Devotional – Salvation Of Souls Initiatives

Pause And Pray At Noon…

“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.” Psalms 558:17

“Prayer is the breath of the soul. It is the secret of spiritual power. No other means of grace can be substituted, and the health of the soul be preserved. Prayer brings the heart into immediate contact with the Well-spring of life, and strengthens the sinew and muscle of the religious experience. Neglect the exercise of prayer, or engage in prayer spasmodically, now and then, as seems convenient, and you lose your hold on God.”
Gospel Workers Page 254.4

(Please see also: Daniel 6:4, 5, 10.)

🛐 Pause And Pray At Noon…

“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.” Psalms 55:17

“Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17

“No man is safe for a day or an hour without prayer.”
The Great Controversy Page 530.1

Friend, it is time to pause and pray at noon! So, what are you waiting for?…⌛…

How Do We Love: As True Christians?

“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
[5] Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
[6] Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
[7] Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7

“Christian love is slow to censure, quick to discern penitence, ready to forgive, to encourage, to set the wanderer in the path of holiness, and to stay his feet therein.”
The Desire of Ages Page 462.4

Tares Among The Wheat

Jun 22nd

“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”
Matthew 13:30.

“In this world we shall become hopelessly perplexed (as the devil wants us to be) if we keep looking upon those things that are perplexing, for by dwelling upon them, and talking of them, we become discouraged. . . . We may create an unreal world in our own mind or picture an ideal church, where the temptations of Satan no longer prompt to evil, but perfection exists only in our imagination. The world is a fallen world, and the church is a place represented by a field in which grow tares and wheat. They are to grow together until the harvest. It is not our place to uproot the tares, according to human wisdom, lest under the suggestions of Satan the wheat may be rooted up under the supposition that it is tares. The wisdom that is from above will come to him who is meek and lowly in heart, and that wisdom will not lead him to destroy, but to build up the people of God. . . .

“None need to err, none need to lose the golden moments of time in their short life history through seeking to weigh the imperfections of professed Christians. Not one of us has time to do this. If we know what is the manner of character Christians should develop, and yet see in others that which is inconsistent with this character, let us determine that we will firmly resist the enemy in his temptations to make us act in an inconsistent way, and say, “I will not make Christ ashamed of me. I will more earnestly study the character of Christ in whom there was no imperfection, no selfishness, no spot, no stain of evil, who lived not to please and glorify Himself, but to glorify God and save fallen humanity. I will not copy the defective characters of these inconsistent Christians; the mistakes that they have made shall not lead me to be like them. I will turn to the precious Saviour, that I may be like Him, follow the instruction of the Word of God, which says, ‘Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus’ (Philippians 2:5).”
TMK 179.2-179.3

Asking In Faith

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.”
John 14:12-14

“The Lord is disappointed when His people place a low estimate upon themselves. He desires His chosen heritage to value themselves according to the price He has placed upon them. God wanted them, else He would not have sent His Son on such an expensive errand to redeem them. He has a use for them, and He is well pleased when they make the very highest demands upon Him, that they may glorify His name. They may expect large things if they have faith in His promises.”
DA 668
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“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.”
1 John 5:14-15

“Faith is an essential element of prevailing prayer. ‘He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.’ ‘If we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us: and if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.’ Hebrews 11:6, 1 John 5:14, 15. With the persevering faith of Jacob, with the unyielding persistence of Elijah, we may present our petitions to the Father, claiming all that He has promised. The honor of His throne is staked for the fulfillment of His word.”
PK 157
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Sabbath Is Coming! Jesus Is Coming!!

Sabbath is coming, is coming, is coming;
Sabbath is coming, again!
Sabbath is coming, is coming, is coming;
Sabbath is coming, again!
Are you ready? Sabbath is coming again!
Ready and waiting? Sabbath is coming again!
Lord, make us ready – Sabbath is coming again!
Keep us ready and waiting – Sabbath is coming again!

Jesus is coming, is coming, is coming;
Jesus is coming, again!
Jesus is coming, is coming, is coming;
Jesus is coming, again!
Are you ready? Jesus is coming again!
Ready and waiting? Jesus is coming again!
Lord, make us ready – Jesus is coming, again!
Keep us ready and waiting – Jesus is coming, again!

Sabbath is coming and Jesus is coming –
Sabbath is coming again!
Jesus is coming and Sabbath is coming –
Jesus is coming again!
Are you ready? Jesus is coming again!
Ready and waiting? Sabbath is coming and Jesus is coming and Sabbath is coming again!

