*Authentic Christian Ministry*
Memory Text:
“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies” (2 Corinthians 4:8–10, ESV).
Saturday August 29, 2026 and Sunday August 30, 2026
*Fruits of an Authentic Ministry*
*Ephesians 2:19*
New International Version
19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, *but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,*
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*1 Corinthians 2:2*
2 *For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.*
*2 Corinthians 3: 4-6*
4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God. 5 *Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,* 6 who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, *not of the letter but of the Spirit;* for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Ministry means service, and to this ministry we are all called. *It is a dishonor to God for anyone to choose a life of self-pleasing. My brethren and sisters, do you realize that every year thousands and thousands of souls are perishing, dying in their sins because the light of truth has not been flashed upon their pathway?* . . .
There is a great work to be done in our world. *Men and women are to be converted,* not by the gift of tongues nor by the working of miracles, *but by the preaching of Christ crucified. Why delay the effort to make the world better?* Why wait for some wonderful thing to be done, some costly apparatus to be provided? *Why wait for some wonderful thing to be done,* some costly apparatus to be provided?
However humble your sphere, however lowly your work, *if you labor in harmony with the teachings of the Saviour, He will reveal Himself through you, and your influence will draw souls to Him.* *_He will honor the meek and lowly ones, who seek earnestly to do service for Him._* Into all that we do, whether our work be in the shop, on the farm, or in the office, we are to bring the endeavor to save souls.
*We are to sow beside all waters, keeping our souls in the love of God, working while it is day, using the means entrusted to us in the Master’s service.* Whatever our hands find to do, we are to do it with cheerfulness; whatever sacrifice we are called upon to make, we are to make it cheerfully. As we sow beside all waters, we shall realize the truth of the words, *“He which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”*
*We owe everything to grace, sovereign grace. Grace ordained our redemption, our regeneration, and our adoption to heirship with Jesus Christ. Let this grace be revealed to others.*
The Saviour takes those whom He finds will be molded, and uses them for His own name’s glory. *He uses material that others would pass by, and works in all who will give themselves to Him. He delights to take apparently hopeless material, those whom Satan has debased, and through whom he has worked, and make them the subjects of His grace.* He rejoices to deliver them from suffering, and from the wrath that is to fall upon the disobedient. *He makes His children His agents in the accomplishment of this work, and in its success, even in this life, they find a precious reward.*
But what is this compared with the joy that will be theirs in the great day of final revealing?—Reflecting Christ, p. 256.
*As soon as she had found the Saviour the Samaritan woman brought others to Him.* She proved herself a more effective missionary than His own disciples. . . . Their thoughts were fixed upon a great work to be done in the future. *They did not see that right around them was a harvest to be gathered. But through the woman whom they despised, a whole cityful were brought to hear the Saviour*. . . .
This woman represents the working of a practical faith in Christ. *Every true disciple is born into the kingdom of God as a missionary. He who drinks of the living water becomes a fountain of life.* The receiver becomes a giver.—Conflict and Courage, p. 294.
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Jesus knew that the disciples were following Him. They were the first fruits of His ministry, and *there was joy in the heart of the divine Teacher as these souls responded to His grace. Yet turning, He asked only, “What seek ye?”* He would leave them free to turn back or to speak of their desire.
Of one purpose only were they conscious. *One presence filled their thought. They exclaimed, “Rabbi, . . . where dwellest thou?”* In a brief interview by the wayside they could not receive that for which they longed. *They desired to be alone with Jesus, to sit at His feet, and hear His words*. . . .
*_It is contrition and faith and love that enable the soul to receive wisdom from heaven._* *Faith working by love is the key of knowledge, and everyone that loveth “knoweth God”* (1 John 4:7).—Lift Him Up, p. 168.
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Monday August 31rst 2026
Suffering and Glory
Answer me! Anyone wants to hear about the Sabbath School lesson today?! Here's the title: *"Suffering and Glory"*
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*2 Corinthians 4:7-910*
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, *so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;*
8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; *perplexed, but not despairing;* 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
*10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies*
*Psalm 95:6-7*
New King James Version
6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
*Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For He is our God,* And we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep [a]of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice:
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Psalm 95:7 Under His care
*We will not have a murmuring thought because we have trials.* God’s dear children always had them, and every trial well endured here, will only make us rich in glory. *I crave the suffering part. I would not go to heaven without suffering if I could, and see Jesus who suffered so much for us to purchase for us so rich an inheritance; and to see the martyrs who laid down their lives for the truth, and the sake of Jesus.* No, no. Let me [be] perfected through sufferings. *I long to be a partaker with Christ of His sufferings, for if I am, I know I shall be a partaker with Him of His glory.* Jesus is our pattern. Let us study to have our lives as near like Christ’s as possible.
