Family Devotional Time

S
ome households have a little church in the home. Mutual love binds
heart to heart, and the unity that exists among the members of the
family preaches the most effectual sermon that could be preached on
practical godliness. As parents faithfully do their duty in the family, restraining,
correcting, advising, counseling, guiding,--the father as a priest of the
household, the mother as a home missionary,--they are filling the sphere
God would have them fill. By faithfully doing their duty in the home, they are
multiplying agencies for doing good outside the home. They are becoming
better fitted to labor in the church. By training their little flock discreetly,
binding their children to themselves and to God, fathers and mothers become
laborers together with God. The cross is erected in their home. The members
of the family become members of the royal family above, children of the
heavenly King. —The Conference Bulletin 1899, 34, 36.
Activity
• Morning verse
commentary with the family.
• Commentary of the
morning’s Testimony with
family members.
• Study one of the Sabbath
School questions.
Evening
Notes
“Then said Jesus unto them, when ye have lifted up the
Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I
do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I
speak these things.” John 8:28.
1
1
January
Morning
Biblical year
Genesis
1-4“... He blesses
the habitation of
the just”
E. G. White
Family Devocional Time

“... He blesses
the habitation
of the just”
E. G. White
Family Devocional Time

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Introduction
“... He blesses the habitation of the just”
Proverbs 3: 33
he right fears the Lord and is therefore under divine
protection even as the roof that covers him and his
family. Your home is an abode of love, a school of
saint training, and a place of heavenly light. It is a
family altar where the Lord’s name is taken daily in
reverence. Therefore the Lord blesses his room. It may be a hum-
ble cottage or a mansion; but the Lord’s blessing comes because
of the character of the inhabitants, not because of the size of the
dwelling “(CH Spurgeon, The Checkbook of Faith,
March 5).
We offer as a family, this interactive devo-
tional, which have been selected special topics
related to the home, needs, duties, privileges
and blessings. Has inserted a biblical and Spirit
of Prophecy reference by day, in order to facilitate
deep reading and family comment during the evening
service on the same subject and exposed in the morning.
“God desires that everyone starts at home to live the Christian
life ... The principles of heaven are to be conducted within the
whole family, ... A Christian family is a Christian anywhere. The
religion that is practiced in the home exerts an influence that can
not be measured “(Sons and Daughters of God, p. 257).
General Conference Family Department

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Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
15
1
January
Biblical year
Genesis
1-4
S
ome households have a little church in the home. Mutual love binds
heart to heart, and the unity that exists among the members of the
family preaches the most effectual sermon that could be preached on
practical godliness. As parents faithfully do their duty in the family, restraining,
correcting, advising, counseling, guiding,--the father as a priest of the
household, the mother as a home missionary,--they are filling the sphere
God would have them fill. By faithfully doing their duty in the home, they are
multiplying agencies for doing good outside the home. They are becoming
better fitted to labor in the church. By training their little flock discreetly,
binding their children to themselves and to God, fathers and mothers become
laborers together with God. The cross is erected in their home. The members
of the family become members of the royal family above, children of the
heavenly King. —The Conference Bulletin 1899, 34, 36.
Morning
“Then said Jesus unto them, when ye have lifted up the
Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I
do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I
speak these things.” John 8:28.

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
16
Morning
L
et the members of every family bear in mind that they are
closely allied to heaven. The Lord has a special interest
in the families of His children here below. Angels offer the
smoke of the fragrant incense for the praying saints. Then in every
family let prayer ascend to heaven both in the morning and at the
cool sunset hour, in our behalf presenting before God the Savior’s
merits. Morning and evening the heavenly universe take notice of
every praying household. —Child Guidance, p. 519.
“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built
his house upon a rock.” Matthew 7:24.
Biblical year
Genesis
5-8
2
January

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
17
Morning
I
n the prayer Christ offered in behalf of His disciples just before
His betrayal and crucifixion, He said, “This is life eternal, that
they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent” (John 17:3). Should not every family on
earth be a symbol of the family in heaven? In each household
should there not be heard songs of praise and thanksgiving? The
family whose members love God and one another, who do not get
provoked, who are longsuffering, forbearing, kind, is a symbol of
the family above. —The Upward Look, p. 33.
Biblical year
Genesis
9-12
3
January
“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven
and earth is named.” Ephesians 3:14, 15.

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
18
Morning
A
s parents faithfully do their duty in the family, restraining,
correcting, advising, counseling, guiding, the father as
priest of the household, the mother as a home missionary,
they are filling the sphere God would have them fill. By faithfully
doing their duty in the home, they are multiplying agencies for doing
good outside the home. They are becoming better fitted to labor
in the church. By training their little flock discreetly, binding their
children to themselves and to God, fathers and mothers become
laborers together with God. … The members of the family become
members of the royal family above, children of the heavenly King.
—Manuscript 56, 1899.
“Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things
the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on
thee.” Marc 5:19.
Biblical year
Genesis
13-17
4
January

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
19
January
Morning
od created man for His own glory, that after test and trial the
human family might become one with the heavenly family,
if they would show themselves obedient to His every word.
—SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 1, p. 1082.
To Eve it seemed a small thing to disobey God by tasting the fruit
of the forbidden tree, and to tempt her husband also to transgress;
but their sin opened the floodgates of woe upon the world. Who
can know, in the moment of temptation, the terrible consequences
that will result from one wrong step? —Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 61.
“God hath made man upright; but they have sought out
many inventions.” Ecclesiastes 7:29.
Biblical year
Genesis
18-20
5

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
20
January
Morning
C
ornelius was gladly obedient to the vision. …
Thus was the gospel brought to those who had been
strangers and foreigners, making them fellow citizens with
the saints, and members of the household of God. The conversion
of Cornelius and his household was but the first fruits of a harvest
to be gathered in. From this household a wide-spread work of
grace was carried on in that heathen city.
Today God is seeking for souls among the high as well as the
lowly. There are many like Cornelius, men whom the Lord desires
to connect with His work in the world. Their sympathies are with the
Lord’s people, but the ties that bind them to the world hold them
firmly. It requires moral courage for them to take their position for
Christ. Special efforts should be made for these souls, who are in
so great danger. —The Acts of the Apostles, pp. 134, 139.
“Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial
before God. And now send men to Joppa, and call for
one Simon, whose surname is Peter. He lodgeth with one
Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall
tell thee what thou oughtest to do.” Acts 10:4-6.
Biblical year
Genesis
21-23
6

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
21
January
Morning
T
he religion of the Bible is to guide the conduct of everyone
who sincerely believes in Christ. The Bible must guide us
in our dealings in daily life. We may make a profession of
being followers of Christ, and yet if we are not doers of His Word
we shall be like the counterfeit coin. We shall not have the right
ring. Everyone of us is a member of the human family. We owe it
to God to love Him, to manifest affection for Him in our ways and
words. We owe it to every member of the human family, whether
black or white, high or low, to treat him with kindness and to
manifest interest for his soul. As members of one family we are all
brethren. … Children of God are citizens of heaven. —Letter 16a, 1895.
“And above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
1 Peter 4:8.
Biblical year
Genesis
24-25
7

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
22
January
Morning
W
hat an impression it makes upon society to see a family
united in the work and service of the Lord. Such a
family is a powerful discourse in favor of the reality of
Christianity. Others see that there is an influence at work in the
family that affects the children, and that the God of Abraham is
with them. And that which has such a powerful influence on the
children is felt beyond the home, and affects other lives. If the
homes of professed Christians had a right religious mold, they
would exert a mighty influence for good. They would indeed be the
“light of the world.” —The Signs of the Times, January 14, 1886.
“And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and
establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the
work of our hands establish thou it.” Psalm 90:17.
Biblical year
Genesis
26-28
8

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
23
January
Morning
H
e was to be like those who belonged to the human family
and to the Jewish race. His features were to be like those
of other human beings, and He was not to have such
beauty of person as to make people point Him out as different from
others. He was to come as one of the human family, and to stand
as a man before heaven and earth. He had come to take man’s
place, to pledge Himself in man’s behalf, to pay the debt that
sinners owed. He was to live a pure life on the earth, and show
that Satan had told a falsehood when he claimed that the human
family belonged to him forever, and that God could not take men
out of his hands. —Selected Messages, book 3, p. 127.
“Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14.
Biblical year
Genesis
29-31
9

