10:311 Corinthians 10:31

Whether eating or drinking or anything else is done, it is to be done to bring honor to God, so that ordinary conduct is not separate from faithfulness but is the daily aim of one who believes the truth.Lt 121, 1896, par. 15–16+2 It is a plain standard for Christian conduct that cannot be made less strict to suit human preference, and living by it makes Bible truth part of daily life.4SP 178.1–179.1+2 Even eating and drinking must honor God and not satisfy perverted appetite, requiring guarding the body, eating responsibly in harmony with His laws, and refusing intemperance that corrupts soul and body.STMW9 58.3+3 Care of the body belongs to honoring Him, treating it as His possession and preserving health and strength through temperance with appetite and passion controlled.FE 427.1+3 Every task however ordinary is to be done faithfully as to Him with undivided purpose to honor Him, not for praise or personal gain, but thoroughly and wholeheartedly in His sight.CH 289.1+2

Eating, drinking, and whatsoever is done are to be done to the glory of God, and ordinary conduct is not separate from faithfulness but must reflect Him as the daily aim of one who believes truth.Lt 121, 1896, par. 15–16+4 Keeping the body under control and resisting appetite belongs to this, because what is eaten and drunk affects conduct in family life, church life, prayer, and the care of children.ST Mar 25, 1889 God's laws are given for human good, and when obeyed they bring health, peace, and happiness in place of misery and harm.ST Mar 25, 1889 Honoring God in eating and drinking means practicing self-denial and temperance, choosing simple, wholesome, sufficient, nourishing food without excess that burdens the body and wastes strength, including a simple diet without spices, meat, or grease.2T 45.1+1 The body belongs to God and physical health is a duty to preserve, with appetite not to be indulged at health's expense.2T 45.1+1

Obedience in this must come from firm religious principle rather than impulse or personal inclination, with sincere concern for doing others good subordinating selfishness.CH 292.2+1 It requires considering how conduct may affect others, avoiding harm or leading them away from Christ, and seeking to serve God and lead others to love and honor Him.CH 292.2+1 The verse is a plain biblical standard for Christian conduct that cannot be made less strict to suit human preference without changing Scripture.4SP 178.1–179.1+2 Practicing this charge makes Bible truth part of daily life.ASCOP 23.1

Even the natural acts of eating and drinking must be done not to gratify perverted appetite but under a sense of responsibility to God's glory, guarding every part of the man lest what is taken into the stomach banish high and holy thoughts from the mind.20MR 115.1–2 In this the New Testament does not present a lower standard than the Old Testament but upholds the same duties to God and to fellow men set forth in the sermon on the mount.20MR 115.1–2 The verse answers what Scripture says to do to inherit eternal life as Paul's still more definite charge beyond Colossians 3:17.Lt 29, 1902, par. 12–13 It means showing allegiance to God by practicing Bible truth day by day and hour by hour, yielding to truth so its power is revealed in life and controls word and action.Lt 29, 1902, par. 12–13

Together with verse 32 it calls one who is tempted and tried to keep the eye fixed on Jesus and walk in companionship with Him.Lt 118, 1897, par. 1–3 It is a call to be steadfast, unmovable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord, to watch, stand fast in the faith, act with courage, and be strong, giving no offense to Jews, Gentiles, or the church of God.Lt 118, 1897, par. 1–3 Idolatry under this charge includes not only worship of idols but self-serving, love of ease, and gratification of appetite and passion.AA 316.2–317.1 Mere profession of faith and boastful knowledge of truth do not make a Christian, and a religion that seeks only to gratify the eye, the ear, and the taste, or that sanctions self-indulgence, is not the religion of Christ.AA 316.2–317.1 The charge applies to all time and especially to the present day.AA 316.2–317.1

Doing all to God's glory requires asking what influence words and deeds will have upon others and doing nothing, however innocent in itself, that would seem to sanction idolatry or offend the scruples of those weak in the faith.SLP 169.2+1 It means giving no offense to Jews, Gentiles, or the church of God, setting aside personal advantage and adapting conduct to different people and conditions rather than being governed by rigid rules, in order to serve others so they may be saved.GW92 254.3–255.2+2 Christ's servants are thus to become servants to all and meet the weak with understanding, acting for the good of many.GW92 254.3–255.2+1 Careful choices avoid harming others or leading them away from Christ, recognizing that habits affect the counsel, comfort, and well-being of others.ST Mar 25, 1889+1 Personal choice is not the highest rule for ordinary habits; a person may follow his own way at the cost of the soul, or follow God's way and live for a purpose now and receive everlasting life.Ms 60, 1894, par. 13

Even eating and drinking must be done to God's glory and not to satisfy perverted appetite, which must not be allowed to control life.STMW9 58.3+4 Every part of the body is to be guarded, eating is to be responsible and intelligent in conformity with the laws God has established, and self-denial is required with refusal of the intemperance that corrupts soul and body.STMW9 58.3+4 What is taken into the stomach can crowd high and holy thoughts from the mind, so care of the body and acting on received health light belong to honoring God.STMW9 58.3+2

Diet and temperance have an important place in the work of salvation and should be included in evangelistic and Christian work, with temperance in all its bearings.GW 347.1+3 It is a great mistake to treat diet as unimportant or as outside religion, since indulging appetite does fearful injury to self and wrong habits of eating make the world more immoral.Lt 49, 1902, par. 44–45 Every church and family has the duty to teach Christian temperance and knowledge of preserving health.GW 232.1 Health reform goes further than abstaining from liquor and tobacco to refusing unwholesome food that ruins the digestive organs, even by persons of talent and influence handling sacred truth.Lt 49, 1902, par. 44–45

Eating and drinking to God's glory means denying unhealthy appetite and choosing plain, simple, wholesome, sufficient, nourishing food in proper combinations, without letting taste lead to harmful excess.2T 68.2+4 Excess that burdens the body and wastes strength is to be avoided, and temperance means returning as far as possible to the original plan and regulating what is eaten, not merely abstaining from intoxicating liquors and tobacco.2T 68.2+2 This includes a simple diet without spices, meat, or grease, treating the body as belonging to God, and choosing simple healthful food instead of an excessive variety of rich or harmful dishes as part of returning to moral integrity.2T 45.1+1

Honoring God requires simple healthful food with temperance, since rich, fine, greasy, spiced food and meat burden digestion, excite harmful passions, weaken moral and intellectual powers, destroy health, ruin the constitution, injure the mind, and waste means.2T 404.1–405.1+4 Lavishing resources on rich food dishonors God, while plain coarse food with little grease agrees with nature and preserves health.Ms 3, 1854, par. 36–38+2 Choosing such food and practicing temperance honors God and supports the health and spiritual welfare of self and family.2T 404.1–405.1

Placing many dishes at one meal sins against the rule by forcing the stomach to receive meat, condiments, spices, pies, puddings, tea, and coffee together, injuring health, fermenting as a mixed mass, and abusing the stomach.Lt 53, 1898, par. 15–16+1 Wisdom and temperance require sufficient wholesome food without cultivating appetite, condemning many varieties course after course and dessert after enough has been received as overeating that burdens the stomach, brings disease and suffering, and injures physical, mental, and moral powers until the whole being is unfitted for service.Lt 53, 1898, par. 15–16+1 Obedience means simplicity, with only two or three varieties at a meal and dessert served with the rest of the food to prevent excess.Lt 53, 1898, par. 15–16 Moral integrity cannot be regained without this change, and disease and death from bad cooking, sour bread, medication, and abused stomach come from disregard of nature's laws, not from God's will.14MR 299.2–4

No one can sincerely ask God's blessing with singleness to His honor over rich greasy food such as cake and pie crust filled with grease eaten to gratify appetite, but plain suitable food chosen in answer to prayer for convenient food can receive blessing with strength and benefit.7MR 369.1–370.1+3 Few truly eat to His honor, and those who make a god of the belly and waste means will know pinching want if saved at all unless they deny appetite and change.Ms 3, 1854, par. 36–38+1 Self-denial that refuses to prepare rich food and puts the means saved into the Lord's treasury lays up reward in heaven, requiring laying aside pride and idols and praying as Solomon did for suitable food and acting accordingly.Ms 1, 1854, par. 20–21+1

Appetite must be governed by principle with harmful desires controlled to keep the body fit as God's temple.LC1 164.1+3 Self-control strengthens moral power and resistance against temptation, while misuse shortens time for service, weakens the mind's ability to distinguish right from wrong, and deprives others of good that could have been done.RH Sep 8, 1874+2 Money saved from hurtful indulgence can instead support gospel work through publications and missions as a light to the world.LC1 164.1+3

Believers, especially ministers, must consider the influence of their example in resisting indulgent appetite and choosing food to honor God.9T 159.3+4 Bodily condition affects growth in grace, upright character, and right thought and conduct, while indulgence clouds thought and weakens physical and moral strength.9T 159.3+3 Disregarding God's Word to gratify appetite fails to honor Him and harms self, others, and the work, and keeps words from reaching hearers with power.Lt 103, 1896, par. 26–28 Avoiding flesh food is not made a test of fellowship, but the way people eat is a matter of Christian witness.9T 159.3

Guarding appetite and walking in received health light by acting on it requires abandoning meat as staple and other unhealthful habits injuring mind and body.14MR 295.4–296.3+2 Meat often decays in the stomach and creates disease, with cancers, tumors, and pulmonary diseases largely caused by it under God's curse upon the animal creation, while God has provided abundant fruits and grains that can be healthfully prepared and used in proper quantities.Ms 24, 1902, par. 9–11 Craving flesh after twenty-five or thirty years of light, especially by those supported by tithe, disregards warnings, poisons the life-giving current, shows no evidence of walking in safe paths, and makes ministers untrustworthy when they join in eating flesh where served, though avoiding flesh is not made a test of fellowship.14MR 295.4–296.3+1 Knowing what the Word teaches without practicing it is not pleasing to God, and those who neglect light to glorify appetite bring mischief to themselves and others and hinder the work.14MR 295.4–296.3

Where fruits, grains, and nuts are abundant, flesh food is not right because it weakens love and sympathy, lets lower passions control higher powers, and is a major cause of certain diseases.CH 133.2+3 Overcoming meat eating and cultivating taste for wholesome food supports better health and enables a life to God's glory.1MR 288.1–2+1 Honoring God in eating and drinking calls for a strictly hygienic diet with no flesh meat, since dead flesh is repulsive and the animal creation is largely diseased so that meat eaters cannot avoid eating meat more or less diseased.Ms 175, 1897, par. 72–73

