Devotional

Our God Will Answer Hitherto have ye asked, nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:24. It was represented to me like children asking a blessing of their earthly parents who love

The Badge of Christianity There is an eloquence far more powerful than the eloquence of words in the quiet, consistent life of a pure, true Christian. What a person is has more influence than what he or she says. The

For Your name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.—Psalm 25:11 The Corinthian believers, once so prone to lose sight of their high calling in Christ, had developed strength of Christian character. Their words and acts revealed

But made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.—Philippians 2:7 Christ was the only sinless one who ever dwelt on earth; yet for nearly thirty years He lived among the

And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.—Luke 4:15 In the interview with Nicodemus, Jesus unfolded the plan of salvation, and His mission to the world. In none of His subsequent discourses did He explain so fully, step

“Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”—Luke 21:27 Christ had bidden His people watch for the signs of His advent and rejoice as they should behold the tokens of their coming

“This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.”—John 6:50 The Bible is the only book giving a positive description of Christ Jesus; and if every human being would study it

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells.—Romans 7:18 None of the apostles or prophets ever claimed to be without sin. Those who have lived nearest to God, those who would sacrifice life itself

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23 Diligent heart-keeping is essential to a healthy growth in grace. The heart in its natural state is a habitation for unholy thoughts and

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8, 9 The divine favor, the grace of God bestowed upon us through

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 21 Those who hear from the lips of Christ the words, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant,” will be heroic

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12. All who are traveling the road to heaven need

Some Thoughts for the New Year (Ellen White, From Signs of the Times, January 2, 1901) The old year, with its burden of record, is fast passing away. The new year, with all its possibilities, will soon be ushered in.

Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. John 17:11 The Holy Spirit will work with the consecrated human instrument, for this is God’s purpose. God has opened a

And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him. Acts 5:32 True Christians will be Christlike. The Redeemer clothed His divinity with humanity and came to

I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. Philippians 3:8 To love God supremely and our neighbor as ourselves is to keep the first four and the last six commandments. God has

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. Galatians 6:15 The grace of Jesus Christ alone can change the heart of stone to a heart of flesh and make it alive unto God. Men and

Go down to the camp with Purah your servant, and you shall hear what they say. Judges 7:10, 11 When Gideon stood at the head of thirty thousand men to make war against the Midianites, he felt that unless God should

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 1 Corinthians 3:6, 7 The work of building up the kingdom of Christ will

Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4 Those who would be His disciples He invites to take His yoke upon them and

Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant. 1 Kings 19:21 During the three years and a half of barrenness and famine, the family of Shaphat had become familiar with the mission of Elijah the prophet, and the Spirit

Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3 Nicodemus held a high position of trust in the Jewish nation. He was highly educated and possessed talents of no ordinary character. With others, he had

Do you want to be made well? John 5:6 The healing of the sick man at Bethesda has a lesson of priceless worth to every Christian, a lesson of solemn and fearful import to the unbelieving and the skeptical. As the