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
24
January
Morning
W
e cannot understand how Christ became a little helpless
babe. … His face could have been bright with light, and
His form could have been tall and beautiful. He could
have come in such a way as to charm those who looked upon Him;
but this was not the way that God planned He should come among
the human family. He was to be like those who belonged to the
human family and to the Jewish race. His features were to be like
those of other human beings, and He was not to have such beauty
of person as to make people point Him out as different from others.
He was to come as one of the human family, and to stand as a
man before heaven and earth. He had come to take our place, to
pledge Himself in our behalf, to pay the debt that sinners owed.
He was to live a pure life on the earth, and show that Satan had
told a falsehood when he claimed that the human family belonged
to him forever, and that God could not take the race out of his
hands. —The Youth Instructor, November 28, 1895.
“And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled
with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.”
Luke 2:40.
Biblical year
Genesis
32-35
10

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
25
January
Morning
T
he Sabbath and the family were alike instituted in Eden, and
in God’s purpose they are indissolubly linked together. On
this day more than on any other, it is possible for us to live
the life of Eden. It was God’s plan for the members of the family
to be associated in work and study, in worship and recreation, the
father as priest of his household, and both father and mother as
teachers and companions of their children. But the results of sin,
having changed the conditions of life, to a great degree prevent
this association. Often the father hardly sees the faces of his
children throughout the week. He is almost wholly deprived of
opportunity for companionship or instruction. But God’s love has
set a limit to the demands of toil. Over the Sabbath He places
His merciful hand. In His own day He preserves for the family
opportunity for communion with Him, with nature, and with one
another. —Education, p. 250.
“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no
work therein : it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your
dwellings.” Leviticus 23:3.
Biblical year
Genesis
36-38
11

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
26
January
Morning
I
am instructed to urge upon our people most earnestly the
necessity of religion in the home. Among the members of the
household there is ever to be a kind, thoughtful consideration.
Morning and evening let all hearts be united in reverent worship.
At the season of evening worship, let every member of the
family search well his own heart. Let every wrong that has been
committed be made right. If, during the day, one has wronged
another, or spoken unkindly, let the transgressor seek pardon of
the one injured. Often grievances are cherished in the mind, and
misunderstandings and heartaches are created that need not be. If
the one who is suspected of wrong be given an opportunity, he or
she might be able to make explanations that would bring relief to
other members of the family. —The Review & Herald, November 8, 1906.
“But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall
stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and
like fullers’ soap.” Malachi 3:2.
Biblical year
Genesis
39-41
12

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
27
January
Morning
od created man for His own glory, that after test and trial
the human family might become one with the heavenly
family. It was God’s purpose to repopulate heaven with the
human family, if they would show themselves obedient to His
every word. Adam was to be tested, to see whether he would be
obedient, as the loyal angels, or disobedient. If he stood the test,
his instruction to his children would have been only of loyalty. His
mind and thoughts would have been as the mind and thoughts of
God. —SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 1, p. 1082.
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31.
Biblical year
Genesis
42-43
13

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
28
January
Morning
B
lessed is the family where father and mother have surrendered
themselves to God to do His will! One well-ordered, well-
disciplined family tells more in behalf of Christianity than all
the sermons that can be preached. Such a family gives evidence
that the parents have been successful in following God’s directions,
and that their children will serve Him in the church. Their influence
grows; for as they impart, they receive to impart again. The father
and mother find helpers in their children, who give to others the
instruction received in the home. The neighborhood in which they
live is helped, for in it they have become enriched for time and for
eternity. The whole family is engaged in the service of the Master;
and by their godly example, others are inspired to be faithful and
true to God in dealing with His flock, His beautiful flock. —The Review
& Herald, June 6, 1899.
“I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known
him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you,
young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God
abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.”
1 John 2:14.
Biblical year
Genesis
44-46
14

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
29
Morning
I
n God’s sight, a man is just what he is in his family. The
life of Abraham, the friend of God, was signalized by a strict
regard for the word of the Lord. He cultivated home religion.
The fear of God pervaded his household. He was the priest of his
home. He looked upon his family as a sacred trust. His household
numbered more than a thousand souls, and he directed them all,
parents and children, to the divine Sovereign. He suffered no
parental oppression on the one hand or filial disobedience on the
other. By the combined influence of love and justice, he ruled his
household in the fear of God, and the Lord bore witness to his
faithfulness. —Letter 144, 1902.
“For I know him, that he will command his children and
his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the
Lord, to do justice and judgment.” Genesis 18:19.
Biblical year
Genesis
47-50January15

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
30
January
Morning
I
n Christ we are all members of one family. God is our Father,
and He expects us to take an interest in the members of
His household. As branches of the parent vine, we derive
nourishment from the same source, and by willing obedience, we
become one with Christ.
If one member of Christ’s household falls into temptation, the
other members are to look after him with kindly interest, seeking
to arrest the feet that are straying into false paths, and win him to
a pure, holy life. This service God requires from every member of
His church. —Manuscript 63, May 18, 1898.
“That there should be no schism in the body; but that
the members should have the same care one for another.
… Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particular.” 1 Corinthians 12: 25, 27.
Biblical year
Exodus
1-4
16

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
31
January
Morning
T
he kindly interest we manifest in the home circle, the words
of sympathy we speak to our brothers and sisters, fit us to
work for the members of the Lord’s household, with whom,
if we remain loyal to Christ, we shall live through eternal ages.
Then how carefully should the members of the Lord’s family guard
their brethren and sisters! Make yourself their friend. If they are
poor, and in need of food and clothing, minister to their temporal as
well as their spiritual wants. Thus you will be a double blessing to
them. … How tender we should be in our dealings with those who
are striving for the crown of life. He who in love and tenderness
has helped a soul in need may at another time be himself in need
of compassionate words of hope and courage. —Manuscript 63, May 18,
1898.
“Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown
of life.” Revelation 2:10.
Biblical year
Exodus
5-7
17

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
32
January
Morning
I
t has become customary in many families, with parents as
well as with children, to be more pleasant when in the society
of others than in their own home. This is not the plan that God
has devised for parents and children. Save some of your smiles
and praise and courtesy for the home circle. You should strive to
be tender, thoughtful, kind, to exercise Christian politeness in the
home. The gracious spirit of home religion is to be cultivated. …
Christ never spoke a harsh or an unkind word. When tempted by
His associates to do wrong, He would sing from the Psalm, or by
some word of Scripture would discourage the enemy. Do not be
ashamed to learn of Christ. —Manuscript 125, Oct. 6, 1898.
“Let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite
their parents.” 1 Timothy 5:4.
Biblical year
Exodus
8-10
18

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
33
January
Morning
W
hat is it to be a Christian? It is to be Christlike; it
is to do the works of Christ. Some fail on one point,
some on another. Some are naturally impatient. Satan
understands their weakness and manages to overcome them again
and again. But let none be discouraged by this. Whenever little
annoyances and trials arise, ask God in silent prayer to give you
strength and grace to bear them patiently. There is a power in
silence; do not speak a word until you have sent up your petition
to the God of heaven. If you will always do this, you will soon
overcome your hasty temper, and you will have a little heaven here
to go to heaven in. God wants His people to cleanse their hands
and purify their hearts. Will it make them unhappy to do this? Will
it bring unhappiness into their families if they are kind and patient,
courteous and forbearing? Far from it. The kindness they manifest
toward their families will be reflected upon themselves. —The Review
& Herald, November 19, 1908.
“Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have
wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness:
it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.”
Zephaniah 2:3.
Biblical year
Exodus
11-13
19