The plea of inability to live without meat repeats the reasoning of the tea and liquor drinker, weakness after leaving it comes from failing to provide a substitute and wrongly supposing strength came from flesh, and those who learn proper cookery find good sweet bread, fruit, and vegetables supply all needs, as shown by a large family of workers in good health tasting no meat.Ms 175, 1897, par. 72–73 Glorifying God requires touching not, tasting not, and handling not tea, coffee, wine, brandy, beer, and every stimulus and health-destroying narcotic, and not eating largely of meat.Lt 12, 1888, par. 4–5 Such indulgence strengthens animal over moral and spiritual powers, unduly excites the nervous temperament followed by corresponding depression, changeableness, careless conversation, and craving dependence that can become second nature and pave the way to drunkenness.Lt 12, 1888, par. 4–5 Decided total temperance in preaching and practice, with preaching and practice agreeing, steadies nerve, muscle, character, and speech.Lt 12, 1888, par. 4–5

Indulgence in tea, coffee, tobacco, opium, and alcohol weakens body and mind, dulls sensitivity to the Holy Spirit, weakens powers, and makes it impossible to glorify God, and hurtful indulgences such as tobacco must be avoided.CH 84.2+1 Intoxicants are forbidden because they weaken the body, confuse the mind, dull moral perception, deaden conscience to sin, harden toward iniquity, and erase the difference between common and sacred, making it impossible to meet divine requirements while preserving every power in best condition for acceptable service.PP 362.1 Being true to principle and refusing food and drink that confuse the brain keeps the mental machinery clear to receive God's education and to distinguish right from wrong and sacred from common.Ms 65, 1901, par. 11–14

Daniel and his companions fulfilled this in Babylon when offered the king's food and wine, and God honored their loyalty with wisdom and understanding so they were found ten times better than the magicians and astrologers, with even tones and kind words showing supervision by a power above human power.Ms 65, 1901, par. 11–14 Their history illustrates what all youth may become in God's service, and home training prepares children to make the same choice.Ms 65, 1901, par. 11–14 Doing all to God's glory calls for broad deep common sense in dietetic reform without criticizing others whose practice differs, since no unvarying rule can regulate everyone's habits and no one is a criterion for all.MH 319.2 Foods palatable and wholesome to one may be distasteful or harmful to another, as some cannot use milk while others thrive on it, some cannot digest peas and beans while others find them wholesome, and for some coarser grain preparations are good food while others cannot use them.MH 319.2

Eating and drinking are worship and must honor God through a wholesome nutritious diet keeping blood pure and body in good working order rather than eating as one pleases.Lt 38, 1902, par. 16 Eating as one pleases creates bad stomach condition, hinders bodily machinery, and hinders receiving the Holy Spirit, with the guiding question how sinful mortals can worship God most acceptably.Lt 38, 1902, par. 16 Self-denying eating and drinking that refuses intemperance corrupting soul and body is part of the decided reform God calls for because the sins of Noah's day exist now, leading His people to a higher plane and improving their condition.Ms 78, 1900, par. 27–28 Those truly on the Lord's side so live, but if members refuse this light the movement will go on without them, they will be left behind in the background, and God will remove their candlestick.Ms 78, 1900, par. 27–28

Failure to honor God in eating, drinking, and all else marks the last days, when minds taken up with what to eat, drink, and wear leave no time to prepare for eternal life.Ms 5, 1884, par. 1 Believers must neither copy the world in giving much time to eating, drinking, and dressing nor go to extremes, while low thoughts make low character and grappling with hard Bible problems strengthens mind and character.Ms 5, 1884, par. 1 Indulgence of appetite violates the rule and affects family life, church life, prayer and prayer meetings, and the conduct of children, and can keep people from understanding truths for the last days.ST Mar 25, 1889+3 Conduct at the table governed by principle displays allegiance to God because character for immortal life is being formed and each person bears great responsibility.ST Mar 25, 1889+2

Eating and drinking for God's honor in earth's solemn closing scenes requires temperate healthful habits in eating, dressing, laboring, and resting.Ms 5, 1866, par. 12–14 His people must awake and advance in this reform to battle the great foe and win victories reserved for the temperate striving for an incorruptible crown, ministers must teach the relation of habits to health, and all who believe present truth must take part and not regard it with indifference.Ms 5, 1866, par. 12–14 Eating and drinking to God's glory is part of serving God that makes the line plain between him who serves Him and him who does not, where active living faith does it while rejection refuses His yoke, meekness, and lowliness, declaring independence to follow inclination and eat as one pleases in worldly pleasure.Lt 131, 1902, par. 20–21

Remembering God at meals and using conversation to glorify Him belongs to the rule, and with Christ's peace in the heart plain food can be enjoyed.Ms 50, 1893, par. 6 At meals this means setting aside care and taxing thoughts, eating slowly and cheerfully, and giving thanks for His blessings.HL 170.5 At an unbeliever's table, honoring God means eating temperately and choosing food that keeps the mind clear for spiritual discernment, so self-denial and victory over appetite teach right principles by example.6T 336.2–4 Eating with care and self-control honors God, and on the Sabbath food should be chosen and limited with worship and service in view, since overeating can dull the mind and hinder spiritual understanding.RH May 27, 1902 Excessive indulgence is sin, and health reform provides a way to glorify God by obeying what He requires.CH 50.3 Eating, drinking, and everyday habits have a direct relation to health and a sound constitution, so mothers should educate daughters in the laws of life to understand their frame since without health the sciences are of little benefit.SA 17.2

Care of the body is part of honoring God, for eating, drinking and every other action are to be done to His glory by treating the body conscientiously as His possession and preserving health and strength through temperance.FE 427.1+1 Appetite and passion are to be kept under control rather than weakening or defiling the body, appetite is to be used temperately and the body kept in the best possible health so it can meet His requirements, since self-indulgence harms physical and moral powers.CH 88.1+2 In eating and drinking this means nourishing the body to give it strength for His service as a pure offering, strictly guarding appetite and every propensity so they do not damage health.Lt 175, 1896, par. 1–6

Human beings belong to God in body and soul by creation, by daily preservation, and by redemption through blood, bear His stamp and are His witnesses at all times and in all places, with progress in religious growth resting on heartily recognizing His right over time, talents, property, influence and the self.Lt 9, 1897, par. 6–7 Bodily powers, physical strength and labor belong to Him as His property and as Christ's property, and misusing any of them robs Him of the honor due Him.ST Oct 18, 1899+1 Because the Saviour purchased the person, eating, dressing and spending time and talents must all be done to His glory with strict economy in all things, strict temperance in all things, and the inward adorning of a meek and quiet spirit which He counts of great price; the converted who regarded themselves as above labor are to use bodily powers in useful service, for idleness sets an example contrary to Christ's principles, and wrong habits that develop a bad temper violate the verse.ST Oct 18, 1899+2

God's laws are given for human good, and living in harmony with them brings health, peace and happiness instead of misery and harm.ST Mar 25, 1889+2 This includes respecting the laws of nature through practical choices about bodily health and conduct and governing appetite by His laws, since what is eaten and drunk affects conduct in family, church, prayer and the care of children.Ms 53, 1896, par. 10+1 Destructive appetites and immoral habits weaken body, mind and moral powers, indulgence can hinder understanding of truths for the last days, and violating the laws brings its penalty, closing the way to the city of God.Ms 53, 1896, par. 10+1

No one can glorify Him with sickly bodies or impaired minds, so preparing food properly and practicing temperance in eating, drinking and labor are religious duties, and violating the laws of health is sin because those laws are His laws.ST Jan 29, 1894 These principles apply to ordinary choices such as what and when to eat, including eating between meals or just before bed and drinking water with meals.ST Jan 29, 1894 Keeping the body in health to His glory is an individual obligation to Him that no one can bear for another, regarding every nerve and muscle as a sacred charge and doing all in human power to keep the body healthy and the brain clear and strong.Lt 274, 1908, par. 12 Keeping this command preserves peace of mind and comfort of body and gives ability to comprehend truth as it is in the Word and earnest purpose to secure eternal life.Lt 274, 1908, par. 12

Honoring Him includes keeping the body under control in healthful condition, recognizing the laws of nature and preserving the body in the very best condition for the Master's use, so that sickness and helplessness do not prevent helping others.Ms 3, 1888, par. 24 This means living in harmony with the laws of being and preserving powers to render the best service possible rather than abusing them for selfish gratification, reverently studying simplicity in diet and obeying rather than resisting nature's laws, which supports both physical and spiritual growth.ST Jul 29, 1889+1 Eating and drinking must not be treated as mere bodily pleasures but with remembrance of God in good things enjoyed, with appetite controlled rather than indulged in ways that damage given faculties, since the body's condition affects the mind, neglecting physical health harms the mind, and indulging taste at health's expense violates physical law and weakens moral power; appetite and habit must not control conscience or deprive Him of due service.TBC1872 43.2+2 Preserving faculties in healthful vigor enables a clear sense of His requirements and supports holiness, and caring for physical, mental and spiritual health keeps fitness to serve.ST Feb 25, 1875

Regulating food, sleep, study and exercise responsibly honors Him and supports health, moral character and spiritual life, including bringing daily habits into harmony with right principles and respecting the laws that govern health.ST Jun 29, 1882+1 This includes cooperating with nature in the recovery and preservation of health, since bodily health depends greatly on health of the soul, and reformers and Bible Christians especially should make eating, drinking and work honor Him.16MR 59.1+2 Overeating and wrong habits of living dull the mind, weaken spiritual understanding, develop a bad temper and keep a person from responding to truth including in Sabbath worship, for eating and drinking have a close relation to the state of mind and temper.RH Jul 12, 1906+1

Eating with restraint and care for the stomach can be medical missionary work for His glory, for the soul is greatly afflicted when the stomach is afflicted and Christ is deeply dishonored when the stomach is abused.CH 622.3–623.2+1 Eating and drinking to His glory therefore requires not putting too much food in the stomach, not eating too rapidly, not eating at one meal food that does not agree, and bravely and self-denyingly giving the stomach opportunity to recover healthy action.Ms 93, 1901, par. 15–20 So the brain stays clear, spiritual things can be discerned, wise counsel can be given, and gratitude to God and witness for truth are not cut off by diseased nerves, impatience, strife and passion.Ms 93, 1901, par. 15–20

Carefulness in eating and drinking to keep well and to restore health is living in a way that honors and glorifies Him, whom Christ died to save from ruin, and eating and drinking in this way helps avoid sickness.STB 227.3+1 Sanitariums are His helping hand for that work by making the ignorant intelligent and wise about health, relieving suffering, restoring health and teaching how to live, and if those conducting them do not do this work they make a great mistake and lose their opportunity to help those needing reform.STB 227.3+2 This includes reform in manner of living and abstinence from flesh meat, which benefits those who abstain, because men eat to live rather than live to eat, and habits of living taught by sanitariums should honor Him.20MR 261.5–262.1+1

