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The Desire of Ages / Re: The Desire of Ages--36--The Touch of Faith
« Last post by Richard Myers on November 27, 2025, 03:15:56 AM »
So much truth!!! If only our people would take time each day to behold it!!! Then Jesus would come.

     The only faith that will benefit us is that which embraces Him as a personal Saviour; which appropriates His merits to ourselves. Many hold faith as an opinion. Saving faith is a transaction by which those who receive Christ join themselves in covenant relation with God. Genuine faith is life. A living faith means an increase of vigor, a confiding trust, by which the soul becomes a conquering power.
     After healing the woman, Jesus desired her to acknowledge the blessing she had received. The gifts which the gospel offers are not to be secured by stealth or enjoyed in secret. So the Lord calls upon us for confession of His goodness. "Ye are My witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God." Isaiah 43:12.
     Our confession of His faithfulness is Heaven's chosen agency for revealing Christ to the world. We are to acknowledge His grace as made known through the holy men of old; but that which will be most effectual is the testimony of our own experience. We are witnesses for God as we reveal in ourselves the working of a power that is divine. Every individual has a life distinct from all others, and an experience differing essentially from theirs. God desires that our praise shall ascend to Him, marked by our own individuality. These precious acknowledgments to the praise of the glory of His grace, when supported by a Christ-like life, have an irresistible power that works for the salvation of souls.........There is greater encouragement for us in the least blessing we ourselves receive from God than in all the accounts we can read of the faith and experience of others. The soul that responds to the grace of God shall be like a watered garden. 348
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The Desire of Ages / Re: The Desire of Ages--35--Peace Be Still
« Last post by Richard Myers on November 27, 2025, 03:06:16 AM »
Amen! How often the disciples' experience is ours!  We are a forgetful people. Unless we keep our eyes upon Jesus, we shall sin. Unless we are vitally connected to Jesus, we have no power to  resist the smallest temptation. When the disciples tried to put Jesus on a throne, Jesus commanded the to get in their boat. They murmured and complained. God gave them something to complain about. He brought a storm upon them  while on the lake. But, this time it was not God who brought the storm. He allowed it for their good. Then how was it that such a storm came upon them? It was he who wanted to destroy them. The storm did not come without a cause anymore than did the two madmen who "rushed upon them as if to tear them in pieces."

    The Saviour was at last relieved from the pressure of the multitude, and, overcome with weariness and hunger, He lay down in the stern of the boat, and soon fell asleep. The evening had been calm and pleasant, and quiet rested upon the lake; but suddenly darkness overspread the sky, the wind swept wildly down the mountain gorges along the eastern shore, and a fierce tempest burst upon the lake.
     The sun had set, and the blackness of night settled down upon the stormy sea. The waves, lashed into fury by the howling winds, dashed fiercely over the disciples' boat, and threatened to engulf it. Those hardy fishermen had spent their lives upon the lake, and had guided their craft safely through many a storm; but now their strength and skill availed nothing. They were helpless in the grasp of the tempest, and hope failed them as they saw that their boat was filling.
     Absorbed in their efforts to save themselves, they had forgotten that Jesus was on board. Now, seeing their labor vain and only death before them, they remembered at whose command they had set out to cross the sea. In Jesus was their only hope. In their helplessness and despair they cried, "Master, Master!" But the dense darkness hid Him from their sight. Their voices were drowned by the roaring of the tempest, and there was no reply. Doubt and fear assailed them. Had Jesus forsaken them? Was He who had conquered disease and demons, and even death, powerless to help His disciples now? Was He unmindful of them in their distress? 
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Gardening / Re: Thinking about doing a Garden?
« Last post by Richard Myers on November 26, 2025, 07:20:27 PM »
Rahab, share with us what herbs you grow.  We all ought to be growing some. The day is soon coming where we will be blessed to have them.
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The Desire of Ages / Re: The Desire of Ages--35--Peace Be Still
« Last post by Richard Myers on November 26, 2025, 07:15:15 PM »
Yes, again I repeat my choice to quote. Why? Because when we forget Jesus, we have no protection from the temptation to sin. We must continually be watching and praying, communing with Jesus.

