Growth In Grace Begins At Home

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for February 9
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Growth In Grace Begins At Home

The Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from
them that walk uprightly. Ps. 84:11

There are many who do not grow in grace because they fail of cultivating
home religion.

The members of the family are to show that they are in constant
possession of a power received from Christ. They are to improve in every
habit and practice, thus showing that they keep constantly before them
what it means to be a Christian.

Those who are Christians in the home will be Christians in the church
and in the world.

Grace can thrive only in the heart that is being constantly prepared for
the precious seeds of truth. The thorns of sin will grow in any soil;
they need no cultivation; but grace must be carefully cultivated. The
briers and thorns are always ready to spring up, and the work of
purification must advance continually.

That which will make the character lovely in the home is that which will
make it lovely in the heavenly mansions. If you are . . . to be the
light of the world, that light is to shine in your home. Here you are to
exemplify the Christian graces, to be lovable, patient, kind, yet firm.
. . . You need to seek constantly the highest culture of mind and soul.
. . . As a humble child of God, learn in the school of Christ; seek
constantly to improve your powers, that you may do the most perfect,
thorough work at home, by both precept and example. . . . Let the light
of heavenly grace irradiate your character, that there may be sunlight
in the home.

The measure of your Christianity is gauged by the character of your home
life. The grace of Christ enables its possessors to make the home a
happy place, full of peace and rest.

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 46, 47.