Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Health the Reward of Right Habits

Today's Devotion
Friday, November 1, 2019
Health the Reward of Right Habits
Today's Text

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments; for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Proverbs 3:1, 2
The laws of nature are the laws of God—as truly divine as are the precepts of the Decalogue. The laws that govern our physical organism, God has written upon every nerve, muscle, and fiber of the body. Every careless or willful violation of these laws is a sin against our Creator. Education, 196, 197.

There is an intimate relation between the mind and the body, and in order to reach a high standard of moral and intellectual attainment, the laws that control our physical being must be heeded. To secure a strong, well-balanced character, both the mental and the physical powers must be exercised and developed. What study can be more important for the young than that which treats of this wonderful organism that God has committed to us, and of the laws by which it may be preserved in health? Patriarchs and Prophets, 601.

Health may be earned by proper habits of life and may be made to yield interest and compound interest. But this capital, more precious than any bank deposit, may be sacrificed by intemperance in eating and drinking, or by leaving the organs to rust from inaction. Pet indulgences must be given up; laziness must be overcome. Testimonies for the Church 4:408.

The health should be as sacredly guarded as the character. Fundamentals of Christian Education, 147.

Our bodies are Christ's purchased possession, and we are not at liberty to do with them as we please. All who understand the laws of health should realize their obligation to obey these laws which God has established in their being. Obedience to the laws of health is to be made a matter of personal duty. We ourselves must suffer the results of violated law. We must individually answer to God for our habits and practices. Therefore the question with us is not, “What is the world's practice?” but, “How shall I as an individual treat the habitation that God has given me?” The Ministry of Healing, 310.

Note: In some areas phrases have been omitted by the compilers for whatever reason. I have restored them as underlined text, that the full intent of the author may be given.
My Thoughts:
My friend, the principals of health are given to us that we may be free from sickness and disease, that we may bring honor and glory to God. The body is the temple of God and as such we are to do all that is within our power to keep it in a condition of health, for by doing this we honor God.

Our health has a direct effect upon the mind and as such the soul. Eating and drinking have a direct affect upon our thoughts and actions. Actions repeated form habits, and habits form character. Thus what we eat and drink has an affect upon who we are. If Christ is living within we will be temperate in all things.

If this is not your experience today, then look unto Jesus; surrender your appetite to Him and He will give you the victory just as surely as He gained the victory in the desert.

God bless,
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Faith is the key - David Clayton
Faith is the Key - David Clayton

Many Christians today have stopped believing in miracles. They believe that God does not work in this way in our time. Prayer is like a raffle with no real expectation that God will answer. This sermon shows clearly that the only reason for the lack of God's intervention today, is a lack of faith.
Monday: Health in Obeying God's Law

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

God's Dwelling Place

Today's Devotion
Thursday, October 31, 2019
God's Dwelling Place
Today's Text

Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

1 Corinthians 6:19
By a most beautiful and impressive figure, God's Word shows the regard He places upon our physical organism and the responsibility resting on us to preserve it in the best condition. “Know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own.” “If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” 1 Corinthians 6:19, R.V., margin; 3:17.

The body is a temple in which God desires to dwell, that it must be kept pure, the abiding place of high and noble thoughts. Education, 200, 201.

The knowledge that man is to be a temple for God, a habitation for the revealing of His glory, should be the highest incentive to the care and development of our physical powers. Fearfully and wonderfully has the Creator wrought in the human frame, and He bids us make it our study, understand its needs, and act our part in preserving it from harm and defilement. The Ministry of Healing, 271.

Our first duty toward God and our fellow beings is that of self-development. Every faculty with which the Creator has endowed us, should be cultivated to the highest degree of perfection, that we may be able to do the greatest amount of good of which we are capable. Hence that time is spent to good account which is used in the establishment and preservation of physical and mental health. We cannot afford to dwarf or cripple any function of body or mind. As surely as we do this we must suffer the consequences. Counsels on Health, 107.

The desire of God for every human being is expressed in the words, “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” 3 John 2.

He it is who “forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies.” Psalm 103:3, 4....

“Above all things,” God desires us to “be in health”—health of body and of soul. And we are to be workers together with Him for the health of both soul and body. The Ministry of Healing, 113, 288.

Note: In some areas phrases have been omitted by the compilers for whatever reason. I have restored them as underlined text, that the full intent of the author may be given.
My Thoughts:
My friend, how is it that God dwells within us? By His Son. Jesus said "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." (John 14:10). The Spirit of God lives within the Son because He is the Son of God. As we take the spirit of our parents, so too has the Son taken the Spirit of the Father.