All conduct, including efforts to preserve health and prayers for health, should serve His glory, and He may bless human efforts when the laws of life are observed.STBk 146.2 Prayer does not remove responsibility to act, and He does not miraculously protect those who carelessly violate the laws of health.STBk 146.2 Keeping the body well means temperance, regular exercise in the open air and abstinence from what weakens health and strength, with a diet of grains, fruits, nuts and other products of the soil.Lt 233, 1905, par. 32–35 Flesh meat, tea, coffee, tobacco and intoxicating liquor are to be discarded because they injure the digestive organs and health, abstinence from flesh meat benefits those who abstain, and practicing health reform with lectures and instruction from a health standpoint helps the sick regain health.Lt 233, 1905, par. 32–35

Eating and drinking to His glory means gaining intelligent knowledge of pure air and using it wisely and abundantly, and taking simple healthful food into the stomach temperately, with sunlight, healthful habits and cleanliness of body, house and premises.20MR 373.3–374.1+1 These hygienic principles belong to the better way He gave to live healthfully and do without drugs, to be taught by constant instruction in place of drug medication, and on this plan ten thousand now sick would be well instead of eating and drinking without reference to health and then resorting to drugs.20MR 373.3–374.1+1 Ordinary actions including caring for the body through exercise, rest and temperate habits are for His glory, so gardening for needed exercise is as much His work as holding meetings, because life and body are entrusted by Him to be kept and used in His service.RH Jun 20, 1912 Preserving health and improving abilities make it possible to use life's opportunities in service to others and to promote His glory.RH Jun 20, 1912

Neglecting or abusing the body through inadequate food dishonors Him because it leaves the body unfit for His service, so providing nourishing, strengthening food is a duty.MH 321.3–322.1 Eating, drinking, dressing and all habits of life must honor Him through true health reform, denying selfish appetite and regulating daily practice by given light to keep physically and spiritually healthy, care for the house lived in and save from disease.Ms 74a, 1900, par. 2–3 Such health avoids unfitness for His service through presumption, disregard of the laws of life and health or taking on too many burdens, and preserves usefulness in this life, enables help to others, exerts a pure wholesome influence, allows blessings received to be imparted and gains a rich spiritual experience.Ms 74a, 1900, par. 2–3

Preserving health is a religious duty in order to glorify Him by complete service, requiring correct habits governed by fixed principle and careful obedience to the laws of health, especially when sickness prevails everywhere.Lt 16a, 1870, par. 15–16 In eating, drinking, dressing and all that is done the aim must not be gratification of pride or appetite but His glory, including giving vital organs full room to work without obstruction by not wearing dresses too tight, and never violating conscience.Lt 16a, 1870, par. 15–16 Eating, drinking and whatsoever is done must glorify Him through self-denial and temperance in harmony with His life-giving arrangements brought to light through the gospel in union with the Lifegiver who offered His life.Lt 83, 1905, par. 11–12 Those who do this are saved from physical and spiritual death and restored to health, with disease overcome, mind and body renewed, body, mind and soul sanctified, happy thoughts filling the mind, thoughts ennobled and enriched, affections drawn out in gladness and thankfulness to the Creator, and the life renewed in Christ's image becoming as a light bringing truth with gracious health-giving influences within reach of those who know it not.Lt 83, 1905, par. 11–12

The verse lays a solemn obligation and sacred duty on each person to keep the body in right condition, calling sanitarium workers, teachers and students to guard appetite and not let cares and responsibilities absorb time so they fail to eat as they should.Lt 274, 1908, par. 10 It requires taking time to eat, not crowding great variety into the stomach at one meal and not eating hurriedly of several kinds, which is a serious mistake, and respecting the laws of being by giving time and thought to bodily needs and digestion, so proper treatment of the stomach is rewarded with clearness of thought and strength of mind and digestive organs are not prematurely worn out.Lt 274, 1908, par. 10 It requires showing appreciation for God-given intelligence by eating, studying and working wisely, keeping the body so as to have sweet clean breath, and upholding reform by word, practice and reflected clear light.Lt 274, 1908, par. 10 Having an eye single to His glory in eating, drinking and dressing requires conscientious scruples and a full stand on health reform, forbidding self-indulgence and requiring self-denial of health-destroying tea, coffee and flesh meats.Lt 6a, 1890, par. 21–25 Those who believe truth yet indulge appetite violate the verse, blunt their witness, and by example stand directly in the way of reforming others and lead institutions from their true object.Lt 6a, 1890, par. 21–25

Eating, drinking and everything done must glorify Him by preserving mind and body in health for His use, requiring sobriety and temperance in all things.Ms 126, 1903, par. 20 This means refusing any food or drink that clouds the senses, acts upon the nervous system to degrade character, unfits for usefulness or defiles His temple.Ms 126, 1903, par. 20 Eating and drinking are a moral matter before Him, and improper habits in them are a snare to many, so glorifying Him requires studying how to keep body and mind fit for His service and walking in harmony with health reform light.Ms 71, 1906, par. 20–21 All stand morally accountable for this, health can be kept by working intelligently and reasoning from cause to effect, such faithfulness belongs to preparing for translation, and all should become intelligent in principles with patience toward slow learners.Ms 71, 1906, par. 20–21

Intemperance in eating and ignorance of the laws of health rob Him of due glory, while self-denial and healthful living help reach His spiritual standard, so teaching prevention of illness and wholesome cookery serves Him and relieves suffering.RH Jun 6, 1912 Proper eating and drinking with temperance and self-control are serious matters belonging to a useful, happy Christian life and faithful service, keeping body and mind fit as those bought by Christ's blood and co-workers with Him who must not cripple or abuse lent gifts.CTBH 190.3+1 Glorifying Him requires practicing temperance and educating habits, tastes and inclinations in harmony with the laws of life and health, securing best physical condition and mental clearness to discern good and evil, greatly needed in crisis work.ST Jan 27, 1909

Simplicity, self-control and reasonable thoughtfulness rather than self-indulgence are required in ordinary choices and physical and intellectual work, using all abilities usefully to honor Him.Lt 60, 1896, par. 23–25 This includes educating the appetite and using body and mind through balanced exercise of mental and physical powers so health and intelligence can be used for effective service in presenting truth.RH Feb 17, 1910 Students are to learn to eat and drink to honor Him before speaking of attainments in higher education, using food, drink and exercise of brain, bone and muscle to fit the whole person for highest service.CT 299.3 Obeying governing laws preserves efficiency for learning and service while disobedience weakens it even when powers are devoted to knowledge, and wrong habits destroy self-appreciation and self-control, prevent correct reasoning about deeply important matters and make treatment of mind and body reckless.CT 299.3

Eating, drinking, dressing and other ordinary choices bear directly on spiritual advancement and are to be done to His glory, including using mind and body to honor Him and prepare for useful service.Ms 33, 1909, par. 17–18+1 Choices about food and drink should be governed by principle as part of moral and religious life with temperance and self-control, choosing what is best with clear conscience before Him rather than excess and remorse, since whether governed by principle here reflects government by principle elsewhere.HL 76.5+1 Appetite and habit must not control conscience or deprive Him of due service, for effects on body, mind, judgment and mood affect those around them.TBC1872 43.2+1 Eating and drinking are matters of moral responsibility to be governed by His will through health reform, practicing temperance and learning to eat and drink to preserve health rather than indulging in ways that harm one's own life or influence others against reform.RH Jun 18, 1914 Eating, drinking and all conduct should honor Him, including temperance and chaste conversation and deportment, with those who represent Christ making lives examples of truths taught.3T 490.3

Every task however ordinary or small, and all work, is to be done faithfully as unto God with undivided, steadfast purpose to honor Him, not for a great name, higher wages, praise, personal gain, supremacy, or display, but rightly in His sight so Christ receives homage.CH 289.1+4 This requires thorough, accurate, faithful, wholehearted work with an eye single to His glory, improving abilities, with no human being as standard because the worker looks beyond the human master to God who sees all.CH 289.1+4 Ordinary work is to be done for God's glory, as when a Christian in a mechanic's shop performs every part faithfully with single aim to honor God, with strict business integrity and faithfulness under trial and temptation, making consistent example a power for good.4T 285.2

Business responsibility is bound just as fully as ministry, requiring a manager to make serving God his business from a different standpoint than the world, guarding entrusted interests without becoming unprincipled.Lt 7, 1883, par. 17–21 Dishonesty and sharp dealing must be refused though they are the world's custom, being in the world not of it, keeping the soul unpolluted amid crowds, cares, and financial pressure through prayer, faith, moral independence, kindness, and communion with God, with the Lord as rear guard.Lt 7, 1883, par. 17–21 Business trades, including speculation in land, if undertaken must be carried out with an eye single to God's glory, leaving truth with full power to sanctify life and character in Christlike unity, increased love and confidence, and continual daily growth in grace and knowledge of Christ.Lt 41a, 1888, par. 1

Ordinary work and business are to be done for God's glory, with skills and strength for medicine, carpentry, blacksmithing, and other useful pursuits received from God and used under His direction.RP 27.1 Christianity belongs in every occupation where human effort and divine help cooperate for practical and spiritual achievement as God guides the mind toward excellent work.RP 27.1 All that is done, even eating, drinking, and the most common labor, is to be done to God's glory, so no work however small or servile is cause for shame and labor is ennobling.HPMMW 21.4+1 All who toil with head or hands do duty and honor religion as much in laundry, dishwashing, or at a washtub as in meeting, and while hands engage in common labor the mind may be elevated by pure holy thoughts.HPMMW 21.4+1

Ordinary work, including housework, fieldwork, and intellectual pursuits, can be done to God's glory when Christ is made first, last, and best in everything, while necessary secular business must not absorb life or displace serving Christ and working for others' salvation.5T 459.2 Physical strength and labor belong to God, so the converted who regarded themselves as above labor are to use bodily powers in useful service.ST Oct 18, 1899 Idleness sets an example contrary to Christ's principles, for Christ worked as a carpenter with Joseph.ST Oct 18, 1899 Working with will power and single aim to God's glory in useful physical labor, even when not pleasing, replaces cherishing poor feelings as an excuse to avoid work, talking over ailments, and being waited upon.Lt 54, 1876, par. 7 It puts joy, peace, and happiness in the heart reflected in the countenance rather than a habitual distressed look.Lt 54, 1876, par. 7

All work including physical labor in farming and building with devising, planning, and harmonious cooperation is assigned by God to each person to be done with heart, soul, and unselfish effort with single aim at God's honor rather than self-benefit, personal gain, or self-glorification.Ms 25, 1895, par. 8 It brings in all means and ability to advance work rapidly and reveal devotion and fitness for the Lord's work.Ms 25, 1895, par. 8 All of life, including the use of time, is to be directed to God's glory, for time belongs to God and every moment is His, placing people under solemn obligation to use it for Him and to give the strictest account of this talent.COL 342.1+1 All of a Christian's time and activity, including personal service to help others in need, is service to God.COL 342.1+1

