Big Little Things
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Song of Solomon 2:15. God requires us to be right in important matters, while He tells us that faithfulness in little things will fit us for higher positions of trust…. The good qualities which many possess are hidden, […]
Benefits of Regularity and Order
I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge. 1 Corinthians 1:4, 5. There is need to cultivate every grace that Jesus … has brought within our reach; […]
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 […]
Cultivate Honesty
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Romans 12:17. The religion of Christ enjoins upon men to carry the pure principles of truth into their daily life, in buying and selling, in the transaction of all business, with as true a sense of religious obligation as […]
God Concerned With Every Transaction
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Proverbs 11:1. A false balance is a symbol of all unfair dealing, all devices to conceal selfishness and injustice under an appearance of fairness and equity. God will not in the slightest degree favor such practices. He hates every false […]
Sustained Versus Spasmodic Effort
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. Proverbs 21:5. How many youth who might have become men of usefulness and power have failed because in early life they contracted habits of indecision which followed them through life to cripple all their efforts. Now […]
