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The One Principle—Those who accept the one principle of mak-
ing the service and honor of God supreme will find perplexities vanish
and a plain path before their feet.—
The Desire of Ages, 330
(1898).
Taking One Day at a Time, a Most Important Principle—The
faithful discharge of today’s duties is the best preparation for tomor-
row’s trials. Do not gather together all tomorrow’s liabilities and cares
and add them to the burden of today. “Sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof” (
Matthew 6:34
).—
The Ministry of Healing, 481
(1905).
One day alone is ours, and during this day we are to live for God.
For this one day we are to place in the hand of Christ, in solemn
service, all our purposes and plans, casting all our care upon Him, for
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He careth for us. “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the
Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
“In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence
shall be your strength” (
Jeremiah 29:11
;
Isaiah 30:15
).—
Thoughts
from the Mount of Blessing, 101
(1896).
Let us not make ourselves miserable over tomorrow’s burdens.
Bravely and cheerfully carry the burdens of today. Today’s trust and
faith we must have. But we are not asked to live more than a day
at a time. He who gives strength for today will give strength for
tomorrow.—
The Signs of the Times, November 5, 1902
. (
In Heavenly
Places, 269
.)
Strength for Every Trial—Our heavenly Father measures and
weighs every trial before He permits it to come upon the believer.
He considers the circumstances and the strength of the one who is to
stand under the proving and test of God, and He never permits the
temptations to be greater than the capacity of resistance. If the soul
is overborne, the person overpowered, this can never be charged to
God, as failing to give strength in grace, but the one tempted was not
vigilant and prayerful and did not appropriate by faith the provisions
God had abundantly in store for him. Christ never failed a believer
in his hour of combat. The believer must claim the promise and meet
the foe in the name of the Lord, and he will not know anything like
failure.—MS 6, 1889.
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