From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 1 11:00:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 14:00:12 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The elevation or deterioration of the future of society will be determined by the manners and morals of the youth growing up around us. Adventist Home, p. 15 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jan 2 06:14:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 09:14:46 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: As the youth are educated, and as their characters are molded in their childhood to virtuous habits, self-control, and temperance, so will their influence be upon society. If they are left unenlightened and uncontrolled, and as the result become self-willed, intemperate in appetite and passion, so will be their future influence in molding society. Adventist Home, p. 15 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 3 05:49:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:49:00 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Home should be made all that the word implies. It should be a little heaven upon earth, a place where the affections are cultivated instead of being studiously repressed. Our happiness depends upon this cultivation of love, sympathy, and true courtesy to one another. Adventist Home, p. 15 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jan 4 14:18:25 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:18:25 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 4 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: To a large extent parents create the atmosphere of the home circle, and when there is disagreement between father and mother, the children partake of the same spirit. Adventist Home, p. 16 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jan 5 12:29:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:29:26 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 5 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: God would have our families symbols of the family in heaven. Let parents and children bear this in mind every day, relating themselves to one another as members of the family of God. Adventist Home, p. 17 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jan 6 06:07:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 09:07:03 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 6 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Troubles may invade, but these are the lot of humanity. Let patience, gratitude, and love keep sunshine in the heart though the day may be ever so cloudy. Adventist Home, p. 18 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jan 7 06:37:52 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 09:37:52 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 7 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: From their infancy the youth need to have a firm barrier built up between them and the world, that its corrupting influence may not affect them. Adventist Home, p. 19 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 8 06:42:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:42:22 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 8 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Cleanliness, neatness, and order are indispensable to the proper management of the household. But when the mother makes these the all-important duties of her life, and devotes herself to them, to the neglect of the physical development and the mental and moral training of her children, she makes a sad mistake. Adventist Home, p. 21 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 10 05:26:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:26:48 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 9 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: While we are to guard against needless adornment and display, we are in no case to be careless and indifferent in regard to outward appearance. Adventist Home, p. 22 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 10 05:29:49 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:29:49 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 10 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: A wife and mother cannot make home agreeable and happy unless she possesses a love for order, preserves her dignity, and has good government; therefore all who fail on these points should begin at once to educate themselves in this direction, and cultivate the very things wherein is their greatest lack. Adventist Home, p. 23 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jan 11 06:20:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:20:22 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 11 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: God celebrated the first marriage. Thus the institution has for its originator the Creator of the universe. "Marriage is honourable"; it was one of the first gifts of God to man. Adventist Home, pp. 25, 26 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jan 12 05:22:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Darryl Thompson) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:22:33 -0800 Subject: Thought for January 12 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Fathers and mothers who make God first in their households, who teach their children that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, glorify God before angels and before men by presenting to the world a well-ordered, well-disciplined family. Adventist Home, p. 27 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jan 13 06:14:35 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:14:35 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 13 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Angels delight in a home where God reigns supreme and the children are taught to reverence religion, the Bible, and their Creator. Adventist Home, p. 28 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jan 14 07:11:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:11:13 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 14 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The home in which the members are polite, courteous Christians exerts a far-reaching influence for good. Adventist Home, p. 31 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 15 07:01:18 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:01:18 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 15 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The greatest evidence of the power of Christianity that can be presented to the world is a well-ordered, well-disciplined family. This will recommend the truth as nothing else can, for it is a living witness of its practical power upon the heart. Adventist Home p. 32 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jan 16 05:47:37 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:47:37 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 16 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The influence of an ill-regulated family is widespread, and disastrous to all society. It accumulates in a tide of evil that affects families, communities, and governments. Adventist Home, p. 33 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 17 06:10:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:10:10 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 17 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Our work for Christ is to begin with the family, in the home. . . . There is no missionary field more important than this. Adventist Home, p. 35 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jan 18 04:05:34 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:05:34 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We need more sunshiny parents and more sunshiny Christians. We are too much shut up within ourselves. Too often the kindly, encouraging word, the cheery smile, are withheld from our children and from the oppressed and discouraged. Adventist Home, p. 37 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jan 19 04:16:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:16:33 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When religion is manifested in the home, its influence will be felt in the church and in the neighborhood. But some who profess to be Christians talk with their neighbors concerning their home difficulties. Adventist Home, p. 38 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jan 20 05:55:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:55:58 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: He who lives Christianity in the home will be a bright and shining light everywhere. Adventist Home, p. 39 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jan 21 10:28:19 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:28:19 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 21 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If those who are contemplating marriage would not have miserable, unhappy reflections after marriage, they must make it a subject of serious, earnest reflection now. This step taken unwisely is one of the most effective means of ruining the usefulness of young men and women. Life becomes a burden, a curse. No one can so effectually ruin a woman's happiness and usefulness, and make life a heartsickening burden, as her own husband; and no one can do one hundredth part as much to chill the hopes and aspirations of a man, to paralyze his energies and ruin his influence and prospects, as his own wife. It is from the marriage hour that many men and women date their success or failure in this life, and their hopes of the future life. Adventist Home, p. 43 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 22 09:36:05 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:36:05 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 22 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Those who are contemplating marriage should consider what will be the character and influence of the home they are founding. As they become parents, a sacred trust is committed to them. Upon them depends in a great measure the well-being of their children in this world, and their happiness in the world to come. Adventist Home, p. 44 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jan 23 06:23:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:23:10 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 23 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Weigh every sentiment, and watch every development of character in the one with whom you think to link your life destiny. The step you are about to take is one of the most important in your life, and should not be taken hastily. While you may love, do not love blindly. Adventist Home, p. 45 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 24 05:59:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:59:42 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 24 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Marriages that are impulsive and selfishly planned generally do not result well, but often turn out miserable failures. Adventist Home, p. 48 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jan 25 05:51:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:51:17 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 25 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Let every step toward a marriage alliance be characterized by modesty, simplicity, sincerity, and an earnest purpose to please and honor God. Marriage affects the afterlife both in this world and in the world to come. A sincere Christian will make no plans that God cannot approve. Adventist Home, p. 49 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jan 26 06:19:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:19:12 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Love is a precious gift, which we receive from Jesus. Pure and holy affection is not a feeling, but a principle. Adventist Home, p. 50 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jan 27 05:26:21 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:26:21 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. On the contrary, it is calm and deep in its nature. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding. Adventist Home, p.51 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jan 28 09:30:25 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:30:25 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 28 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Love, lifted out of the realm of passion and impulse, becomes spiritualized, and is revealed in words and acts. A Christian must have a sanctified tenderness and love in which there is no impatience of fretfulness; the rude, harsh manners must be softened by the grace of Christ. Adventist Home, p.51 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 29 05:39:44 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:39:44 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 29 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: It is only in Christ that a marriage alliance can be safely formed. Human love should draw its closest bonds from divine love. Only where Christ reigns can there be deep, true, unselfish affection. Adventist Home, p. 68 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jan 30 06:03:44 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:03:44 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 30 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Instituted by God, marriage is a sacred ordinance and should never be entered upon in a spirit of selfishness. Adventist Home, p. 70 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 1 05:54:37 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:54:37 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 31 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Many are sailing in a dangerous harbor. They need a pilot; but they scorn to accept the much-needed help, feeling that they are competent to guide their own bark, and not realizing that it is about to strike a hidden rock that may cause them to make shipwreck of faith and happiness. . . . Unless they are diligent students of that word [the Bible], they will make grave mistakes which will mar their happiness and that of others, both for the present and the future life. Adventist Home, p. 70 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 1 05:56:52 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:56:52 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The majority of the marriages of our time and the way in which they are conducted make them one of the signs of the last days. Men and women are so persistent, so headstrong, that God is left out of the question. Religion is laid aside, as if it had no part to act in this solemn and important matter. Adventist Home, p. 71 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Feb 2 07:00:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:13 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: If children would be more familiar with their parents, if they would confide in them and unburden to them their joys and sorrows, they would save themselves many a future heartache. Adventist Home, p. 73 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Feb 3 06:13:14 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:13:14 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Fathers and mothers should feel that a duty devolves upon them to guide the affections of the youth, that they may be placed upon those who will be suitable companions. ... Let the love for truth and purity and goodness be early implanted in the soul, and the youth will seek the society of those who possess these characteristics. {AH 74.1} From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Feb 4 10:49:07 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 13:49:07 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A youth not out of his teens is a poor judge of the fitness of a person as young as himself to be his companion for life. After their judgment has become more matured, they view themselves bound for life to each other and perhaps not at all calculated to make each other happy. Adventist Home, p. 79 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Feb 5 05:38:21 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:38:21 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 5 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: In many families there is not that Christian politeness, that true courtesy, deference, and respect for one another that would prepare its members to marry and make happy families of their own. In the place of patience, kindness, tender courtesy, and Christian sympathy and love, there are sharp words, clashing ideas, and a criticizing, dictatorial spirit. Adventist Home, p. 83 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Feb 6 06:31:24 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:31:24 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 6 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: It is the right of every daughter of Eve to have a thorough knowledge of household duties, to receive training in every department of domestic labor. Every young lady should be so educated that if called to fill the position of wife and mother, she may preside as a queen in her own domain. Adventist Home, p. 87 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Feb 7 06:55:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:55:51 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 8 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Passing over other honorable employments, every girl should learn to take charge of the domestic affairs of home, should be a cook, a housekeeper, a seamstress. She should understand all those things which it is necessary that the mistress of a house should know, whether her family are rich or poor. Then, if reverses come, she is prepared for any emergency; she is, in a manner, independent of circumstances. Adventist Home, p. 91 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 8 05:08:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 08:08:32 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 8 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hearts that are filled with the love of Christ can never get very far apart. Religion is love, and a Christian home is one where love reigns and finds expression in words and acts of thoughtful kindness and gentle courtesy. Adventist Home, p. 94 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Feb 9 06:15:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:15:32 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Men and women may reach a high standard, if they will but acknowledge Christ as their personal Saviour. Watch and pray, making a surrender of all to God. Adventist Home, p. 96 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Feb 10 05:19:28 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:19:28 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: God made from the man a woman, to be a companion and helpmeet for him, to be one with him, to cheer, encourage, and bless him, he in his turn to be her strong helper. All who enter into matrimonial relations with a holy purpose--the husband to obtain the pure affections of a woman's heart, the wife to soften and improve her husband's character and give it completeness--fulfill God's purpose for them. Adventist Home, p. 99 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Feb 11 09:10:28 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:10:28 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: God wants the home to be the happiest place on earth, the very symbol of the home in heaven. Bearing the marriage responsibilities in the home, linking their interests with Jesus Christ, leaning upon His arm and His assurance, husband and wife may share a happiness in this union that angels of God commend. Adventist Home, p. 102 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Feb 12 10:19:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:19:42 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 12 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Be as true as steel to your marriage vows, refusing, in thought, word, or deed, to spoil your record as a man who fears God and obeys His commandments. Adventist Home, p. 104 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Feb 13 10:16:38 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:16:38 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 13 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: To gain a proper understanding of the marriage relation is the work of a lifetime. Those who marry enter a school from which they are never in this life to be graduated. Adventist Home, p. 105 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Feb 14 04:58:01 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:58:01 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 14 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Though difficulties, perplexities, and discouragements may arise, let neither husband nor wife harbor the thought that their union is a mistake or a disappointment. ... Continue the early attentions. In every way encourage each other in fighting the battles of life. Study to advance the happiness of each other. Let there be mutual love, mutual forbearance. Then marriage, instead of being the end of love, will be as it were the very beginning of love. The warmth of true friendship, the love that binds heart to heart, is a foretaste of the joys of heaven. Adventist Home, p. 106 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 15 14:00:53 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:00:53 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 15 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Love cannot long exist without expression. Let not the heart of one connected with you starve for the want of kindness and sympathy. . . . Adventist Home, p. 107 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Feb 16 05:04:39 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:04:39 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 16 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: God tests and proves us by the common occurrences of life. It is the little things which reveal the chapters of the heart. It is the little attentions, the numerous small incidents and simple courtesies of life, that make up the sum of life's happiness; and it is the neglect of kindly, encouraging, affectionate words, and the little courtesies of life, which helps compose the sum of life's wretchedness. Adventist Home, p. 108 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Feb 17 05:36:59 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:36:59 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A house with love in it, where love is expressed in words and looks and deeds, is a place where angels love to manifest their presence and hallow the scene by rays of light from glory. Adventist Home, p. 109 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Feb 18 07:53:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:53:58 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Instead of sinking into a mere household drudge, let the wife and mother take time to read, to keep herself well informed, to be a companion to her husband, and to keep in touch with the developing minds of her children. Let her use wisely the opportunities now hers to influence her dear ones for the higher life. Let her take time to make the dear Saviour a daily Companion and familiar Friend. Let her take time for the study of His word, take time to go with the children into the fields and learn of God through the beauty of His works. Adventist Home, p. 110 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Feb 19 10:04:01 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:04:01 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Love can no more exist without revealing itself in outward acts than fire can be kept alive without fuel. You, Brother C, have felt that it was beneath your dignity to manifest tenderness by kindly acts and to watch for an opportunity to evince affection for your wife by words of tenderness and kind regard. You are changeable in your feelings and are very much affected by surrounding circumstances. . . . Leave your business cares and perplexities and annoyances when you leave your business. Come to your family with a cheerful countenance, with sympathy, tenderness, and love. Adventist Home, p. 111 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Feb 20 04:14:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:14:46 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Men and women can reach God's ideal for them if they will take Christ as their helper. What human wisdom cannot do, His grace will accomplish for those who give themselves to Him in loving trust. Adventist Home, p. 112 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Feb 