Memory Verse
Memory Verse: “Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord”
Psalm 107:43
First Sabbath Offering
Your brethren in the Philippines
As we are reminded of the great commission to go into all the world and make disciples, we are to take action. The Bible Missionary Training School is an institution dedicated to preparing and equipping workers for the Lord’s vineyard. Since its founding in February 1984, this school has been a beacon of faith, shaping the hearts and minds of those eager to spread the gospel to all nations. Many students who have completed the two-year missionary training program this institution offers have gone on to become missionaries abroad, and several are leaders and ministers spreading the message of salvation throughout the densely populated islands of the Philippines.
Located in Cabatang, Tiaong, Quezon Province, Philippines, the Bible Missionary Training School has tirelessly worked to provide a solid biblical foundation for aspiring missionaries both in the Philippines and throughout the Pacific Region. This facility has provided a place for students to stay, learn English and to be trained as missionaries, canvassers, health workers and administrators so greatly needed in this country and abroad. It has also served as a facility where training seminars, youth conventions, and conferences can be held.
As the work of reformation has grown throughout the Philippines, expansion and improvements of this facility are now urgently needed so it can continue to serve the needs of God’s cause going forward. In light of these needs, plans are also underway to hold a General Conference Session right here at this very institution. What a blessing it would be to host this gathering of believers, where visions for evangelism and spiritual revival will take center stage!
Your generous First Sabbath School Offering today will be instrumental in building the much-needed expansion for this institution. As we give, let us remember the words of 2 Corinthians 9:7, “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
May your gifts uplift this school, empower its mission, and bring forth workers ready to proclaim the everlasting gospel. Let us give with faith and joy, knowing that our contributions will bear eternal fruits for God’s kingdom.
Thank you, and may the Lord bless you abundantly as you give!
Daily Lessons
“Many are the ways in which God is seeking to make Himself known to us and bring us into communion with Him. Nature speaks to our senses without ceasing. The open heart will be impressed with the love and glory of God as revealed through the works of His hands. The listening ear can hear and understand the communications of God through the things of nature. The green fields, the lofty trees, the buds and flowers, the passing cloud, the falling rain, the babbling brook, the glories of the heavens, speak to our hearts, and invite us to become acquainted with Him who made them all.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 85.
“Our Saviour bound up His precious lessons with the things of nature. The trees, the birds, the flowers of the valleys, the hills, the lakes, and the beautiful heavens, as well as the incidents and surroundings of daily life, were all linked with the words of truth, that His lessons might thus be often recalled to mind, even amid the busy cares of man’s life of toil.
“God would have His children appreciate His works and delight in the simple, quiet beauty with which He has adorned our earthly home.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 85.
“In the study of the sciences . . . we are to obtain a knowledge of the Creator. All true science is but an interpretation of the handwriting of God in the material world. Science brings from her research only fresh evidences of the wisdom and power of God. Rightly understood, both the book of nature and the written word make us acquainted with God by teaching us something of the wise and beneficent laws through which He works.”— — Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 599.
“If we will but listen, God’s created works will teach us precious lessons of obedience and trust. From the stars that in their trackless courses through space follow from age to age their appointed path, down to the minutest atom, the things of nature obey the Creator’s will. And God cares for everything and sustains everything that He has created.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 85, 86.
“Let your imagination picture the home of the saved, and remember that it will be more glorious than your brightest imagination can portray. In the varied gifts of God in nature we see but the faintest gleaming of His glory.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 86, 87.
“The church of God has been given revelations of the eternal purpose of Jehovah. His people have been permitted to look beyond the trials of the present to the triumphs of the future, when, the warfare having been accomplished, the redeemed will enter into possession of the promised land. These visions of future glory, scenes pictured by the hand of God, should be dear to His church today.”— — Prophets and Kings, p. 722.
“In the Bible the inheritance of the saved is called ‘a country.’ Hebrews 11:14–16. 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 wide-spreading 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.”— — The Great Controversy, p. 675.