Spending money and purchasing goods are included, requiring asking before every purchase whether it glorifies God or gratifies desire, deciding between pleasing self with gifts and investing as Christ's co-worker for souls.Lt 90, 1895, par. 20–24 It requires being firm, straightforward, unselfish, and economical, cutting extravagant desire and display, and becoming a pattern in glorifying God.Lt 90, 1895, par. 20–24 It includes practicing economy, using money wisely to advance God's glory and support His work and missions rather than personal pleasure, indulgences, and display, denying self so the gospel may be proclaimed.TBC1868 16.1–17.1+4 Reviewing the past week's choices brings conscience before God, and industry and economy can serve that purpose by making it possible to give to missions and spread the message of Christ's soon coming, applied weekly to what is spent and given.TBC1868 16.1–17.1+4

All actions including how money is spent are to bring glory to God and magnify His name, so spending on photographs of self and family for notices is unnecessary and does not advance the Lord's work, and money must not be used extravagantly or to draw attention to people.Lt 185, 1901, par. 5 Living for God's glory means strictly economical habits, close calculation, and strictest integrity, avoiding disgrace through debt and careless management.Lt 47a, 1874, par. 14 It requires guarding against taking burdens that cannot be carried out, and becoming self-reliant in order to succeed in life.Lt 47a, 1874, par. 14 Every use of abilities and money, including ordinary choices and spending, should serve God's glory rather than selfish gratification.18MR 158.3+1 Those able to gain means are responsible to use them wisely for God's purposes including labor for the perishing, parents should not spend capriciously to satisfy unbelieving relatives' desires, and a truly converted person uses resources to honor God with right influence rather than raising worldly standards.18MR 158.3+1

Guarding health and strength is required, and work must never be planned to call for extravagant outlay of means or undue taxation of mental and physical powers.9MR 387.4+1 New and strange schemes, fanaticism, love of display, and love of power to make a striking impression dishonor God, worry and wear the mind, prevent guidance by the Holy Spirit, and substitute common fire for sacred fire, forgetting true success depends on Christ.9MR 387.4+1 Work and writing are to be done wholly for God's glory not merely personal interests.LJAHS 28.1–29.1 A piece by one not fully devoted lacks the Holy Spirit's influence and angels do not impress it on readers, while when the writer has God's Spirit angels approve and impress it.LJAHS 28.1–29.1

In the health-food business, doing all to God's glory means drawing near to God with humble hearts and refusing to use knowledge or work selfishly for profit or to misrepresent others.7T 129.2 Work in health reform, including physicians, managers, and helpers, is to be done for God's glory rather than merely for money, as charitable self-sacrificing relief of suffering people.CTBH 231.2+1 Physicians and helpers should keep God's glory before them together with the good of others.CTBH 231.2+1 Every part of the work, including managing a publishing institution, must aim at God's glory by keeping eternal interests secured by Christ's sacrifice in view, recognizing weakness, and depending on God, lest pride and selfishness impose personal plans and seek control.Ms 12, 1896, par. 6–7 Laying and carrying out plans in cooperation must be with an eye single to produce healthful unity, with all speaking the same things.Ms 12, 1896, par. 6–7+1

Every talent is a gift to be used to His glory, which in training apprentices requires reform of those in responsible positions, putting away commercial work that has taken time and laboring in missionary lines for youth, taking time to deal honestly with God and obey His law.Ms 107, 1901, par. 23 A short-sighted policy bringing hostile sentiments into the publishing house does not glorify God, while working with an eye single enables workers to unite wisdom and forces and make schools strong for missionary work.Ms 107, 1901, par. 23+1 Doing one's departmental work, including medical work, well and faithfully under heavy burden is to God's glory, but appealing to God's glory does not make right a course condemned by Scripture.Lt 55, 1888, par. 49–51 Strong pious statements about glorifying God become a thin covering when thrown over glaring inconsistencies with Bible rule to vindicate departing from God's laws and great moral standard.Lt 55, 1888, par. 49–51

Work connected with the Sanitarium is to be done to please and glorify God rather than self, and when Christians work with God's fear and love before them, God works with them and His name is glorified.Lt 133, 1901, par. 17+1 All activity, including occupying and running a sanitarium building in every department, is to bring honor to God who watches, notices every self-sacrificing act, and keeps oversight over every stroke of work.Lt 133, 1901, par. 17+1 The work of the school community should be done unitedly for the glory of God, and a school is to be conducted so every lesson is filled with the riches of true knowledge.Lt 215, 1904, par. 27+3 Taking charge of school work with an eye single means looking to Jesus the author and finisher of faith, keeping patience and self-control under provocation, and refusing to be easily provoked.Lt 215, 1904, par. 27+1

Erecting a house of worship must be done for God's honor with care, wisdom, and obedience to His instructions.Lt 342, 1908, par. 3 Even a humble meetinghouse needed to bring many souls to truth gives right character to the work only when builders act in the counsel and spirit of the Lord with a single aim for His honor.Lt 342, 1908, par. 3 Decisions about sending and keeping workers must be made carefully and prayerfully with an eye single to God's glory, moving only as God directs with His counsel and presence.Lt 13, 1884, par. 1–4 This forbids letting God's cause suffer to gratify preferences or selfish feelings and forbids carrying sympathy for the sick to extremes, and it requires leaving proven workers in trusted stations, supplying need with locally available help where possible, and removing workers only where there is special duty and real need.Lt 13, 1884, par. 1–4 Every action, including ordinary activities, is to be directed to God's honor and glory, which means work and resources should not be concentrated in one locality when spreading capable, humble workers to other places would better serve God's work.Lt 164, 1909, par. 3–4

Every act of work is to be done for God's glory and not personal advantage, forbidding measuring out only expected strength, time, and effort and confining interest to one's assigned task.Ms 25, 1895, par. 9 It requires readiness to see what needs doing in any line and do it as in heaven's sight, since work merely for self-benefit is selfishness and covetousness God cannot seal, while unselfish work together with God forms character.Ms 25, 1895, par. 9 Work done within God-given ability and strength is to be done for God's glory, applied to united labor for God's cause.3T 15.1–16.1+1 All work should be done with single aim bringing glory to God, with faithful workers humbly accepting responsibilities trusting God for strength and wisdom, neither refusing work through laziness nor pressing into unwanted service, and work rewarded according to what is done.3T 15.1–16.1+1

Whatever line of work is followed, every act must aim at God's honor with no place for self and self-serving, remembering the work cannot be carried by human strength alone, making every possible effort to save souls, and joining work with prayer with certainty of God's cooperation.21MR 30.3+1 This urgent wholehearted devotion is required because signs are fulfilling, eternity is at the verge, and only those with oil in vessels with lamps will be ready at the bridegroom's last call.21MR 30.3 Every kind of work and action must be done to God's glory, so in saving souls self-serving has no place and people must make every possible effort, work and pray, and depend on God to cooperate.STB 127.2+1 All work and activity should bring glory to God, and work that does not serve the saving of souls by God-honoring methods fails this purpose.STB 127.2+1 Physical and mental powers are to be used for God's glory through daily receiving a rich supply of grace, which the Lord abundantly blesses, for the work is the Lord's and His name shall have all glory.Lt 350, 1908, par. 1

In Sabbath-school work this requires keeping strength and energy for Christ's service on the Sabbath rather than spending them on worldly concerns during the week, so parents, teachers, and workers must not serve without energy but direct plans to bringing children to saving knowledge rather than using them selfishly.TSSW 14.1+1 A physician's work and success are to bring honor and glory to God through humble faithful work giving God credit rather than trusting own ability, since self-trust can lead away from Christ and make the profession a cover for unrighteousness.Lt 3, 1901, par. 11–12 Canvasser-evangelist work to win souls must be done to God's glory by drawing power from Jesus as highest authority and working for God not man, with earnest pleading, increasing devotion, heart melted in love for those ignorant of truth, not conferring with flesh and blood or complaining, leaving measurement and reward with God.Lt 43, 1902, par. 17

Doing everything for God's honor in gospel work requires correcting expensive, labor-heavy methods and laboring economically to save means and strength for seeking the perishing, asking hearers to invite others.Lt 48, 1902, par. 9–10 It requires delivering the Lord's message from a contrite humble heart where God dwells with peace, light, and strength, and living sincere, kind, and benevolent in relieving the widow and fatherless under His blessing.Lt 48, 1902, par. 9–10 Eating, drinking, and all work including restaurant work must produce definite good in saving souls to glorify God, forbidding binding youth to hard labor day after day with no such fruit.Lt 145, 1902, par. 7+1 Efforts must bring truth's light and awaken interest in present truth while workers keep time to commune with God, since work promoting merely physical good with no fruit yields no glory and becomes a snare if workers have no time for souls.Lt 145, 1902, par. 7+1

Whatever one does is to be done to God's glory, applied to each person looking to God separately and carrying out God-given work in His fear and for His glory, giving God's work first attention even at personal sacrifice.5MR 175.5–176.1 It is God's design that all glorify Him by using every capability as His, regarding His service as the chief end of existence and working to the utmost of knowledge and power to fulfill the purpose for which He gave life.Ms 99, 1900, par. 2 Great responsibilities and possibilities are within reach of all enlisted under Christ's banner for life service.Ms 99, 1900, par. 2 Doing everything with an eye single to God's glory requires setting aside personal rights, projects, paid help, and household needs when God has urgent work, giving labor, time, and means willingly to finish it.Lt 9, 1897, par. 3–4 It forbids leaving essential duty for a holiday or excursion that draws the mind from God, since time, strength, and mind belong to Him for duty and must be guarded against inclination.Lt 9, 1897, par. 3–4

Every action, including eating and drinking, is to be done to God's glory, including in this setting trusting God and regulating expenditures by His directions in advancing His kingdom.Lt 74, 1901, par. 15–16 Every action, including service, is to be done with the single aim of God's glory, and self must not enter into service.10MR 313.1+3 Every action, including ordinary daily work in public or private life, should be done with the single aim of honoring God, and without that aim motives are not high and pure, since a selfish heart can perform generous actions without true holiness for lack of pure love.10MR 313.1+3 Moving with a single eye to God's glory applies even to unwelcome work of censure toward brethren, loving and respecting them with no desire to demerit them or cause pain, yet speaking freely and pointedly when burdened with duty amid sadness and confusion about seeing duty clearly.Lt 73, 1886, par. 2–4