21 05:56:04 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:56:04 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 21 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The wife is to respect her husband. The husband is to love and cherish his wife; and as their marriage vow unites them as one, so their belief in Christ should make them one in Him. Adventist Home, p. 114 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 22 07:02:02 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:02:02 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 22 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We must have the Spirit of God, or we can never have harmony in the home. The wife, if she has the spirit of Christ, will be careful of her words; she will control her spirit, she will be submissive, and yet will not feel that she is a bondslave, but a companion to her husband. If the husband is a servant of God, he will not lord it over his wife; he will not be arbitrary and exacting. We cannot cherish home affection with too much care; for the home, if the Spirit of the Lord dwells there, is a type of heaven. . . . If one errs, the other will exercise Christlike forbearance and not draw coldly away. Adventist Home, p. 118 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Feb 23 07:01:34 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:01:34 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If the will of God is fulfilled, the husband and wife will respect each other and cultivate love and confidence. Anything that would mar the peace and unity of the family should be firmly repressed, and kindness and love should be cherished. He who manifests the spirit of tenderness, forbearance, and love will find that the same spirit will be reflected upon him. Where the Spirit of God reigns, there will be no talk of unsuitability in the marriage relation. Adventist Home, p. 120 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Feb 24 05:27:45 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:27:45 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 24 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Those who regard the marriage relation as one of God's sacred ordinances, guarded by His holy precept, will be controlled by the dictates of reason. Jesus did not enforce celibacy upon any class of men. He came not to destroy the sacred relationship of marriage, but to exalt it and restore it to its original sanctity. He looks with pleasure upon the family relationship where sacred and unselfish love bears sway. Adventist Home, p. 121 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Feb 25 07:54:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:54:51 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Satan seeks to lower the standard of purity and to weaken the self-control of those who enter the marriage relation, because he knows that while the baser passions are in the ascendancy, the moral powers grow steadily weaker, and he need have no concern as to their spiritual growth. Adventist Home, p. 124 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Feb 26 04:49:06 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:49:06 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Husbands should be careful, attentive, constant, faithful, and compassionate. They should manifest love and sympathy.... When the husband has the nobility of character, purity of heart, elevation of mind that every true Christian must possess, it will be made manifest in the marriage relation. Adventist Home, p. 125 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Feb 27 04:11:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:11:03 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In choosing a home [location], God would have us consider, first of all, the moral and religious influences that will surround us and our families. Adventist Home, p. 131 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Feb 28 12:51:49 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:51:49 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 28 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Jesus came to this earth to accomplish the greatest work ever accomplished among men. He came as God's ambassador, to show us how to live so as to secure life's best results. Adventist Home, p. 131 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 1 07:11:43 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:11:43 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Instead of dwelling where only the works of men can be seen, where the sights and sounds frequently suggest thoughts of evil, where turmoil and confusion bring weariness and disquietude, go where you can look upon the works of God. Find rest of spirit in the beauty and quietude and peace of nature. Let the eye rest on the green fields, the groves, and the hills. Look up to the blue sky, unobscured by the city's dust and smoke, and breathe the invigorating air of heaven. Adventist Home, pp. 131, 132. From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 2 13:45:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 16:45:46 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Life in the cities is false and artificial. The intense passion for money getting, the whirl of excitement and pleasure seeking, the thirst for display, the luxury and extravagance--all are forces that, with the great masses of mankind, are turning the mind from life's true purpose. Adventist Home, p. 135 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 3 05:16:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 08:16:51 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let it be your study to select and make your homes as far from Sodom and Gomorrah as you can. Keep out of the large cities. If possible make your homes in the quiet retirement of the country, even if you can never become wealthy by so doing. Locate where there is the best influence. Adventist Home, p. 139 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Mar 4 09:12:30 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 12:12:30 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Whenever possible, it is the duty of parents to make homes in the country for their children. Fathers and mothers who possess a piece of land and a comfortable home are kings and queens. Adventist Home, p. 141 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Mar 5 08:18:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:18:00 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The constant contact with the mystery of life and the loveliness of nature, as well as the tenderness called forth in ministering to these beautiful objects of God's creation, tends to quicken the mind and refine and elevate the character. Adventist Home, p. 143 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Mar 6 08:58:47 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:58:47 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 6 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The Great Teacher brought His hearers in contact with nature, that they might listen to the voice which speaks in all created things; and as their hearts became tender and their minds receptive, He helped them to interpret the spiritual teaching of the scenes upon which their eyes rested. . . . In His lessons there was something to interest every mind, to appeal to every heart. Adventist Home, pp. 144, 145 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Mar 7 04:03:24 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 07:03:24 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let the children learn to see in nature an expression of the love and the wisdom of God;... As they learn thus to study the lessons in all created things and in all life's experiences, show that the same laws which govern the things of nature and the events of life are to control us, that they are given for our good, and that only in obedience to them can we find true happiness and success. Adventist Home, p. 145 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 8 06:24:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:24:17 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 8 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The family here must, as far as possible, be a model of the one in heaven. Then temptations to indulge in what is low and groveling will lose much of their force. Children should be taught that they are only probationers here, and educated to become inhabitants of the mansions which Christ is preparing for those who love Him and keep His commandments. This is the highest duty which parents have to perform. Adventist Home, p. 146 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 9 04:28:45 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Darryl Thompson) Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:28:45 -0800 Subject: Thought for March 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In the construction of buildings, whether for public purposes or as dwellings, care should be taken to provide for good ventilation and plenty of sunlight. Churches and schoolrooms are often faulty in this respect. Neglect of proper ventilation is responsible for much of the drowsiness and dullness that destroy the effect of many a sermon and make the teacher's work toilsome and ineffective. Adventist Home, p. 148 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 10 05:59:23 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:59:23 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If we would have our homes the abiding place of health and happiness, we must place them above the miasma and fog of the lowlands and give free entrance to heaven's life-giving agencies. Adventist Home, p. 149 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Mar 11 10:44:27 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:44:27 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Our artificial habits deprive us of many blessings and much enjoyment, and unfit us for living the most useful lives. Adventist Home, p. 150 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Mar 12 05:30:43 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:30:43 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 12 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: People crave what are called the luxuries of life, and sacrifice health, strength, and means to obtain them. Adventist Home, p. 151 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Mar 13 06:17:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:17:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 13 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Neatness and order are essential to comfort, but these virtues should not be carried to such an extreme as to make life a period of unceasing drudgery and to render the inmates of the home miserable. Adventist Home, p. 152 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Mar 14 07:25:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:25:36 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 14 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Whether the home be humble or elegant, its appointments costly or the reverse, there will be no happiness within its walls unless the spirit of its inmates is in harmony with the divine will. Adventist Home, p. 154 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 15 06:08:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:08:48 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 15 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Four walls and costly furniture, velvet carpets, elegant mirrors, and fine pictures do not make a "home" if sympathy and love are wanting. Adventist Home, p. 155 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 16 04:05:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:05:48 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 16 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Children are the heritage of the Lord, and we are answerable to Him for our management of His property. . . . In love, faith, and prayer let parents work for their households, until with joy they can come to God saying, "Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me." Adventist Home, p. 159 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 17 06:08:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:08:33 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The sympathy, forbearance, and love required in dealing with children would be a blessing in any household. They would soften and subdue set traits of character in those who need to be more cheerful and restful. The presence of a child in a home sweetens and refines. A child brought up in the fear of the Lord is a blessing. Adventist Home p. 160 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Mar 18 07:08:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:08:32 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Children are committed to their parents as a precious trust, which God will one day require at their hands. We should give to their training more time, more care, and more prayer. Adventist Home, p. 161 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Mar 19 15:04:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Darryl Thompson) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:04:26 -0800 Subject: Thought for March 19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The physical and mental condition of the parents is perpetuated in their offspring. This is a matter that is not duly considered. Wherever the habits of the parents are contrary to physical law, the injury done to themselves will be repeated in the future generations. Adventist Home, p. 172 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Mar 20 05:33:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:33:58 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 20 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Fathers and mothers may study their own character in their children. They may often read humiliating lessons as they see their own imperfections reproduced in their sons and daughters. While seeking to repress and correct in their children hereditary tendencies to evil, parents should call to their aid double patience, perseverance, and love. Adventist Home, p. 173 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Mar 21 06:02:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:02:58 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 21 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Manifest the meekness and gentleness of Christ in dealing with the wayward little ones. Always bear in mind that they have received their perversity as an inheritance from the father or mother. Then bear with the children who have inherited your own trait of character. Adventist Home, p. 174 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 22 10:45:39 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:45:39 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 22 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Parents must trust implicitly in the power of Christ to transform the tendencies to wrong which have been transmitted to their children. Have patience, fathers and mothers. Often your past neglect will make your work hard. But God will give you strength if you will trust in Him. Deal wisely and tenderly with your children. Adventist Home, p. 174 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 23 04:22:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:22:26 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is a sacred circle around every family which should be preserved. No other one has any right in that sacred circle. The husband and wife should be all to each other. The wife should have no secrets to keep from her husband and let others know, and the husband should have no secrets to keep from his wife to relate to others. Adventist Home, p. 177 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 24 14:55:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:55:48 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 24 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents should be careful not to allow the spirit of dissension to creep into the home; for this is one of Satan's agents to make his impression on the character. If parents will strive for unity in the home by inculcating the principles that governed the life of Christ, dissension will be driven out, and unity and love will abide there. Adventist Home, p. 178 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Mar 27 04:05:45 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:05:45 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Every member of the family should realize that a responsibility rests upon him individually to do his part in adding to the comfort, order, and regularity of the family. One should not work against another. All should unitedly engage in the good work of encouraging one another; they should exercise gentleness, forbearance, and patience; speak in low, calm tones, shunning confusion. Adventist Home, p. 179 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Mar 28 06:58:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:58:03 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 28 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I must grow in grace at home and wherever I may be, in order to give moral power to all my actions. At home I must guard my spirit, my actions, my words. I must give time to personal culture, to training and educating myself in right principles. I must be an example to others. I must meditate upon the word of God night and day and bring it into my practical life. The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, is the only sword which I can safely use. Adventist Home, p. 180 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 29 08:11:24 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:11:24 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 29 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In the divine plan of education..., Christ stands as the representative of the Father, the connecting link between God and man; He is the great teacher of mankind. And He ordained that men and women should be His representatives. The family was the school, and the parents were the teachers. Adventist Home, p. 181 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 30 08:37:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:37:03 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 30 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In His wisdom the Lord has decreed that the family shall be the greatest of all educational agencies. It is in the home that the education of the child is to begin. Here is his first school. Here, with his parents as instructors, he is to learn the lessons that are to guide him throughout life--lessons of respect, obedience, reverence, self-control. Adventist Home, p. 182 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 31 07:32:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:32:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 31 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents should not permit business cares, worldly customs and maxims, and fashion to have a controlling power over them, so that they neglect their children in babyhood and fail to give their children proper instruction as they increase in years. Adventist Home, p. 183 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Apr 1 07:16:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 10:16:00 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From the light that God has given me, I know that the husband and the wife are to be in the home minister, physician, nurse, and teacher, binding their children to themselves and to God, training them to avoid every habit that will in any way militate against God's work in the body, and teaching them to care for every part of the living organism. Adventist Home, p. 184 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Apr 2 10:16:52 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:16:52 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The mother must ever stand pre-eminent in this work of training the children; while grave and important duties rest upon the father, the mother, by almost constant association with her children, especially during their tender years, must always be their special instructor and companion. She should take great care to cultivate neatness and order in her children, to direct them in forming correct habits and tastes; she should train them to be industrious, self-reliant, and helpful to others; to live and act and labor as though always in the sight of God. Adventist Home, pp. 184, 185 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Apr 3 06:59:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:59:46 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Teach your children to love truth because it is truth, and because they are to be sanctified through the truth and fitted to stand in the grand review that shall erelong determine whether they are qualified to enter into higher work and become members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King. Adventist Home, p. 186 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Apr 4 09:00:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 12:00:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Satan is marshaling his hosts; and are we individually prepared for the fearful conflict that is just before us? Are we preparing our children for the great crisis? Are we preparing ourselves and our households to understand the position of our adversaries and their modes of warfare? Are our children forming habits of decision, that they may be firm and unyielding in every matter of principle and duty? I pray that we all may understand the signs of the times, and that we may so prepare ourselves and our children that in the time of conflict God may be our refuge and defense. Adventist Home, p. 187 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Apr 5 09:30:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:30:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents, you carry responsibilities that no one can bear for you. As long as you live, you are accountable to God to keep His way. . . . Parents who make the word of God their guide, and who realize how much their children depend upon them for the characters they form, will set an example that it will be safe for their children to follow. Adventist Home, p. 187 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Apr 6 05:02:37 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:02:37 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 6 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Many who are now bemoaning the waywardness of their children have only themselves to blame. Let these look to their Bibles and see what God enjoins upon them as parents and guardians. Let them take up their long-neglected duties. They need to humble themselves and to repent before God for their neglect to follow His directions in the training of their children. They need to change their own course of action and to follow the Bible strictly and carefully as their guide and counselor. Adventist Home, p. 187 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Apr 7 06:06:20 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:06:20 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In the education of your children lay not the grand truths of the Bible to one side, supposing that the Sabbath school and the minister will do your neglected work. The Bible is not too sacred and sublime to be opened daily and studied diligently. The truths of the word of God are to be brought into contact with the supposed little things of life. If rightly regarded they will brighten the common life, supplying motives for obedience and principles for the formation of a right character. Adventist Home, p. 188 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Apr 8 10:57:40 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 13:57:40 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 8 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Some parents do not understand their children and are not really acquainted with them. There is often a great distance between parents and children. If the parents would enter more fully into the feelings of their children and draw out what is in their hearts, it would have a beneficial influence upon them. Adventist Home, p. 190 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Apr 9 10:51:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:51:17 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Children would be saved from many evils if they would be more familiar with their parents. Parents should encourage in their children a disposition to be open and frank with them, to come to them with their difficulties and, when they are perplexed as to