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
34
January
Morning
S
carcely any of us realize that angels are about us; and these
precious angels, who minister to those who shall be heirs
of salvation, are saving from us many, many temptations
and difficulties. The whole family of heaven is interested in the
families here below; and how thankful we should be for this interest
manifested for us day and night. Words spoken in our homes which
are impatient and unkind, angels hear; and do you want to find in
the books of heaven a record of the impatient and passionate words
you have uttered in your family? Impatience brings the enemy of
God and man into your family and drives out the angels of God.
If you are abiding in Christ, and Christ in you, you cannot speak
angry words. Fathers and mothers, I beseech you for Christ’s
sake, to be kind, tender, and patient in your homes. Then light
and sunshine will enter your homes, and you will feel that bright
beams from the Sun of Righteousness are indeed shining into your
hearts. —The Review & Herald, August 5, 1890.
“For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee
in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest
thou dash thy foot against a stone.” Psalm 91:11, 12.
Biblical year
Exodus
14-16
20

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
35
January
Morning
O
ne part of the ministry of heavenly angels is to visit our
world and oversee the work of the Lord which is in the hands
of His stewards. In every time of necessity they minister to
those who as co-workers with God are striving to carry forward His
work in the earth. … The angelic hosts rejoice whenever any part
of God’s work prospers.
Angels are interested in the spiritual welfare of all who are
seeking to restore the moral image of God in man, and the human
family are to connect with the heavenly family in binding up the
wounds and bruises that sin has made. Angelic agencies, though
invisible, are cooperating with visible human agencies, forming a
relief association with men. —The Review & Herald, March 19, 1901.
“Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister
for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” Hebrews 1:14.
Biblical year
Exodus
17-20
21

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
36
January
Morning
A
s stewards over the Lord’s property, we are to keep the
temple of the soul cleansed from all the rubbish and
defilement of the world. . . . All our talents are to be used,
every thought is to be enlisted, every power to be put forth to bring
us into harmony with the mind of God. We are to adorn ourselves
with all the graces of the Spirit, emulating all that is upright and
pure and elevating and ennobling, copying the excellencies, and
embodying the perfections of the heavenly family, obtaining an
education that will fit us to unite with the royal family in the courts
of heaven.
All heaven is imparting its help that we may surmount every
obstacle. … We are to build characters of a goodly fabric, spiritual,
heavenly, perfect. God bids us work for time and for eternity that
we may grow after the divine likeness. —Manuscript 21, 1898.
“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse
your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double
minded.” James 4:8.
Biblical year
Exodus
21-23
22

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
37
January
Morning
M
arriage has received Christ’s sanction and blessing and
is to be regarded as a sacred institution. True religion
does not counterwork the Lord’s plans. God ordained
that woman should be united with man in holy wedlock, to raise up
families that would be crowned with honor who would be symbols
of the family in heaven. . . . Marriage, when joined with purity and
holiness, truth and righteousness, is one of the greatest blessings
ever given to the human family. …
The divine love emanating from Christ never destroys human love,
but includes human love, refined and purified. By it human love is
elevated and ennobled. Human love can never bear its precious
fruit until it is united with the divine nature and trained to grow
heavenward. Jesus wants to see happy marriages, happy firesides.
The warmth of true friendship and the love that binds the hearts
of husband and wife are a foretaste of heaven. —Manuscript 16, 1899.
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth
favour of the Lord.” Proverbs 18:22.
Biblical year
Exodus
24-27
23

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
38
January
Morning
A
braham, the friend of God, set us a worthy example. His
was a life of prayer and humble obedience, and he was
as a light in the world. Wherever he pitched his tent,
close beside it was set up his altar, calling for the morning and
evening sacrifice of each member of his family. … This is a daily
matter. Each morning consecrate yourself and your family to God
for that day. Make no calculation for months or years, for they are
not yours. One brief day is given you, and that one day work for
yourself and your family as though it were your last. Surrender all
your plans to God, to be carried out or given up, as His providence
shall indicate. In this manner you may day by day be giving your
life with its plans and purposes into the hands of God, accepting
His plans instead of your own, no matter how much they may
interfere with your arrangements nor how many pleasant projects
may have to be abandoned. —The Signs of the Times, August 7, 1884.
“and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called
upon the name of the Lord.” Genesis 12:8.
Biblical year
Exodus
28-30
24

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
39
January
Morning
S
hall the people who have a solemn message to bear for the
enlightenment and salvation of the world, make little or no
effort for the members of their own family who are unconverted
to the truth? Will parents allow their minds to be engrossed with
trifling matters to the neglect of the all-important question, “Is my
family prepared to meet the Lord?”
Christ is waiting for the cooperation of human agencies, that He
may impress the hearts of our children and youth. With intense
desire heavenly beings long to see parents making that preparation
which is essential if they and their children stand loyal to God in
the coming conflict, and enter in through the gates to the city of
God. —The Review & Herald, October 12, 1911.
“For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:11.
Biblical year
Exodus
31-34
25

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
40
January
Morning
L
ife as it now appears is not what God designed it should be,
and this is why there is so much that is perplexing; there is
much wear and friction. The man or woman who leaves the
place God has given him or her, in order to please inclination and
act on his own devised plan, meets with disappointment, because
he has chosen his way instead of God’s way.
Our heavenly Father is our ruler, and we must submit to His
discipline. We are members of His family. He has a right to our
service; and if one of the members of His family would persist in
having his own way, persist in doing just that which he pleases,
that spirit would bring about a disordered and perplexing state of
things. We must not study to have our own way, but God’s way
and God’s will.
Let God speak, and we will say, “Not my will, but Thy will, O God,
be done.” —Letter 6, 1894.
“With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to
men.” Ephesians 6:7.
Biblical year
Exodus
35-37
26

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
41
January
Morning
A
Christian father is the house-band of his family, binding
them close to the throne of God. Never is his interest in
his children to flag. The father who has a family of boys
should not leave these restless boys wholly to the care of the
mother. … He should make himself their companion and friend.
He should exert himself to keep them from evil associates. …
He should take more of the burden upon himself, doing all in his
power to lead his boys to God. —The Review & Herald, June 8, 1902.
When children lose their self-control and speak passionate words,
the parents should for a time keep silent. … Silence is golden,
and will do more to bring repentance than any words that can be
uttered. Satan is well pleased when parents irritate their children
by speaking harsh, angry words. … “Fathers, provoke not your
children to anger, lest they be discouraged.” Colossians 3:21. …
Let your calmness help to restore them to a proper frame of mind.
—The Signs of the Times, January 1, 1902.
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but
bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:4.
Biblical year
Exodus
38-40
27

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
42
January
Morning
H
appy are the parents whose lives are a true reflection of
the divine, so that the promises and commands of God
awaken in the child gratitude and reverence; the parents
whose tenderness and justice and long-suffering interpret to the
child the love and justice and long-suffering of God; and who, by
teaching the child to love and trust and obey them, are teaching
him to love and trust and obey his Father in heaven. Parents who
impart to a child such a gift have endowed him with a treasure more
precious than the wealth of all the ages--a treasure as enduring as
eternity. —The Ministry of Healing, p. 375.
God wants every child of tender age to be His child, to be adopted
into His family. Young though they may be, the youth may be
members of the household of faith, and have a most precious
experience. —Counsels to Parents, Teachers and Students, p. 169.
“But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them
not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of
heaven.” Matthew 19:14.
Biblical year
Leviticus
1-4
28

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
43
January
Morning
T
he life on earth is the beginning of the life in
heaven. —Education, p. 307.
We are children of the heavenly King, members of the royal
family, heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. The mansions
Jesus has gone to prepare are to receive only those who are
true, who are pure, who love and obey His words. … If we would
enjoy eternal bliss, we must cultivate religion in the home. …
Peace, harmony, affection, and happiness should be perseveringly
cherished every day, until these precious things abide in the hearts
of those who compose the family. —The Signs of the Times, November 14, 1892.
There the loves and sympathies that God has planted in the soul
will find truest and sweetest exercise. The pure communion with
holy beings, the harmonious social life with the blessed angels and
with the faithful ones of all ages, the sacred fellowship that binds
together “the whole family in heaven and earth”—all are among the
experiences of the hereafter. —Education, p. 306.
“Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which
keepeth the truth may enter in.” Isaiah 26:2.
Biblical year
Leviticus
5-7
29

