August 23: Delight and Goodwill.
Distasteful Jests and Jokes.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This is also vanity.--Ecclesiastes 7:5, 6, NKJV
JESTING, JOKING, AND WORLDLY CONVERSATION belong to the world. Christians who have the peace of God in their hearts will be cheerful and happy without indulging in lightness and frivolity. While watching unto prayer they will have a serenity and peace which will elevate them above all superfluities.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 241.
Lightness, jesting, and joking will result in barrenness of soul and the loss of the favor of God.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, 236.
A mind that is intent upon having the prize, upon securing heaven, will reject with firm, determined purpose every attempt at wit and jest concerning religious things.--Messages to Young People, 266.
Let no low witticism escape your lips.--The Ministry of Healing, 491.
All frivolous words, all lightness and trifling, and enticements of the enemy to deprive you of spiritual strength. Brace yourselves against this evil, in the name of the God of Israel....Trim your lamps, and keep them burning, that wherever you may go you may reveal in speech and action precious rays of light.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9, 133.
Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes--these are not for you.
Instead, let there be thankfulness to God.
--Ephesians 5:4, NLT
Distasteful Jests and Jokes.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This is also vanity.--Ecclesiastes 7:5, 6, NKJV
JESTING, JOKING, AND WORLDLY CONVERSATION belong to the world. Christians who have the peace of God in their hearts will be cheerful and happy without indulging in lightness and frivolity. While watching unto prayer they will have a serenity and peace which will elevate them above all superfluities.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 241.
Lightness, jesting, and joking will result in barrenness of soul and the loss of the favor of God.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, 236.
A mind that is intent upon having the prize, upon securing heaven, will reject with firm, determined purpose every attempt at wit and jest concerning religious things.--Messages to Young People, 266.
Let no low witticism escape your lips.--The Ministry of Healing, 491.
All frivolous words, all lightness and trifling, and enticements of the enemy to deprive you of spiritual strength. Brace yourselves against this evil, in the name of the God of Israel....Trim your lamps, and keep them burning, that wherever you may go you may reveal in speech and action precious rays of light.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9, 133.
Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes--these are not for you.
Instead, let there be thankfulness to God.
--Ephesians 5:4, NLT
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