what course is right, to lay the matter just as they view it before the parents and ask their advice. Adventist Home, p. 191 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Apr 10 05:26:18 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:26:18 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Burdened with many cares, mothers sometimes feel that they cannot take time patiently to instruct their little ones and give them love and sympathy. But they should remember that if the children do not find in their parents and in their home that which will satisfy their desire for sympathy and companionship, they will look to other sources, where both mind and character may be endangered. Adventist Home, p. 192 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Apr 11 09:28:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:28:22 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Satan and his host are making most powerful efforts to sway the minds of the children, and they must be treated with candor, Christian tenderness, and love. This will give you a strong influence over them, and they will feel that they can repose unlimited confidence in you. Throw around your children the charms of home and of your society. If you do this, they will not have so much desire for the society of young associates. Adventist Home, p. 193 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Apr 12 05:47:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:47:00 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 12 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Home is to be the center of the purest and most elevated affection. Peace, harmony, affection, and happiness should be perseveringly cherished every day, until these precious things abide in the hearts of those who compose the family. Adventist Home, p. 195 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Apr 13 14:06:20 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:06:20 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 13 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents, give your children love: love in babyhood, love in childhood, love in youth. Do not give them frowns, but ever keep a sunshiny countenance. Adventist Home, p. 196 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Apr 14 05:48:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:48:12 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 14 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Children between babyhood and manhood and womanhood do not generally receive the attention that they should have. Mothers are needed who will so guide their children that they will regard themselves as a part of the family. Let the mother talk with her children regarding their hopes and their perplexities. Let parents remember that their children are to be cared for in preference to strangers. They are to be kept in a sunny atmosphere, under the mother's guidance. Adventist Home, p. 197 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Apr 15 05:22:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:22:13 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 15 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Never act from impulse in governing children. Let authority and affection be blended. Cherish and cultivate all that is good and lovely, and lead them to desire the higher good by revealing Christ to them. While you deny them those things that would be an injury to them, let them see that you love them and want to make them happy. Adventist Home, p. 198 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Apr 16 07:53:02 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:53:02 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 16 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is by beholding love in their parents that children are led to obey the fifth commandment and to heed the injunction, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right." Adventist Home, p. 199 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Apr 17 05:49:01 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:49:01 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents, your own home is the first field in which you are called to labor. The precious plants in the home garden demand your first care.... You have before your own door a little plot of ground to care for, and God will hold you responsible for this work which He has left in your hands. Adventist Home, p. 200 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Apr 18 07:05:15 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:05:15 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The prevailing influence in the world is to suffer the youth to follow the natural turn of their own minds. And if very wild in youth, parents say they will come right after a while and, when sixteen or eighteen years of age, will reason for themselves and leave off their wrong habits and become at last useful men and women. What a mistake! For years they permit an enemy to sow the garden of the heart; they suffer wrong principles to grow, and in many cases all the labor afterward bestowed on that soil will avail nothing. Adventist Home, p. 200 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Apr 26 13:25:39 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:25:39 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: As you try to make plain the truths of salvation, and point the children to Christ as a personal Saviour, angels will be by your side. Adventist Home, p. 205 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Apr 27 07:56:16 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:56:16 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Without human effort divine effort is in vain. Adventist Home, p. 206 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Apr 28 05:14:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:14:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 28 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Lord has constituted the husband the head of the wife to be her protector; he is the house-band of the family, binding the members together, even as Christ is the head of the church and the Saviour of the mystical body. Adventist Home, p. 215 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Apr 29 06:57:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:57:56 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 29 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In life's toilsome way let the husband and father "lead on softly," as the companion of his journey is able to endure. Amidst the world's eager rush for wealth and power, let him learn to stay his steps, to comfort and support the one who is called to walk by his side. Adventist Home, p. 218 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Apr 30 06:48:21 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:48:21 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 30 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Fathers should unbend from their false dignity, deny themselves some slight self-gratification in time and leisure, in order to mingle with the children, sympathizing with them in their little troubles, binding them to their hearts by the strong bonds of love, and establishing such an influence over their expanding minds that their counsel will be regarded as sacred. Adventist Home, p. 220 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue May 1 06:34:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 09:34:36 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Husbands should be careful, attentive, constant, faithful, and compassionate. They should manifest love and sympathy. . . . When the husband has the nobility of character, purity of heart, elevation of mind, that every true Christian must possess, it will be made manifest in the marriage relation. . . . He will seek to keep his wife in health and courage. He will strive to speak words of comfort, to create an atmosphere of peace in the home circle. Adventist Home, p. 228 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed May 2 06:49:09 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 09:49:09 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Woman should fill the position which God originally designed for her, as her husband's equal.... Her individuality cannot be merged in his. She should feel that she is her husband's equal-- to stand by his side, she faithful at her post of duty and he at his. Adventist Home, p. 231 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu May 3 11:45:59 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 14:45:59 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents are entrusted with the present and eternal interests of their children. They are to hold the reins of government and guide their households to the honor of God. God's law should be their standard, and love should rule in all things. Adventist Home, p. 235 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri May 4 04:22:28 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 07:22:28 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The world teems with corrupting influences. Fashion and custom exert a strong power over the young. If the mother fails in her duty to instruct, guide, and restrain, her children will naturally accept the evil and turn from the good. Let every mother go often to her Saviour with the prayer, "Teach us, how shall we order the child, and what shall we do unto him?" Let her heed the instruction which God has given in His word, and wisdom will be given her as she shall have need. Adventist Home, p. 237 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat May 5 05:56:31 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 08:56:31 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Self-denial and the cross are our portion. Will we accept it? None of us need expect that when the last great trials come upon us, a self-sacrificing, patriotic spirit will be developed in a moment because needed. No, indeed, this spirit must be blended with our daily experience and infused into the minds and hearts of our children, both by precept and example. Adventist Home, p. 238 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 6 07:03:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 10:03:32 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 6 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The mother's influence is an unceasing influence; and if it is always on the side of right, her children's characters will testify to her moral earnestness and worth. Her smile, her encouragement, may be an inspiring force. She may bring sunshine to the heart of her child by a word of love, a smile of approval. Adventist Home, p. 240 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon May 7 09:59:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 12:59:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Frequently the patience of the mother is taxed with these numerous little trials that seem scarcely worth attention. Mischievous hands and restless feet create a great amount of labor and perplexity for the mother. She has to hold fast the reins of self-control, or impatient words will slip from her tongue. She almost forgets herself time and again, but a silent prayer to her pitying Redeemer calms her nerves, and she is enabled to hold the reins of self-control with quiet dignity. She speaks with calm voice, but it has cost her an effort to restrain harsh words and subdue angry feelings which, if expressed, would have destroyed her influence, which it would have taken time to regain. Adventist Home, p. 242 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue May 8 08:08:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 11:08:36 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 8 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Satan has prepared pleasing attractions for parents as well as for children. He knows that if he can exert his deceptive power upon mothers, he has gained much. The ways of the world are full of deceitfulness and fraud and misery, but they are made to appear inviting; and if the children and youth are not carefully trained and disciplined, they will surely go astray. Having no fixed principles, it will be hard for them to resist temptation. Adventist Home, p. 249 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed May 9 08:00:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 11:00:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Order and cleanliness is the law of heaven; and in order to come into harmony with the divine arrangement, it is our duty to be neat and tasty. Adventist Home, p. 254 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu May 10 08:36:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 11:36:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let every mother teach her children that they are members of the family firm and must bear their share of the responsibilities of this firm. Every member of the family should bear these responsibilities as faithfully as church members bear the responsibilities of church relationships. Adventist Home, p. 282 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri May 11 04:33:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 07:33:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents should awaken to the fact that the most important lesson for their children to learn is that they must act their part in bearing the burdens of the home. . . . Parents should teach their children to take a common-sense view of life, to realize that they are to be useful in the world. Adventist Home, p. 285 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat May 12 06:15:06 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 09:15:06 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 12 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In childhood and youth you may have an experience in the service of God. Do the things that you know to be right. Be obedient to your parents. Listen to their counsels; for if they love and fear God, upon them will be laid the responsibility of educating, disciplining, and training your soul for the immortal life. Thankfully receive the help they want to give you, and make their hearts glad by cheerfully submitting yourselves to the dictates of their wiser judgments. In this way you will honor your parents, glorify God, and become a blessing to those with whom you associate. Adventist Home, pp. 298, 299 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 13 08:14:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 11:14:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 13 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is difficult for a loving mother to urge her children to help her when she sees they have no heart in the work and will frame any and every excuse to get rid of doing a disagreeable task. Children and youth, Christ is looking upon you, and shall He see you neglecting the trust He has put into your hands? If you want to be useful, the opportunity is yours. Your first duty is to help your mother who has done so much for you. Lift her burdens, give her pleasant days of rest; for she has had few holidays and very little variety in her life. You have claimed all the pleasure and amusement as your right, but the time has come for you to shed sunshine in the home. Take up your duty; go right to work. Through your self-denying devotion give her rest and pleasure. Adventist Home, p. 300 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon May 14 04:15:43 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 07:15:43 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 14 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is need for constant watching that the principles which lie at the foundation of family government are not disregarded. The Lord designs that the families on earth shall be symbols of the family in heaven. And when earthly families are conducted in right lines, the same sanctification of the Spirit will be brought into the church. Adventist Home, p. 306 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue May 15 08:25:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:25:13 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 15 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: While we are not to indulge blind affection, neither are we to manifest undue severity. Children cannot be brought to the Lord by force. They can be led, but not driven. Adventist Home, p. 307 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed May 16 06:23:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 09:23:48 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 16 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The combined influence of authority and love will make it possible to hold firmly and kindly the reins of family government. An eye single to the glory of God and to what our children owe Him will keep us from looseness and from sanctioning evil. Adventist Home, p. 308 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu May 17 05:48:08 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:48:08 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear brethren, as a church you have sadly neglected your duty toward the children and youth. While rules and restrictions are laid upon them, great care should be taken to show them the Christlike side of your character and not the satanic side. Children need constant watchcare and tender love. Bind them to your hearts, and keep the love as well as the fear of God before them. Fathers and mothers do not control their own spirit and therefore are not fit to govern others. To restrain and caution your children is not all that is required. You have yet to learn to do justly and love mercy, as well as to walk humbly with God. Adventist Home, p. 309 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri May 18 06:31:30 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:31:30 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The father and mother should unite in disciplining their children; each should bear a share of the responsibility, acknowledging themselves under solemn obligations to God to train up their offspring in such a way as to secure to them, as far as possible, good physical health and well-developed characters. Adventist Home, p. 313 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat May 19 07:03:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 10:03:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The family firm must be well organized. Together the father and mother must consider their responsibilities, and with a clear comprehension undertake their task. There is to be no variance. The father and mother should never in the presence of their children criticize each other's plans and judgment. Adventist Home, p. 314 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 20 16:59:19 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 19:59:19 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If parents are united in this work of discipline, the child will understand what is required of him. But if the father, by word or look, shows that he does not approve of the discipline the mother gives; if he feels that she is too strict and thinks that he must make up for the harshness by petting and indulgence, the child will be ruined. He will soon learn that he can do as he pleases. Parents who commit this sin against their children are accountable for the ruin of their souls. Adventist Home, p. 315 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon May 21 04:12:31 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 07:12:31 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 21 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The wife may gather to herself burdens which she may suppose to be of greater importance than to help her husband in bearing his portion of responsibility; and the same is true of the husband. Tender ministrations are of value. There is a tendency for the husband to feel free to go out and come into his home more as a boarder than a husband of the family circle. Adventist Home, p. 217 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue May 22 05:48:55 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:48:55 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 22 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let the husband aid his wife by his sympathy and unfailing affection. If he wishes to keep her fresh and gladsome, so that she will be as sunshine in the home, let him help her bear her burdens. His kindness and loving courtesy will be to her a precious encouragement, and the happiness he imparts will bring joy and peace to his own heart. Adventist Home, p. 318 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed May 23 07:07:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 10:07:56 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When we have good home religion, we will have excellent meeting religion. Hold the fort at home. Consecrate your family to God, and then speak and act at home as a Christian. Adventist Home, p. 319 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu May 24 09:07:04 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:07:04 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 24 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Religion in the home--what will it not accomplish? It will do the very work that God designed should be done in every family. Children will be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. They will be educated and trained, not to be society devotees, but members of the Lord's family. Adventist Home, p. 322 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri May 25 06:16:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 09:16:33 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When Christ is in the heart, He is brought into the family. The father and mother feel the importance of living in obedience to the Holy Spirit so that the heavenly angels, who minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation, will minister to them as teachers in the home, educating and training them for the work of teaching their children. In the home it is possible to have a little church which will honor and glorify the Redeemer. Adventist Home, p. 323 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat May 26 06:27:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 09:27:12 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let Christian parents resolve that they will be loyal to God, and let them gather their children into their homes with them and strike the doorpost with blood, representing Christ as the only One who can shield and save, that the destroying angel may pass over the cherished circle of the household. Let the world see that a more than human influence is at work in the home. Let parents maintain a vital connection with God, set themselves on Christ's side, and show by His grace what great good may be accomplished through parental agency. Adventist Home, pp. 324, 325 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 27 17:45:34 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 20:45:34 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Kendra The latest CD has gone back to the slow load of infobases again. It takes about 30 seconds to load the egw-comp writings and I have 2gb of ram and a 2ghz dual core processor. I'd hate to be loading it with an older computer. What is causing these funning quirks, whatever you did on the previous CD it worked fine except it installed to a drive other than C: if it could. We'll have to narrow down what this bug is is. Thanks Darryl -----Original Message----- From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org [mailto:thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org] Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 9:27 AM To: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Subject: Thought for May 26 Let Christian parents resolve that they will be loyal to God, and let them gather their children into their homes with them and strike the doorpost with blood, representing Christ as the only One who can shield and save, that the destroying angel may pass over the cherished circle of the household. Let the world see that a more than human influence is at work in the home. Let parents maintain a vital connection with God, set themselves on Christ's side, and show by His grace what great good may be accomplished through parental agency. Adventist Home, pp. 324, 325 _______________________________________ Thought subscription administration: http://egwlists.whiteestate.org/mailman/listinfo/thought From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 27 17:49:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 20:49:26 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Near the close of this earth's history Satan will work with all his powers in the same manner and with the