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
44
January
Morning
I
n the Revelation he [Satan] is declared to be the “accuser of
our brethren,” “which accused them before our God day and
night.” Revelation 12:10. The controversy is repeated over
every soul that is rescued from the power of evil and whose name
is registered in the Lamb’s book of life. Never is one received
from the family of Satan into the family of God without exciting the
determined resistance of the wicked one. … —The Faith I Live By, p. 324.
“Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make
peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.”
Isaiah 27:5.
Biblical year
Leviticus
8-10
30

Activity
• Morning verse
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
45
January
Morning
C
hrist did not come to this world to forbid marriage or to break
down or destroy the relationship and influence which exist in
the domestic circle. He came to restore, elevate, purify, and
ennoble every current of pure affection, that the family on earth
might become a symbol of the family in heaven.
Mothers are under the tender care of heavenly angels. How
interestedly the Lord Jesus knocks at the door of families where
there are little children to be educated and trained! How gently he
watches over the mothers’ interest, and how sad He feels to see
children neglected. … In the home characters are formed; human
beings are molded and fashioned to be either a blessing or a
curse. —Manuscript 22, 1898.
“And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of
Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: And both
Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.”
John 2:1, 2.
Biblical year
Leviticus
11-13
31

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
• Study one the Sabbath
School questions.
Evening
Notes
49
1
February
Morning
B
y His life and His death, Christ has achieved even more than
recovery from the ruin wrought through sin. It was Satan’s
purpose to bring about an eternal separation between God
and man; but in Christ we become more closely united to God
than if we had never fallen. In taking our nature, the Saviour has
bound Himself to humanity by a tie that is never to be broken.
Through the eternal ages He is linked with us. … To assure us of
His immutable counsel of peace, God gave His only-begotten Son
to become one of the human family, forever to retain His human
nature. … In Christ the family of earth and the family of heaven are
bound together. Christ glorified is our brother. Heaven is enshrined
in humanity, and humanity is enfolded in the bosom of Infinite
Love. —The Desire of Ages, p. 25.
“And with his stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5.
Biblical year
Leviticus
14-15

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
50
February
Morning
L
ove, the basis of creation and of redemption, is the basis
of true education. This is made plain in the law that God
has given as the guide of life. … To love Him, the infinite,
the omniscient one, with the whole strength and mind and heart,
means the highest development of every power. It means that in
the whole being--the body, the mind, as well as the soul--the
image of God is to be restored.
Like the first is the second commandment, “Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.” The law of love calls for the devotion of
body, mind, and soul to the service of God and our fellow men.
And this service, while making us a blessing to others, brings the
greatest blessing to ourselves. Unselfishness underlies all true
development. —The Review & Herald, January 16, 1913.
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all
thy strengt . … And the second is like, namely this, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Mark 12:30, 31.
Biblical year
Leviticus
16-18
2

51
February
Morning
Notes
Evening
Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
E
very family is a church, over which the parents
preside. The first consideration of the parents
should be to work for the salvation of their children. When
the father and mother as priest and teacher of the family take their
position fully on the side of Christ, a good influence will be exerted
in the home. And this sanctified influence will be felt in the church
and will be recognized by every believer. Because of the great lack
of piety and sanctification in the home, the work of God is greatly
hindered. No man can bring into the church an influence that he
does not exert in his home life and in his business relations. …
The angels of God, who minister to those who shall be heirs
of salvation, will help you to make your family a model of the
heavenly family. Let there be peace in the home, and there will
be peace in the church. This precious experience brought into the
church will be the means of creating a kindly affection one for
another. Quarrels will cease. True Christian courtesy will be seen
among church members. The world will take knowledge of them
that they have been with Jesus and have learned of Him. What
an impression the church would make upon the world if all the
members would live Christian lives! —Child Guidance, p. 549.
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6.
Biblical year
Leviticus
19-21
3

52
February
Morning
Biblical year
Leviticus
22-23
B
ring the sunshine of heaven into your
conversation. By speaking words that encourage and cheer,
you will reveal that the sunshine of Christ’s righteousness
dwells in your soul. Children need pleasant words. It is essential
to their happiness to feel approval resting upon them. Strive to
overcome harshness of expression, and cultivate soft tones. Catch
the beauty contained in the lessons of God’s Word, and cherish
this as essential to the happiness and success of your homelife.
In a happy environment the children will develop dispositions that
are sweet and sunshiny.
True beauty of character is not something that shines out only
on special occasions; the grace of Christ dwelling in the soul is
revealed under all circumstances. He who cherishes this grace
as an abiding presence in the life will reveal beauty in character
under trying as well as under easy circumstances. In the home,
in the world, in the church, we are to live the life of Christ. There
are souls all around in need of conversion. When the law of God
is written upon the heart, and is witnessed to in a holy character,
those who know not the power of the grace of Christ will be led
to desire it, and will be converted. —The Signs of the Times, November 14, 1911.
“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth
them that fear him.” Psalm 103:13.
4
Notes
Evening
Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
• Study of one the Sabbath
School questions.

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
53
February
Morning
E
very family that has a knowledge of the truth for this time,
is to make it known to others. The Lord’s people are to get
ready for the doing of a special work. The children as well
as the older members of the family are to act their part in seeking
to save those who are perishing. From His youth Christ was, to
all with whom He associated, an influence that drew them toward
higher things. So the youth today may exert a power for good that
will draw souls to God.
Parents need to appreciate more fully the responsibility and honor
that God has placed upon them, in making them, to the child, the
representative of Himself. The character revealed in the contact of
daily life will interpret to the child, for good or for evil. —The Signs of
the Times, November 14, 1911.
“As one whom his mother comforteth,
so will I comfort you.” Isaiah 66:13.
Biblical year
Leviticus
24-25
5

54
February
Morning
I
t was a high honor to which Abraham was called, that of being
the father of the people who for centuries were the guardians
and preservers of the truth of God for the world--of that people
through whom all the nations of the earth should be blessed in the
advent of the promised Messiah. But He who called the patriarch
judged him worthy. It is God that speaks. He who understands
the thoughts afar off, and places the right estimate upon men,
says, “I know him.” There would be on the part of Abraham no
betraying of the truth for selfish purposes. He would keep the law
and deal justly and righteously. And he would not only fear the
Lord himself, but would cultivate religion in his home. He would
instruct his family in righteousness. The law of God would be the
rule in his household. Abraham’s household comprised more than
a thousand souls. Those who were led by his teachings to worship
the one God, found a home in his encampment; and here, as in a
school, they received such instruction as would prepare them to be
representatives of the true faith. Thus a great responsibility rested
upon him. —Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 141.
“Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” Genesis 26:5.
Biblical year
Leviticus
26-27
6
Notes
Evening
Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
• Study of one the Sabbath
School questions.

55
February
Morning
Biblical year
Numbers
1-2
A
ny human being who needs our sympathy and our kind
offices is our neighbor. The suffering and destitute of
all classes are our neighbors; and when their wants are
brought to our knowledge, it is our duty to relieve them as far as
possible. —Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, pp. 226, 227.
He who loves God will not only love his fellow men, but will regard
with tender compassion the creatures which God has made. When
the Spirit of God is in man, it leads him to relieve rather than to
create suffering.
With earnest hearts let us inquire, Who is my neighbor? Our
neighbors are not merely our associates and special friends; they
are not simply those who belong to our church, or who think as we
do. Our neighbors are the whole human family. We are to do good
to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of
faith. We are to give to the world an exhibition of what it means to
carry out the law of God. We are to love God supremely and our
neighbor as ourselves. We are to give to the world an exhibition
of what it means to carry out the law of God. —The Review & Herald,
January 1, 1895.
“Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour
unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He
that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go,
and do thou likewise.” Luke 10:36, 37.
7
Notes
Evening
Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
• Study of one of the
Sabbath School questions.

