“WHAT DO WE

REALLY NEED”
“I have told you these things, so
that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have
trouble. But take heart! I have
overcome the world."

John 16:33
MANY OF US DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE
REALLY NEED.
WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE IN
COMING TO CHURCH?
 COLOSSIANS 3:15, 16

AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, TO THE

WHICH ALSO YE ARE CALLED IN ONE BODY; AND BE YE
THANKFUL.
LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY IN ALL
WISDOM; TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER IN
PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, SINGING WITH
GRACE IN YOUR HEARTS TO THE LORD.
THE SABBATH IS NOT TO BE A DAY OF USELESS IDLENESS. BOTH
IN THE HOME AND IN THE CHURCH A SPIRIT OF SERVICE IS TO BE
MANIFESTED. HE WHO GAVE US SIX DAYS FOR OUR TEMPORAL
WORK HAS BLESSED AND SANCTIFIED THE SEVENTH DAY AND
SET IT APART FOR HIMSELF. ON THIS DAY HE WILL IN A SPECIAL
MANNER BLESS ALL WHO CONSECRATE THEMSELVES TO HIS
SERVICE. 6T361.5
ALL HEAVEN IS KEEPING THE SABBATH, BUT NOT
IN A LISTLESS, DO-NOTHING WAY. ON THIS DAY
EVERY ENERGY OF THE SOUL SHOULD BE AWAKE,
FOR ARE WE NOT TO MEET WITH GOD AND WITH
CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR? WE MAY BEHOLD HIM BY
FAITH. HE IS LONGING TO REFRESH AND BLESS
EVERY SOUL.
6T362.1
 - IS YOUR PURPOSE
ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOUR
DOING RIGHT NOW?
HOW IMPORTANT IS
TRUSTING GOD?
 BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
PLEASE HIM: FOR HE THAT COMETH TO
GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND THAT
HE IS A REWARDER OF THEM THAT
DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.
HEBREWS 11:6
WE SHOULD NOT PRESENT OUR PETITIONS
TO GOD TO PROVE WHETHER HE WILL
FULFILL HIS WORD, BUT BECAUSE HE WILL
FULFILL IT; NOT TO PROVE THAT HE
LOVES US, BUT BECAUSE HE LOVES US.
 BUT FAITH IS IN NO SENSE ALLIED TO
PRESUMPTION. ONLY HE WHO HAS TRUE
FAITH IS SECURE AGAINST PRESUMPTION.
FOR PRESUMPTION IS SATAN’S
COUNTERFEIT OF FAITH. FAITH CLAIMS
GOD’S PROMISES, AND BRINGS FORTH FRUIT
IN OBEDIENCE.
 PRESUMPTION ALSO CLAIMS THE
PROMISES, BUT USES THEM AS SATAN
DID, TO EXCUSE TRANSGRESSION.

-SDA Bible Commentary,Hebrews 11:6

 FAITH PRESUMPTION
FAITH ON THE OTHER PRESUMPTION
HAND, GIVES US SPARKS HURT AND
PEACE AND COMFORT DOUBT WHEN THE
AND LEADS TO ANSWER IS NO,
UNDERSTANDING AND PRESUMPTION LEADS
TRUST. HUMAN TO DESPAIR.
 HOW IMPORTANT
IS STUDYING THE
BIBLE?
FOR WHATSOEVER THINGS WERE WRITTEN
AFORETIME WERE WRITTEN FOR OUR
LEARNING, THAT WE THROUGH PATIENCE
AND COMFORT OF THE SCRIPTURES MIGHT
HAVE HOPE.
Romans 15:4
 THERE IS NOTHING MORE CALCULATED TO STRENGTHEN THE INTELLECT
THAN A STUDY OF THE BIBLE. 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, THAT IS RARELY SEEN IN THESE TIMES.)
 REST
IN
JESUS CHRIST
 ISAIAH 30:15, 16
THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, SAYS:
“IN REPENTANCE AND REST IS YOUR SALVATION,
IN QUIETNESS AND TRUST IS YOUR STRENGTH,
BUT YOU WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT.
16 YOU SAID, ‘NO, WE WILL FLEE ON HORSES.’
THEREFORE YOU WILL FLEE!
YOU SAID, ‘WE WILL RIDE OFF ON SWIFT HORSES.’
THEREFORE YOUR PURSUERS WILL BE SWIFT!