same temptations wherewith he tempted ancient Israel just before their entering the Land of Promise. He will lay snares for those who claim to keep the commandments of God, and who are almost on the borders of the heavenly Canaan. He will use his powers to their utmost in order to entrap souls and to take God's professed people upon their weakest points. Those who have not brought the lower passions into subjection to the higher powers of their being, those who have allowed their minds to flow in a channel of carnal indulgence of the baser passions, Satan is determined to destroy with his temptations--to pollute their souls with licentiousness. Adventist Home, 327 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon May 28 07:56:52 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 10:56:52 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 28 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A terrible picture of the condition of the world has been presented before me. Immorality abounds everywhere. Licentiousness is the special sin of this age. Never did vice lift its deformed head with such boldness as now. The people seem to be benumbed, and the lovers of virtue and true goodness are nearly discouraged by its boldness, strength, and prevalence. The iniquity which abounds is not merely confined to the unbeliever and the scoffer. Would that this were the case, but it is not. Many men and women who profess the religion of Christ are guilty. Even some who profess to be looking for His appearing are no more prepared for that event than Satan himself. They are not cleansing themselves from all pollution. They have so long served their lust that it is natural for their thoughts to be impure and their imaginations corrupt. It is as impossible to cause their minds to dwell upon pure and holy things as it would be to turn the course of Niagara and send its waters pouring up the falls. . . . Every Christian will have to learn to restrain his passions and be controlled by principle. Unless he does this, he is unworthy of the Christian name. Adventist Home, p. 328 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue May 29 04:10:20 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 07:10:20 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 29 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is no safety for any man, young or old, unless he feels the necessity of seeking God for counsel at every step. Those only who maintain close communion with God will learn to place His estimate upon men, to reverence the pure, the good, the humble, and the meek. Adventist Home, p. 330 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed May 30 06:02:08 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:02:08 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 30 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is no safety for any man, young or old, unless he feels the necessity of seeking God for counsel at every step. Adventist Home, p. 331 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu May 31 11:49:05 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 14:49:05 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 31 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A woman who will allow an unchaste word or hint to be uttered in her presence is not as God would have her; one that will permit any undue familiarity or impure suggestion does not preserve her godlike womanhood. Adventist Home, p. 333 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jun 1 07:32:20 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:32:20 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I appeal to you, as followers of Christ making an exalted profession, to cherish the precious, priceless gem of modesty. This will guard virtue. Adventist Home, p. 334 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jun 2 05:56:28 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 08:56:28 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am pained when I see men praised, flattered, and petted. God has revealed to me the fact that some who receive these attentions are unworthy to take His name upon their lips; yet they are exalted to heaven in the estimation of finite beings, who read only from outward appearance. Adventist Home, p. 335 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jun 3 10:38:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:38:26 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: How careful should the husband and father be to maintain his loyalty to his marriage vows! How circumspect should be his character, lest he shall encourage thoughts in young girls, or even in married women, that are not in accordance with the high, holy standard--the commandments of God! Adventist Home, p. 336 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jun 4 06:37:35 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:37:35 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I speak to our people. If you draw close to Jesus and seek to adorn your profession by a well-ordered life and godly conversation, your feet will be kept from straying into forbidden paths. If you will only watch, continually watch unto prayer, if you will do everything as if you were in the immediate presence of God, you will be saved from yielding to temptation and may hope to be kept pure, spotless, and undefiled till the last. Adventist Home, p. 338 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jun 5 07:13:01 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:13:01 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In the youthful mind marriage is clothed with romance, and it is difficult to divest it of this feature, with which imagination covers it, and to impress the mind with a sense of the weighty responsibilities involved in the marriage vow. This vow links the destinies of the two individuals with bonds which naught but the hand of death should sever. Adventist Home, p. 340 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jun 6 07:54:18 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:54:18 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 6 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Every marriage engagement should be carefully considered, for marriage is a step taken for life. Both the man and the woman should carefully consider whether they can cleave to each other through the vicissitudes of life as long as they both shall live. Adventist Home, p. 340 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jun 7 06:32:59 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:32:59 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Nothing but the violation of the marriage bed can either break or annul the marriage vow. We are living in perilous times, when there is no assurance in anything save in firm, unwavering faith in Jesus Christ. There is no heart that may not be estranged from God through the devices of Satan, if one does not watch unto prayer. Adventist Home, p. 341 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jun 8 06:25:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:25:58 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 8 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Repent before God for your past course. Come to an understanding, and reunite as husband and wife. Put away the disagreeable, unhappy experience of your past life. Take courage in the Lord. Close the windows of the soul earthward, and open them heavenward. If your voices are uplifted in prayer to heaven for light, the Lord Jesus, who is light and life, peace and joy, will hear your cry. He, the Sun of Righteousness, will shine into the chambers of your mind, lighting up the soul temple. If you welcome the sunshine of His presence into your home, you will not utter words of a nature to cause feelings of unhappiness. Adventist Home, p. 343 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jun 9 06:23:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 09:23:22 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A woman may be legally divorced from her husband by the laws of the land and yet not divorced in the sight of God and according to the higher law. There is only one sin, which is adultery, which can place the husband or wife in a position where they can be free from the marriage vow in the sight of God. Although the laws of the land may grant a divorce, yet they are husband and wife still in the Bible light, according to the laws of God. Adventist Home, p. 344 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jun 10 09:34:01 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:34:01 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I tell you both to seek the Lord. In love and kindness do your duty one to the other. The husband should cultivate industrious habits, doing his best to support his family. This will lead his wife to have respect for him. . . . My sister, you cannot please God by maintaining your present attitude. Forgive your husband. He is your husband, and you will be blessed in striving to be a dutiful, affectionate wife. Let the law of kindness be on your lips. You can and must change your attitude. You must both study how you can assimilate, instead of differing, with one another. . . . The use of mild, gentle methods will make a surprising difference in your lives. Adventist Home, p. 345 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jun 11 05:33:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:33:22 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Never let a word of reproach or faultfinding fall upon the ears of your husband. You sometimes pass through strait places, but do not talk of these trials. Silence is eloquence. Hasty speech will only increase your unhappiness. Be cheerful and happy. Bring all the sunshine possible into your home, and shut out the shadows. Let the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness shine into the chambers of your soul temple. Then the fragrance of the Christian life will be brought into your family. There will be no dwelling upon disagreeable things, which many times have no truth in them. Adventist Home, p. 349 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jun 12 13:39:55 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:39:55 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 12 Message-ID: <002d01c7ad31$d5f51540$07411eac@thompsondm90> The household where God is not worshiped is like a ship in the midst of the sea without a pilot or a helm. The tempest beats and breaks upon it, and there is danger that all on board may perish. Regard your life and the lives of your children as precious for Christ's sake, for you must meet them and your husband before the throne of God. Your steadfast Christian principles must not become weak, but stronger and stronger. Adventist Home, p. 350 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jun 13 06:31:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:31:56 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 13 In-Reply-To: <002d01c7ad31$d5f51540$07411eac@thompsondm90> References: <002d01c7ad31$d5f51540$07411eac@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000001c7adbf$36727ce0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> God designs that in his home life the teacher of the Bible shall be an exemplification of the truths that he teaches. What a man is has greater influence than what he says. Piety in the daily life will give power to the public testimony. Patience, consistency, and love will make an impression on hearts that sermons fail to reach. Adventist Home, p. 353 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jun 14 06:07:44 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:07:44 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 14 Message-ID: <000101c7ae84$ff834ea0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> It is not so much the religion of the pulpit as the religion of the family that reveals our real character. Adventist Home, p. 354 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jun 15 05:43:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:43:13 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 15 In-Reply-To: <000101c7ae84$ff834ea0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7ae84$ff834ea0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7af4a$bd3757f0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> Christ is grieved with every harsh, severe, and inconsiderate word spoken to children. Their rights are not always respected, and they are frequently treated as though they had not an individual character which needs to be properly developed that it may not be warped and the purpose of God in their lives prove a failure. Adventist Home, p. 358 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jun 16 05:50:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:50:56 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 16 In-Reply-To: <000101c7af4a$bd3757f0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7ae84$ff834ea0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> <000101c7af4a$bd3757f0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000401c7b014$fb8d6290$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> The obligation resting upon children to honor their parents is of lifelong duration. If the parents are feeble and old, the affection and attention of the children should be bestowed in proportion to the need of father and mother. Nobly, decidedly, the children should shape their course of action even if it requires self-denial, so that every thought of anxiety and perplexity may be removed from the minds of the parents. Adventist Home, p. 360 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jun 17 07:50:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:50:56 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 17 In-Reply-To: <000401c7b014$fb8d6290$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7ae84$ff834ea0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7af4a$bd3757f0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> <000401c7b014$fb8d6290$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000a01c7b0ee$e9af8e10$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> When parents permit a child to show them disrespect in childhood, allowing them to speak pettishly and even harshly, there will be a dreadful harvest to be reaped in after years. Adventist Home, p. 361 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jun 18 06:30:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:30:17 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 18 In-Reply-To: <000a01c7b0ee$e9af8e10$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7ae84$ff834ea0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7af4a$bd3757f0$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b014$fb8d6290$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> <000a01c7b0ee$e9af8e10$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000301c7b1ac$cfd6f190$5a01a8c0@thompsondm90> Children, let your parents, infirm and unable to care for themselves, find their last days filled with contentment, peace, and love. For Christ's sake let them go down to the grave receiving from you only words of kindness, love, mercy, and forgiveness. You desire the Lord to love and pity and forgive you, and to make all your bed in your sickness, and will you not treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself? Adventist Home, p. 363 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jun 19 05:23:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:23:03 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 19 Message-ID: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90> That which lies at the foundation of business integrity and of true success is the recognition of God's ownership. The Creator of all things, He is the original proprietor. We are His stewards. All that we have is a trust from Him, to be used according to His direction. Adventist Home, p. 367 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jun 20 06:45:24 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:45:24 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 20 In-Reply-To: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org> We should ever remember that in the judgment we must meet the record of the way we use God's money. Much is spent in self-pleasing, self-gratification, that does us no real good, but positive injury. If we realize that God is the giver of all good things, that the money is His, then we shall exercise wisdom in its expenditure, conforming to His holy will. The world, its customs, its fashions, will not be our standard. We shall not have a desire to conform to its practices; we shall not permit our own inclinations to control us. Adventist Home, p. 368 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jun 21 06:54:31 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:54:31 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 21 In-Reply-To: <000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90> <000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org> Message-ID: <000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org> God's requirements come first. We are not doing His will if we consecrate to Him what is left of our income after all our imaginary wants have been supplied. Before any part of our earnings is consumed, we should take out and present to Him that portion which He claims. Adventist Home, p. 369 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jun 22 05:28:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:28:17 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 22 In-Reply-To: <000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org> <000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org> Message-ID: <000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90> If we represent the character of Christ, every particle of selfishness must be expelled from the soul. In carrying forward the work He gave to our hands, it will be necessary for us to give every jot and tittle of our means that we can spare. Adventist Home, p. 370 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jun 23 05:55:52 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:55:52 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 23 In-Reply-To: <000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org> <000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Money is not necessarily a curse; it is of high value because if rightly appropriated, it can do good in the salvation of souls, in blessing others who are poorer than ourselves. Adventist Home, p. 372 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jun 24 07:00:39 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:00:39 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 24 In-Reply-To: <000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90> <000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Educate our people to get out of the cities into the country, where they can obtain a small piece of land and make a home for themselves and their children. Adventist Home, p. 373 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jun 25 05:38:02 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:38:02 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 25 In-Reply-To: <000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Independence of one kind is praiseworthy. To desire to bear your own weight and not to eat the bread of dependence is right. It is a noble, generous ambition that dictates the wish to be self-supporting. Industrious habits and frugality are necessary. Adventist Home, p. 374 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jun 26 07:52:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:52:00 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 26 In-Reply-To: <000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org> If you have extravagant habits, cut them away from your life at once. Unless you do this, you will be bankrupt for eternity. Adventist Home, p. 375 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jun 27 06:46:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:46:36 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 27 In-Reply-To: <000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org> Message-ID: <000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org> Do not educate your children to think that your love for them must be expressed by indulgence of their pride, extravagance, and love of display. There is no time now to invent ways for using up money. Use your inventive faculties in seeking to economize. Adventist Home, p. 376 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jun 28 08:54:27 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:54:27 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 28 In-Reply-To: <000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org> <000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org> Message-ID: <000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org> Our economy must never be of that kind which would lead to providing meager meals. Students should have an abundance of wholesome food. Adventist Home, pp. 377, 378 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jun 29 06:02:06 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:02:06 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 29 In-Reply-To: <000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org> <000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org> Message-ID: <000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> We cannot make the heart purer or holier by clothing the body in sackcloth or depriving the home of all that ministers to comfort, taste, or convenience. Adventist Home, p. 379 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jun 30 05:05:31 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:05:31 -0400 Subject: Thought for June 30 In-Reply-To: <000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org> <000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> God does not require that His people should deprive themselves of that which is really necessary for their health and comfort, but He does not approve of wantonness and extravagance and display. Adventist Home, p. 379 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jul 1 07:27:01 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 10:27:01 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 1 In-Reply-To: <000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> To all comes the temptation to gratify selfish, extravagant desires, but let us remember that the Lord of life and glory came to this world to teach humanity the lesson of self-denial. Adventist Home, p. 382 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jul 2 06:41:25 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 09:41:25 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 2 In-Reply-To: <000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> It is not best to pretend to be rich, or anything above what we are --humble followers of the meek and lowly Saviour. We are not to feel disturbed if our neighbors build and furnish their houses in a manner that we are not authorized to follow. How must Jesus look upon our selfish provision for the indulgence of appetite, to please our guests, or to gratify our own inclination! It is a snare to us to aim at making a display or to allow our children, under our control, to do so. Adventist Home, p. 384 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jul 3 06:57:07 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:57:07 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 3 In-Reply-To: <000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Money which comes to the young with but little effort on their part will not be valued. Some have to obtain money by hard work and privation, but how much safer are those youth who know just where their spending money comes from, who know what their clothing and food costs, and what it takes to purchase a home! Adventist Home, p. 387 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jul 4 05:55:40 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 08:55:40 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 4 In-Reply-To: <000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> As we deal with our fellow men in petty dishonesty or in more daring fraud, so will we deal with God. Men who persist in a course of dishonesty will carry out their principles until they cheat their own souls and lose heaven and eternal life. They will sacrifice honor and religion for a small worldly advantage. Adventist Home, p. 392 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jul 5 05:35:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:35:32 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 5 In-Reply-To: <000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> The world has a right to expect strict integrity in those who profess to be Bible