56
February
Morning
Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
I
t is the love of self that destroys our peace. While self is all
alive, we stand ready continually to guard it from mortification
and insult; but when we are dead, and our life is hid with
Christ in God, we shall not take neglects or slights to heart. We
shall be deaf to reproach and blind to scorn and insult. “Love
suffereth long, and is kind;” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.
Happiness drawn from earthly sources is as changeable as varying
circumstances can make it; but the peace of Christ is a constant
and abiding peace. It does not depend upon any circumstances
in life, on the amount of worldly goods or the number of earthly
friends. …
The meekness of Christ, manifested in the home, will make the
inmates happy; it provokes no quarrel, gives back no angry answer,
but soothes the irritated temper and diffuses a gentleness that is
felt by all within its charmed circle. Wherever cherished, it makes
the families of earth a part of the one great family above. —Thoughts
from the Mount of Blessing, p. 16.
“Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have
wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness:
it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.”
Zephaniah 2:3.
Biblical year
Numbers
3-4
8

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
57
February
Morning
W
here their treasure is, there will their heart be also.
Those who have the Lord’s talents of means are placed
under a heavy responsibility. They are not to invest
money merely for the gratification of selfish desires, for whatever
is spent in this way is just that much kept from the Lord’s treasury.
Through the sovereign goodness of God, the Holy Spirit works
through the human agent, and causes him to make smaller or
larger investments in the cause of God, to make them redound to
the glory of God.
Whenever you think of using the Lord’s money for your own selfish
gratification, remember that there are many who are in deep poverty
who cannot purchase either food or clothing, and they are God’s
heritage. We are to do good to all men, and especially to those
who are of the household of faith. If those who have abundant
means are God’s agents in dealing in truth, they will use their
treasures wisely, so that none of the household of faith need to go
hungry or naked. —Letter 90, 1895.
“But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven … For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
Matthew 6: 20, 21.
Biblical year
Numbers
5-6
9

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
58
February
Morning
od dwells in every abode; He hears every word that is spoken,
listens to every prayer that is offered, tastes the sorrows and
disappointments of every soul, regards the treatment given
to father, mother, sister, friend, and neighbor. He cares for
our necessities, and His love and mercy and grace are continually
flowing to satisfy our need.
But if you call God your Father you acknowledge yourselves His
children, to be guided by His wisdom and to be obedient in all
things, knowing that His love is changeless. You will accept His
plan for your life. As children of God, you will hold His honor, His
character, His family, His work, as the objects of your highest
interest. It will be your joy to recognize and honor your relation to
your Father and to every member of His family. You will rejoice to
do any act, however humble, that will tend to His glory or to the
well-being of your kindred. —Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, p. 105.
“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for
a sweetsmelling savour.” Ephesians 5:2.
Biblical year
Numbers
7
10

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
59
February
Morning
H
ow can I best glorify Him whose I am by creation and by
redemption? This is to be the question that we are to ask
ourselves. With anxious solicitude the one who is truly
converted seeks to rescue those who are still in Satan’s power. He
refuses to do anything that would hinder him in his work. If he has
children he realizes that his work must begin in his own family. His
children are exceedingly precious to him. Remembering that they
are the younger members of the Lord’s family, he strives with all
his power to place them where they will stand on the Lord’s side.
He has pledged himself to serve, honor, and obey Christ; and he
puts forth patient, untiring effort so to train his children that they
will never be hostile to the Saviour.
On fathers and mothers, God has placed the responsibility of
saving their children from the power of the enemy. This is their
work, a work that they should on no account neglect. —Testimonies for
the Church, vol. 7, p. 10.
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will
of God.” Romans 12:2.
Biblical year
Numbers
8-10
11

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
60
February
Morning
H
ow surprised and gladdened will be the lowly among the
nations, and among the heathen, to hear from the lips of
the Saviour, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me”! How glad will
be the heart of Infinite Love as His followers look up with surprise
and joy at His words of approval!
But not to any class is Christ’s love restricted. He identifies Himself
with every child of humanity. That we might become members of
the heavenly family, He became a member of the earthly family. He
is the Son of man, and thus a brother to every son and daughter
of Adam. His followers are not to feel themselves detached from
the perishing world around them. They are a part of the great web
of humanity; and Heaven looks upon them as brothers to sinners
as well as to saints. The fallen, the erring, and the sinful, Christ’s
love embraces; and every deed of kindness done to uplift a fallen
soul, every act of mercy, is accepted as done to Him. —The Desire of
Ages, p. 638.
“Every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
1 John 4:7.
Biblical year
Numbers
11-13
12

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
61
February
Morning
ealousy caused the first death in our world. … All selfishness
comes from Satan. Human beings belong to one great
family, the family of God. They are to respect and love one
another. They are not to speak words which wound and
bruise. No one is to be unfair in his dealings, causing his fellow-
beings to lose confidence in him. Selfishness and injustice bring
unhappiness. Under their baleful influence men lose the sense of
what it means to love one another as Christ loves us.
All are to work in love and unity, looking to God as the great
center. Love for Christ is the principle which unites man to his
fellowmen. … —Lift Him Up, p. 292.
“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the
Lord is risen upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross
darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee,
and his glory shall be seen upon thee.” Isaiah 60:1, 2.
Biblical year
Numbers
14-15
13

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
62
February
Morning
O
ur work for Christ is to begin with the family in the home. …
There is no missionary field more important than this.
—Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, p. 429.
Happy are the parents whose lives are a true reflection of the
divine, so that the promises and commands of God awaken in the
child gratitude and reverence; the parents whose tenderness and
justice and long-suffering interpret to the child the love and justice
and long-suffering of God; and who, by teaching the child to love
and trust and obey them, are teaching him to love and trust and
obey his Father in heaven. Parents who impart to a child such
a gift have endowed him with a treasure more precious than the
wealth of all the ages, a treasure as enduring as eternity. —The
Ministry of Healing, p. 375.
“That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;
that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after
the similitude of a palace.” Psalm 144:12.
Biblical year
Numbers
16-18
14

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
63
February
Morning
W
hen iniquity abounds in a nation, there is always to be
heard some voice giving warning and instruction, as the
voice of Lot was heard in Sodom. Yet Lot could have
preserved his family from many evils had he not made his home in
this wicked, polluted city. All that Lot and his family did in Sodom
could have been done by them, even if they had lived in a place
some distance away from the city. Enoch walked with God, and yet
he did not live in the midst of any city polluted with every kind of
violence and wickedness, as did Lot in Sodom.
He [Enoch] did not make his abode with the wicked. … He placed
himself and his family where the atmosphere would be as pure as
possible. Then at times he went forth to the inhabitants of the world
with his God-given message. … After proclaiming his message, he
always took back with him to his place of retirement some who had
received the warning. —The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 1, pp. 1087, 1088.
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ;
and I will receive you.” 2 Corinthians 6:17.
Biblical year
Numbers
19-21
15

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
64
February
Morning
T
hen the commandment was given for Noah and his family
to enter the ark. The probation for the inhabitants of the
Noachic world was ended. Noah went into the ark and there
was seen a bright light, an angel of heaven came and shut the
massive door. Noah and his family were shut into the ark and the
unrighteous were shut out. The mercy of God was withdrawn from
that polluted and corrupt generation.
It was a tremendous test brought to bear upon Noah and his
family; [they were] shut in that ark for seven days, and yet no rain
came. The jeers and scoffs and triumphs of their enemies seemed
complete. —Manuscript 86, 1886.
“And Noah did according unto all that the Lord
commanded him.” Genesis 7:5.
Biblical year
Numbers
22-24
16

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
65
February
Morning
I
t was not a small trial to Abraham to be called to leave his
home and acquaintances and go into a land that he knew not.
When he came into that land, he found that the Canaanites
were there, and he would have all their idolatry to meet.
This was a severe trial to Abraham’s faith. He could not see any
possession that he could claim as his own. But in his perplexity
the God of heaven condescended to preach the gospel to him
and show him the possession that he should have for an eternal
inheritance.
Abraham moved from place to place, as it seemed advisable for
him, in order to obtain a support for his family, and his family was
not small. His trained servants numbered more than four hundred.
At every place where he pitched his tent, close beside it he erected
an altar; so he worshiped God in every place where he was called
to be. In thus doing he was training his family to love and fear
God. —Manuscript 19, 1886.
“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless
thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a
blessing.” Genesis 12:2.
Biblical year
Numbers
25-26
17