“In our circumstances and surroundings, in the changes daily taking place around us, we may find precious lessons if our hearts are but open to discern them. . . . [The patriarchs and prophets] men ‘subject to like passions as we are.’ James 5:17. We see how they struggled through discouragements like our own, how they fell under temptation as we have done, and yet took heart again and conquered through the grace of God; and, beholding, we are encouraged in our striving after righteousness.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 87, 88.
“Nature and revelation alike testify of God’s love. Our Father in heaven is the source of life, of wisdom, and of joy. Look at the wonderful and beautiful things of nature. Think of their marvelous adaptation to the needs and happiness, not only of man, but of all living creatures. The sunshine and the rain, that gladden and refresh the earth, the hills and seas and plains, all speak to us of the Creator’s love.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 9.
“When we take into our hands the management of things with which we have to do, and depend upon our own wisdom for success, we are taking a burden which God has not given us, and are trying to bear it without His aid. We are taking upon ourselves the responsibility that belongs to God, and thus are really putting ourselves in His place. We may well have anxiety and anticipate danger and loss, for it is certain to befall us. But when we really believe that God loves us and means to do us good we shall cease to worry about the future. We shall trust God as a child trusts a loving parent. Then our troubles and torments will disappear, for our will is swallowed up in the will of God.”—Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, pp. 100, 101.
“God speaks to us in His word. Here we have in clearer lines the revelation of His character, of His dealings with men, and the great work of redemption.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 87.
“The theme of redemption is one that the angels desire to look into; it will be the science and the song of the redeemed throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity. Is it not worthy of careful thought and study now? The infinite mercy and love of Jesus, the sacrifice made in our behalf, call for the most serious and solemn reflection. We should dwell upon the character of our dear Redeemer and Intercessor. We should meditate upon the mission of Him who came to save His people from their sins.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 88, 89.
“No one with a spirit to appreciate its teaching can read a single passage from the Bible without gaining from it some helpful thought. But the most valuable teaching of the Bible is not to be gained by occasional or disconnected study. Its great system of truth is not so presented as to be discerned by the hasty or careless reader. Many of its treasures lie far beneath the surface, and can be obtained only by diligent research and continuous effort. The truths that go to make up the great whole must be searched out and gathered up, ‘here a little, and there a little.’ Isaiah 28:10.
“When thus searched out and brought together, they will be found to be perfectly fitted to one another. Each Gospel is a supplement to the others, every prophecy an explanation of another, every truth a development of some other truth. The types of the Jewish economy are made plain by the gospel. Every principle in the word of God has its place, every fact its bearing. And the complete structure, in design and execution, bears testimony to its Author. Such a structure no mind but that of the Infinite could conceive or fashion.”— — Education, p. 123, 124.
“There is nothing more calculated to strengthen the intellect than the study of the Scriptures. No other book is so potent to elevate the thoughts, to give vigor to the faculties, as the broad, ennobling truths of the Bible. If God’s word were studied as it should be, men would have a breadth of mind, a nobility of character, and a stability of purpose rarely seen in these times.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 90.
“He who gives the Scriptures close, prayerful attention will gain clear comprehension and sound judgment, as if in turning to God he had reached a higher grade of intelligence.”— — Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 95.
“The truth of God, like gold, is not always lying right on the surface; it is to be obtained only by earnest thought and study.”— — Gospel Workers, p. 76.
“As the miner discovers veins of precious metal concealed beneath the surface of the earth, so will he who perseveringly searches the word of God as for hid treasure find truths of the greatest value, which are concealed from the view of the careless seeker. The words of inspiration, pondered in the heart, will be as streams flowing from the fountain of life.
“Never should the Bible be studied without prayer. Before opening its pages we should ask for the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, and it will be given. . . . Angels from the world of light will be with those who in humility of heart seek for divine guidance.”— — Steps to Christ, p. 91.