Grateful Love
April 25, 2004 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
As the mother watches for the smile of recognition from her little child, which tells of the dawning intelligence, so does Christ watch for the expression of grateful love, which shows that spiritual life is begun in the soul.
Source: Desire of Ages, pg. 191
Work
April 25, 2004 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
God calls a man to do a certain work; and when he has carried it as far as he is qualified to take it, the Lord brings in others, to carry it still farther.
Source: Desire of Ages, pg. 182
Odihna in Domnul
April 17, 2004 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
“Cand nu mai vedem nici o cale de iesire din impas, Dumnezeu ne poate oferi o mie de solutii de care noi nici nu aveam habar. Cei care adopta slujirea lui Dumnezeu drept principiu suprem de vietuire vor vedea cum tot ce pare confuz se destrama, lasandu-le calea libera.”
Source: “The Ministry of Healing”, pg. 481
O viata de incredere datatoare de odihna si pace
April 17, 2004 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
“A trai in Hristos inseamna o viata in pace deplina. Aceasta nu presupune neaparat o stare de exaltare, ci un suflet statornic in incredere linistita. Sperata voastra nu se afla in voi insiva, ci in Hristos. Slabiciunea voastra se uneste cu puterea Lui, nestiinta voastra cu intelepciunea Lui, nimicnicia voastra cu maretia Lui. De aceea, nu trebuie sa va uitati la voi insiva, nici sa lasati mintea sa zaboveasca asupra eului, ci voi trebuie sa priviti la Hristos. Si mintea voastra sa staruie in cugeta cu privire la dragosta Sa, la frumusetea si desavirsirea caracterului Sau. Hristos in lepadare de Sine, Hristos umilindu-Se… Hristos si dragostea Sa fara asemanare, iata la ce trebuie sa mediteze sufletul! Prin iubirea voastra pentru El, prin urmarea exemplului Sau, prin increderea deplina numai in El, veti ajunge sa va asemanati cu El.”
Source: Steps to Christ, p. 70, 71
O viata predata Lui
April 17, 2004 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
“Daca ne punem vietile in slujba Lui, nu vom ajunge niciodata in vreo situatie pentru care Dumnezeu sa nu aiba resurse si solutii. In orice situate ne-am gasi, noi avem o Calauza care sa ne indrume pasii; oricare ne-ar fi nelamurirea, noi avem un Sfetnic de nadesje; oricat de amara ar fi durerea, oricat de grea pierderea, oricat de rece singuratatea, avem un Prieten care simte impreuna cu noi. Si, daca in nestiinta noastra vom face greseli, Hristos nu ne paraseste. Glasul Lui, clar si inconfundabil, ne spune: ‘Eu sunt Calea, Adevarul si Viata.’”
Source: Christ’s Object Lessons, pg. 173
Hristos – exemplul nostru
April 17, 2004 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
“Ingrijorarea este oarba si nu poate deslusi viitorul, dar Hristos cunoaste totul, de la inceput si pana la sfarsit… In inima lui Hristos era armonie deplina cu Dumnezeu si era pace. Mantuitorul nu Se lasa niciodata magulit de laude si nici zdrobit de acuzatii sau dezamagiri. In fata celei mai vehemente impotriviri si a celor mai brutale reactii, El ramanea stapan pe Sine. Dar, dintre cei care declara ca sunt urmasii Lui, multi au sufletul coplesit de neliniste si framantat de griji, si aceasta pentru ca se tem sa se incredinteze fara retinere lui Dumnezeu.”
Source: The Desire of Ages, pg. 330
Dumnezeu vine in ajutorul celor care cred
April 17, 2004 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
“Dumnezeu va face lucruri mari pentru cei care au incredere in El. Motivul pentru care cei ce declara ca sunt poporul Lui nu au mai multa putere este ca ei se bazeaza pe propria intelepciune si nu-L lasa pe Dumnezeu sa-Si descopere puterea si sa actioneze in folosul lor. El va veni in ajutorul copiilor Sai credinciosi, in orice timp de nevoie, daca acestia vor avea o incredere deplina in El si Il vor asculta intru totul.”
Source: Patriarchs and Prophets, pg. 493
The Healing Promises
August 5, 2001 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
“The Lord redeemeth the soul of His servants:
And none of them that trust in Him shall be desolate.”