66
February
Morning
Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
T
he condition given to the Hebrews in Egypt on that night
when the firstborn were slain was that every family should
manifest that faith in the message given them of God that
would lead them to act in perfect obedience to the directions given
them of God. Every member of the family was to be gathered into
the dwelling place of the Hebrews. They were to eat the Passover
with their preparations all made for their departure, even with their
staffs in their hands. God was about to do His work in judgment,
and this was to bring Pharaoh to understand that the Lord, He was
God, and beside Him there was none else. …
What is the condition of those who keep the commandments of
God and have the faith of Jesus? If in families there are those
who are refusing obedience to the Lord in keeping His Sabbath,
then the seal cannot be placed upon them. The sealing is a pledge
from God of perfect security to His chosen ones. Sealing indicates
you are God’s chosen. He has appropriated you to Himself. As the
sealed of God we are Christ’s purchased possession, and no one
shall pluck us out of His hands. —Manuscript 59, 1895.
“When your children shall say unto you, What mean ye
by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of
the Lord’s passover, who passed over the houses of
the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians, and delivered our houses.” Exodus 12:26, 27.
Biblical year
Numbers
27-29
18

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• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
67
February
Morning
T
he Lord did not specify who was the guilty party, but He
gave directions as to what was to be done. He said, “In the
morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your
tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall
come according to the families thereof; and the family which the
Lord shall take shall come … man by man.” …
In thus sifting the matter to the bottom, the Lord reveals the fact
that He is acquainted with the hidden things of dishonesty, however
people may think that they are hidden. In all the transaction, Achan
manifested a determination not to acknowledge his sin; but now the
Lord fastened his sin upon him. Had Joshua declared Achan’s sin,
many might have sympathized with the guilty one as he protested
that he was innocent, and they might, in their human judgment,
have thought he was misused and maltreated. It is thus that many
do today when people are reproved for sin, for they drop God out
of their reckoning. —Letter 13, 1893.
“And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed
thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath:
because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord,
and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.” Joshua 7:15.
Biblical year
Numbers
30-32
19

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• Commentary the
family members.
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Evening
Notes
68
February
Morning
W
e would do well to consider the case of Elisha when [he
was] chosen for his work. Elisha was of a family who
had kept the ancient true faith of Israel. He did not live
in the thickly populated cities. His father was a tiller of the soil,
a farmer. Even during the captivity there were souls who had not
degenerated and gone into apostasy, and this family was included
in the seven thousand who had not bowed the knee to Baal.
Elijah was about to close his earthly labors. Another was to be
chosen to carry forward the work to be done for that time. In his
course of travel, Elijah was directed northward. … Now everything
seems to be springing up as if to redeem the time of famine and
dearth. The plenteous rains had done more for the earth than for
the hearts of humanity; it was better prepared for labor than were
the hearts of apostate Israel. —Letter 12, 1897.
“And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt
thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.” 1 Kings 19:16.
Biblical year
Numbers
33-36
20

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• Commentary the
family members.
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Evening
Notes
69
February
Morning
C
hrist’s character was exemplified in Abel, Noah, Seth,
Enoch, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David,
and all the host of those recorded as having characters
that God could approve. [As examples], we are also given Cain
and all who form characters opposite to truth, fidelity, obedience,
and righteousness. All had an opportunity to show themselves
members of the Cain family, or as members of the royal family. …
Purity and holiness come only through Christ. …
We are to listen to the voice of Christ speaking in the creation
of the world and from the pillar of cloud, for our eternal welfare
depends upon our obedience to the voice of God. —Letter 34, 1899.
“Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples:
and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the
ends of the world are come.” 1 Corinthians 10:11.
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
1-2
21

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• Commentary the
family members.
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Evening
Notes
70
February
Morning
N
ever will the human family, redeemed by the example
of the Sent of God, the only begotten of the Father,
understand and fully comprehend the terrible conflict
waged with deceptive, alluring power and concealed, deadly hatred
by Satan against our Lord when He lived upon earth. After the
battle of the great day of God shall take place, when the power
of rebellion is forever broken and Christ’s mediatorial work in
its magnitude is represented so plainly that all of the redeemed
of God’s family shall, with clear comprehension, understand the
mission of His Son as the mediatorial remedy to make of the fallen
race a repentant, humble, meek, reclaimed order of beings—then
there will be seen developed the difference between the person
that serveth God and the one that serveth Him not. —Letter 303, 1903.
“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple
of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write
upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of
my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out
of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new
name.” Revelation 3:12.
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
3-4
22

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• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
71
February
Morning
T
he priests and the Pharisees also were annoyed because
this Child would not accept their human inventions, maxims,
and traditions. … Failing to convince Him that He ought to
look upon human traditions as sacred, they came to Joseph and
Mary and complained that Jesus was taking a wrong course in
regard to their customs and traditions. Jesus knew what it was to
have His family divided against Him on account of His religious
faith. He loved peace; He craved the love and confidence of the
members of His family; but He knew what it was to have them
withdraw their affection from Him. He suffered rebuke and censure
because He took a straightforward course and would not do evil
because others did evil, but was true to the commandments of
Jehovah. … —The Youth’s Instructor, November 28, 1895; December 5, 1895.
“For neither did his brethren believe in him.” John 7:5.
23
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Deuteronomy
5-8

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• Commentary the
family members.
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Evening
Notes
72
February
Morning
T
he Creator of the universe addresses you as an affectionate
Father. … Your heavenly Father proposes to make you a
member of the royal family, that through His exceeding
great and precious promises you may be a partaker of the divine
nature. … The more you partake of the character of the pure,
sinless angels, and of Christ your Redeemer, the more vividly will
you bear the impress of the divine, and the more faint will be the
resemblance to the world. —Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 44.
If you call God your Father, you acknowledge yourselves His
children, to be guided by His wisdom, and to be obedient in all
things, knowing that His love is changeless. You will accept His
plan for your life. As children of God, you will hold His honor, His
character, His family, His work, as the objects of your highest
interest. It will be your joy to recognize and honor your relation to
your Father, and to every member of His family. —Thoughts From the
Mount of Blessing, p. 105.
“And I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:17, 18.
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
9-11
24

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• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
73
February
Morning
C
hrist brings the nobler world to view. He presents the
advantages of citizenship in that city which hath foundations,
whose builder and maker is God. He takes us to the threshold
of infinity, and shows us its glories, declaring them to be within the
reach of all who will live in harmony with the laws of God. Through
obedience to the laws of Jehovah, the human family may become a
united, happy family in the city of God; but there is no room there
for those who have no regard for the will of the Lord. All who will
may gain everlasting life, but they must gain it by accepting the
law of God as their guide in this life instead of seeking to follow
their own laws. … To those who will live a life that is in harmony
with the Father, Christ will impart the virtues of His life. —Manuscript
49, 1907.
The God of heaven has placed a benediction upon them that keep
the commandments of God. —The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 1, p. 1104.
“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through
the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:14.
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
12-15
25

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• Commentary the
family members.
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Evening
Notes
74
February
Morning
T
he object of the gospel is met when this great end is
achieved. Its work from age to age is to unite the hearts of
His followers in a spirit of universal brotherhood, through
belief of the truth, and thus establish heaven’s system of order and
harmony in the family of God on earth, that they may be accounted
worthy to become members of the royal family above. God, in His
wisdom and mercy, tests men and women here, to see if they will
obey His voice and respect His law, or rebel as Satan did. …
God’s object in giving the law to the fallen race was that man
might, through Jesus, rise from his low estate to be one with God,
that the greatest moral changes might be manifested in his nature
and character. This moral transformation must take place, or man
would not be a safe subject in the kingdom of God; for he would
raise a revolt. —The Review & Herald, July 21, 1891.
“But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will
put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their
hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
… For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:33, 34.
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
16-19
26