Christians. By one man's indifference in regard to paying his just dues all our people are in danger of being regarded as unreliable. Adventist Home, p. 393 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jul 6 05:34:34 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 08:34:34 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 6 In-Reply-To: <000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Those who are faithful stewards of the Lord's means will know just how their business stands, and, like wise men, they will be prepared for any emergency. Should their probation close suddenly, they would not leave such great perplexity upon those who are called to settle their estate. Adventist Home, p. 396 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jul 6 05:54:53 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 08:54:53 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 7 In-Reply-To: <000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> God gave men eyes, that they might behold wondrous things out of His law. He gave them the hearing ear, that they might listen to His message, spoken by the living preacher. He gave men the talent of speech, that they might present Christ as the sin-pardoning Saviour. With the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Adventist Home, p. 401 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jul 8 19:57:04 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:57:04 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 8 In-Reply-To: <000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> All who name the name of Christ need to watch and pray and guard the avenues of the soul, for Satan is at work to corrupt and destroy if the least advantage is given him. Adventist Home, p. 402 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jul 9 07:57:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 10:57:46 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 9 In-Reply-To: <001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org> Who can know, in the moment of temptation, the terrible consequences which will result from one wrong, hasty step! Our only safety is to be shielded by the grace of God every moment, and not put out our own spiritual eyesight so that we will call evil, good, and good, evil. Without hesitation or argument we must close and guard the avenues of the soul against evil. Adventist Home, p. 403 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jul 10 15:28:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:28:03 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 10 In-Reply-To: <000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org> Message-ID: <000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org> Do not see how close you can walk upon the brink of a precipice and be safe. Avoid the first approach to danger. The soul's interests cannot be trifled with. Your capital is your character. Cherish it as you would a golden treasure. Moral purity, self-respect, a strong power of resistance, must be firmly and constantly cherished. There should not be one departure from reserve; one act of familiarity, one indiscretion, may jeopardize the soul in opening the door to temptation, and the power of resistance becomes weakened. Adventist Home, p. 404 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jul 11 13:26:44 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:26:44 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 11 In-Reply-To: <000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org> <000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org> Message-ID: <002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90> While we should be keenly alive to our exposure to the assaults of unseen and invisible foes, we are to be sure that they cannot harm us without gaining our consent. Adventist Home, p. 405 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jul 12 09:58:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:58:22 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 12 In-Reply-To: <002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org> <002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000001c7c4a5$dba04470$92e0cd50$@org> In Christian homes a bulwark should be built against temptation. Satan is using every means to make crime and degrading vice popular. Adventist Home, p. 406 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jul 13 05:58:37 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:58:37 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 13 In-Reply-To: <000001c7c4a5$dba04470$92e0cd50$@org> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90> <000001c7c4a5$dba0 4470$92e0cd50$@org> Message-ID: <000301c7c54d$877df100$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> Many of the popular publications of the day are filled with sensational stories that are educating the youth in wickedness and leading them in the path to perdition. Mere children in years are old in a knowledge of crime. They are incited to evil by the tales they read. In imagination they act over the deeds portrayed, until their ambition is aroused to see what they can do in committing crime and evading punishment. Adventist Home, p. 407 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jul 14 06:26:23 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:26:23 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 14 In-Reply-To: <000301c7c54d$877df100$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90 ><000001c7c4a5$dba0 4470$92e0cd50$@org> <000301c7c54d$877df100$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000301c7c61a$9297a6d0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> This is an age when corruption is teeming everywhere. The lust of the eye and corrupt passions are aroused by beholding and by reading. The heart is corrupted through the imagination. The mind takes pleasure in contemplating scenes which awaken the lower and baser passions. These vile images, seen through defiled imagination, corrupt the morals and prepare the deluded, infatuated beings to give loose rein to lustful passions. Then follow sins and crimes which drag beings formed in the image of God down to a level with the beasts, sinking them at last in perdition. Adventist Home, p. 408 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jul 15 08:36:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:36:03 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 15 In-Reply-To: <000301c7c61a$9297a6d0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90><000001c7c4a5$dba04 470$92e0cd50$@org> <000301c7c54d$877df100$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> <000301c7c61a$9297a6d0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000601c7c6f5$dab412b0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> Say firmly: "I will not spend precious moments in reading that which will be of no profit to me, and which only unfits me to be of service to others. I will devote my time and my thoughts to acquiring a fitness for God's service. I will close my eyes to frivolous and sinful things. My ears are the Lord's, and I will not listen to the subtle reasoning of the enemy. My voice shall not in any way be subject to a will that is not under the influence of the Spirit of God. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and every power of my being shall be consecrated to worthy pursuits." Adventist Home, p. 409 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jul 16 05:04:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:04:12 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 16 In-Reply-To: <000601c7c6f5$dab412b0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90 ><000001c7c4a5$dba0 4470$92e0cd50$@org> <000301c7c54d$877df100$0601a8c0@thompsondm90><000301c7c61a$9297a6d0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> <000601c7c6f5$dab412b0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7c7a1$6cc9e020$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> Parents, you are the ones to decide whether the minds of your children shall be filled with ennobling thoughts or with vicious sentiments. You cannot keep their active minds unoccupied; neither can you frown away evil. Only by the inculcation of right principles can you exclude wrong thoughts. Unless parents plant the seeds of truth in the hearts of their children, the enemy will sow tares. Good, sound instruction is the only preventive of the evil communications that corrupt good manners. Truth will protect the soul from the endless temptations that must be encountered. Adventist Home, p. 410 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jul 17 04:59:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:59:56 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 17 In-Reply-To: <000101c7c7a1$6cc9e020$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90><000001c7c4a5$dba0 4470$92e0cd50$@org><000301c7c54d$877df100$0601a8c0@thompsondm90><000301c7c61a$9297a6d0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90><000601c7c6f5$dab412b0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> <000101c7c7a1$6cc9e020$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000501c7c869$fe49a8f0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> Parents should endeavor to keep out of the home every influence that is not productive of good. In this matter some parents have much to learn. To those who feel free to read story magazines and novels I would say: You are sowing seed the harvest of which you will not care to garner. From such reading there is no spiritual strength to be gained. Rather it destroys love for the pure truth of the word. Through the agency of novels and story magazines, Satan is working to fill with unreal and trivial thoughts minds that should be diligently studying the word of God. Thus he is robbing thousands upon thousands of the time and energy and self-discipline demanded by the stern problems of life. Adventist Home, p. 411 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jul 18 08:31:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: 18 Jul 2007 11:31:36 -0400 Subject: No subject References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90 ><000001c7c4a5$dba0 Message-ID: 4470$92e0cd50$@org><000301c7c54d$877df100$0601a8c0 at thompsondm90><000301c7c61a$9297a6d0$0601a8c0 at thompsondm90><000601c7c6f5$dab412b0$0601a8c0 at thompsondm90><000101c7c7a1$6cc9e020$0601a8c0 at thompsondm90> <000501c7c869$fe49a8f0$0601a8c0 at thompsondm90> In-Reply-To: <000501c7c869$fe49a8f0$0601a8c0 at thompsondm90> Subject: Thought for July 18 Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:27:06 -0400 Organization: SAA Message-ID: <000101c7c950$195f4870$4c1dd950$@org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: 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 Content-Language: en-us No effort should be spared to establish right habits of study. If the mind wanders, bring it back. If the intellectual and moral tastes have been perverted by over-wrought and exciting tales of fiction so that there is a disinclination to apply the mind, there is a battle to be fought to overcome this habit. A love for fictitious reading should be overcome at once. Adventist Home, pp. 411, 412 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jul 19 14:51:47 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:51:47 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 19 In-Reply-To: References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90><000001c7c4a5$dba0 Message-ID: <000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90> Never should books containing a perversion of truth be placed in the hands of children or youth. Let not our children, in the very process of obtaining an education, receive ideas that will prove to be seeds of sin. Adventist Home, p. 413 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jul 20 05:03:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:03:33 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 20 In-Reply-To: <000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90 ><000001c7c4a5$dba0 <000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> With the immense tide of printed matter constantly pouring from the press, old and young form the habit of reading hastily and superficially, and the mind loses its power of connected and vigorous thought. Furthermore, a large share of the periodicals and books that, like the frogs of Egypt, are overspreading the land are not merely commonplace, idle, and enervating, but unclean and degrading. Their effect is not merely to intoxicate and ruin the mind, but to corrupt and destroy the soul. Adventist Home, p. 415 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jul 21 06:05:15 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:05:15 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 21 In-Reply-To: <002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90><000001c7c4a5$dba0< MAILwrblZz02H67yRLV00000041@mail.spencerville.org><000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90> <002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> The harm that results to the workers from handling matter of an objectionable character is too little realized. Their attention is arrested and their interest aroused by the subject matter with which they are dealing. Sentences are imprinted in the memory. Thoughts are suggested. Almost unconsciously the reader is influenced by the spirit of the writer, and mind and character receive an impress for evil. There are some who have little faith and little power of self-control, and it is difficult for them to banish the thoughts suggested by such literature. Adventist Home, p. 416 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jul 22 09:06:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:06:13 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 22 In-Reply-To: <000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90 ><000001c7c4a5$dba0 <000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> <000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> It is impossible for the youth to possess a healthy tone of mind and correct religious principles unless they enjoy the perusal of the word of God. This book contains the most interesting history, points out the way of salvation through Christ, and is their guide to a higher and better life. Adventist Home, pp. 417, 418 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jul 23 05:02:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:02:00 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 23 In-Reply-To: <000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90><000001c7c4a5$dba0< MAILwrblZz02H67yRLV00000041@mail.spencerville.org><000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> <000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> Christian courtesy should reign in every household. It is cheap, but it has power to soften natures which would grow hard and rough without it. The cultivation of a uniform courtesy, a willingness to do by others as we would like them to do by us, would banish half the ills of life. Adventist Home, p. 421 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jul 24 06:46:21 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:46:21 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 24 In-Reply-To: <000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90 ><000001c7c4a5$dba0 <000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> <000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7cdf9$05589270$08411eac@thompsondm90> Mutual kindness and forbearance will make home a Paradise and attract holy angels into the family circle; but they will flee from a house where there are unpleasant words, fretfulness, and strife. Unkindness, complaining, and anger shut Jesus from the dwelling. Adventist Home, p. 422 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jul 25 07:15:15 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:15:15 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 25 In-Reply-To: <000101c7cdf9$05589270$08411eac@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm90><000001c7c4a5$dba0< MAILwrblZz02H67yRLV00000041@mail.spencerville.org><000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0@thompsondm90> <000101c7cdf9$05589270$08411eac@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <001601c7cec6$390d5510$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> The most valuable rules for social and family [dialogue] are to be found in the Bible. There is not only the best and purest standard of morality but the most valuable code of politeness. Adventist Home, p. 423 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jul 26 07:31:07 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:31:07 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 26 In-Reply-To: <001601c7cec6$390d5510$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9! 0 ><000001c7c4a5$dba0 <000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cdf9$05589270$08411eac@thompsondm90> <001601c7cec6$390d5510$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000901c7cf91$a3141b80$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> The golden rule is the principle of true courtesy, and its truest illustration is seen in the life and character of Jesus. Adventist Home, p. 424 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jul 27 13:33:45 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:33:45 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 27 In-Reply-To: <000901c7cf91$a3141b80$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9! !0 ><000001c7c4a5$dba 0<000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cdf9$05589270$08411eac@thompsondm90><001601c7cec6$390d5510$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000901c7cf91$a3141b80$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000101c7d08d$7655d050$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> No man can truly love his wife when she will patiently submit to become his slave and minister to his depraved passions. In her passive submission she loses the value she once possessed in his eyes. Adventist Home, p. 124 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jul 28 06:55:19 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:55:19 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 28 In-Reply-To: <000101c7d08d$7655d050$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9! !!0 ><000001c7c4a5$db a0<000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cdf9$05589270$08411eac@thompsondm90><001601c7cec6$390d5510$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000901c7cf91$a3141b80$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> <000101c7d08d$7655d050$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000601c7d11e$f78808a0$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> Husbands should be careful, attentive, constant, faithful, and compassionate. They should manifest love and sympathy. If they fulfill the words of Christ,... Adventist Home, p. 125 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jul 29 10:23:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:23:32 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 29 In-Reply-To: <000601c7d11e$f78808a0$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9! !!!0 ><000001c7c4a5$d ba0<000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cdf9$05589270$08411eac@thompsondm90><001601c7cec6$390d5510$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000901c7cf91$a3141b80$7304a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7d08d$7655d050$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> <000601c7d11e$f78808a0$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000a01c7d205$33174160$4104a8c0@thompsondm90> True courtesy is not learned by the mere practice of rules of etiquette. Propriety of deportment is at all times to be observed; wherever principle is not compromised, consideration of others will lead to compliance with accepted customs; but true courtesy requires no sacrifice of principle to conventionality. It ignores caste. It teaches self-respect, respect for the dignity of man as man, a regard for every member of the great human brotherhood. Adventist Home, p. 426 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jul 30 18:52:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:52:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for July 30 In-Reply-To: <000a01c7d205$33174160$4104a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9!!!!0 ><000001c7c4a5$ dba0<000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac@thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7cdf9$05589270$08411eac@thompsondm90><001601c7cec6$390d5510$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000901c7cf91$a3141b80$7304a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7d08d$7655d050$7304a8c0@thompsondm90><000601c7d11e$f78808a0$7304a8c0@thompsondm90> <000a01c7d205$33174160$4104a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000d01c7d315$7bb964f0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Any negligence of acts of politeness and tender regard on the part of brother for brother, any neglect of kind, encouraging words in the family circle, parents with children and children with parents, confirms habits which make the character unchristlike. But if these little things are performed, they become great things. They increase to large proportions. They breathe a sweet perfume in the life which ascends to God as holy incense. Adventist Home, p. 427 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jul 31 08:54:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: 31 Jul 2007 11:54:42 -0400 Subject: No subject References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9! !!!0><000001c7c4a5$ Message-ID: dba0<000101c7ca4f$03441890$0f271eac at thompsondm90><002101c7cac5$feffe620$0301a8c0 at thompsondm90><000401c7cb97$c8440670$0301a8c0 at thompsondm90><000801c7cc7a$3a516e00$0301a8c0 at thompsondm90><000101c7cd21$471ac4e0$0301a8c0 at thompsondm90><000101c7cdf9$05589270$08411eac at thompsondm90><001601c7cec6$390d5510$0201a8c0 at thompsondm90><000901c7cf91$a3141b80$7304a8c0 at thompsondm90><000101c7d08d$7655d050$7304a8c0 at thompsondm90><000601c7d11e$f78808a0$7304a8c0 at thompsondm90><000a01c7d205$33174160$4104a8c0 at thompsondm90> <000d01c7d315$7bb964f0$0201a8c0 at thompsondm90> In-Reply-To: <000d01c7d315$7bb964f0$0201a8c0 at thompsondm90> Subject: Thought for July 31 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:49:36 -0400 Organization: SAA Message-ID: <000101c7d38a$674bb1b0$35e31510$@org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcfJT/iMqWBTxQsDTTiU2lDwvdz9wAA/lquAAB3byuAANGD8sAA4q1CwACnBQiAANez6IAAzONKAADLrOyAAPvgWgAAkXrYwADmawFAARA8j8AAdPwWA Content-Language: en-us It is through the social relations that Christianity comes in contact with the world. Every man or woman who has tasted of the love of Christ and has received into the heart the divine illumination is required of God to shed light on the dark pathway of those who are unacquainted with the better way. Adventist Home, p. 428 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Aug 1 06:39:19 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:39:19 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 1 In-Reply-To: References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9!!!!0><000001c7c4a5$ Message-ID: <000101c7d441$5d33ff40$179bfdc0$@org> If we are courteous and gentle at home, we shall carry the savor of a pleasant disposition when away from home. If we manifest forbearance, patience, meekness, and fortitude in the home, we shall be able to be a light to the world. Adventist Home, p. 429 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Aug 2 06:47:29 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:47:29 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 2 In-Reply-To: <000101c7d441$5d33ff40$179bfdc0$@org> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9! !!!0><000001c7c4a5$ <000101c7d441$5d33ff40$179bfdc0$@org> Message-ID: <000201c7d50b$ab2a9680$08411eac@thompsondm90> When Christians appear as gloomy and depressed as though they thought themselves friendless, they give a wrong impression of religion. In some cases the idea has been entertained that cheerfulness is inconsistent with the dignity of the Christian character, but this is a mistake. Heaven is all joy; and if we gather to our souls the joys of heaven and, as far as possible, express them in our words and deportment, we shall be more pleasing to our heavenly Father than if we were gloomy and sad. Adventist Home, p. 430 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Aug 3 06:06:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 09:06:46 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 3 In-Reply-To: <000201c7d50b$ab2a9680$08411eac@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9!!!!0><000001c7c4a5$< M AILNmoCXZEFCTGvg4v00000052@mail.spencerville.org><000101c7d441$5d33ff40$179bfdc0$@org> <000201c7d50b$ab2a9680$08411eac@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000901c7d5cf$25abc870$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> A