Keeping the eye single to God's glory means daily thorough surrender to God who owns by creation and redemption to be employed as He thinks best, daily emptying of uncleanness, self-sufficiency, and self-importance.Lt 198, 1897, par. 13 It means doing one's best and quietly resting and leaving unchangeable results with Him who is infinite in wisdom instead of fretting, then working usefully, hopefully, and happily to glorify God and not self.Lt 198, 1897, par. 13 All must move with single aim to honor God rather than impulsively from feeling, forbidding making feelings the criterion and appealing to sympathies as the enemy's leading.Lt 16, 1875, par. 8 Failure keeps influence for unbelief and doubt and sets an example turning souls out of the way whose harm judgment will reveal.Lt 16, 1875, par. 8 Keeping the eye single to God's glory is the only safety, giving good courage and strong faith in the Lord with assurance God will be with His people.Lt 170, 1897, par. 1–3

Having, living, and working with an eye single for God's glory in close connection with God and clothed with the whole armor of righteousness is the way to triumph, realize a Saviour's love, and have sure defense.Lt 17, 1886, par. 4 Burying oneself in business, cares, and burdens unconnected with God's work steadily withdraws the soul toward disappointment, shame, confusion, and ruin.Lt 17, 1886, par. 4 Every action, including use of time and care for physical needs, should be directed to God's glory, so orderly use of time and following counsel about rest honor God and help preserve strength needed to serve Him.Lt 51, 1893, par. 4–7 Study and work must be done with God's glory in view by overcoming indolent habits and inclination to evade disciplinary restrictions, learning to economize time and employ powers to highest advantage.Lt 27, 1895, par. 6–8 Student relaxation from mental work is to be used in health-promoting manual training with regular vigorous exercise teaching industrious habits rather than frittered away in play, boxing, football, matched games, animal exercises, courting, cheap conversation, jesting, and joking.Lt 27, 1895, par. 6–8

All glory belongs to God with none taken to self; those exalted to high place must ascribe to Him glory for influence and opportunities, while rulers in His stead who put self into work dishonor Him.STB 317.3+1 All praise belongs to God not humans, so words esteeming supposed excellencies are to be given to Him, with safety only in praising God and employing voice, mind, and heart to glorify the Saviour.STB 317.3+1 In Christ's service all glory belongs to God and none is kept for self, since those living to serve self want glory themselves and soon grow weary, while forgetting self to save souls and leaving waymarks of love and compassion obeys the verse.Lt 197, 1902, par. 19–20

The verse sets the rule for recreation for students and teachers in schools and employees in sanitariums, since eating and drinking and whatever is done, including recreation, is to be done to God's glory.STB 832.1 Good recreation can glorify God by refreshing the spirit and invigorating the body, using physical and mental powers for the best purpose, choosing what prepares for duties more successfully and benefits and elevates companions, and leaving mind improved and body refreshed for work with better hope and courage.RH May 31, 1870+2 Bodily and mental strength belong to God, so refreshing, innocent recreation is a privilege and duty when it avoids senseless mirth, benefits others, fits for duties, and gives fresh courage and power for purity and holiness.RH Jul 25, 1871+1 Amusements must be chosen temperately with regard for effects on physical, mental, and moral health, and must not so absorb the mind that God is forgotten and His glory ceases to be kept in view.CE 34.2

Christians have the privilege and duty to seek innocent recreation that refreshes spirit and invigorates body to use powers to God's glory, which is cheerful and elevating, benefits and uplifts associates, and better qualifies for faithful performance of ordinary duties.ST Jun 4, 1874 Recreation of senseless mirth, foolish jesting and joking, and vain frivolous talk, or any amusement unfitting for duty and lessening relish for contemplation of God and heavenly things, does not glorify God and is inexcusable.ST Jun 4, 1874 What is done for amusement should not serve only own pleasure but leave a person able to discharge duties faithfully and benefit others, for glorifying God is a daily purpose in every part of life, not merely in formal worship.RP 23.1 No amusement is innocent if it unfits for ordinary duties, lessens interest in heavenly things, absorbs the mind so God is forgotten, or disqualifies for secret prayer, devotion at the altar of prayer, or the prayer meeting, while an amusement upon which God's blessing can be asked in faith is not dangerous, and youth are accountable for privileges, time, and abilities under this test.CT 337.2–3+3

Glorifying God requires refusing to live merely for personal amusement and self-pleasing and refusing to let the mind run in the low channel of vanity and folly that destroys usefulness to race and generation, since the aim is to benefit humanity and be a blessing to society.STB 854.2+1 It forbids desire for worldly diversion such as the billiard table, the theater, the dancing hall, and many other forms, requiring copying Christ, revealing faith and hope and love, and letting light shine in good works.Ms 82, 1903, par. 21 A thrilling bicycle race that puts lives at risk and draws away from prayer and awareness of God does not glorify Him, for time and physical strength are gifts to be preserved for His service.SPBC 147.1 Time and talents are given to bless others and promote His glory, not to leave unused or spend on self-gratification, and time spent in selfish pleasure is lost for eternity.RP 48.1+1

It calls for a people separate from the world with no place for worldly amusements and entertainments, constantly representing kingdom principles and being loyal and true in spirit, words, and works to all precepts as faithful subjects.STB 871.1–2 Such faithfulness is the strength of God's people, manifests faith in God's only begotten Son, lets Christ's graces appear so the world takes knowledge of union with Jesus, draws souls to God, and gives a true representation of the riches, goodness, mercy, tenderness, and courtesy of kingdom citizens.STB 871.1–2 Parties of pleasure and other social assemblies among professed servants of Christ must tend to His name's glory with Jesus invited to preside, and time and attention spent on gatherings that do not meet this standard is wrong.STB 843.2 All activities including recreation are to be done with God's glory in view and tested by whether they risk absorbing one so completely that God is forgotten, with beneficial recreation refreshing mind and body without compromising this purpose and time outdoors contemplating God's works especially beneficial, governed by temperance and careful judgment.Ms 8a, 1894, par. 26+1 Recreation, including games, must be judged by whether it can be practiced to God's glory, as shown when one gave up football because he could not find God's peace while playing or feel that the exercise glorified God.Lt 46, 1893, par. 7–10

The verse requires eating, drinking, dressing, and everything else to God's glory, forbidding following or even partly adopting worldly fashions and requiring standing as faithful sentinels to guide youth by precept and example away from dissipation and extravagance.19MR 324.2–326.2+2 Thoughts, energies, means, dress, and deportment must correspond with Christ's life, with means used as stewards to clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and advance God's cause rather than adorning self or gratifying pride in display.19MR 324.2–326.2+1 Luxurious living, extravagant dress, and needless trimmings that sacrifice time, money, and health and hinder works of mercy are robbery toward God, including tight dresses that prevent full breathing and appendages that press delicate organs and create disease.19MR 324.2–326.2+1 Moral courage is required to refuse senseless fashions despite fear of being called old-fashioned, neglect, or loss of work, since fashion wastes strength and money, shortens life, brings misery, and endangers the soul.Ms 59, 1900, par. 38

Dress is included in glorifying God, who notices how His people dress; they should honor Him with simple clothing that rejects worldly pride, vanity, and extravagance and distinguishes them by modesty, self-denial, and godly example.HTL6 58.2+2 Choosing food for healthfulness rather than merely to please taste and choosing dress that is simple, comfortable, convenient, and appropriate is the only safe rule, requiring the heart wholly devoted to God's service and not to the world with life corresponding to profession.ST Jun 1, 1882+1 It calls for daily self-denial preserving full vigor of body and mind, shunning every unhealthy practice and pernicious indulgence of appetite, custom, and pleasure, so life shines in good works to honor God.ST Oct 1, 1885 Eating, drinking, and every part of life are to serve God rather than please appetite, preserving life and strength to do the Master's will, with clothing supporting health rather than display or changing fashion, putting away pride and desire of the eyes in godly sincerity.3T 239.1–3

The glory of God must be the aim in using the faculty of speech, requiring diligent education of the tongue not to utter strange and perverse things.Ms 74, 1897, par. 5 This difficult victory in speech greatly advances guarding the citadel of the soul so Satan cannot enter and take possession, and carefulness in thoughts, words, and deportment is required, with speech as a precious entrusted talent to be used for teaching truth.Ms 74, 1897, par. 5+1 The verse lays obligation over words and conversation to surround with divine influence, guard words, and let sobriety and sound sense characterize speech.Lt 2, 1895, par. 5–6 It forbids jesting, joking, stale jokes, trifling conversation, loud laughter, and silly giggling especially at the family table after blessing, as displeasing to God, denying Christ, weakening soul and intellect, trifling with purity, and destructive to spirituality, especially while the world suffers in want.Lt 2, 1895, par. 5–6+1

Parents' words and conduct at home or elsewhere are to honor God, with speech as a God-given trust to encourage and strengthen others, and conduct consistent with belonging to God bringing Him glory.10MR 188.4–189.3 Glorifying God in words and acts includes speaking encouragingly to children and using understanding to help them with studies and to help both wife and children, bringing family blessing, and feeling worthless is no reason to neglect it.Lt 136, 1908, par. 13 Every action and every word should glorify God, and the purity and simplicity of Christ shown in daily life testifies to genuine piety and brings honor to the name of the God served.8MR 212.4 Glorifying God's name in all done and said means moving guardedly, walking in wisdom's way, and staying true to the Lord, including looking to Him and trusting Him instead of failing or becoming discouraged, leaving sad things with Him, desiring to help and not hurt even opponents, and avoiding everything provoking retaliation or giving occasion for contention.Lt 195, 1904, par. 11 Wherever believers are they are to keep their heavenly Father's honor in view and let nothing earthly deter them from glorifying His name, especially when tests come and they are placed in peculiar positions with opportunity to show forth God's glory, for which they must be prepared.Ms 110, 1904, par. 57

The verse must be the ruling principle of the home, with Christ presiding there and truth holding control of conscience, understanding and heart in refining, purifying, sanctifying power, condemning licentiousness and sensual gratification that corrodes the whole person and household, corrupt words and works from unconverted hearts, and low sensual conversation and boisterous ways that make a tainted irreligious atmosphere corrupting observing children unto death.Ms 31, 1885, par. 1–3 Parents honor God at family meals by choosing food for their children that supports health and keeps body and mind in good condition, giving healthful, unstimulating food rather than letting taste, pleasure or appetite rule and giving food that inflames the system and weakens self-control and moral judgment.2T 359.2–360.1+1 An expectant mother does everything including eating and drinking to God's glory by keeping the soul in God's love with mind at peace resting in Jesus, acknowledging God as chief worker and lawgiver while doing her part in conformity to His will, placing herself in the light with heart open to instruction and seeking His wisdom, contemplating heavenly things, and intelligently exercising God-given talents in enjoined duties in partnership with divine agencies as laborer together with God.ST Apr 9, 1896

