December 2: An Eternity of Bliss.
Work Faithfully to Reap Joyfully.
Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy.--Psalm 126:5, NLT
AS FAITHFUL HUSBANDMEN in God's field, we must sow with tears and be patient and hopeful. We must meet troubles and sorrows. Temptations and wearisome toil will afflict the soul, but we must patiently wait in faith to reap with joy. In the final victory God will have no use for those persons who are nowhere to be found in time of peril and danger, when the strength, courage, and influence of all are required to make a charge upon the enemy. Those who stand like faithful soldiers to battle against wrong, and to vindicate the right, warring against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places, will each receive the commendation from the Master: "Well done, good and faithful servant:...enter thou into the joy of thy Lord" (Matt. 25:21).--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 327.
A farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop.
But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.
You must each decide in your heart how much to give.
And don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure.
"For God loves a person who gives cheerfully."
And God will generously provide all you need.
Then you will always have everything you need
and plenty left over to share with others.
--2 Corinthians 9:6-8, NLT
Work Faithfully to Reap Joyfully.
Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy.--Psalm 126:5, NLT
AS FAITHFUL HUSBANDMEN in God's field, we must sow with tears and be patient and hopeful. We must meet troubles and sorrows. Temptations and wearisome toil will afflict the soul, but we must patiently wait in faith to reap with joy. In the final victory God will have no use for those persons who are nowhere to be found in time of peril and danger, when the strength, courage, and influence of all are required to make a charge upon the enemy. Those who stand like faithful soldiers to battle against wrong, and to vindicate the right, warring against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places, will each receive the commendation from the Master: "Well done, good and faithful servant:...enter thou into the joy of thy Lord" (Matt. 25:21).--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 327.
A farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop.
But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.
You must each decide in your heart how much to give.
And don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure.
"For God loves a person who gives cheerfully."
And God will generously provide all you need.
Then you will always have everything you need
and plenty left over to share with others.
--2 Corinthians 9:6-8, NLT
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