, R.S.V. We are in this world to meet with persons of varied minds and different temperaments, and you must consider that they do not differ with you any […]
An Irresistible Influence
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience. Colossians 3:12, R.S.V. Kind words, pleasant looks, a cheerful countenance, throw a charm around the Christian that makes his influence almost irresistible. This is a way to gain respect, and extend the sphere of usefulness, which costs but little. […]
