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1121 Counsels for the Church, p. 149.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Happiness is not found in empty show. The more simple the order of a well-regulated household, the happier will that home be. It does not require costly surroundings …
1122 Counsels for the Church, p. 151.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… Church 5:424, 426
1123 Counsels for the Church, p. 151.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Fathers and mothers, each morning and evening gather your children around you, and in humble supplication lift the heart to God for help. Your dear ones are …
1124 Counsels for the Church, p. 152.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… .” Hebrews 5:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; James 5:16 .
1125 Counsels for the Church, p. 152.5 (Ellen Gould White)
In every family there should be a fixed time for morning and evening worship. How appropriate it is for parents to gather their children about them before …
1126 Counsels for the Church, p. 154.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Nothing that can be utilized should be thrown away. This will require wisdom, and forethought, and constant care. It has been presented to me that the inability …
1127 Counsels for the Church, p. 155.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… Church 5:179-182
1128 Counsels for the Church, p. 155.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Many, very many, have not so educated themselves that they can keep their expenditures within the limit of their income. They do not learn to adapt themselves …
1129 Counsels for the Church, p. 156.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… Church 5:400
1130 Counsels for the Church, p. 156.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Parents mistake their duty when they freely hand out money to any youth who has physical strength to enter on a course of study to become a minister or a physician before he has had an experience in useful, taxing labor. The Adventist Home, 387
1131 Counsels for the Church, p. 158.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Never will these same opportunities offer themselves again. They had better been doing the hardest kind of labor on that holiday. They did not make the right …
1132 Counsels for the Church, p. 159.5 (Ellen Gould White)
I have said to my family and my friends, I desire that no one shall make me a birthday or Christmas gift, unless it be with permission to pass it on into the Lord’s …
1133 Counsels for the Church, p. 160.5 (Ellen Gould White)
There is great need of temperance in amusements, as in every other pursuit. And the character of these amusements should be carefully and thoroughly considered …
1134 Counsels for the Church, p. 161.5 (Ellen Gould White)
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 …
1135 Counsels for the Church, p. 162.5 (Ellen Gould White)
In order to form correct habits, we should seek the company of persons of sound moral and religious influence. Testimonies for the Church 4:655
1136 Counsels for the Church, p. 163.5 (Ellen Gould White)
A change from physical labor that has taxed the strength severely may be very necessary for a time, that they may again engage in labor, putting forth exertion …
1137 Counsels for the Church, p. 164.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… Church 5:218
1138 Counsels for the Church, p. 164.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The desire for excitement and pleasing entertainment is a temptation and a snare to God’s people, and especially to the young. Satan is constantly preparing …
1139 Counsels for the Church, p. 166.5 (Ellen Gould White)
If there is any way by which Satan can gain access to the mind, he will sow his tares and cause them to grow until they will yield an abundant harvest. In no case …
1140 Counsels for the Church, p. 168.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The readers of fiction are indulging an evil that destroys spirituality, eclipsing the beauty of the sacred page. It creates an unhealthy excitement, fevers …