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8861 From the Heart, p. 76.5 (Ellen Gould White)
All gave with a willing hand, not a certain amount of their increase, but a large portion of their actual possessions. They devoted it gladly and heartily to …
8862 From the Heart, p. 77.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Many selfishly retain their means and soothe their conscience with a plan for doing some great thing for the cause of God after their death. They make a will …
8863 From the Heart, p. 78.5 (Ellen Gould White)
God’s blessing upon that sincere offering has made it the source of great results. The widow’s mite has been like a tiny stream flowing down through the ages …
8864 From the Heart, p. 79.5 (Ellen Gould White)
When the enemy begins to draw away the mind from Jesus, to shut away His mercy, His love, His all-sufficiency, do not devote precious time to the consideration …
8865 From the Heart, p. 80.1 (Ellen Gould White)
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.... Behold, I have come ... to do Your will, O God. Hebrews 10:5-7 .
8866 From the Heart, p. 80.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The Bible is God’s voice speaking to us, just as surely as if we could hear it with our ears. If we realized this, ... with what earnestness we would search its precepts …
8867 From the Heart, p. 81.5 (Ellen Gould White)
In order to have a healthy tone of mind and sound religious principles, we must live in communion with God through His Word. Pointing out the way of salvation …
8868 From the Heart, p. 82.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The only safe position for any of us to take is to consider ourselves sinners, daily needing divine grace. Mercy through the atoning blood of Christ is our …
8869 From the Heart, p. 83.5 (Ellen Gould White)
It is the privilege of the children of God to be delivered from the control of the lusts of the flesh, and to preserve their peculiar, heavenly character, which …
8870 From the Heart, p. 84.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“If the Holy Spirit is rejected, all My words will not help to remove, even for the time being, the false representations that have been made, and Satan stands …
8871 From the Heart, p. 85.5 (Ellen Gould White)
But the Macedonian believers, moved by the Spirit of God, first made an entire consecration of themselves to God, and then gave all that they had. They felt it …
8872 From the Heart, p. 85.8 (Ellen Gould White)
This movement on the part of the Macedonians was inspired of God to arouse in the Corinthian church the spirit of liberality.— The Review and Herald, May 15, 1900 .
8873 From the Heart, p. 86.1 (Ellen Gould White)
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, ... who made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. Philippians 2:5-7 .
8874 From the Heart, p. 86.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Evidence of the work of grace in the heart is given when we do good to everyone as we have opportunity. The proof of our love is given in a Christlike spirit, a …
8875 From the Heart, p. 86.6 (Ellen Gould White)
The Lord will use all who will give themselves to be used. But He requires heart service.... When the heart is given to God, our talents, our energy, our possessions …
8876 From the Heart, p. 87.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The great lesson we are daily to learn is that we are stewards of God’s gifts—stewards of money, of reason, of intellect, of influence. As stewards of the Lord’s gifts, we are to trade upon these talents, however small they may be....
8877 From the Heart, p. 88.5 (Ellen Gould White)
All who have really accepted Christ will not be satisfied to enjoy the divine favor without giving to others the joy that cheers their souls. The purest and …
8878 From the Heart, p. 89.1 (Ellen Gould White)
You are the light of the world. Matthew 5:14 .
8879 From the Heart, p. 89.5 (Ellen Gould White)
We have not built our hopes here, in this world. Our actions have testified to our faith, that in heaven is our enduring substance.— The Review and Herald, March 29, 1870 .
8880 From the Heart, p. 90.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Those who use tobacco can make but a poor plea to the liquor inebriate. Two thirds of the drunkards in our land created an appetite for liquor by the use of tobacco …