March 3: Joy to the World.
Trusting in the Lord.
Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies....Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!--Psalm 144:11, 15, ESV
WE SHOULD NEVER give to the world the false impression that Christians are a gloomy, unhappy people. If our eyes are fixed on Jesus, we shall see a compassionate Redeemer, and shall catch light from His countenance. Wherever His Spirit reigns, there peace abides. And there will be joy also, for there is a calm, holy trust in God.--The Desire of Ages, 152.
It was God's purpose that by the revelation of His character through Israel men should be drawn unto Him....All who, like Rahab the Caanaanite, and Ruth the Moabitess, turned from idolatry to the worship of the true God, were to unite themselves with His chosen people. As the numbers of Israel increased they were to enlarge their borders, until their kingdom should embrace the world.
God desired to bring all peoples under His merciful rule. He desired that the earth should be filled with joy and peace. He created man for happiness, and He longs to fill human hearts with the peace of heaven. He desires that the families below shall be a symbol of the great family above.--Christ's Object Lessons, 290.
"Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you,
a people saved by the LORD,
the shield of your help,
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
and you shall tread upon their backs."
--Deuteronomy 33:29, ESV
Trusting in the Lord.
Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies....Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!--Psalm 144:11, 15, ESV
WE SHOULD NEVER give to the world the false impression that Christians are a gloomy, unhappy people. If our eyes are fixed on Jesus, we shall see a compassionate Redeemer, and shall catch light from His countenance. Wherever His Spirit reigns, there peace abides. And there will be joy also, for there is a calm, holy trust in God.--The Desire of Ages, 152.
It was God's purpose that by the revelation of His character through Israel men should be drawn unto Him....All who, like Rahab the Caanaanite, and Ruth the Moabitess, turned from idolatry to the worship of the true God, were to unite themselves with His chosen people. As the numbers of Israel increased they were to enlarge their borders, until their kingdom should embrace the world.
God desired to bring all peoples under His merciful rule. He desired that the earth should be filled with joy and peace. He created man for happiness, and He longs to fill human hearts with the peace of heaven. He desires that the families below shall be a symbol of the great family above.--Christ's Object Lessons, 290.
"Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you,
a people saved by the LORD,
the shield of your help,
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
and you shall tread upon their backs."
--Deuteronomy 33:29, ESV
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