half service, loving the world, loving self, loving frivolous amusements, makes a timid, cowardly servant; he follows Christ a great way off. A hearty, willing service to Jesus produces a sunny religion. Those who follow Christ the most closely have not been gloomy. In Christ is light and peace and joy forevermore. We need more Christ and less worldliness, more Christ and less selfishness. Adventist Home, p. 431 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Aug 4 05:38:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 08:38:00 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 4 In-Reply-To: <000901c7d5cf$25abc870$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9! !!!0><000001c7c4a5$ <000101c7d441$5d33ff40$179bfdc0$@org><000201c7d50b$ab2a9680$08411eac@thompsondm90> <000901c7d5cf$25abc870$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <001101c7d694$4b704020$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Smile, parents; smile, teachers. If your heart is sad, let not your face reveal the fact. Let the sunshine from a loving, grateful heart light up the countenance. Unbend from your iron dignity, adapt yourselves to the children's needs, and make them love you. You must win their affection, if you would impress religious truth upon their heart. Adventist Home, p. 432 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Aug 5 10:07:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:07:17 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 5 In-Reply-To: <001101c7d694$4b704020$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9!!!!0><000001c7c4a5$< MAILNmoCXZEFCTGvg4v00000052@mail.spencerville.org><000101c7d441$5d33ff40$179bfdc0$@org><000201c7d50b$ab2a9680$08411eac@thompsondm90><000901c7d5cf$25abc870$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <001101c7d694$4b704020$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000401c7d783$14387380$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> We may have true Christian dignity and at the same time be cheerful and pleasant in our deportment. Cheerfulness without levity is one of the Christian graces. Adventist Home, p. 433 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Aug 6 04:28:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 07:28:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 6 In-Reply-To: <000401c7d783$14387380$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> References: <000101c7b26c$95f0d930$00411eac@thompsondm90><000101c7b341$4142ee20$c3c8ca60$@org><000101c7b40b$b162ca70$14285f50$@org><000501c7b4c8$cfd12e80$5e01a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7b595$d49f4230$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b668$0c090440$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7b725$abd9d040$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000501c7b801$8d300100$a7900300$@org><000101c7b8c1$95fd68c0$c1f83a40$@org><000101c7b99c$9c9ead70$d5dc0850$@org><000b01c7ba4d$b21afdf0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bb0e$f54451a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000401c7bbeb$e587a810$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bcae$afafe4a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7bd7a$0b2ae9d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000201c7be3a$9ff9d740$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000701c7bf00$fa9459c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7bfca$025da8e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000001c7bfcc$d94a7e80$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001301c7c1d4$d4c5d170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><000101c7c239$8311ba50$89352ef0$@org><000101c7c341$9483e1b0$bd8ba510$@org><002101c7c3f9$ccc31b00$0f271eac@thompsondm9! !!!0><000001c7c4a5$ <000101c7d441$5d33ff40$179bfdc0$@org><000201c7d50b$ab2a9680$08411eac@thompsondm90><000901c7d5cf$25abc870$0201a8c0@thompsondm90><001101c7d694$4b704020$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> <000401c7d783$14387380$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Message-ID: <000401c7d81c$f0e34aa0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> The voice is an entrusted talent, and it should be used to help and encourage and strengthen our fellow men. Adventist Home, p. 434 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Aug 7 08:36:40 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:36:40 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 7 Message-ID: <000401c7d908$c0197c90$404c75b0$@org> Instruction in vocal culture should be given in the home circle. Parents should teach their children to speak so plainly that those who are listening can understand every word that is said. They should teach them to read the Bible in clear, distinct utterance, in a way that will honor God. And let not those who kneel round the family altar put their faces in their hands and in their chair when they address God. Let them lift up their heads and, with holy awe and boldness, come to the throne of grace. Adventist Home, p. 435 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Aug 8 07:25:59 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:25:59 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 8 Message-ID: <000101c7d9c8$0b08a130$2119e390$@org> In a home where harsh, fretful, scolding words are spoken, a child cries much; and upon its tender sensibilities are impressed the marks of unhappiness and discord. Then, mothers, let your countenance be full of sunshine. Smile, if you can, and the infant's mind and heart will reflect the light of your countenance as the polished plate of an artist portrays the human features. Be sure, mothers, to have an indwelling Christ so that on your child's plastic mind may be impressed the divine likeness. Adventist Home, p. 436 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Aug 9 18:35:49 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:35:49 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 9 Message-ID: <000301c7daee$c83a3d00$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> We must subdue a hasty temper and control our words, and in this we shall gain great victories. Unless we control our words and temper, we are slaves to Satan. We are in subjection to him. Adventist Home, p. 437 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://egwlists.whiteestate.org/pipermail/thought/attachments/20070809/ac22d64c/attachment.html From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Aug 10 06:10:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:10:22 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 10 Message-ID: <000101c7db4f$cf21b2e0$0701a8c0@thompsondm90> Low, cheap, common talk should find no place in the family. When the heart is pure, rich treasures of wisdom will flow forth. Adventist Home, p. 438 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Aug 11 04:42:50 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:42:50 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 11 Message-ID: <000601c7dc0c$bf8262e0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Hard words beat upon the heart through the ear, awakening to life the worst passions of the soul and tempting men and women to break God's commandments . . . . Words are as seeds which are planted. Adventist Home, p. 439 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Aug 12 09:02:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:02:26 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 12 Message-ID: <001001c7dcfa$2da4d3a0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> It would be well for every man to sign a pledge to speak kindly in his home, to let the law of love rule his speech. Parents, never speak hastily. If your children do wrong, correct them, but let your words be full of tenderness and love. Every time you scold, you lose a precious opportunity of giving a lesson in forbearance and patience. Let love be the most prominent feature in your correction of wrong. Adventist Home, p. 440 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Aug 13 14:06:40 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:06:40 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 13 Message-ID: <001201c7dded$d83220e0$89261eac@thompsondm90> The spirit of gossip and talebearing is one of Satan's special agencies to sow discord and strife, to separate friends, and to undermine the faith of many in the truthfulness of our positions. Adventist Home, p. 441 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Aug 14 07:05:23 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:05:23 -0400 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <001c01c7de7c$28ab1480$89261eac@thompsondm90> When they [the children and youth] lose self-control and speak words that are passionate, an attitude of silence is often the best course to pursue, not taking up a line of reproof or argument or condemnation. Repentance will come very soon. The silence that is golden will often do more than all the words that can be uttered. Adventist Home, p. 442 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Aug 15 06:38:29 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:38:29 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 15 Message-ID: <000501c7df41$92e814e0$89261eac@thompsondm90> God requires parents, by self-control, by an example of solid character building, to disseminate light within the immediate circle of their own little flock. ... There is One who witnesses every secret combat and every silent victory, and He says, "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." Adventist Home, p. 443 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Aug 16 06:01:31 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:01:31 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 16 Message-ID: <002801c7e005$915084e0$89261eac@thompsondm90> By showing hospitality to God's children we, too, may receive His angels into our dwellings. Even in our day angels in human form enter the homes of men and are entertained by them. And Christians who live in the light of God's countenance are always accompanied by unseen angels, and these holy beings leave behind them a blessing in our homes. Adventist Home, p. 445 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Aug 17 13:24:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:24:17 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 17 Message-ID: <002a01c7e10c$961bf420$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> God is displeased with the selfish interest so often manifested for "me and my family." Every family that cherishes this spirit needs to be converted by the pure principles exemplified in the life of Christ. Those who shut themselves up within themselves, who are unwilling to drawn upon to entertain visitors, lose many blessings. Adventist Home, p. 447 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Aug 18 05:54:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:54:58 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 18 Message-ID: <003801c7e196$fc08af00$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Angels are waiting to see if we embrace opportunities within our reach of doing good--waiting to see if we will bless others, that they in their turn may bless us. Adventist Home, p. 447 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Aug 19 16:21:50 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:21:50 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 19 Message-ID: <000501c7e2b7$b8c74c70$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Our sympathies are to overflow the boundaries of self and the enclosure of family walls. There are precious opportunities for those who will make their homes a blessing to others. Social influence is a wonderful power. We can use it, if we will, as a means of helping those about us. Adventist Home, p. 448 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Aug 20 05:24:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:24:33 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 20 Message-ID: <000a01c7e325$10e13c00$03411eac@thompsondm90> Our homes should be a place of refuge for the tempted youth. Many there are who stand at the parting of the ways. Every influence, every impression, is determining the choice that shapes their destiny both here and hereafter. Evil invites them. Its resorts are made bright and attractive. They have a welcome for every comer. All about us are youth who have no home and many whose homes have no helpful, uplifting power, and the youth drift into evil. They are going down to ruin within the very shadow of our own doors. Adventist Home, p. 449 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Aug 21 08:50:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:50:56 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 21 Message-ID: <000201c7e40b$10385950$30a90bf0$@org> While you should treat your visitors kindly and make them feel at home, you should ever remember that you are a teacher to the little ones God has given you. They are watching you, and no course of yours should direct their feet in the wrong way. Be to your visitors just what you are to your family every day--pleasant, considerate, and courteous. Adventist Home, p. 450 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Aug 23 06:20:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:20:58 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 23 Message-ID: <000001c7e588$72019dd0$5604d970$@org> If men were today simple in their habits, living in harmony with nature's laws, there would be an abundant supply for all the needs of the human family. There would be fewer imaginary wants and more opportunity to work in God's ways. Adventist Home, p. 451 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Aug 24 15:36:02 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:36:02 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 24 Message-ID: <000401c7e69f$27050f20$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> In the arrangements for the education of the chosen people it is made manifest that a life centered in God is a life of completeness. Every want He has implanted He provides to satisfy; every faculty imparted He seeks to develop. Adventist Home, p. 455 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Aug 25 06:19:53 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:19:53 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 25 Message-ID: <000301c7e71a$9fca9c10$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> It has been truly said, "Show me your company, and I will show you your character." The youth fail to realize how sensibly both their character and their reputation are affected by their choice of associates. Adventist Home, p. 456 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Aug 26 09:56:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:56:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 26 Message-ID: <000301c7e802$00db7730$1901a8c0@thompsondm90> To walk in the counsel of the ungodly is the first step toward standing in the way of sinners and sitting in the seat of the scornful. Adventist Home, p. 457 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Aug 27 05:34:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:34:12 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 27 Message-ID: <000601c7e8a6$94026ab0$bc074010$@org> With worldly youth the love of society and pleasure becomes an absorbing passion. To dress, to visit, to indulge the appetite and passions, and to whirl through the round of social dissipation appear to be the great end of existence. They are unhappy if left in solitude. Their chief desire is to be admired and flattered and to make a sensation in society; and when this desire is not gratified, life seems unendurable. Adventist Home, p. 457 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Aug 28 06:06:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:06:33 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 28 Message-ID: <000501c7e974$4238b800$c6aa2800$@org> At all times and in all places Jesus manifested a loving interest in the human family and shed about Him the light of a cheerful piety. Adventist Home, p. 457 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Aug 29 05:53:05 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:53:05 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 29 Message-ID: <001801c7ea3b$8aa815f0$9ff841d0$@org> Every association we form, however limited, exerts some influence upon us. The extent to which we yield to that influence will be determined by the degree of intimacy, the constancy of the intercourse, and our love and veneration for the one with whom we associate. Adventist Home, p. 459 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Aug 30 05:22:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:22:32 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 30 Message-ID: <000101c7eb00$70e12880$52a37980$@org> We cannot willingly associate with those who are trampling upon the law of God, and preserve our faith pure and untarnished. We shall catch the spirit, and unless we separate from them, we shall be bound up with them at last, to share their doom. Adventist Home, p. 460 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Aug 31 04:39:55 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:39:55 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 31 Message-ID: <000701c7ebc3$a70ff760$0401a8c0@thompsondm90> If children are with those whose conversation is upon unimportant, earthly things, their minds will come to the same level. If they hear the principles of religion slurred and our faith belittled, if sly objections to the truth are dropped in their hearing, these things will fasten in their minds and mold their characters. Adventist Home, p. 461 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Sep 1 06:07:14 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:14 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 1 Message-ID: <000301c7ec99$04655650$0401a8c0@thompsondm90> We cannot serve God and the world at the same time. We must not center our affections on worldly relatives, who have no desire to learn the truth. We may seek in every way, while associated with them, to let our light shine; but our words, our deportment, our customs and practices, should not in any sense be molded by their ideas and customs. Adventist Home, p. 462 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Sep 2 09:16:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 12:16:58 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 2 Message-ID: <000801c7ed7c$afbc4f70$0401a8c0@thompsondm90> Young friends, do not spend an hour in the company of those who would unfit you for the pure and sacred work of God. Do nothing before strangers that you would not do before your father and mother, or that you would be ashamed of before Christ and the holy angels. Adventist Home, p. 463 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Sep 4 07:49:31 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:49:31 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 4 Message-ID: <000e01c7ef02$cd866ae0$689340a0$@org> Why do our youth not consider that those who are ready to lead others into forbidden paths are easily overcome by temptation and are Satan's agents to encourage disorderly habits, to laugh at those who are conscientious and who would preserve their integrity of character? Adventist Home, p. 463 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Sep 5 06:24:47 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:24:47 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 5 Message-ID: <000001c7efc0$239f4bf0$6adde3d0$@org> Let all who would form a right character choose associates who are of a serious, thoughtful turn of mind and who are religiously inclined. Those who have counted the cost and wish to build for eternity must put good material into their building. If they accept of rotten timbers, if they are content with deficiencies of character, the building is doomed to ruin. Adventist Home, p. 464 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Sep 6 09:24:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 12:24:00 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 6 Message-ID: <000601c7f0a2$56fcba40$04f62ec0$@org> By association with those who walk according to principle, even the careless will learn to love righteousness. And by the practice of right doing there will be created in the heart a distaste for that which is cheap and common and at variance with the principles of God's word. Adventist Home, p. 465 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Sep 7 05:45:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:45:33 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 7 Message-ID: <001701c7f14c$fb912370$d800010a@thompsondm90> Let the youth be placed in the most favorable circumstances possible; for the company they keep, the principles they adopt, the habits they form, will settle the question of their usefulness here and of their future, eternal interests with a certainty that is infallible. Adventist Home, p. 466 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Sep 8 04:52:11 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 07:52:11 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 8 Message-ID: <000401c7f20e$b257a220$247094ce@thompsondm90> Prayerfully, unitedly, the father and the mother should bear the grave responsibility of guiding their children aright. Whatever else they neglect, they should never leave their children free to wander in paths of sin. Many parents allow children to go and do as they please, amusing themselves and choosing evil associates. In the judgment such parents will learn that their children have lost heaven because they have not been kept under home restraint. Adventist Home, p. 468 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Sep 9 04:59:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 07:59:26 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 9 Message-ID: <000101c7f2d8$e0911250$287094ce@thompsondm90> Parents, guard the principles and habits of your children as the apple of the eye. Allow them to associate with no one with whose character you are not well acquainted. Permit them to form no intimacy until you are assured that it will do them no harm. Accustom your children to trust your judgment and experience. Teach them that you have clearer perception of character than they in their inexperience can have, and that your decisions must not be disregarded. Adventist Home p. 469 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Sep 10 07:07:34 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:07:34 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 10 Message-ID: <000f01c7f3b3$f107e330$d317a990$@org> It is because the home training is defective that the youth are so unwilling to submit to proper authority. I am a mother; I know whereof I speak when I say that youth and children are not only safer but happier under wholesome restraint than when following their own inclination. Adventist Home, p. 470 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Sep 11 05:40:14 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:40:14 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 11 Message-ID: <000d01c7f470$e6cd09a0$b4671ce0$@org> The moral powers of youth who have been properly educated, if they make God their trust, will be equal to stand the most powerful test. Adventist Home, 471 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Sep 12 05:53:14 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:53:14 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 12 Message-ID: <000101c7f53b$e1ea6920$a5bf3b60$@org> I saw that our holidays should not be spent in patterning after the world, yet they should not be passed by unnoticed, for this will bring dissatisfaction to our children. Adventist Home, p. 472 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Sep 13 07:49:14 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:49:14 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 13 Message-ID: <000001c7f615$452e3230$cf8a9690$@org> On birthday occasions the children should be taught that they have reason for gratitude to God for His loving-kindness in preserving their lives for another year. ... For life, health, food, and clothing, no less than for the hope of eternal life, we are indebted to the Giver of all mercies; and it is due to God to recognize His gifts and to present our offerings of gratitude to our greatest benefactor. Adventist Home, p. 473 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Sep 14 19:05:15 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:05:15 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 14 Message-ID: <000001c7f73c$dbb77400$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> When you have a holiday, make it a pleasant and happy day for your children, and make it also a pleasant day for the poor and the afflicted. Do