– Psalms 34:22.“In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence:
And His children shall have a place of refuge.”
– Proverbs 14:26.“Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and
The Lord hath forgotten me.
Can a woman forget her sucking child,
That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands.”
– Isaiah 49:14-16, ARV“Fear thou not; for I am with thee:
Be not dismayed; for I am thy God:
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee;
Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.”
– Isaiah 41:10.“Ye that have been borne by Me from your birth,
That have been carried by Me from your earliest breath,
Even to your old age I am the same;
Even to hoar hairs I will carry you;
I have done it, and I will still bear you;
I will carry, and I will deliver you.”
– Isaiah 46:3, 4, Noyes.
Source: The Ministry of Healing, p. 166; 1974 paperback edition
Prescription for Maladies of the Body and Soul
August 5, 2001 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
The fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah is a prescription for maladies of the body and of the soul. If we desire health and the true joy of life we must put into practice the rules given in this scripture. Of the service acceptable to Him, and its blessings, the Lord says:
“It is not to deal thy bread to the hungry,
And that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?
When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him;
And that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
And thine health shall spring forth speedily:
And thy righteousness shall go before thee;
The glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer;
Thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here I am.
If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,
The putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry,
And satisfy the afflicted soul;
Then shall thy light rise in obscurity,
And thy darkness be as the noonday:
And the Lord shall guide thee continually,
And satisfy thy soul in drought,
And make fat thy bones:
And thou shalt be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water,
Whose waters fail not.”
– Isaiah 58:7-11.Good deeds are twice the blessing, benefitting both the giver and the receiver of the kindness. The consciousness of right-doing is one of the best medicines for diseased bodies and minds. When the mind is free and happy from a sense of duty well done and the satisfaction of giving happiness to others, the cheering, uplifting influence brings new life to the whole being.
Source: The Ministry of Healing, p. 170-171; 1974 paperback edition
The Importance of Being Cheerful
August 5, 2001 § Leave a Comment
Author: Ellen G. White
“None need abandon themselves to discouragement and despair. Satan may come to you with the cruel suggestion, “Yours is a hopeless case. You are irredeemable.” But there is hope for you in Christ. God does not bid us overcome in our own strength. He asks us to come close to His side. Whatever difficulties we labor under, which weigh down soul and body, He waits to make us free.
He who took humanity upon Himself knows how to sympathize with the sufferings of humanity. Not only does Christ know every soul, and the peculiar needs and trials of that soul, but He knows all the circumstances that chafe and perplex the spirit. His hand is outstretched in pitying tenderness to every suffering child. Those who suffer most have most of His sympathy and pity. He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and He desires us to lay our perplexities and troubles at His feet and leave them there.
It is not wise to look to ourselves and study our emotions. If we do this, the enemy will present difficulties and temptations that weaken faith and destroy courage. Closely to study our emotions and give way to our feelings is to entertain doubt and entangle ourselves in perplexity. We are to look away from self to Jesus.
When temptations assail you, when care, perplexity, and darkness seem to surround your soul, look to the place where you last saw the light. Rest in Christ’s love and under His protecting care. When sin struggles for the mastery in the heart, when guilt oppresses the soul and burdens the conscience, when unbelief clouds the mind, remember that Christ’s grace is sufficient to subdue sin and banish the darkness. Entering into communion with the Savior, we enter the region of peace.
Nothing tends more to promote health of body and of soul that does a spirit of gratitude and praise. It is a positive duty to resist melancholy, discontented thoughts and feelings – as much a duty as it is to pray. If we are heaven-bound, how can we go as a band of mourners, groaning and complaining all along the way to our Father’s house?
Those professed Christians who are constantly complaining, and who seem to think cheerfulness and happiness a sin, have not genuine religion. Those who take a mournful pleasure in all that is melancholy in the natural world, who choose to look upon dead leaves rather than to gather the beautiful living flowers, who see no beauty in grand mountain heights and in valleys clothed with living green, who close their senses to the joyful voice which speas to them in nature, and which is sweet and musical to the listening ear – these are not in Christ. They are gathering to themselves gloom and darkness, when they might have brightness, even the Sun of Righteousness arising in their hearts with healing in His beams.”
Source: The Ministry of Healing, p. 165-167; 1974 paperback edition