Bringing children into the world must be done with an eye single to God's glory by carefully and conscientiously counting what is involved, with children not crowded upon the mother so that her physical strength and capability to train them are taxed, and the father seeing that she is not overburdened with the care of many children, since bringing them forth in rapid succession lays heavy burdens of care and training that discourage the mother and leave her unable to educate her family as she should.ST Aug 27, 1912+1 Honoring God must guide every part of married life — entering marriage, exercising its privileges, deciding whether to have children, and acting throughout — with couples considering whether union and choices will glorify or dishonor God and acting on sanctified principles, and before having children considering whether they can provide for them, since bringing children into the world without means to care for them leads to suffering and dishonors God.CH 75.1 Marriage must be tested by whether both persons together can glorify God and become more spiritual and their lives more useful, for marriages planned from impulse and selfishness violate this rule and generally turn out miserable failures leaving both deceived and wishing to undo what infatuation did, since a mistake in marriage is far easier to make than to correct, and the same aim of glorifying God applies to changing dispositions that are not congenial.Lt 23, 1886, par. 8–9+1

Every action including marriage choice must be done for God's glory by consulting God and considering whether it honors Him rather than letting inclination set aside His claims and sober reason, examining whether motives are single-mindedly to honor God and whether the will is subject to God's will, with determined persistence against parents' wishes not proving plans right and possibly showing God's Spirit is not controlling.2T 225.3–227.1+1 Conduct in courtship, including every word and action, is to aim at God's glory by keeping affection pure and sanctified in a manner fit for Christ's followers, doing nothing one would be unwilling for holy angels to witness and record.18MR 300.1–301.1 The abilities children receive are to be used for God's honor and glory, learned through willing obedience, since obedience to what God commands is the way they show true reverence and only obedience to God's Word is the service He requires, and the capabilities of children and youth are given for His honor and they must be taught this, bringing spiritual help and blessing to parents and children, strength as they cooperate toward God's ideal, and joy when children grow in love of truth toward God's full purpose.CT 110.4–111.1+1

This includes practicing economy, using money to advance God's glory, and teaching children and others habits, conduct, useful habits and useful employment that honor God rather than living for self-pleasing, self, dress or display, helping them develop abilities and form Christlike characters.Ms 25, 1896, par. 27+1 Doing everything to God's glory means using every capability intelligently and being responsible for the influence proceeding from each life for good or evil, with every soul having a surrounding atmosphere that when sanctified to holy purpose becomes help and blessing, including consecrating sons and daughters to God, guarding children as the Lord's property, and giving time and patient prayerful labor to purify, enlighten, elevate and ennoble them to save them to Christ rather than for worldly applause or ambition.Ms 51, 1890, par. 41–43 Preparing food and educating children in practical skills such as cookery can be done with God's glory in view as part of the sacred responsibility to promote children's present and future good, to be done earnestly, patiently and lovingly.2T 538.1 Keeping the glory of God before the mind's eye is to be the one aim and purpose of parents in life, and doing all to His glory is consecrated service requiring leaving everything that would hinder it and separating from whatever fetters to cheap habits, common words or littleness of purpose.Ms 126, 1897, par. 15

Eating, drinking and dressing are to be done for God's glory, and self-indulgence in them is idolatry, requiring humility, meekness and earnest seeking of the Lord instead of knowing truth yet practicing untruthfulness, with fathers and mothers educating children to respect sacred things, Christ abiding in the heart to shut out selfishness and evil, and conversation at the family table made a fragrant influence on children's minds, while parental disregard of counsels showing the Word is not their guide teaches children the same reckless self-willed spirit.21MR 35.2–4 There is religion in eating and in dressing and in every small detail of physicians' and managers' principles and work, requiring eating and all else to honor God through economy and wise judgment, especially in table provisions, saving means instead of consuming much by running a sanitarium like a large hotel without charging enough to meet costs.Ms 31, 1897, par. 10 Eating and drinking are to be brought into right relation with God and made an example in the home, as part of a life shaped by God's commandments which are wisdom and truth in righteousness.Ms 85, 1910, par. 45

The verse lays down the principle that must underlie every motive, thought and act when the whole being is under the control of God's will.GW 127.3+3 Appetites and passions were implanted for high and holy purposes and must be governed by reason and conscience, with evil propensities repressed and what is noble and good developed rather than unholy passions indulged.GW 127.3+2 The will, intellect and emotions become transformed when controlled by religion, with voice and passions crucified, self denied, and unlawful desires restrained.GW 127.3+2 This calls for constant watchfulness over mind and conduct, cultivating self-control, economy, industry and energy, with divine power joined to human effort bringing victory and balanced character, and Christ giving strength to practice it.3T 84.1+1

It embraces both outward conduct and the inward life, with the whole person of body, soul and spirit subject to God and used as an instrument of righteousness.MYP 68.3+1 When grace takes possession of the heart, inherited and cultivated tendencies to wrong are put to death and a new life under God's control begins, which is possible as people become partakers of the divine nature.MYP 68.3+1 Sanctifying self in soul, body and spirit means employing all talents, physical, mental and moral, to God's glory and bringing glory to His holy name, examining whether trial has dimmed integrity and love for truth.MYP 68.3+1 Eating and drinking by Bible principles as part of Christ's way belongs to that training to overcome hereditary and cultivated evil.RH Feb 17, 1910

Truth received as leaven has a dispersed whole-life effect, making the same person physically a new man in Christ whose sanctifying influence spreads to physical, mental and moral powers, perfecting the entire man in soul, body and spirit.Ms 193, 1901, par. 5–8 That influence reaches family, church and all business relations, so that eating and drinking and whatever is done is done to God's glory.Ms 193, 1901, par. 5–8 Even the smallest habits and practices are to glorify God as fruit borne on the tree rooted in Jesus.Ms 31, 1897, par. 15–17 This comes only when Bible truths are eaten and become part of spiritual sinews and muscle, desires, appetites and passions, bringing great truths into immediate contact with daily conduct through implanting a new nature and grace renewing after Christ's perfect humanity.Ms 31, 1897, par. 15–17

Day by day eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son of God and partaking of the divine nature reveals much greater meekness and lowliness marking all seeking glory, honor, immortality and eternal life.Ms 31, 1897, par. 15–17+1 Rejecting the divine rule means letting personal inclinations and one's own way govern, building up self wrongly, with evil thoughts from within defiling the man into quibbling, criticism, loss of value for truth, accusation of brethren and giving the outside world more weight than God's light.Ms 92, 1897, par. 14–15 Without that inner feeding wicked thoughts strengthen, prevail and corrupt the source of actions.Ms 92, 1897, par. 14–15 Making God's glory the chief aim belongs to salvation, demanding entire submission to God's law and complete surrender of soul, body and spirit under Christ's rule, with ceasing from sin, harmony of will with Christ, fellowship with God, implicit obedience, His law as rule, His life as pattern, and keeping in His love as freedom in Christ.Ms 33, 1909, par. 22–25+1

Living for God's glory calls believers to take hold of perfecting Christian character through deep searching of heart and cleansing life by the truth of God's Word, and when received as it should be the life becomes a power for God's glory.Lt 32, 1907, par. 2 In Christ there is a regenerating influence transforming the entire being, lifting above debasing vice and raising thoughts and desires toward God and heaven.CT 51.4–52.1 Linked to the Infinite One, a person is made partaker of the divine nature and clothed with Christ's righteousness so evil has no effect.CT 51.4–52.1 Honoring God in all things is the life of the true believer in whom Christ lives by faith as first and last and best in everything.Ms 28, 1885, par. 4–7+1

That honoring is faith showing itself in actions and obedience, learning to walk by faith not sight, ceasing and abhorring sin because it caused the Redeemer's sufferings, refusing to continue in sin, casting it away and warring against inclinations of the natural heart rather than using grace as excuse to continue in sin.Ms 28, 1885, par. 4–7+1 It is a Bible principle of action adopted under the Holy Spirit's prompting to be a settled principle and law of life, showing respect and reverence for Christ as Author and Finisher of faith, from which no influence or circumstance is to seduce from conscientious holy conduct.Lt 45, 1899, par. 6+1 Connecting with Christ pledges walking as Christ walked, with every act, thought and motive under the Spirit's control because every act influences others, self crucified daily, and the physical, mental and spiritual subordinate to God's will.Lt 25, 1882, par. 14–19 Even the most common domestic duties may be elevated and dignified when done to God's glory, with Like Christ as watchword, requiring careful attention and divine guidance even in ordinary habits including avoiding needless spending to gratify distorted appetite.Lt 25, 1882, par. 14–19+1

God's sanctifying grace upon the mind sanctifies reasoning so the question whether a proposed action will glorify God is kept continually before the mind, bringing humble deep humility, less dependence on human wisdom and confident prayer to be taught His way, with God creating a safe train of thought to follow.Lt 144, 1898, par. 5–7 Eating, drinking and dressing made the law of life to God's glory calls every church member as God's child to exert positive influence for the right, obey as truly converted and transformed, and show consistent harmonious character adorning Christ's doctrines to draw perishing souls.Ms 167, 1897, par. 10–11 Every thought and action is to be directed to God's glory, with Christ in the heart considering whether a choice honors and pleases Jesus and preserves integrity so God's counsel guides life.HSFM 154.5+1 Keeping the eye single means guarding the soul from defilement and remaining faithful and closely joined to Jesus by living faith, since sin separates and imperils, and includes learning God's will and carrying it out whatever the cost rather than testing how far indifference can go.FE 92.1+1

Keeping a high purpose to glorify God by personal faith calls for resisting inclination, staying true to duty and pure principles of right, seeking earnest communion with God, praying earnestly and watching constantly, clinging to God by living faith without letting love for truth wane, drawing nearer His divine presence, holding the Sabbath precious and being kept pure from the world's pollution.21MR 240.3 Obedience must come from firm religious principle rather than impulse or personal inclination, with self out of sight.CH 292.2+4 Following personal inclination builds a wrong course, while sincere concern for doing others good subordinates selfishness and considers whether conduct benefits others or leads them away from Christ in eating, drinking, spending and choice of pleasures.CH 292.2+3

The verse requires self-denial in little as well as great things, careful guarding against little expenses, strict economy without covetousness, accountability for all possessed, restraint of passions, refusal to debase high desires by indulgence, and crucifixion of voice and passions.19MR 326.3–327.2 Self-denial and bearing the cross at every step are to be practiced for one's own good, others' good and God's glory, cultivating faith, fervor, humility, meekness and lowliness of mind.19MR 326.3–327.2+1 It applies to the use of every gift entrusted for God's service, with people accountable and God rendering to each according to deeds.ST Oct 18, 1899 Every ability entrusted is to be used and developed for His glory, since God as owner of the universe and of every person with all time and talents gives ability to be so used by responsible agents consecrating body, soul and spirit without consulting personal pleasure, which increases ability, wisdom and understanding.GW92 283.1+1