My soul cries out after the living God. My very being longs after Him. *Oh, for to reflect His lovely image perfectly! Oh, for to be wholly consecrated to Him! Oh, how hard it is for dear self to die.* We can rejoice in a whole Saviour; one who saves us from all sin. We can be shut in with God where we can daily say, *“I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me” “to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Glory be to God.* I know that my life is hid with Christ in God.
The curtain has been lifted. I have seen the rich reward laid up for the saints. *I have had a taste of the joys of the world to come, and it has spoiled this world for me.* My affections, my interests, hopes, my all is in heaven. I long to see the King in His beauty, Him whom my soul loveth. Heaven, sweet heaven. *“I long to be there; and the thought that ‘tis near, makes me almost impatient for Christ to appear.”* Praise the Lord for a good hope through Jesus Christ of *immortality and eternal life.*—Reflecting Christ, p. 350.
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*2 Corinthians 5:18-21*
18 Now all these things are from God, *who reconciled us to Himself through Christ* and gave us *the ministry of reconciliation,* 19 namely, that *God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself,* not counting their trespasses against them, and *He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.* 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; *we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.* 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, *so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.*
*2 Corinthians 5: 12*
12 We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, *so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.*
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Tuesday September 1rst 2026
*Christ-focused Ministry of Reconciliation*
*Galatians 6:14*
14 But may it never be that I would boast, *except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.*
*2 Corinthians 12:9*
9 And He has said to me, *"My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness."* Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, *so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.*
There has been revealed to me the grave dangers we shall meet in these last days of peril and temptation. *Our only reliable light and guide for this time is in the Word of God. We must take this Word as our counselor, and faithfully follow its instructions, or we shall find that we are being controlled by our own peculiar traits of character, and our lives will reveal a selfish work that will be a hindrance and not a blessing to our fellow men*. . . .
*_It is the duty of those who stand as leaders and teachers of the people to instruct church members how to labor in missionary lines, and then to set in operation the great, grand work of proclaiming widely this message, that must arouse every unworked city before the crisis shall come,_* when, through the working of satanic agencies, the doors now open to the message of the third angel shall be closed. . . .
The righteous judgments of God, with their weight of final decision, are coming upon the land. *Do not hover over the churches to repeat over and over again the same truths to the people, while the cities are left in ignorance and sin, unwarned and unlabored for.* Soon the way will be hedged up and these cities will be closed to the gospel message. *Wake up the church members, that they may unite in doing a definite and self-denying work*. . . .
The world is preparing for the closing work of the third angel’s message. *The truth is now to go forth with a power that it has not known for years.* The message of present truth is to be proclaimed everywhere.—The Upward Look, p. 274.
Religion nowadays means just a show of HANDS: *H* ear about *A* ccess and *N* othing to *D* o with *S* uffering
Church nowadays, take your pick!
*CHURCH:*
*C*ongregation, Community, Company/
of
*H* eaven/Haven/Heathen
*U* sherers/Ushers/Unknown
*R* eflectors/Regenerators, Revelers, Rejectors
of
*C* hrist, Christianity, Christendom's
*H* oliness, Humility, Habitus
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Wednesday Sept and 2026
Call to Holiness
Psalm 119:64English Standard Version
Psalm 119:64
English Standard Version
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love;
teach me your statutes!
2 Corinthians 6:6
6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,
Holiness of heart will produce right actions.
As God is pure in His sphere, so man is to be pure in his. And he will be pure if Christ is formed within, the hope of glory; for he will imitate Christ’s life and reflect His character.
The princely dignity of the Christian character will shine forth as the sun, and the beams of light from the face of Christ will be reflected upon those who have purified themselves even as He is pure.
Purity of heart will lead to purity of life.—Our Father Cares, p. 13.
Those who receive the Saviour become sons of God. They are His spiritual children, born again, renewed in righteousness and true holiness. Their minds are changed. With clearer vision they behold eternal realities. They are adopted into God’s family, and they become conformed to His likeness, changed by His Spirit from glory to glory. From cherishing supreme love for self, they come to cherish supreme love for God and for Christ.... Accepting Christ as a personal Saviour, and following His example of self-denial—this is the secret of holiness.—God’s Amazing Grace, p. 120.
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