How often the disciples' experience is ours! When the tempests of temptation gather, and the fierce lightnings flash, and the waves sweep over us, we battle with the storm alone, forgetting that there is One who can help us. We trust to our own strength till our hope is lost, and we are ready to perish. Then we remember Jesus, and if we call upon Him to save us, we shall not cry in vain. Though He sorrowfully reproves our unbelief and self-confidence, He never fails to give us the help we need. Whether on the land or on the sea, if we have the Saviour in our hearts, there is no need of fear. Living faith in the Redeemer will smooth the sea of life, and will deliver us from danger in the way that He knows to be best.   
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The Desire of Ages / Re: The Desire of Ages--34--The Invitation
« Last post by Richard Myers on November 25, 2025, 11:17:24 PM »
There are many whose hearts are aching under a load of care because they seek to reach the world's standard. They have chosen its service, accepted its perplexities, adopted its customs. Thus their character is marred, and their life made a weariness. In order to gratify ambition and worldly desires, they wound the conscience, and bring upon themselves an additional burden of remorse. The continual worry is wearing out the life forces. Our Lord desires them to lay aside this yoke of bondage. He invites them to accept His yoke; He says, 'My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.' He bids them seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and His promise is that all things needful to them for this life shall be added. Worry is blind, and cannot discern the future; but Jesus sees the end from the beginning. In every difficulty He has His way prepared to bring relief. Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us, of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service and honor of God supreme will find perplexities vanish, and a plain path before their feet." 330
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Bread of Life / Re: A Verse for Today
« Last post by rahab on November 25, 2025, 03:55:30 PM »
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
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The Desire of Ages / Re: The Desire of Ages--33--Who Are My Brethren?
« Last post by Dorine on November 25, 2025, 03:07:03 AM »
There were many in Christ's day, as there are today, over whom the control of Satan for the time seemed broken; through the grace of God they were set free from the evil spirits that had held dominion over the soul. They rejoiced in the love of God; but, like the stony-ground hearers of the parable, they did not abide in His love. They did not surrender themselves to God daily, that Christ might dwell in the heart; and when the evil spirit returned, with "seven other spirits more wicked than himself," they were wholly dominated by the power of evil.

It is a dangerous thing to neglect the daily precious hour (or more) with Jesus and then presume He will be with us just because we 'believe' in Him. He must be a constant companion through out the day or we invite the return of evil spirits that reclaim their previous abode in the heart and take full control of the life once again. And worse yet not just one evil spirit returns but he takes more with him. Jesus came to set the captive free but He can only do that as we surrender moment by moment to His will.
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Bread of Life / Re: A Verse for Today
« Last post by rahab on November 24, 2025, 04:29:13 PM »
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
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Bread of Life / Re: Are You Tempted to be Discouraged?
« Last post by JimB on November 24, 2025, 09:52:12 AM »
The words in paragraph 7 above are some my favorite from her pen. It is true that time is very very short and that we have a heaven to win and a hell to shun but reward or punishment can not be our great motive. In light of this I find this passage interesting.

Jud 1:22-23 And of some have compassion, making a difference:  (23)  And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Verse 23 says to save some through fear. Some will argue and say that this fear is awe and respect but it is not. Sometimes fear is what is needed to wake people up but it is not where Christ wishes us to stay.

The 2nd verse to the hymn Amazing Grace tells us the same lesson.

’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
  And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
  The hour I first believed!

Verse 22 says that some need compassion. Let me suggest that even those who first start out with fear as a motive are relieved once they look to Christ and see His love and compassion. In the end they saved by grace, hope, love and compassion also. Our selfish hearts respond to the love first demonstrated to us not through words only but by action but by the actions Christ of dying on the cross.

1Jn 4:17-19  Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.  (18)  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.  (19)  We love him, because he first loved us.

P.S. One last thought. Don't attempt to make a God a liar by thinking that God can not save you. You might ask how that is an attempt to make God liar. Look at the text below. He that doesn't believe "hath made Him a liar".

1Jn 5:10  He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

Joh 3:14-17 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:  (15)  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.  (16)  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  (17)  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 

Heb 7:25  Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
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Bread of Life / Re: Are You Tempted to be Discouraged?
« Last post by JimB on November 24, 2025, 09:15:33 AM »
Rest in Christ

BEcho June 25, 1894
 
“Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” BEcho June 25, 1894, par. 1

Thus Jesus invites the weary and care-laden sons and daughters of Adam to come to Him with their heavy burdens. But many who hear this invitation, while sighing for rest yet press on in the rugged path, hugging their burdens close to their heart. Jesus loves them, and longs to bear both them and their burdens in His strong arms. He would remove the fears and uncertainties that rob them of peace and rest; but they must first come to Him, and tell Him the secret woes of their heart. He invites the confidence of His people as the proof of their love. The gift of the humble, trusting heart is precious to Him. If His people would come to Him in the simplicity and confidence of a child to its parents, they would find relief in the divine touch of His hands. BEcho June 25, 1894, par. 2
 