not let the day pass without bringing thanksgiving and thank offerings to Jesus. Adventist Home, p. 476 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Sep 15 05:59:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:59:36 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 15 Message-ID: <000301c7f798$45413720$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Come, brethren and sisters, come with your children, even the babes in your arms, and bring your offerings to God according to your ability. Make melody to Him in your hearts, and let His praise be upon your lips. Adventist Home, p. 480 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Sep 16 18:10:25 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:10:25 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 16 Message-ID: <000601c7f8c7$87881010$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Parents should keep these things before their children and instruct them, line upon line, precept upon precept, in their obligation to God--not their obligation to each other, to honor and glorify one another by gifts and offerings. Adventist Home, p. 481 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Sep 17 05:40:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:40:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 17 Message-ID: <000001c7f927$f7519c30$e5f4d490$@org> Christmas and New Year celebrations can and should be held in behalf of those who are helpless. God is glorified when we give to help those who have large families to support. Adventist Home, p. 482 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Sep 18 05:06:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:06:13 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 18 Message-ID: <000101c7f9ec$4f2e2210$ed8a6630$@org> With us as parents and as Christians it rests to give our children right direction. They are to be carefully, wisely, tenderly guided into paths of Christlike ministry. We are under sacred covenant with God to rear our children for His service. To surround them with such influences as shall lead them to choose a life of service, and to give them the training needed, is our first duty. Adventist Home, p. 484 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Sep 19 08:03:15 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:03:15 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 19 Message-ID: <001e01c7face$34eb6ec0$9ec24c40$@org> If in every church the young men and the young women would solemnly consecrate themselves to God, if they would practice self-denial in the home life, relieving their tired, careworn mothers, what a change would take place in our churches! Adventist Home, p. 486 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Sep 21 04:10:39 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:10:39 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 21 Message-ID: <000001c7fc40$0acf4210$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> By precept and example parents are to teach their children to labor for the unconverted. ... They should be taught to be diligent in missionary work; and from their earliest years self-denial and sacrifice for the good of others and the advancement of Christ's cause should be inculcated, that they may be laborers together with God. Adventist Home, p. 487 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Sep 22 05:22:34 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:22:34 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 22 Message-ID: <000901c7fd13$415ba700$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> God calls for Christian families to go into communities that are in darkness and error, and work wisely and perseveringly for the Master. To answer this call requires self-sacrifice. While many are waiting to have every obstacle removed, souls are dying without hope and without God in the world. Adventist Home, p. 488 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Sep 23 09:24:16 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:24:16 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 23 Message-ID: <000001c7fdfe$30073e10$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> If families would locate in the dark places of the earth, places where the people are enshrouded in spiritual gloom, and let the light of Christ's life shine out through them, a great work might be accomplished. Let them begin their work in a quiet, unobtrusive way, not drawing on the funds of the conference until the interest becomes so extensive that they cannot manage it without ministerial help. Adventist Home, p. 489 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Sep 24 06:41:21 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:41:21 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 24 Message-ID: <000501c7feb0$991a3800$cb4ea800$@org> In the near future many children will be endued with the Spirit of God and will do a work in proclaiming the truth to the world that at that time cannot well be done by the older members of the church. Adventist Home, p. 489 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Sep 25 05:13:25 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:13:25 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 25 Message-ID: <001601c7ff6d$795e4d90$7a261eac@thompsondm90> Love and loyalty to Christ are the spring of all true service. In the heart touched by His love there is begotten a desire to work for Him. Let this desire be encouraged and rightly guided. Whether in the home, the neighborhood, or the school, the presence of the poor, the afflicted, the ignorant, or the unfortunate should be regarded, not as a misfortune, but as affording precious opportunity for service. Adventist Home, p. 490 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Sep 26 05:19:20 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:19:20 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 26 Message-ID: <002a01c80037$77572420$7a261eac@thompsondm90> There are persons with a diseased imagination to whom religion is a tyrant, ruling them as with a rod of iron. Such are constantly mourning over their depravity and groaning over supposed evil. Love does not exist in their hearts; a frown is ever upon their countenances. They are chilled by the innocent laugh from the youth or from anyone. They consider all recreation or amusement a sin and think that the mind must be constantly wrought up to just such a stern, severe pitch. This is one extreme. Others think that the mind must be ever on the stretch to invent new amusements and diversions in order to gain health. They learn to depend on excitement and are uneasy without it. Such are not true Christians. They go to another extreme. The true principles of Christianity open before all a source of happiness, the height and depth, the length and breadth of which are immeasurable. Adventist Home, p. 493 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Sep 27 14:36:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:36:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 27 Message-ID: <000001c8014e$6ca4b6b0$7a261eac@thompsondm90> The time spent in physical exercise is not lost. . . . A proportionate exercise of all the organs and faculties of the body is essential to the best work of each. When the brain is constantly taxed while the other organs of the living machinery are inactive, there is a loss of strength, physical and mental. The physical system is robbed of its healthful tone, the mind loses its freshness and vigor, and a morbid excitability is the result. Adventist Home, p. 494 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Sep 28 04:23:27 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:23:27 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 28 Message-ID: <000101c801c1$fd8077f0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Attention to recreation and physical culture will at times, no doubt, interrupt the regular routine of schoolwork; but the interruption will prove no real hindrance. In the invigoration of mind and body, the fostering of an unselfish spirit, and the binding together of pupil and teacher by the ties of common interest and friendly association, the expenditure of time and effort will be repaid a hundredfold. Adventist Home, p. 495 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Sep 29 06:10:15 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:10:15 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 29 Message-ID: <000901c8029a$1388ca10$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> I believe that, while we are seeking to refresh our spirits and invigorate our bodies, we are required of God to use all our powers at all times to the best purpose. Adventist Home, p. 496 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Sep 30 09:27:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:27:26 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 30 Message-ID: <000401c8037e$c99e8170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> God's invitation comes to each youth, "My son, give Me thine heart; I will keep it pure; I will satisfy its longings with true happiness." God loves to make the youth happy, and that is why He would have them give their hearts into His keeping, that all the God-given faculties of the being may be kept in a vigorous, healthful condition. They are holding God's gift of life. He makes the heart beat; He gives strength to every faculty. Pure enjoyment will not debase one of God's gifts. Adventist Home, p. 497 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Oct 1 08:16:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:16:51 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 1 Message-ID: <002301c8043e$17e339b0$47a9ad10$@org> While we restrain our children from worldly pleasures that have a tendency to corrupt and mislead, we ought to provide them innocent recreation, to lead them in pleasant paths where there is no danger. No child of God need have a sad or mournful experience. Adventist Home, p. 498 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Oct 2 10:03:11 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:03:11 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 2 Message-ID: <000101c80516$1d07d0d0$57177270$@org> While we shun the false and artificial, discarding horse racing, card playing, lotteries, prize fights, liquor drinking, and tobacco using, we must supply sources of pleasure that are pure and noble and elevating. Adventist Home, p. 499 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Oct 3 06:01:18 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:01:18 -0400 Subject: Thought for September 3 Message-ID: <000201c805bd$7d541780$77fc4680$@org> Games that occupy so much of his time are diverting the mind from study. They are not helping to prepare the youth for practical, earnest work in life. Adventist Home, p. 500 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Oct 4 05:06:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 08:06:58 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 4 Message-ID: <000601c8067f$105c3230$31149690$@org> In this age life has become artificial, and men have degenerated. While we may not return fully to the simple habits of those early times, we may learn from them lessons that will make our seasons of recreation what the name implies--seasons of true upbuilding for body and mind and soul. Adventist Home, p. 501 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Oct 5 13:43:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:43:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 5 Message-ID: <000101c80790$6ae7a470$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Do not think that God wishes us to yield up everything which it is for our happiness here to retain. All He requires us to give up is that which would not be for our good and happiness to retain. Adventist Home, p. 502 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Oct 6 09:10:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 12:10:51 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 6 Message-ID: <000601c80833$7718d6d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Christ taught His disciples how to conduct themselves when in the company of those who were not religious and those who were. He taught them by example that when attending any public gathering, they need not want for something to say. But His conversation differed most decidedly from that which had been listened to at feasts in the past. Every word He uttered was a savor of life unto life to His hearers, and they listened with subdued attention as though desirous of hearing to a purpose. Adventist Home, p. 504 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Oct 7 08:32:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 11:32:48 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 7 Message-ID: <000001c808f7$51195c60$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Jesus reproved self-indulgence in all its forms, yet He was social in His nature. He accepted the hospitality of all classes, visiting the homes of the rich and the poor, the learned and the ignorant, and seeking to elevate their thoughts from questions of commonplace life to those things that are spiritual and eternal. He gave no license to dissipation, and no shadow of worldly levity marred His conduct; yet He found pleasure in scenes of innocent happiness and by His presence sanctioned the social gathering. Adventist Home, p. 503 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Oct 8 06:10:27 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:10:27 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 8 Message-ID: <000501c809ac$98451bf0$c8cf53d0$@org> God would have every household and every church exert a winning power to draw the children away from the seducing pleasures of the world and from association with those whose influence would have a corrupting tendency. Study to win the youth to Jesus. Adventist Home, pp. 504, 505 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Oct 9 07:04:45 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 10:04:45 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 9 Message-ID: <000f01c80a7d$58da7240$7a261eac@thompsondm90> The greatest benefit is not gained from exercise that is taken as play or exercise merely. There is some benefit derived from being in the fresh air and also from the exercise of the muscles; but let the same amount of energy be given to the performance of helpful duties, and the benefit will be greater, and a feeling of satisfaction will be realized; for such exercise carries with it the sense of helpfulness and the approval of conscience for duty well done. Adventist Home, p. 506 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Oct 10 06:00:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:00:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 10 Message-ID: <001001c80b3d$93258780$b9709680$@org> The Bible says of Jesus, "And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him." As He worked in childhood and youth, mind and body were developed. He did not use His physical powers recklessly, but gave them such exercise as would keep them in health, that He might do the best work in every line. He was not willing to be defective, even in the handling of tools. He was perfect as a workman, as He was perfect in character. By precept and example Christ has dignified useful labor. Adventist Home, p. 507 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Oct 11 11:52:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:52:46 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 11 Message-ID: <001101c80c37$ed165ee0$7a261eac@thompsondm90> Many claim that it is necessary for the preservation of physical health to indulge in selfish amusement. It is true that change is required for the best development of the body, for mind and body are refreshed and invigorated by change; but this object is not gained by indulgence in foolish amusements, to the neglect of daily duties which the youth should be required to do. Adventist Home, p. 508 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Oct 12 14:27:38 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:27:38 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 12 Message-ID: <001a01c80d16$b7169050$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> It is our duty ever to seek to do good in the use of the muscles and brain God has given to youth, that they may be useful to others, making their labors lighter, soothing the sorrowing, lifting up the discouraged, speaking words of comfort to the hopeless, turning the minds of the students from fun and frolic which often carries them beyond the dignity of manhood and womanhood to shame and disgrace. The Lord would have the mind elevated, seeking higher, nobler channels of usefulness. Adventist Home, p. 509 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Oct 13 05:56:39 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:56:39 -0400 Subject: Thought for August 13 Message-ID: <000101c80d98$7f0d0950$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Open-air exercise should be prescribed as a beneficial, life-giving necessity. Adventist Home, p. 510 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Oct 14 09:37:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:37:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 14 Message-ID: <000601c80e80$78123100$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> God has provided for everyone pleasure that may be enjoyed by rich and poor alike--the pleasure found in cultivating pureness of thought and unselfishness of action, the pleasure that comes from speaking sympathizing words and doing kindly deeds. From those who perform such service, the light of Christ shines to brighten lives darkened by many sorrows. Adventist Home, p. 511 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Oct 15 07:59:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:59:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 15 Message-ID: <001501c80f3c$07246820$156d3860$@org> Amusement... is sought for the sake of pleasure and is often carried to excess; it absorbs the energies that are required for useful work and thus proves a hindrance to life's true success. Adventist Home, p. 512 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Oct 16 08:14:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:14:17 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 16 Message-ID: <000601c81007$3be5a3a0$51261eac@thompsondm90> Let us never lose sight of the fact that Jesus is a wellspring of joy. He does not delight in the misery of human beings, but loves to see them happy. Adventist Home, p. 513 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Oct 17 05:55:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:55:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 17 Message-ID: <000001c810bd$06a2b910$13e82b30$@org> Gatherings for amusement confuse faith and make the motive mixed and uncertain. The Lord accepts no divided heart. He wants the whole man. Adventist Home, p. 515 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Oct 18 07:25:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:25:51 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 18 Message-ID: <000101c81192$cd32e020$6798a060$@org> In many religious families dancing and card playing are made a parlor pastime. It is urged that these are quiet home amusements, which may be safely enjoyed under the parental eye. But a love for these exciting pleasures is thus cultivated, and that which was considered harmless at home will not long be regarded dangerous abroad. Adventist Home, pp. 516, 517 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Oct 19 04:22:05 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:22:05 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 19 Message-ID: <000401c81242$47922240$0501a8c0@thompsondm90> Professed Christians who are superficial in character and religious experience are used by the tempter as his decoys. This class are always ready for the gatherings for pleasure or sport, and their influence attracts others. Young men and women who have tried to be Bible Christians are persuaded to join the party, and they are drawn into the ring. Adventist Home, p. 518 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Oct 20 10:50:16 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:50:16 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 20 Message-ID: <001301c81341$acab7960$0501a8c0@thompsondm90> God expects those who bear the name of Christ to represent Him. Their thoughts are to be pure, their words noble and uplifting. The religion of Christ is to be interwoven with all that they do and say. . . . God desires His people to show by their lives the advantage of Christianity over worldliness, to show that they are working on a high, holy plane. Adventist Home, pp. 519, 520 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Oct 21 16:45:54 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:45:54 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 21 Message-ID: <000301c8143c$85264450$0501a8c0@thompsondm90> The natural mind leans toward pleasure and self-gratification. It is Satan's policy to manufacture an abundance of this. He seeks to fill the minds of men with a desire for worldly amusement, that they may have no time to ask themselves the question, How is it with my soul? The love of pleasure is infectious. Given up to this, the mind hurries from one point to another, ever seeking for some amusement. Adventist Home, p. 520 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Oct 22 05:11:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:11:22 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 22 Message-ID: <000001c814a4$ad76df60$08649e20$@org> In this age of the world there is an unprecedented rage for pleasure. Dissipation and reckless extravagance everywhere prevail. The multitudes are eager for amusement. The mind becomes trifling and frivolous because it is not accustomed to meditation or disciplined to study. Ignorant sentimentalism is current. God requires that every soul shall be cultivated, refined, elevated, and ennobled. But too often every valuable attainment is neglected for fashionable display and superficial pleasure. Adventist Home, p. 521 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Oct 23 06:28:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:28:51 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 23 Message-ID: <000101c81578$a7fb6b30$f7f24190$@org> The youth are swept away by the popular current. Those who learn to love amusement for its own sake open the door to a flood of temptations. They give themselves up to social gaiety and thoughtless mirth. They are led on from one form of dissipation to another, until they lose both the desire and the capacity for a life of usefulness. Their religious aspirations are chilled; their spiritual life is darkened. All the nobler faculties of the soul, all that link man with the spiritual world, are debased. Adventist Home, p. 522 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Oct 24 08:29:08 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:29:08 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 24 Message-ID: <000701c81652$9e928170$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> He [Satan] presents the path of holiness as difficult, while the paths of worldly pleasure are strewn with flowers. In false and flattering colors he arrays the world with its pleasures before the youth. But the pleasures of earth will soon come to an end, and that which is sown must also be reaped. Adventist Home, p. 523 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Oct 25 05:22:38 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:22:38 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 25 Message-ID: <000301c81701$bb8f8390$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> Let none begin to believe that amusements are essential and that a careless disregard of the Holy Spirit during hours of selfish pleasure is to be looked upon as a light matter. God will not be mocked. Let every young man, every young woman, consider: "Am I prepared today for my life to close? Have I the heart preparation that fits me to do the work which the Lord has given me to do?" Adventist Home, p. 525 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Oct 26 04:44:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:44:17 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 26 Message-ID: <000001c817c5$8a311dd0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> When the children will beg that they may go to this company or join that party of amusement, say to them: "I cannot let you go, children; sit right down here, and I will tell you why. I am doing up work for eternity and for God. God has given you to me and entrusted you to my care. I am standing in the place of God to you, my children; therefore I must watch you as one who must give an account in the day of God. Adventist Home, p. 528 