Every part of life including money, abilities, influence and all powers is to aim at God's glory, since people and all they possess belong to God as Creator and Redeemer and His gifts are to be used faithfully.Ms 18, 1894, par. 19 Every gift should be used to honor Him, especially because time is short and the last message of mercy must go to the world.Lt 119, 1901, par. 4 God as Author of all good gives blessings to better fit people to work for His glory.Lt 43, 1904, par. 13 Every faculty and attribute endowed by the Creator is to be employed for His glory, in which employment is its purest, noblest, happiest exercise.MYP 172.1+2

Heaven's principles are to be paramount so every advance in knowledge and culture of intellect becomes assimilation of the human to the divine and brings people closer to the divine.MYP 172.1+2 Growing to full stature in Christ requires using aright every power of mind, soul and body without wasting strength, understanding and living up to light on health reform so eating, drinking and all done glorifies God.Ms 50, 1904, par. 14 All varied capabilities of mind, soul and body are to be employed for His glory and uplifting fellow men, bringing them to highest excellence, which cannot be selfish exclusive culture because God's likeness is benevolence and love.PP 595.3–4 Education must therefore change from appealing to pride, selfish ambition, emulation, earthly standards and desire to excel others, which dwarfs the mind, to awakening love for goodness, truth, beauty and excellence to develop gifts for the Creator's purpose and know and become like Him.PP 595.3–4

All human powers, talents, abilities and natural aptitudes are an endowment from God to be recognized as from Him and improved under His training, preserving individuality with peculiar characteristics trained, molded and fashioned after Christ's similitude into profitable channels and developed through use.Lt 20, 1894, par. 2–3 This forbids use for selfish purposes, to get a name or secure large wages, and requires use for God's glory and fellow men's good.Lt 20, 1894, par. 2–3 Every faculty of body and mind and all natural and acquired abilities are gifts to remain under the Spirit's sanctifying control, including gaining the knowledge and wisdom needed to use them rightly.7T 189.1–2 Education requires patient effort, with each gain valuable because it helps students understand and use capabilities in practical service to help and bless others, and the Spirit's guidance teaches right use rather than replacing exercise of abilities, with intelligent service best representing religion.GW92 384.1–3+1

Every faculty belongs to God and is to be used to His glory, calling those connected with publishing houses, colleges and health institutions to improve through wise use of every power and render more efficient service because of the Master's worthiness.14MR 26.1 This requires avoiding dangers, learning unselfishness in home life and having character molded after the divine model.Lt 6, 1885, par. 1 All powers and activities of body as well as mind are to glorify God, including useful physical labor and exercise guided by self-discipline, while leaving bodily powers unused or misusing them weakens the whole person.Ms 41b, 1896, par. 49–51 Ordinary activities and every gift are to honor God, including caring for and rightly using physical, mental and spiritual powers, since every part of the body has purpose and should be kept in healthy action.18MR 119.2

Every ability and activity is to be used for God's glory, including using faculties well and living with care in relationship to God.10MR 53.1–5 Developing and using young people's abilities should have the highest aim of glorifying God.Ms 30, 1896, par. 6–7 Every entrusted faculty and power of being must be improved and used for His glory and for heaven, not for selfish animal gratification like beasts that perish, requiring a pure holy life reaching the standard made possible by Christ who bought humanity and died to restore God's moral image so men and women can partake of divine nature having escaped corruption through lust.RH Nov 6, 1900 This forbids tobacco, wine and liquor that defile His temple and degrade the being, and forbids using powers in games, amusements and selfish nothingness, for one doing nothing to glorify God might better never have been born.RH Nov 6, 1900

Every ability and action, including using and training the voice for worship, is to be devoted to God's glory without wasting powers, with each expected to do best in serving God.1MR 392.2 Every ability and activity, including selling books that teach truth, is to be used for God's glory.MC 7.1 The verse calls people to use their one life for God's glory and others' good, cultivating abilities and preserving physical and mental health to do the greatest good capable of.ST Dec 24, 1885 Every part of life including abilities and time must be devoted to God's service, with the converted recognizing every capability belongs to God and using it faithfully in useful work rather than wasting time.ST Oct 18, 1899

Living for God means giving self to serve Him in work and suffering as well as in every purpose, task and pleasure directed to His glory.2T 262.1 The chief purpose of every youth is to glorify God and do good to fellow men, because he is not his own and strength, time and talents belong to God, requiring solidity of character for usefulness and sharing in earnest work for salvation like a fruit-bearing tree, a steward increasing capital and a light illuminating darkness.HSFM 285.3–4 Doing God's will for His glory means withholding nothing from Him who gave His life, giving self as free-will offering, devoting children in youth to His service and consecrating entrusted property.ST Jan 7, 1889 Such kindness, sympathy, cheerfulness and unselfish devotion make a truly happy new year for loved ones, and God gives a happy new year in return.ST Jan 7, 1889

Living with an eye single for God's glory means devoting the life God has given and spared to His service, using probationary hours not frivolously or for self-pleasing but doing the Master's work and not shunning burden-bearing responsibility.Lt 97, 1886, par. 17–18 This requires deeper piety, stronger hold from above, daily lessons in Christ's school, sitting at Jesus' feet, looking to Jesus constantly and zealous repentance of every wrong.Lt 97, 1886, par. 17–18 Full consecration lived out daily means doing work for God and not living for self to glorify self but to glorify God, trusting Jesus rather than one's own heart, casting self and burdens upon Him and withholding nothing.Lt 2b, 1874, par. 5 It means hoping and believing even without joy, refusing discouragement and darkness, and wrestling with doubts until victory in Jesus' name gives precious experience.Lt 2b, 1874, par. 5

The verse means a wholly consecrated steady life with no fitful religion, the will made right and heart renewed daily so the tree is good and fruit good, doing what God enjoined and walking in His law's light so justice, truth, mercy and good works are fruit of faith.Lt 105, 1898, par. 16 It requires putting away selfishness and obeying God's standards of justice and fairness in dealings with others, and works done this way bear the test of judgment.Ms 16, 1901, par. 43 Joy and satisfaction come from doing everything in God's order with undivided aim, making character intensely practical and bearing the stamp of the divine nature.20MR 288.3 Living this way brings progress in religious growth and rests on recognizing God's right over time, talents, property, influence and self, with time and talents held in trust to be employed for His glory and youth responsible to mould character by improving mental, moral and physical capabilities since humans are formed for activity and no one is his own master.Lt 9, 1897, par. 6–7+2

It calls for reformation in using powers redeemed by Christ's death, adjusting eating, drinking and whatsoever is done into harmony with eternity to rise higher in spiritual understanding.RH Jun 13, 1907 Those baptized are to seek things above where Christ sits at God's right hand and labor earnestly for sinners, proving conversion by unselfish zeal and self-denial that helps those proclaiming the message to perishing souls.Ms 63, 1901, par. 24–25+2 All redeemed powers, interests, actions, money and every dollar are to be devoted to God's glory in light of eternity's claims, using resources to warn the perishing rather than for self.MYP 317.2+2

Eating to God's glory means subduing desires and will to be controlled by God's will in submission to His Spirit, with personal will submerged in His will, serving willingly not irksomely from a higher standpoint than self-gratification or merely pleasing erring people.14MR 313.2–314.1+1 It requires rising from a low selfish indolent position, standing for the right, honoring instruction, watching and praying against temptation and unguarded talk, redeeming the past and developing character under proving so truth is within before teaching others.14MR 313.2–314.1+1 Keeping Jesus ever before the mind in everything is required because life belongs to God and is sustained by Him, so every capability must serve Him and all must proclaim the gospel to every nation.Ms 72, 1902, par. 33 This refuses idleness for lack of high place, trades faithfully on one pound or talent, does smaller duties at hand, works for individuals when multitudes are impossible, helps burden-bearers, and by faithful use of few talents gains power for better work.Ms 72, 1902, par. 33

Life is to be lived to glorify God, applied to choosing faithfulness above every earthly attachment and living for the better life to come.11MR 108.1 The chief end of human life is to glorify God, joined with enjoying Him forever, though few live as if they believe it.TBC1872 26.2 Man's first duty to glorify God that he may enjoy Him forever requires studying what to do to glorify God and keeping God in thoughts in every plan and transaction, so raising costly lofty buildings to glorify owners, make display, indulge pride and provoke envy breaks this duty.Lt 83, 1904, par. 3–8 Living for Christ's glory while life lasts, for life is only a little while, means making Christ the Helper and everything even when old and gray-headed, refusing to complain, fret or look at trials because talking about them magnifies them, and instead taking difficulties alone to God in prayer.Ms 95, 1904, par. 4

Life and all its outcomes should honor God, so when praying for a sick person to live, asking that life continue only if it will glorify Him is not doubt, since a life turned to vice can dishonor Him and bring sorrow to others.CH 408.4 Glorifying God in life means appreciating His favors and consecrating wholly to Him, letting the heart be drawn out after God, making Him the trust, loving Him because He first loved, receiving abiding peace, becoming a blessing to others, living for the better world because this world is of little account and nothing is sure but heaven, and praying for strength and health of body and mind especially when recovering from sickness.Lt 12, 1870, par. 5–9 Everything done in public or private life should be done cheerfully for God's glory.LS 34.2 Honoring God must govern every part of life, with the day begun and ended by asking whether He has been honored, and every ordinary act done by wisely using all God-given gifts in His service, withholding nothing and training children to do the same.IRCUP 11.4+1

Every part of life is to honor God, with aims, work and pleasures directed to His glory and religion shaping everything undertaken.2T 261.4 All of life, including use of mind and body in work, is to be directed to God's glory in stewardship over self, and faithfully using abilities brings rich blessings from above.Lt 128, 1901, par. 21–22 Every part of life including ordinary choices and work is to aim at God's glory by using time, strength and abilities not for vanity or personal gratification but to bless others and bring souls to truth.ST Feb 24, 1887 Choices about food, drink and all other actions are to honor God, with harmful indulgences avoided to preserve powers and wise use of time and means in His work part of living for that purpose.20MR 91.5–92.2