Jesus is coming! – Go tell the glad story!
Jesus is coming again!
Coming with all of His angels in glory!
Jesus is coming again!
Are you ready? Jesus is coming again!
Ready and waiting? – Jesus is coming again!

For His Church without wrinkle or spot –
Jesus is coming again!
For those who changed not a tittle or jot –
Jesus is coming again!
Coming an hour when you think not –
Jesus is coming again!
Coming to earth again – ready or not –
Jesus is coming again!
Are you ready? Jesus is coming again!
Ready, watching, and waiting? – Jesus is coming, is coming, is coming, oh! Jesus is coming again!!

Sabbath is coming – it’s sanctified, blest –
Sabbath is coming again!
Sabbath is coming – Christ’s holy rest –
Sabbath is coming again!
Are you ready? Sabbath is coming again!
Ready, watching, and waiting? Sabbath is coming, is coming, is coming, oh! Jesus is coming again!

Are you ready? Sabbath is coming again!
Ready, watching, and waiting?
Sabbath is coming –
And Jesus is coming!!
Yes, Sabbath is coming,…
Again!!!

Penned: February 19, 2011
Scriptural allusion:
Copyright (C) 2018 Dahana Baxter. All Rights reserved.

From Now On, Lord

From now on, Lord,
Make me Thine own;
Reign Thou supreme
On my heart’s throne;
By Thine own Word
Keep me Thine own,
Exalted be –
And Thou alone.

From now on, Lord,
Make us Thine own;
Reign Thou supreme
On each heart’s throne;
With Thine own mind,
Seal us Thine own;
Be glorified!
Exalted be!
Be glorified –
And Thou alone!

Coda:
From now on, Lord!

Coming Soon

About ABL

Our Brief History:
ABL began initially as an hour-long weekly Conference Call convening on Fridays at 8:30 P.M. EST to study Bible Prophecies. To date, the Lord has graciously enlarged the tents of ABL to have a schedule of six weekly teleconferences also known as Advent-Hour Initiatives.

Our Cause:
Central to the cause of ABL is addressing the need among SDA lay members to be: Equipped with the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of Bible Truths for this “Time of the End”; Mobilised by Christ’s compassionate love for fallen humanity; and Empowered and emboldened by God’s Holy Spirit.

Our Purpose:
Ours is the singular purpose of spreading the Advent Message, sowing “beside all waters” as we proclaim the Loud Cry of End-time Bible Prophecy. This is so that Christ can finish His work in each of us, cut it short in righteousness, and come to take His Commandment-Keeping Bride home, “That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” Ephesians 5:26

Our Charge:
As Christ’s Ambassadors:
“We are not to wait until opportunities come to us; we are to seek for opportunities, and we are to be ready always to give a reason for the hope that is in us.” Gospel Workers 122.3

Our Conviction:
ABL Serves:
“Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.” Zechariah 4:6

Our (Macedonian) Call:
Will you join us?

Oneness With Christ and the Father

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” John 17:21

“Let these words be oft repeated and let every soul train his ideas and spirit and action daily that he may fulfill this prayer of Jesus Christ. He does not request impossible things of His Father. He prays for the very things which must be in His disciples in relation to their oneness to each other and their unity and oneness with God and Jesus Christ. Anything short of this is not attaining to perfection of Christian character. The golden chain of love, binding the hearts of the believers in unity, in bonds of fellowship and love, and in oneness with Christ and the Father, makes the connection perfect, and bears to the world a testimony of the power of Christianity that cannot be controverted.. ..

“Then will selfishness be uprooted and unfaithfulness will not exist. There will not be strife and divisions. There will not be stubbornness in anyone who is bound up with Christ. Not one will act out the stubborn independence of the wayward, impulsive child who drops the hand that is leading him and chooses to stumble on alone. . . .

” ‘A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.’ (John 13:34, 35)”

“Satan understands the power of such a testimony as a witness to the world of what grace can do in transforming character. He is not pleased that such a light shall shine forth from those who claim to believe in Jesus Christ, and he will work every conceivable device to break this golden chain which links heart to heart of those who believe the truth and binds them up in close connection with the Father and the Son. . . .

“We believe in Jesus Christ. We unite our souls to Christ. He says, ‘Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit. . . . These things I command you, that ye love one another.’ (John 15:16, 17)”
TMK 173.2 – 173.5 (for June 16th)