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Oct 27 18:05:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:05:32 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 27 Message-ID: <000001c818fe$a38bff40$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> The secret of saving your children lies in making your home lovely and attractive. Indulgence in parents will not bind the children to God nor to home; but a firm, godly influence to properly train and educate the mind would save many children from ruin. Adventist Home, p. 530 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Oct 28 06:14:49 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:14:49 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 28 Message-ID: <000001c81964$84ad40f0$0601a8c0@thompsondm90> There is a reward when the seed of truth is early sown in the heart and carefully tended. Adventist Home, p. 533 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Oct 29 07:32:09 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:32:09 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 29 Message-ID: <000101c81a38$80311450$80933cf0$@org> Give your children intellectual culture and moral training. Fortify their young minds with firm, pure principles. While you have opportunity, lay the foundation for a noble manhood and womanhood. Your labor will be rewarded a thousandfold. Adventist Home, p. 534 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Oct 30 05:59:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:59:46 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 30 Message-ID: <000c01c81af4$bf7cd1f0$3e7675d0$@org> The life on earth is the beginning of the life in heaven; education on earth is an initiation into the principles of heaven; the lifework here is a training for the lifework there. What we now are, in character and holy service is the sure foreshadowing of what we shall be. Adventist Home, p. 535 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Oct 31 05:58:44 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:58:44 -0400 Subject: Thought for October 31 Message-ID: <000001c81bbd$c534cd40$4f9e67c0$@org> The work of wise parents will never be appreciated by the world, but when the judgment shall sit and the books shall be opened, their work will appear as God views it and will be rewarded before men and angels. Adventist Home, p. 536 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Nov 1 05:25:09 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 08:25:09 -0400 Subject: Thought for November 1 Message-ID: <000101c81c82$3ee96af0$bcbc40d0$@org> Let the children be taught that as they open their minds to pure, loving thoughts and do loving and helpful deeds, they are clothing themselves with [Jesus'] beautiful garment of character. Adventist Home, p. 536 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Nov 2 04:17:25 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:17:25 -0400 Subject: Thought for November 2 Message-ID: <000001c81d41$f230e6f0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> I saw a very great number of angels bring from the city glorious crowns--a crown for every saint, with his name written thereon. As Jesus called for the crowns, angels presented them to Him, and with His own right hand the lovely Jesus placed the crowns on the heads of the saints. Adventist Home, p. 537 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Nov 3 13:30:18 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:30:18 -0400 Subject: Thought for November 3 Message-ID: <000401c81e58$59ae7560$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> The great plan of redemption results in fully bringing back the world into God's favor. All that was lost by sin is restored. Not only man but the earth is redeemed, to be the eternal abode of the obedient. Adventist Home, p. 539 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Nov 4 09:08:57 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 12:08:57 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 4 Message-ID: <000701c81f05$62db5ce0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> This reunion is witnessed by the angels who wept at the fall of Adam and rejoiced when Jesus, after His resurrection, ascended to heaven, having opened the grave for all who should believe on His name. Now they behold the work of redemption accomplished, and they unite their voices in the song of praise. Adventist Home, p. 531 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Nov 5 05:30:07 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:30:07 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 5 Message-ID: <001c01c81faf$fb2bd1f0$f18375d0$@org> There is a reward when the seed of truth is early sown in the heart and carefully tended. Adventist Home, p. 533 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Nov 6 06:03:09 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:03:09 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 6 Message-ID: <000101c8207d$c31fef70$bb261eac@thompsondm90> To us in the common walks of life heaven may be very near. Angels from the courts above will attend the steps of those who come and go at God's command. Adventist Home, p. 534 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Nov 7 06:52:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:52:12 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 7 Message-ID: <000101c8214d$c989aa60$5c9cff20$@org> God desires that heaven's plan shall be carried out, and heaven's divine order and harmony prevail, in every family, in every church, in every institution. Did this love leaven society, we should see the outworking of noble principles in Christian refinement and courtesy and in Christian charity toward the purchase of the blood of Christ. Adventist Home, p. 535 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Nov 8 06:24:18 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:24:18 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 8 Message-ID: <000f01c82213$0e40a620$bb261eac@thompsondm90> Let the children be taught that as they open their minds to pure, loving thoughts and do loving and helpful deeds, they are clothing themselves with His beautiful garment of character. Adventist Home, p. 536 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Nov 9 04:13:23 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 07:13:23 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 9 Message-ID: <000401c822c9$ecea0630$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> I saw a very great number of angels bring from the city glorious crowns--a crown for every saint, with his name written thereon. As Jesus called for the crowns, angels presented them to Him, and with His own right hand the lovely Jesus placed the crowns on the heads of the saints. Adventist Home, p. 537 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Nov 10 14:01:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:01:10 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 10 Message-ID: <000401c823e5$3430b770$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Language is altogether too feeble to attempt a description of heaven. As the scene rises before me, I am lost in amazement. Carried away with the surpassing splendor and excellent glory, I lay down the pen and exclaim, "Oh, what love! what wondrous love!" The most exalted language fails to describe the glory of heaven or the matchless depths of a Saviour's love. Adventist Home, p. 538 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Nov 11 09:51:23 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:51:23 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 11 Message-ID: <000701c8248b$79bf8db0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> The great plan of redemption results in fully bringing back the world into God's favor. All that was lost by sin is restored. Not only man but the earth is redeemed, to be the eternal abode of the obedient. Adventist Home, p. 539 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Nov 12 05:35:04 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:35:04 -0500 Subject: Thought fo November 12 Message-ID: <002001c82530$d5902230$80b06690$@org> God created the earth to be the abode of holy, happy beings. That purpose will be fulfilled when, renewed by the power of God and freed from sin and sorrow, it shall become the eternal home of the redeemed. Adventist Home, p.540 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Nov 13 05:05:08 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:05:08 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 13 Message-ID: <000601c825f5$d153e290$73fba7b0$@org> A fear of making the future inheritance seem too material has led many to spiritualize away the very truths which lead us to look upon it as our home. Adventist Home, p. 541 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Nov 14 07:34:27 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:34:27 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 14 Message-ID: <000101c826d3$d7999260$86ccb720$@org> In the Bible the inheritance of the saved is called a country. There the heavenly Shepherd leads His flock to fountains of living waters. The tree of life yields its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree are for the service of the nations. There are ever-flowing streams, clear as crystal, and beside them waving trees cast their shadows upon the paths prepared for the ransomed of the Lord. There the widespreading plains swell into hills of beauty, and the mountains of God rear their lofty summits. On those peaceful plains, beside those living streams, God's people, so long pilgrims and wanderers, shall find a home. Adventist Home, p. 542 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Nov 15 14:08:19 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:08:19 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 15 Message-ID: <000601c827d4$07ee8000$05000100@thompsondm90> Heaven is a good place. I long to be there and behold my lovely Jesus, who gave His life for me, and be changed into His glorious image. Oh, for language to express the glory of the bright world to come! I thirst for the living streams that make glad the city of our God. Adventist Home, p. 543 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Nov 16 04:32:29 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:32:29 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 16 Message-ID: <000101c8284c$c1120bb0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> The nations of the saved will know no other law than the law of heaven. All will be a happy, united family, clothed with the garments of praise and thanksgiving. Over the scene the morning stars will sing together, and the sons of God will shout for joy, while God and Christ will unite in proclaiming, "There shall be no more sin, neither shall there be any more death." Adventist Home, p. 544 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Nov 17 16:03:50 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:03:50 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 17 Message-ID: <001e01c82976$80277b50$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Let all that is beautiful in our earthly home remind us of the crystal river and green fields, the waving trees and the living fountains, the shining city and the white-robed singers, of our heavenly home--that world of beauty which no artist can picture, no mortal tongue describe. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him." Adventist Home, p. 545 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Nov 18 06:10:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:10:12 -0500 Subject: Thought fot November 18 Message-ID: <000401c829ec$bc039070$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> The Christian family is to be a training school from which children are to graduate to a higher school in the mansions of God. Adventist Home, p. 547 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Nov 19 09:20:15 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:20:15 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 19 Message-ID: <01df01c82ad0$7335d0d0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Heaven is a school; its field of study, the universe; its teacher, the Infinite One. A branch of this school was established in Eden; and, the plan of redemption accomplished, education will again be taken up in the Eden school. Adventist Home, p. 547 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Nov 20 08:25:06 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:25:06 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 20 Message-ID: <001101c82b91$e9639910$bc2acb30$@org> The years of eternity, as they roll, will bring richer and still more glorious revelations of God and of Christ. As knowledge is progressive, so will love, reverence, and happiness increase. The more men learn of God, the greater will be their admiration of His character. Adventist Home, p. 548 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Nov 21 09:11:37 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:11:37 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 21 Message-ID: <000101c82c61$933a71f0$b9af55d0$@org> In the earth made new the redeemed will engage in the occupations and pleasures that brought happiness to Adam and Eve in the beginning. The Eden life will be lived, the life in garden and field. "They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands." Adventist Home, p. 549 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Nov 22 18:16:50 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:16:50 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 22 Message-ID: <001401c82d76$e8872160$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Fellow pilgrim, we are still amid the shadows and turmoil of earthly activities, but soon our Saviour is to appear to bring deliverance and rest. Let us by faith behold the blessed hereafter, as pictured by the hand of God. Adventist Home, p. 550 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Nov 23 08:13:09 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:13:09 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 23 Message-ID: <004001c82deb$bd566760$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> I urge you to prepare for the coming of Christ in the clouds of heaven. Day by day cast the love of the world out of your hearts. Understand by experience what it means to have fellowship with Christ. Prepare for the judgment, that when Christ shall come to be admired in all them that believe, you may be among those who will meet Him in peace. In that day the redeemed will shine forth in the glory of the Father and the Son. The angels, touching their golden harps, will welcome the King and His trophies of victory--those who have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. A song of triumph shall peal forth, filling all heaven. Christ has conquered. He enters the heavenly courts, accompanied by His redeemed ones, the witnesses that His mission of suffering and sacrifice has not been in vain. Adventist Home, p. 550 Editor's Note: This concludes our selections from Adventist Home. I pray the daily thought's from this book have helped you understand God's messages to His family in the last days. From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Nov 24 11:06:15 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:06:15 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 24 Message-ID: <000301c82ecd$168cd1c0$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Christ's last words to His disciples were: "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations." Go to the farthest bounds of the habitable globe, and know that wherever you go My presence will attend you. . . . To us also the commission is given. We are bidden to go forth as Christ's messengers, to teach, instruct, and persuade men and women, to urge upon their attention the word of life. And to us also the assurance of Christ's abiding presence is given. Whatever the difficulties with which we may have to contend, whatever the trials we may have to endure, the gracious promise is always ours, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." Evangelism, p. 15 Editor's Note: Welcome to the new Thought for the Day book--Evangelism, by Ellen G. White. From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Nov 25 18:21:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:21:42 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 25 Message-ID: <000601c82fd3$16986470$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> The gospel is to be presented, not as a lifeless theory, but as a living force to change the life. God desires that the receivers of His grace shall be witnesses to its power. Evangelism, p. 16 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Nov 26 11:45:09 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:45:09 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 26 Message-ID: <001101c83064$dbb404d0$bb261eac@thompsondm90> All are now deciding their eternal destiny. Men need to be aroused to realize the solemnity of the time, the nearness of the day when human probation shall be ended. Decided efforts should be made to bring the message for this time prominently before the people. The third angel is to go forth with great power. Evangelism, p. 17 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Nov 27 06:22:04 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:22:04 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 27 Message-ID: <000001c83100$e2382330$a6a86990$@org> In this country and in foreign countries the cause of present truth is to make more rapid advancement than it has yet made. If our people will go forth in faith, doing whatever they can to make a beginning, and laboring in Christ's lines, the way will be opened before them. Evangelism, p. 18 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Nov 28 10:08:37 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:08:37 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 28 Message-ID: <000001c831e9$b39f9460$1adebd20$@org> Everywhere the light of truth is to shine forth, that hearts now in the sleep of ignorance may be awakened and converted. In all countries and cities the gospel is to be proclaimed. Evangelism, p. 19 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Nov 29 13:23:08 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:23:08 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 29 Message-ID: <003901c832ce$0c1fc6c0$bb261eac@thompsondm90> Truth, passing by those who despise and reject it, will triumph. Although at times apparently retarded, its progress had never been checked. When the message of God meets with opposition, He gives it additional force, that it may exert greater influence. Evangelism, p. 20 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Nov 30 06:04:05 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:04:05 -0500 Subject: Thought for November 30 Message-ID: <002701c83359$de8c4620$0d01a8c0@thompsondm90> In our large cities a decided effort should be made to work in unity. In the spirit and fear of God the laborers should unite as one man, working with strength and with earnest zeal. There should be no sensational efforts, no strife. Let there be seen practical repentance, true sympathy, hearty co-operation, and decided emulation of one another in the grand, earnest effort to learn lessons of self-denial and self-sacrifice by saving perishing souls from death. Evangelism, p. 42 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Dec 1 12:08:53 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 15:08:53 -0500 Subject: Thought for December 1 Message-ID: <002901c83455$ff292450$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> In the visions of the night a very impressive scene passed before me. I saw an immense ball of fire fall among some beautiful mansions, causing their instant destruction. I heard someone say, "We knew that the judgments of God were coming upon the earth, but we did not know that they would come so soon." Others, with agonized voices, said, "You knew!" Why then did you not tell us? We did not know." On every side I heard similar words of reproach spoken. Evangelism, p. 43 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Dec 2 09:45:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 12:45:56 -0500 Subject: Thought for December 2 Message-ID: <001401c8350b$3144e450$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Through the grace of Christ, God's ministers are made messengers of light and blessing. As by earnest, persevering prayer they obtain the endowment of the Holy Spirit and go forth weighted with the burden of soulsaving, their hearts filled with zeal to extend the triumphs of the cross, they will see fruit of their labors. Evangelism, p. 44 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Dec 4 06:09:09 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:09:09 -0500 Subject: Thought for December 4 Message-ID: <02a901c8367f$409a2710$c1ce7530$@org> The worker, as he searches for souls, is not to fear nor be discouraged, for God is his helper, and will continue to be his helper; and He will open up ways before His servants. Evangelism, pp. 45, 46 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Dec 6 15:16:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:16:48 -0500 Subject: Thought for December 6 Message-ID: <000a01c8385e$13f03610$0501a8c0@thompsondm90> Why did our Saviour labor to sow the seed in out-of-the-way places? Why did He travel slowly away from the villages which had been His places for communicating light by opening the Scriptures? There was a world to hear, and some souls would accept the truth who had not yet heard it. Christ traveled slowly and opened the Scriptures in their simplicity to minds that would receive the truth. Evangelism, p. 47 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Dec 7 04:28:40 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 07:28:40 -0500 Subject: Thought for December 7 Message-ID: <001001c838cc$b2cdba50$0501a8c0@thompsondm90> The world is out of joint. As we look at the picture, the outlook seems discouraging. But Christ greets with hopeful assurance the very men and women who cause us discouragement. In them He sees qualifications that will enable them to take a place in His vineyard. If they will constantly be learners, through His providence He will make them men and women fitted to do a work that is not beyond their capabilities; through the impartation of the Holy Spirit, He will give them power of utterance. Evangelism, p. 48 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Dec 8 05:49:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 08:49:36 -0500 Subject: Thought for December 8 Message-ID: <000001c839a1$2c001560$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Christ's heart is cheered by the sight of those who are poor in every sense of the term; cheered by His view of the ill-used ones who are meek; cheered by the seemingly unsatisfied hungering after righteousness, by the inability of many to begin. He welcomes, as it were, the very condition of things that would discourage many ministers. He corrects our erring piety, giving the burden of the work for the poor and needy in the rough places of the earth, to men and women who have hearts that can feel for the ignorant and for those that are out of the way. Evangelism, p. 49 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Dec 9 06:03:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 09:03:41 -0500 Subject: Thought for December 9 Message-ID: <000401c83a6c$4dd96170$0201a8c0@thompsondm90> Those of our people who are living in large centers would gain a precious experience if, with their Bibles in their hands, and their hearts open to the impressions of the Holy Spirit, they would go forth to the highways and byways of the world with the message they have received. Evangelism, p. 50 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Dec 10 10:19:28 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:19:28 -0500 Subject: Thought for December 10 Message-ID: <000001c83b59$33b8b410$9b2a1c30$@org> The Lord will work through those who will open the Scriptures to the people who have made their homes in these retired places of the country. I appeal to my brethren and sisters to unite in doing this good work, and carry it to completion. Evangelism, p. 51 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Dec 14 06:45:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:45:42 -0500 Subject: Thought for the Day Notice Message-ID: <014501c83e60$009cd5c0$0501a8c0@thompsondm90> Dear Thought for the Day subscribers For the past week there has been no Thought for the Day from the Ellen G. White Estate posted. Please be advised that this service will not resume until January 9, 2008. Regards Darryl Thompson Project Coordinator Ellen G. White Estate -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://egwlists.whiteestate.org/pipermail/thought/attachments/20071214/132b586a/attachment.html