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• Commentary the
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School questions.
Evening
Notes
75
February
Morning
H
abits, often repeated, make character. Children who
allow themselves to speak rudely to one another, and
to be impolite at home, are forming habits that will cling
to them in after life, and that will be most difficult to overcome.
… In the behavior of children away from home, strangers can
read, as in an open book, the history of the home life. They read
there of duties left undone, of want of thoughtfulness, of lack
of self-forgetfulness, of a disposition toward strife, fretfulness,
impatience; while those who show that they have the fear of the
Lord before them will, in character and in words, testify of a home
where love is cherished, where there is peace, where patience
is cultivated, where attention is given to the little proprieties of
life, each mindful of his duty to make others happy. … —The Youth’s
Instructor, April 14, 1886.
“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is
evil; cleave to that which is good.” Romans 12:9.
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
20-22
27

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• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
76
February
Morning
C
hrist is our example. He placed Himself at the head of the
human family to accomplish a work the importance of which
men do not comprehend because they do not realize the
privileges and possibilities before them as members of the human
family of God. … His mercy was not weakness, but a terrible power
to punish sin. … yet a power to draw to it the love of humanity.
Through Christ Justice is enabled to forgive without sacrificing one
jot of its exalted holiness. —General Conference Bulletin, pp. 102, 103.
Will you not, if any one has done you a wrong, and is too proud
and stubborn to say to you, “I repent,” go to the offender and say,
“I love you for Christ’s sake, and I forgive you the injury you have
done me”? Jesus will witness and approved of this deed of love;
and as you do to others, it shall be done again to you. —The Youth’s
Instructor, June 1, 1893.
“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not
what they do.” Luke 23:24.
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
23-25
28

W
e made it a practice to read instructive and interesting
books, with the Bible, in the family circle, and our children
were always happy as we thus entertained them. Thus
we prevented a restless desire to be out in the street with young
companions, and at the same time cultivated in them a taste for
solid reading. … The Testimonies contain instruction which meets
the case of all, both parents and children. Should these be read
aloud to the entire family, the children as well as the parents
would be benefited by their counsels, warnings, and reproofs. …
Let the time be devoted to the reading of the Scriptures and other
interesting books that will impart knowledge and inculcate right
principles. Let the best reader be selected to read aloud, while
other members of the family are engaged in useful occupations.
Thus these evenings at home may be made both pleasant and
profitable. —The Review & Herald, December 26, 1882.
Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
“Blessed is he that readeth” Revelation 1:3.
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1
March
Morning
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
26-27

od wants every person to begin at home, and there live the
Christ-life. In the church and in every business transaction
a man will be just what he is in his home. If he submits to
the Holy Spirit’s guidance in the home, if he understands his
responsibility to deal with minds there, then when in responsible
positions he will pursue the same course. Remembering the
tenderness of Christ toward him, he will manifest the same love
and tenderness toward others. …
The principles of heaven are to be carried out in every family,
in the discipline of every church, in every establishment, in
every institution, in every school, and in everything that shall be
managed. —General Conference Bulletin, 1901.
Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
“He blesseth the habitation of the just.” Proverbs 3:33.
80
2
March
Morning
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
28-29

T
here are two ways to deal with children, ways that differ
widely in principle and in results. Faithfulness and love,
united with wisdom and firmness, in accordance with the
teachings of God’s Word, will bring happiness in this life and in the
next. Neglect of duty, injudicious indulgence, failure to restrain or
correct the follies of youth, will result in unhappiness and final ruin
to the children, and disappointment and anguish to the parents. …
It were well for parents to learn from the man of Uz a lesson of
steadfastness and devotion. Job did not neglect his duty to those
outside of his household; he was benevolent, kind, thoughtful of
the interests of others; and at the same time he labored earnestly
for the salvation of his own family. —The Review & Herald, August 30, 1881.
Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were
gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose
up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings
according to the number of them all: for Job said, It
may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in
their hearts. Thus did Job continually.” Job 1:5.
81
3
March
Morning
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
30-32

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• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
82
March
Morning
C
hildren who dishonor and disobey their parents, and
disregard their advice and instructions, can have no part
in the earth made new. The purified new earth will be no
place for the rebellious, the disobedient, the ungrateful, son or
daughter. Unless such learn obedience and submission here, they
will never learn it; the peace of the ransomed will not be marred
by disobedient, unruly, unsubmissive children. No commandment
breaker can inherit the kingdom of heaven.
The young are required in whatsoever they do, in word or deed,
to do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and
the Father by Him. I saw that but few of the youth understand what
it is to be Christians, to be Christlike. They will have to learn the
truths of God’s Word before they can conform their lives to the
pattern. —Testimonies for the Church, vol.1, p. 510.
“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well
pleasing unto the Lord.” Colossians 3:20.
Biblical year
Deuteronomy
33-34
4

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• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
83
March
Morning
W
hat a promise is here made upon condition of obedience!
Do you have to cut loose from friends and relatives in
deciding to obey the elevated truths of God’s Word?
Take courage, God has made provision for you, His arms are open
to receive you. Come out from among them and be separate, and
touch not the unclean, and He will receive you. He promises to
be a Father unto you. Oh, what a relationship is this! higher and
holier than any earthly tie. If you make the sacrifice, if you have
to forsake father, mother, sisters, brothers, wife, and children for
Christ’s sake, you will not be friendless. God adopts you into His
family; you become members of the royal household, sons and
daughters of the King who rules in the heaven of heavens. Can you
desire a more exalted position than is here promised? Is not this
enough? —Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, pp. 497-510.
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:17, 18.
Biblical year
Joshua
1-4
5

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• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
84
March
Morning
Biblical year
Joshua
5-7
C
hildren must be taught that they are a part of the home firm.
They are fed, and clothed, and loved, and cared for; and
they must respond to these many mercies by bringing all
the happiness possible into the family of which they are members.
Thus they become children of God, missionaries in the home circle.
If parents neglect the education of their children, they deprive them
of that which is necessary for the development of a symmetrical,
all-sided character, which will be of the greatest blessing to them
all through their life. If children are allowed to have their own way,
they receive the idea that they must be waited upon, cared for,
indulged, and amused. They think that their wishes and their will
must be gratified. Educated in this way, they carry through all their
religious experience the deficiencies of their home training. —The
Review & Herald, November 17, 1896.
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:2.
6

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• Commentary the
family members.
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Notes
85
March
Morning
Biblical year
Joshua
8-10
T
he husband should manifest great interest in his family.
Especially should he be very tender of the feelings of a
feeble wife. He can shut the door against much disease.
Kind, cheerful, and encouraging words will prove more effective
than the most healing medicines. These will bring courage to the
heart of the desponding and discouraged, and the happiness and
sunshine brought into the family by kind acts and encouraging
words will repay the effort tenfold.
The husband should remember that much of the burden of training
his children rests upon the mother, that she has much to do with
molding their minds. This should call into exercise his tenderest
feelings, and with care should he lighten her burdens. He should
encourage her to lean upon his large affections and direct her mind
to heaven, where there is strength and peace and a final rest for
the weary. —Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, pp. 306, 307.
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to
knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the
weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of
life; that your prayers be not hindered.” 1 Peter 3:7.
7

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• Commentary the
family members.
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Evening
Notes
86
March
Morning
Biblical year
Joshua
11-13
S
ince the fall, intemperance in almost every form has existed.
The appetite has controlled reason. The human family have
followed in a course of disobedience and, like Eve, have
been beguiled by Satan to disregard the prohibitions God has
made, flattering themselves that the consequence would not be as
fearful as had been apprehended. The human family have violated
the laws of health, and have run to excess in almost everything.
Disease has been steadily increasing. The cause has been followed
by the effect.
God gave our first parents the food He designed that the race
should eat. It was contrary to His plan to have the life of any
creature taken. There was to be no death in Eden. The fruit of the
trees in the garden was the food their wants required. —The Review
& Herald, April 2, 1914.
“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else
make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is
known by his fruit.” Matthew 12:33.
8

