This Day

With God
Sis. Ellen G. White

Daily Morning Devotional with Bro Raymond Mendiola

Cure for
Covetousness
DECEMBER 4
Letter 372, December 4, 1906, to Elder O. A. Olsen and Dr. D. H. Kress, working in Australia.
 Continue in the faith grounded and
settled, and be not moved away from
the hope of the gospel, which ye have
heard.

COLOSSIANS 1:23
Only the influence of the grace of God will lead men to
take their stand on the self-denying liberal side. The
cause of God must not in any case be hindered. The
message “Repent and be converted,” must go to all
parts of the world. God has freely bestowed upon us
His treasures of sunshine and shower, to cause
vegetation to flourish, and He expects every believer to
show willing liberality in advancing the cause of truth.
We need now to work as we have never worked
before, that the gospel, which is the power of God
unto salvation, may be proclaimed throughout the
world. And those who are converted to the truth
are to be the means, through their self-sacrifice, of
keeping the treasury supplied, that there may be
meat in the Lord's house.
The Spirit of the Lord, cherished, is a sure remedy
for the disease of covetousness. Talk it, live it. Put
on the whole of the gospel armor. We need more
of the spirit of prayer and more faith. The first
chapter of Colossians holds up before us our high
responsibility.
 Paul says, “As ye also learned of Epaphras, ... who also
declared unto us your love in the Spirit.... We also,
since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you,
and to desire that ye might be filled with the
knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work,
and increasing in the knowledge of God”.

COLOSSIANS 1:7-10
We must rise to a higher and still higher
spirituality. We must cease all
complaining, and cultivate the giving of
thanks. We must work for the salvation
of perishing souls.
We must lay hold of the supreme Power, and
close our ears to complaint and faultfinding.
Crush this inclination, and empty the soul
temple of evil-thinking. Let not one unhappy
thought remain within. Souls are perishing in
their sins. Work to the glory of God.
This Day
With God
Sis. Ellen G. White

Daily Morning Devotional with Bro Raymond Mendiola