2013 October
Editorial
Editorial – “We shall be like Him” I John 3:2
Are you like Jesus? If you are to become like Jesus you must know what He is like. This is one reason that we should study the life of Jesus every day.
Salvation
When it is too Late to Recover
If you receive the mark of the beast, it is too late to recover, just like an airplane that stalls when it’s coming in for a landing—it’s too late!
Daily Living
In order for us to know what it is to live the Christian life we need therefore to understand what is the Father’s will to which Jesus referred. We see Jesus’ explanation of the Father’s will in verses 39 and 40 of John’s gospel chapter 6:...
Daily Living
There is a type of prayer that seems to bring Christ down from heaven into your mind so that you can actually converse with Him personally. About 500 years ago this method was called, “The Spiritual Exercises of Loyola.” Today it is called “Contemplative Prayer.”
Bible
The parable of the wedding garment, given in Matthew 22:1–14, opens before us a lesson of the highest consequence. By the marriage is represented the union of humanity with divinity;...
Current Events
Current Events – Christians Targeted
Christian leaders, including priest and monks have been targeted by extremists and hundreds of thousands of Christians have fled the country seeking safety as a refugee outside Syria’s borders.
Children's Story
Children’s Story – Vision of Young People
That night a vision was given to Sister White and at four o’clock in the morning, she got up and dressed and began to write what had been shown to her.
Keys Storehouse
Keys to the Storehouse – I Yearn for the Day
Do you want the mind of Christ? He is knocking at the entrance into your heart. Will you open the door and allow Jesus to enter and bar every means that Satan can use to break in?
Inspiration
All true followers of Jesus will have sacrifices to make. God will prove them and test the genuineness of their faith.
Question
“If any man come to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:26
Health
Health – Practical Suggestions
James L. Marcum, M.D. in his book, The Ultimate Prescription, M.D., Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (2010), Carol Stream, Illinois, sets out a number of simple principles that if followed result in good health.
Food
Cooking with grains is one way we can connect to the traditions of our ancestors. Pioneers relied on grains to get them through cold, lean winters. Wheat, rice and oats are three of the more common grains,...
Recipe
Recipe – Whole Grain Belgian Waffle
2 cups old fashioned oats, ground 2 Tbsp. coconut palm sugar* 2/3 cup millet, ground ¼ tsp. sea salt 2/3 cup golden flaxseed, ground ¼ cup coconut oil* 2/3 cup raw sunflower seeds, ground 1 tsp. vanilla 2 cups warm water plus 6 cups at room temperature *Suggested only; use what you prefer. In a ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Christ, the Greatest Teacher
October 27, 2013 - November 2, 2013-The greatest Teacher the world ever knew was admired for His simplicity; for He presented divine truth in such a way that even children could comprehend His words, and at the same time He drew the attention of the best educated and deepest thinkers of the world.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Misusing the Talent of Speech
November 3, 2013 - November 9, 2013-The spirit of gossip and talebearing is one of Satan’s special agencies to sow discord and strife, to separate friends, and to undermine the faith of many in the truthfulness of our positions.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Weeding Out Improprieties
November 9, 2013 - November 15, 2013-Praise, flattery, and indulgence have done more toward leading precious souls into false paths, than any other art that Satan has devised.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Life-Giving Words
November 16, 2013 - November 22, 2013-What direct health benefits are promised to those who habitually speak kind, sympathizing words to their fellowmen? Proverbs 12:18; 16:24; 17:22.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Victory by the Word of Our Testimony
November 23, 2013 - November 29, 2013-“And they [the brethren] overcame him [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” Revelation 12:11.
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.