May 15: Cheerfulness and Contentment.
The Hope That Brings True Joy.
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."--Hebrews 13:5, NKJV
CULTIVATE A CONTENTED, cheerful spirit.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, 434.
The world is full of dissatisfied spirits who overlook the happiness and blessings within their reach, and are continually seeking for happiness and satisfaction that they do not realize. They are constantly seeking on the stretch for some expected, far-off good greater than they possess, and are ever in a state of disappointment.--Testimonies for the Church, 640.
They have not God, they have not the hope which reaches to that within the veil, which is as an anchor to the soul both sure and steadfast. All who possess this hope will purify themselves even as He is pure. Such are free from restless longings, repinings. and discontent; they are not continually looking for evil and brooding over borrowed trouble. But we see many who are having a time of trouble beforehand; anxiety is stamped upon every feature; they seem to find no consolation, but have a continual fearful looking for of some dreadful evil.
Such dishonor God, and bring the religion of Christ into disrepute. They have not true love for God....Their affections have become morbid. But vain amusements will never correct the minds of such. They need the transforming influence of the Spirit of God in order to be happy.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, 566.
Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flocks may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls--
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
--Habakkuk 3:17, 18, NKJV
The Hope That Brings True Joy.
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."--Hebrews 13:5, NKJV
CULTIVATE A CONTENTED, cheerful spirit.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, 434.
The world is full of dissatisfied spirits who overlook the happiness and blessings within their reach, and are continually seeking for happiness and satisfaction that they do not realize. They are constantly seeking on the stretch for some expected, far-off good greater than they possess, and are ever in a state of disappointment.--Testimonies for the Church, 640.
They have not God, they have not the hope which reaches to that within the veil, which is as an anchor to the soul both sure and steadfast. All who possess this hope will purify themselves even as He is pure. Such are free from restless longings, repinings. and discontent; they are not continually looking for evil and brooding over borrowed trouble. But we see many who are having a time of trouble beforehand; anxiety is stamped upon every feature; they seem to find no consolation, but have a continual fearful looking for of some dreadful evil.
Such dishonor God, and bring the religion of Christ into disrepute. They have not true love for God....Their affections have become morbid. But vain amusements will never correct the minds of such. They need the transforming influence of the Spirit of God in order to be happy.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, 566.
Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flocks may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls--
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
--Habakkuk 3:17, 18, NKJV
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