Misc of INTEREST Flashcards
Selfishness is DEATH.
DA 417
Cultivate habitual
CHEERFULNESS OF MIND
so you can reflect LIGHT rather than gloom and darkness
CHEERFULNESS
the MIND should be drawn away from self
being exercised instead in devising means
to make others HAPPIER and better
make OTHERS Happy
RIGHTEOUSNESS rescues from DEATH
Proverbs 11:4
A GRACIOUS and good woman retains HONOR
Proverbs 11:16
the MEEKNESS and GENTLENESS of Christ
2 Corinthians 10:1
And THIS I pray:
☑️ that YOUR LOVE would abound more and more
☑️ that you would LEARN to recognize and TREASURE what is excellent
☑️ be pure and blameless until the day of Christ
☑️ live a LIFE that will lead others away from sin
☑️ be filled with the FRUITS of Righteousness
Philippians 1:10-11 AMP
In the strength gained by prayer and a study of the word, seek virtue and forsake vice
AA 467
Looking to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of the faith, who endured the contradiction of sinners against Himself, the believer will willingly brave contempt and derision
AA 467
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto JESUS the author and finisher of our FAITH
Ignore an INSULT
LISTEN to counsel
Proverbs 12:15-16
Regularity in all things is essential.
Never be late to an appointment.
In no department or office should time be lost in unnecessary conversation
Avoid all frivolous and trifling words
and all conversation not directly connected with the work.
Unnecessary conversation—
The only path of safety is the path of daily restraint and self-denial
Path of Safety
Learn to place the most favorable interpretation upon whatever in others may seem offensive.
OFFENSE
mind benumbed
by a lack of rest and sleep
SLEEP
A heart full of JOY and Gladness makes a CHEERFUL face.
Proverbs 15:13
A glad HEART has a continual FEAST regardless of the circumstances
Proverbs 15:15
The Christian will be
☑️affable,
☑️kind,
☑️patient,
☑️humble and yet
☑️courageous
and firm in vindicating the truth
and the name of Christ.
the Christian
Our WORDS evidence the manner of food upon which the soul feeds.
index of the MIND—
words
exercise the
COURAGE OF FAITH
and you will be
☑️made STRONG
by uniting your weakness to
God’s MIGHT
☑️made WISE by
connecting your
ignorance with
God’s WISDOM
COURAGE OF FAITH
Submit with
perfect CALMNESS
to the coarsest insults and outrage.
We should
as Jesus did—
Do not allow levity to come into your experience, but
CULTIVATE CHEERFULNESS
for this is an excellent grace.
We cannot afford to be unmindful of our words and deportment.
A heart full of JOY and Gladness makes a CHEERFUL face.
CULTIVATE CHEERFULNESS
CHARACTER
is determined by the words.
CHARACTER
WORDS
☑️Actions follow words
☑️Thoughts prompt words
☑️Words influence thoughts.
ACTIONS
WORDS
THOUGHTS
We should weigh well the influence of our words before giving them utterance.
If the heart is open to learn of Jesus who is meek and lowly
we shall be
☑️unobtrusive
☑️careful of others feelings
☑️our words will be modest and kind
WORDS
When you think you see things in others that are not right
instead of
☑️afflicting your soul and
☑️allowing your mind to dwell upon these things
☑️and your lips to repeat them to others
leave them with the Lord.
Look to your THOUGHTS
ROOT OUT every fiber of the root of BITTERNESS
and make the lessons of Christ your
daily study and practice.
BITTERNESS
When your life is hid with Christ in God
☑️your selfishness will disappear
☑️your heart will not then entertain
pride or pettish, perverse feelings.
☑️you will not be so easily hurt
☑️you will endure as seeing Him who is invisible.
The view of Christ will so attract and absorb your mind that you cannot fix your eyes upon any of these disagreeable things and manufacture burdens for your soul.
Look to CHRIST
When we are connected with Christ by faith
☑️we can no longer be fitful and selfish and exacting.
☑️We shall view our fellowmen in a new light.
The love of Christ flowing into the heart makes men
☑️kind and sympathetic and loving toward all.
They have a
☑️different type of character
☑️a Christlikeness
☑️a heart glowing with love, because they are receiving the healing beams of the Sun of Righteousness.
7LtMs, Lt 9, 1892, par. 79
CHARACTER
The graces of the Spirit require constant cultivation.
☑️Love
☑️joy
☑️peace
☑️meekness
☑️pity
☑️sympathy
☑️hope, and
☑️gratitude
springing up in the heart, will flow from the lips, strengthening and healing like the balm of Gilead.
7LtMs, Lt 9, 1892, par. 81
Strengthen thy BRETHREN
cultivate cheerfulness, let it take the place of depression
☑️Keep cheerful,
talk faith, hope, and courage,
as a witness to the peace and joy that the Holy Spirit will freely impart.
This is the beauty of holiness.
☑️Let cheerfulness be manifested in the very tones of the voice.
7LtMs, Lt 9, 1892, par. 84
CHEERFULNESS
☑️Cultivate sunniness of temper.
☑️Let the Sun of Righteousness shine into the chambers of the mind, and into the soul temple.
☑️Open the door of the heart and invite Jesus to abide with you, and you will receive help. 7LtMs, Lt 9, 1892, par. 85
the CHAMBERS of the Mind
☑️If there be any good you can report of another, speak it and act it.
☑️Never indulge a murmuring, faultfinding spirit.
☑️Rejoice not in iniquity, but rejoice in the truth.
☑️Make it a business to educate your tongue to speak pleasant words. 7LtMs, Lt 9, 1892, par. 86
WORDS
Praise rather than censure
Direct but not command.
4LtMs, Lt 7, 1883, par. 8
ATTITUDE
The communication between your soul and God enables you to transmit to others,
through your social relations,
the choicest blessings which Heaven has to bestow.
4LtMs, Lt 7, 1883, par. 21
BLESSINGS
RESIST promptly and FIRMLY
Integrity
Innocence
Virtue
can never be degraded—
Do all in your POWER to relieve the wretchedness and discouragement of those around you—
Do not foster HATRED
Keep yourself from DISCOURAGEMENT remembering God’s eye is upon you!
To be Jesus’ disciple you MUST:
☑️Live RIGHTEOUS lives
☑️Deny SELF
☑️suffer HUMILIATION
Christ’s EXAMPLE of:
☑️generosity to the poor and suffering
☑️PATIENCE with the rude and ignorant
☑️self-denial and SACRIFICE
vs self-righteous
too VAIN and self-righteous to receive REBUKE
Too worldly to accept a LIFE of HUMILITY in order to secure SALVATION
beware
RESTRAIN
deny
the wages of SIN
is death
those who SUFFER
wait for Justice
☑️God controls all things.
☑️do not become discouraged;
☑️cast your care upon God, and
☑️remain calm and cheerful.
☑️God will do all things well
February 3
☑️cultivate a spirit of cheerfulness.
☑️be happy and grateful
☑️look on the bright side of life
☑️be hopeful
☑️full of love and good works
☑️rejoicing in the Lord always.
February 3
Their simple diet kept their minds clear.
They were better prepared for their studies, for they never knew the oppression caused by eating luxurious food.
They were better prepared physically for taxing labor, for they were never sick.
With clear minds, they could think and work vigorously.
By obeying God they were doing the very things that will give strength of thought and memory. 13LtMs, Ms 47, 1898, par. 12
FOOD
Act upon your convictions.
convictions
