Witnesses...........

We are Christ's witnesses, and we are not to allow worldly interests and plans to
absorb our time and attention.
Ellen G White Testimonies for the church, vol. 9, pp. 53, 54.

"Ye are My witnesses, saith the Lord. . . . I have declared, and have saved, and I have
showed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are My witnesses." "I the
Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give
thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring
out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."
 Ellen G White The Acts of the Apostles, p. 10.

The people of the world are worshiping false gods. They are to be turned from their false
worship, not by hearing denunciation of their idols, but by beholding something better. God's
goodness is to be made known. "Ye are My witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God."--
Ellen G White  Christ's Object Lessons, p. 299.

All who would enter the city of God must during their earthly life set forth Christ in their
dealings. It is this that constitutes them the messengers of Christ, His witnesses. They are to bear a plain,decided testimony against all evil practices, pointing sinners to the Lamb of God, who taketh
away the sin of the world.
Ellen G White Testimonies for the church, vol. 9, p. 23.

Personal Ministry...........!

 Christ neglected no opportunity of proclaiming the gospel of salvation. Listen to His wonderful words to that one woman of Samaria. He was sitting by Jacob's well, as the woman came to draw water. To her surprise He asked a favor of her. "Give Me to drink," He said. He wanted a cool draft, and He wished also to open the way whereby He might give to her the water of life. "How is it," said the woman, "that  Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans." Jesus answered, "If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give Me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.... Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." John 4:7-14.

How much interest Christ manifested in this one woman! How earnest and eloquent were His words! When the woman heard them, she left her waterpot, and went into the city, saying to her friends, "Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" We read that "many of the Samaritans of that city believed on Him." Verses 29, 39. And who can estimate the influence which these words have exerted for the saving of souls in the years that have passed since then?
Wherever hearts are open to receive the truth, Christ is ready to instruct them. He reveals to them the Father, and the service acceptable to Him who reads the heart. For such He uses no parables. To them, as to the woman at the well, He says, "I that speak unto thee am H

Thought for Today......

Then He had battled with Satan in Gethsemane, suffered the betrayal of Judas, watched His disciples desert Him and flee, stood before Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, and Herod, and twice endured lashes on His back. When they put the cross on His shoulder, He collapsed. It was more than any human being could bear. AC 51.1

Mary, in the company of John, saw her Son collapse. She longed to take His wounded head in her hands and wipe the brow that had once rested on her breast. But she could not. 

Through the entire ordeal Jesus never spoke a word of complaint. He breathed only this compassionate prayer: “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34. The prayer He offered that day included every person in the world, from creation to the end of time. We all bear guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus, but Jesus offers us forgiveness so we can experience peace now and claim His promise of eternal life. AC 52.4
A CALL TO STAND APART, PAGE  53.

THE CHILDREN OF GOD..................!

Combined Christian Forces........!

 Brethren and sisters in the faith, does the question arise in your hearts, "Am I my brother's keeper?" If you claim to be children of God, you are your brother's keeper. The Lord holds the church responsible for the souls of those whom they might be the means of saving.
                   Ellen .G. White Historical Sketches, p. 291.

The Saviour has given His precious life in order to establish a church capable of ministering to the suffering, the sorrowful, and the tempted. A company of believers may be poor, uneducated, and unknown; yet in Christ they may do a work in the home, in the community, and even in the "regions beyond," whose results shall be as far-reaching as eternity.
                   Ellen .G. White The Ministry of Healing, p. 106.

Hymn for Today.......

"People Need the Lord"
Everyday they pass me by
I can see it in their eyes
Empty people filled with care
Headed who knows where

On they go through private pain
Living fear to fear
Laughter hides their silent cries
Only Jesus hears

People need the Lord, people need the Lord
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door
People need the Lord, people need the Lord
When will we realize people need the Lord?

We are called to take His light
To a world where wrong seems right
What could be too great a cost
For sharing life with one who's lost?

Through His love our hearts can feel
All the grief they bear
They must hear the words of life
Only we can share

People need the Lord, people need the Lord
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door
People need the Lord, people need the Lord
When will we realize that we must give our lives?
For people need the Lord, people need the Lord

That God Created Man in His Own Image

God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them.Genesis 1:27.

All heaven took a deep and joyful interest in the creation of the world and
of man. Human beings were a new and distinct order. They were made “in
the image of God,” and it was the Creator’s design that they should populate
the earth. They were to live in close communion with heaven, receiving power
from the Source of all power. Upheld by God, they were to live sinless lives.

The holy pair were not only children under the fatherly care of God, but
students receiving instruction from the all-wise Creator. They were visited
by angels, and were granted communion with their Maker, with no obscuring
veil between.... The mysteries of the visible universe—“the wondrous works
of him who is perfect in knowledge”—afforded them an exhaustless source
of instruction and delight.

 The laws and operations of nature, which have
engaged men’s study for six thousand years, were opened to their minds by the
infinite Framer and Upholder of all. They held converse with leaf and flower
and tree, gathering from each the secrets of its life. With every living creature,
from the mighty leviathan that playeth among the waters, to the insect mote
that floats in the sunbeam, Adam was familiar. He had given to each its name,
and he was acquainted with the nature and habits of all. God’s glory in the
heavens, the innumerable worlds in their orderly revolutions, “the balancings
of the clouds,” the mysteries of light and sound, of day and night,—all were
open to the study of our first parents.

God created man a superior being; he alone is formed in the image of  God, and is capable of partaking of the divine nature, of cooperating with his Creator and executing His plans.

                   Sons  and  daughters  of  God  Ellen G white pg 7.