Jesus is our compassionate Saviour. Why will we not accept His gracious offer of mercy, believe His words of promise, and not make the way of life so hard? As we travel the road cast up for the ransomed of the Lord to walk in, let us not overcast it with doubts and gloomy forebodings, and pursue our way murmuring and groaning, as if forced to an unpleasant, exacting task. The ways of Christ are ways of pleasantness, and all His paths are peace. If we have made rough paths for our feet, and taken heavy burdens of care in laying up treasures upon the earth, let us now change, and follow the path Jesus has prepared for us. BEcho June 25, 1894, par. 3
 
It is our duty to love Jesus; He has a right to command our love, but He invites us to give Him our heart. His invitation is to a pure, holy, and happy life,—a life of peace and rest, of liberty and love,—and to a rich inheritance in the future, immortal life. Which will we choose—liberty in Christ, or bondage and tyranny in the service of Satan? Why should we reject the invitation of mercy, refuse the proffers of divine love? If we choose to live with Christ through the ceaseless ages of eternity, why not choose Him now as our most loved and trusted friend, our best and wisest counsellor? BEcho June 25, 1894, par. 4
 
It is our privilege to have daily a calm, close, happy walk with Jesus. We need not be alarmed if the path lies through conflict and suffering. There will be battles with the powers of darkness, severe struggles against selfishness and inbred sin. Wickedness prevails at the present time. The perils of the last days thicken around us; and because wickedness abounds, the love of many waxes cold. This need not be. The meekness and lowliness of Christ, cherished in the heart, will give moral power to every soul; and the victories gained daily through trust in Christ, and persevering, untiring effort in well-doing, will give us the peace which passeth understanding. BEcho June 25, 1894, par. 5
 
We should seek to obtain the excellence of Christ. In the face of temptation, we should school ourselves to firm endurance, nor should we allow one murmuring thought to arise, although we may be weary with toil and pressed with care. Some have passed through afflictions with light undimmed. Their hope and faith are strong, because acquired through conflict. If it were not for these heroes of faith, who have learned to endure, and to suffer and be strong, the outlook would indeed be discouraging. How could we know how to sympathize with the burdened, the sorrowing, and the afflicted, and to afford them the help they need, if we had never experienced similar trials ourselves? BEcho June 25, 1894, par. 6
 
The shortness of time is frequently urged as an incentive for seeking righteousness and making Christ our friend. This should not be the great motive with us; for it savours of selfishness. Is it necessary that the terrors of the day of God should be held before us, that we may be compelled to right action through fear? It ought not to be so. Jesus is attractive. He is full of love, mercy, and compassion. He proposes to be our friend, to walk with us through all the rough pathways of life. BEcho June 25, 1894, par. 7
 
We can never have a clear appreciation of the value of our Redeemer until, by an eye of faith, we see Him taking upon Himself our nature, the capacity to suffer as we do, and then reaching to the very depths of human wretchedness, that by His divine power He might save even the vilest sinner. Jesus died that the sinner might live,—that God’s justice might be preserved, and guilty man pardoned. The Son of the Highest suffered shame on the cross, that sinners might not suffer everlasting shame and contempt, but be ransomed, and crowned with eternal glory. Why is it that we have so little sense of sin, so little penitence? It is because we do not come nearer to the cross of Christ, and our conscience becomes hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. BEcho June 25, 1894, par. 8
 
There is a work before us to subdue the pride and vanity that seek a place in our hearts, and through penitence and faith to bring ourselves into familiar and holy converse with Christ. We must not shrink from the depths of humiliation to which the Son of God submitted in order to raise us from the degradation and bondage of sin to a seat at His right hand. We must deny self, and fight continually against pride. We must hide self in Jesus, and let Him appear in our character and conversation. While we look constantly to Him whom our sins have pierced and our sorrows have burdened, we shall acquire strength to be like Him. Our lives, our deportment, will testify how highly we prize our Redeemer, and the salvation He has wrought out for us at such a cost to Himself. And our peace will be as a river while we bind ourselves in willing, happy captivity to Jesus BEcho June 25, 1894, par. 9

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