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family members.
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Evening
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87
March
Morning
Biblical year
Joshua
14-17
Y
ou should never separate Christ from your life and family,
and close the doors against Him by un-Christlike words and
actions. There are those who profess the truth who neglect
family prayer. But how can you venture to go to your labor without
committing the care of your souls to your heavenly Father? You
should show that you trust in Him. You should consecrate your
families to God before you leave your homes.
Every prayer that you offer up to God in faith will surely be
respected and answered by your heavenly Father. When Abraham
was told to go out into a place which he knew not, wherever he
pitched his tent he built an altar, and offered up his prayer morning
and evening. … —The Review & Herald, August 5, 1890.
“Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord:
his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall
come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain
unto the earth.” Hosea 6:3.
9

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• Commentary the
family members.
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Evening
Notes
88
March
Morning
T
his is the very work that should be done in every family,
but it is strangely neglected. We want to live as in the
sight of God in this world. It is of the greatest importance
that we constantly make preparation here for the future, immortal
life. We may have that life that measures with the life of God; if
we are faithful, we shall have an immortal inheritance, an eternal
substance; we shall see the King in His beauty; we shall behold
the matchless charms of our blessed Savior.
We should feel the importance of educating and training our
children, that they shall seek and appreciate eternal life. Their
will must be brought into subjection to the will of God, and they
must seek constantly to repress everything that is evil in their
natures. If fathers and mothers want their children to be Christlike
in disposition, they must set them the example. —The Review & Herald,
August 5, 1890.
“For I know him, that he will command his children and
his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the
Lord, to do justice and judgment.” Genesis 18:19.
Biblical year
Joshua
18-20
10

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• Commentary the
family members.
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Evening
Notes
89
March
Morning
S
hould not every family on earth be a symbol of the family in
heaven? In each household should there not be heard songs
of praise and thanksgiving?
The family whose members love God and one another, who do not
get provoked, who are longsuffering, forbearing, kind, is a symbol
of the family above. The members realize that they are a part of
the great firm of heaven. They are taught by the laws of mutual
dependence to rely upon the great Head of the church. If one of the
members of such a family suffer, all the rest suffer. The suffering
of one entails suffering on the other. This should teach the youth
to take care of their bodies, and to pray to be preserved in health,
because when they suffer from disease, the whole family partakes
of their suffering. Those men and women who have determined
to serve God will seek to govern their families so that they may
correctly represent the religion of Christ. —Manuscript 1, January 19, 1899.
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the
only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
John 17:3.
Biblical year
Joshua
21-22
11

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• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
90
March
Morning
I
nstead of remaining under God’s influence, in order that he
might reflect the moral image of his Creator, man placed
himself under the control of Satan’s influence and was made
selfish. Thus sin became a universal evil. And what a dreadful evil
is sin!
Yielding to Satan’s suggestions, our first parents opened the
floodgates of evil upon the world. The questionable principles of
the father and the mother of the human race influenced some of
those with whom they associated. The evil that began in Paradise
has extended down through the ages. Although Adam and Eve
related with sorrow to their children the sad story of the Fall, their
family became a divided family. Cain chose to serve Satan, Abel
to serve God. Cain killed his brother Abel, because he would not
follow his example. —Manuscript 55, January 27, 1901.
“And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The
Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering,
and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for
thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.
Exodus 34:6, 7.
Biblical year
Joshua
23-24
12

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• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
91
March
Morning
Biblical year
Judges
1-3
M
eek and lowly was the life of Christ. He chose this life
that He might help the human family. He did not take His
place upon a throne as Commander of the whole earth.
He laid aside His royal robe, He laid off His kingly crown, that He
might be made one of the human family. He took not on Him the
nature of angels. His work was not the priestly office after the
appointments of men. It was impossible for man to understand His
exalted position, unless the Holy Spirit should make it known. For
our sake, He clothed His divinity with humanity, and stepped down
from the royal throne. He resigned His position as Commander
in the heavenly courts, and for our sakes became poor, that we
through His poverty might be made rich. —Manuscript 24, February 22, 1898,
“Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the
things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he
became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that
obey him.” Hebrews 5:8, 9.
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• Commentary the
family members.
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Evening
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92
March
Morning
Biblical year
Judges
4-5
N
o unpleasant words are spoken in heaven. There no
unkind thoughts are cherished. There envy, evil surmising,
hatred, and strife find no place. Perfect harmony pervades
the heavenly courts.
Well does Satan know what heaven is, and what the influence
of the angels is. His work is to bring into every family the cruel
elements of self-will, harshness, selfishness. Thus he seeks to
destroy the happiness of the family. He knows that the spirit
governing in the home will be brought into the church.
Let the father and mother always be guarded in their words
and actions. The husband is to treat his wife, the mother of his
children, with due respect, and the wife is to love and reverence
her husband. —Manuscript 71, May 29, 1902.
“Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain
that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman
waketh but in vain.” Psalm 127:1.
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93
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Morning
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Judges
6-8
M
ay God help fathers and mothers to open the windows of
the soul heavenward and let the sunshine of Christ into
the homelife. Unless they do this, they will be surrounded
by a mist and fog most injurious to spirituality.
Fathers and mothers, bring sweetness and brightness and
hopefulness into the lives of your children. Kindness and love will
work wonders. Never punish a child in anger. When you do this,
you are acting like grown-up children, who have not left behind
them the unreasonableness of childhood. Will you strive earnestly
to be able to say, “When I became a man, I put away childish
things”?
Be sure, before correcting your child, to talk with your heavenly
Father. When your own heart is so softened by sympathy, talk with
the erring one. If the matter can be adjusted without the use of the
rod, so much the better. —Manuscript 71, May 29, 1902
“But when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
1 Corinthians 13:11.
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Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
94
March
Morning
have kept very well since the warm weather came. I am
surprised that at my age [75] I am favored with such good
health. I can go up and down stairs as easily and as quickly
as any member of my family. Generally, I am cheerful. I do not
want to cast a shadow in my family. I desire that every word that
falls from my lips shall be fragrant with Christlike love. …
We have been commissioned to go forth as God’s missionaries. In
the Bible we learn what work God has given us to do, and there,
too, we learn how to do this work. No one can know the will of
God so certainly as he who abides in Christ. There are some who
are constantly inquiring and speculating and guessing, but who,
instead of advancing, are retrograding. —They are not united with Christ.
Letter 121, June 25, 1903.
“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is
profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that
now is, and of that which is to come.” 1 Timothy 4:8.
Biblical year
Judges
9-10
16

Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
95
March
Morning
Biblical year
Judges
11-13
T
ruth constantly enriches the receiver. The minds of those
who receive the truth increase in activity. As they exercise
their talents, seeking to improve every capability, their
mental and spiritual powers strengthen, for where there is spiritual
life, there is development and growth. …
Money may be locked up in various ways. It is still money, but
it is of no special benefit to anyone. But money wisely invested
brings money in return, which may be used to gain more money.
Thus it is with the householder’s treasure, the Word of the living
God. The use made of the gems of truth determines their value to
the possessor. They are to be used to help and bless and save
those for whom the Lord gave His only begotten Son. Then they
are of the highest value to us, and in this way our talents increase
constantly. We add jewel to jewel. —Manuscript 88, July 10, 1898.
“Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is
instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man
that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his
treasure things new and old.” Matthew 13:52.
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Activity
• Morning verse
• Commentary the
family members.
School questions.
Evening
Notes
96
March
Morning
T
he Lord would have us cultivate home religion, causing the
fear of God to circulate through the family. When parents
neglect their duty to their children, failing to govern them
according to right principles, the enemy is given opportunity to
gain control of their lives. Children who are allowed to disregard
parental authority are never happy. In the early years of life is
the time for all to prepare to become members of the royal family.
Parents and youth should thank the Lord in prayer and praise
for the privilege of becoming children of God and citizens of His
kingdom.
Abraham is a noble example of a faithful householder, and he
has given us an example of the unquestioning obedience that all
should render. —Letter 242, August 23, 1908.
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but
bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:4.
Biblical year
Judges
14-16
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