Yet the Adventist church today does not teach that Jesus is literally the Son of God, rather it teaches that the father son relationship is only a metaphor and is not literally true. The church holds this position to support their belief in the trinity, for the trinity teaches that the Father and the Son are both co-equal and co-eternal. For this to be true, the Son cannot be a true son like as we are, for to be a literal son one must have a beginning. Yet the testimony of the Father is "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Matthew 3:17).

So then is God a liar? The biblical record says "God is not a man, that he should lie;" (Numbers 23:19). It also says "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also." (1 John 2:22, 23).

John 3:16 says "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." In order for us to receive that life we must receive the Son of God, for the apostle John says "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." (1 John 5:11, 12).

My friend, the life of the Father is in the Son. "For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;" (John 5:26). If you hold that God is a trinity then you do not receive the life of God in the Son, for the trinity teaches that the Son has life unto himself which is in direct opposition to the testimony of Jesus. To receive God the Son of the trinity is to receive the spirit of antichrist.

May you turn from the false god of the trinity unto the One true God through His Son Jesus Christ today.

God bless,
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Faith is the key - David Clayton
Faith is the Key - David Clayton

Many Christians today have stopped believing in miracles. They believe that God does not work in this way in our time. Prayer is like a raffle with no real expectation that God will answer. This sermon shows clearly that the only reason for the lack of God's intervention today, is a lack of faith.
Thursday: Health the Reward of Right Habits

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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Fulness of Joy

Today's Devotion
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Fullness of Joy
Today's Text

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Psalm 16:11
The religion of Jesus is joy, peace, and happiness. Testimonies for the Church 5:579.

All Heaven is interested in the happiness of man. Our heavenly Father does not close the avenues of joy to any of His creatures. The divine requirements call upon us to shun those indulgences that would bring suffering and disappointment, that would close to us the door of happiness and heaven. The world's Redeemer accepts men as they are, with all their wants, imperfections, and weaknesses; and He will not only cleanse from sin and grant redemption through His blood, but will satisfy the heart-longing of all who consent to wear His yoke, to bear His burden. It is His purpose to impart peace and rest to all who come to Him for the bread of life. He requires us to perform only those duties that will lead our steps to heights of bliss to which the disobedient can never attain. The true, joyous life of the soul is to have Christ formed within, the hope of glory. Steps to Christ, 46, 47.

Those who abide in Jesus will be happy, cheerful, and joyful in God. A subdued gentleness will mark the voice, reverence for spiritual and eternal things will be expressed in the actions, and music, joyful music, will echo from the lips, for it is wafted from the throne of God. This is the mystery of godliness, not easily explained, but nonetheless felt and enjoyed. Testimonies for the Church 4:626.

Words cannot describe the peace and joy possessed by him who takes God at His word. Trials do not disturb him, slights do not vex him. Self is crucified. Day by day his duties may become more taxing, his temptations stronger, his trials more severe; but he does not falter; for he receives strength equal to his need. Messages to Young People, 98.

In those who possess it, the religion of Christ will reveal itself as a vitalizing, pervading principle, a living, working, spiritual energy. There will be manifest the freshness and power and joyousness of perpetual youth. The heart that receives the Word of God is not as a pool that evaporates, not like a broken cistern that loses its treasure. It is like the mountain stream fed by unfailing springs, whose cool, sparkling waters leap from rock to rock, refreshing the weary, the thirsty, the heavy laden. Christ's Object Lessons, 130.

Note: In some areas phrases have been omitted by the compilers for whatever reason. I have restored them as underlined text, that the full intent of the author may be given.
My Thoughts:
My friend, Jesus desires for us to have joy in this life. He said in John 10:10 "... I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Our joy comes from the indwelling of Jesus with in our hearts. As we lay hold of this by faith, our lives will be filled with the joy of communion with Him.

God said to Moses "And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." (Exodus 25:8). God wanted to dwell with His people. Then at the time of Christ, God sent His Son that He may dwell among His people. Now in Christ He seeks a even closer relationship with us. Through Christ, God dwells within us. This is the joy that we have such a close relationship with God through the indwelling of Jesus within our hearts.

God bless,
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Faith is the key - David Clayton
Faith is the Key - David Clayton

Many Christians today have stopped believing in miracles. They believe that God does not work in this way in our time. Prayer is like a raffle with no real expectation that God will answer. This sermon shows clearly that the only reason for the lack of God's intervention today, is a lack of faith.
Thursday: God's Dwelling Place

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