February 14: Heavenly Happiness.
More Mercy.
Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who needs a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."--Matthew 9:12, 13, NIV
BURNT OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES were not acceptable to God in ancient times unless the spirit was right with which the gift was offered. Samuel said: "Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." All the money on earth cannot buy the blessing of God nor ensure you a single victory.
Many would make any and every sacrifice but the very one they should make, which is to yield themselves, to submit their wills to the will of God.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 84.
"To obey is better than sacrifice." And without obedience and unselfish love, the richest offerings are too meager to be presented to the Possessor of all things--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 57.
God has commanded nothing that is unessential, and there is no other way of manifesting reverence so pleasing to Him as by obedience to that which He has spoken.--Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 111.
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings."
--Hosea 6:6, NIV
More Mercy.
Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who needs a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."--Matthew 9:12, 13, NIV
BURNT OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES were not acceptable to God in ancient times unless the spirit was right with which the gift was offered. Samuel said: "Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." All the money on earth cannot buy the blessing of God nor ensure you a single victory.
Many would make any and every sacrifice but the very one they should make, which is to yield themselves, to submit their wills to the will of God.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 84.
"To obey is better than sacrifice." And without obedience and unselfish love, the richest offerings are too meager to be presented to the Possessor of all things--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 57.
God has commanded nothing that is unessential, and there is no other way of manifesting reverence so pleasing to Him as by obedience to that which He has spoken.--Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 111.
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings."
--Hosea 6:6, NIV
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