Every part of daily life, including eating, drinking and whatever is done, must honor God as required of all who will belong to His family in heaven.Ms 70, 1897, par. 6–7+1 This means overcoming selfishness, standing firm as steel in loyalty to all His commandments as His blood-bought people whose time, talents, body and spirit belong to Him and are lent for His service, for He will judge and reward everyone according to works, employing every moment and talent in His service rather than exalting human laws above divine law.Ms 70, 1897, par. 6–7+1 The verse means promoting God's glory through faithful work as those bought by His Son's blood and co-workers with Christ devoting all lent gifts to Him, since crippling or abusing them is highly offensive and the soul's value is measured by the price paid.Ms 31, 1899, par. 8

Living for God's glory in everything means living within means, caring more for His approval than outward appearance or human approval, remembering Calvary and imitating the true pattern, carrying Jesus into business, refusing indolence and unfaithfulness in the least, making the most of abilities, purifying the soul by obeying truth, making a business of serving God, refusing to favor self, and standing with moral backbone to do and endure what is right so angels are encouraged.Lt 47a, 1874, par. 24–26 Working with undivided aim for God's glory in the solemn time lived in requires whole consecration, refusing to follow inclination or pleasure, and holding truth so its sanctifying subduing influence is felt upon the soul.Lt 12, 1875, par. 11 Every part of life including ordinary daily conduct is to aim at God's glory, with single aim giving strength for preparing for His service and Christ's love governing everyday life, and service to others' salvation taking priority over home, family and social enjoyment.1MR 319.1 Educating and training youth for usefulness must be with an eye single to His glory and the controlling love of Christ, seeking fitness for His special service, which gives more than finite energy.Ms 22, 1886, par. 4

Honoring God is the first consideration in study, work and the duties, trials and burdens of each day; work and study rightly conducted need not conflict with devotion, and a life of prayer and trust helps meet temptation and serve others faithfully.TBC1872 33.1 Intellectual, physical and moral development and pursuit of knowledge, including science, philosophy and history, are to be directed to God's honor and human good; climbing the highest educational round is right, but attainments are worthless unless so used.STSE 73.2+3 Such education forms balanced character for service in this life and fitness for immortal life, with knowledge of God shaping character and preparing for useful service.STSE 73.2+1 There is no dividing line in true education: eating, drinking, studying and working are all to God's glory, calling students to pay their way when possible, spend limited time such as a year in book study then practice through manual labor and imparting what they learned to become all-round men and women, while heaping years of book study violates the principle and harms spiritual interests.Lt 76, 1897, par. 12

Things of this life stand in true subordinate yet important relation to eternal interests, with heaven and earth linked, seen with unseen, and common incidents with solemn issues of the life to come, so that knowledge of divine truth better fits daily duty and sports of the child, toils of the man, and life's pleasures, cares and pains all become means to revealing God for uplifting humanity.ED 82.3–5 All work, great or small, is to be done to bring glory to God, not limited to attending church and hearing the word but carrying truth into everyday life in constant faithful service free from selfish motives and in gratitude for Christ's sacrifice.ST Jan 1, 1894+1 His servants fulfill duty by working with Him, living in the light and doing all for His glory.Lt 51a, 1895, par. 13 Every action, even the smallest daily duty, is to be done to God's glory, with faith, trust and love for Jesus shaping details and motivating each duty, making daily work a means of Christian growth and giving work its motive and vital force.Ms 34, 1896, par. 4–5+1

Teachers are to perform work with eye single to God's glory free from selfishness, looking to Jesus and copying His life instead of self and human standards, so moral and religious influence benefits students.CT 90.1 Teachers must do work with undivided purpose rather than seeking self-interest or aiming to satisfy human standards.STSE 99.2–100.1 Ministers whose aim is God's glory will not let others' likes or opinions turn labor from that aim, since lack of self-denial can affect the whole Conference.GW92 259.2 All service including missionary work is to be done to bring the light of truth to those in darkness rather than for personal gain, status, dignity or position.6T 317.1+1

It requires copying Christ and revealing faith, hope, love and the charm of the Saviour's love with light shining in good works; imitating Christ's self-sacrificing example is required, and others' failings do not excuse disobedience.2T 393.2–394.1+1 A Christian does nothing that cannot glorify God and nothing upon which God's blessing cannot be asked, which forbids desire for worldly diversion such as billiard table, theater and dancing hall.Ms 82, 1903, par. 21 Every action is to be done in Christ's name for God's glory through obedience to His life, unselfish service and keeping His commandments, which brings honor recognized in heaven; human praise or high rank gained while rejecting Bible principles has no value before God, and seeking human approval does not increase standing with Him.18MR 39.1 When truly converted, moral taste is changed so that all expenditures keep God's glory in view with right influence in the church, testifying to unbelievers as God's children sharing Christ's self-denial and love for perishing souls and constantly fearing to lift a worldly standard instead of Christ's banner.Ms 10, 1892, par. 9

Eating and drinking are to be kept intelligently under control to God's glory, supporting health of body and mind and lengthening life; food is for sustaining life rather than life's purpose, and making appetite one's god damages digestion and destroys happiness.Ms 53, 1896, par. 15 All work including physical labor is to be done faithfully, diligently and heartily to honor God rather than to please human eyes, with lawful human authority not changing this because the worker looks beyond the human master to God in heaven.Ms 84, 1897, par. 16–19 Keeping an eye single to God's glory means being continually anxious and working for His honor in everything, requiring more than zeal, namely true Christian sympathy and submerging self and personal will in Christ's will, which tests principles and proves loyalty.Lt 8a, 1879, par. 4 Making God's glory the highest aim guides every true follower of Christ, as Jesus puts this principle in the heart and keeps the believer active in the Master's service in pursuit of a high holy object.Ms 27, 1890, par. 21

Putting personal interests at Christ's disposal because He purchased them with His blood means deeper consecration with all of Jesus and none of self until no selfish thought remains, so that with an eye single to God's glory all is done for the common good without considering self-benefit, doing good as opportunity comes, giving of means as prospered, and joining hands with others in new inspiring zeal in many branches of God's work.Lt 25a, 1890, par. 24–25 Every action including ordinary choices and recreation must honor God and be something for which one can ask God's blessing, so Christians avoid diversions they cannot engage in for God's glory and instead reveal Christ through faith, hope, love and good works.5MR 127.2–3 Clinging to God, submissively yielding the will to God's will, and keeping the aim single to His glory is the love God desires from His children, with hope resting in God whether health improves or not.Lt 46, 1874, par. 3 Glorifying God in spirit, word and action means unquestioning obedience to highest authority without evading self-denial and self-sacrifice, requiring consecration, bearing the Spirit's fruit, cherishing earnest whole-souled religion expressing God's love, working on a higher plane, using speech to comfort, bless and edify, and doing genuine earnest work for the Master even without Conference employment by inviting scores and hundreds to come.Lt 43, 1902, par. 19

Giving glory to God from the heart means expressing His grace, love and excellencies given to all who love Him and keep His commandments, convincing others by deportment that obedience is wise and employing all faculties in His service.Lt 387, 1904, par. 12 True pure religion keeps His honor in view with self lost sight of, leaving no place for false motives that produce pretentious good works, and the pure in heart honors the Maker by praying and laboring to have God's holiness, righteousness, forbearance, mercy and communicative goodness transcribed on the heart and expressed in life.Lt 387, 1904, par. 12 Living to glorify God means living not for personal pleasure but with thoughts filled with useful ideas, in self-denial and sacrifice, bearing individual responsibility and life duties and living for others' good.Lt 46a, 1874, par. 26–29 That life makes a person noble, happy and mature mentally and morally, instead of remaining a dwarfed child centered on self, inclination and amusement that leaves unrest and emptiness.Lt 46a, 1874, par. 26–29

Life is to aim at God's glory rather than selfish happiness, living with an eye single to God by serving Him wholeheartedly, delighting in Christ, and not making self-pleasing or worldly pleasure the mainspring of action.Lt 117, 1901, par. 8–9 The verse as a charge when obeyed makes men pure and keeps them pure.Lt 22, 1892, par. 1 The verse is made active by using available time to serve others rather than for personal pleasure, helping others do what honors God.Lt 12, 1892, par. 20–22 Talents, including musical ability as a gift from God, must be used to honor God rather than to please self or others, becoming a force for good when consecrated but doing more harm than good when fostering friendship with the world, with each person answerable for their use.TBC1882 76.2

Glorifying God means knowing how to live and work for His glory in daily life after leaving religious gatherings, so camp meetings must be arranged and conducted to produce lasting good by teaching people to do this.Lt 24, 1883, par. 6 Glorifying and honoring God is humanity's chief purpose, applied to making a health publication a lively force for good and living as a happy example of Christ's love, contrasted with becoming self-important.Lt 137, 1900, par. 9 All are to undertake the great work with no self-exaltation entirely for God's glory as instruments chosen by God to cooperate with Him.Ms 115, 1903, par. 32 Eating, drinking, dressing, working and every other action are to be directed to God's glory, including caring for physical, mental and spiritual health so nothing weakens fitness to serve God and do one's work well.Ms 60, 1894, par. 17 All of life is to aim at God's glory, for God gives talents to bless others rather than leave unused or spend on self-gratification.Ms 73, 1912, par. 21

Eating, drinking, cleansing from all filthiness of flesh and spirit and giving up vitality-destroying habits, coming into order, keeping rules, rebuking wrong, putting away every deceptive act, and sanctifying life so God can be present belongs to glorifying God, with those so trained going out to teach others the same way.Ms 66, 1899, par. 22–24 The verse requires faithfully representing God's kingdom in spirit, words and actions, obeying His precepts and commandments and living as loyal subjects so others see the goodness, mercy, tenderness, courtesy and riches of that kingdom.RP 50.3–51.1+3 Such conduct makes grace visible and draws people to God.RH Oct 24, 1907 The verse is a standard of duty to be studied in the Word and combined in daily action with diligence in business and fervor in serving the Lord, with meekness, reverence and trust as living out heaven's principles now.Lt 48, 1907, par. 41–43

The Christian life sanctifies the whole and must pervade every branch of action from highest to lowest including home life and business connected with God's work, with the single aim of honoring God, following Christ who sanctified Himself so others may be sanctified.20MR 288.5+1 It means Christianity intensely practical, molding the whole person after the divine likeness so sympathy, tenderness and gentleness appear in home, office and congregation, fitting for heaven's family.Lt 70, 1894, par. 5–7 It means relying on God's power and grace, seeking duty through Scripture and prayer and faithfully doing it, with faithfulness in small matters forming integrity for greater responsibilities and daily tests shaping character to stand for right under trial.CH 434.1 It means laboring with single aim instead of depending on own endeavors and making the most of capabilities under the Holy Spirit, bringing experience of walking by faith, increase in knowledge, courage and final triumph despite suffering.STB 544.1–545.1

God is to be honored in everyday work and ordinary toil; skilled labor is His gift, and working with the hands does not lessen the force of Christian ministry.MYP 216.1 Every part of life, including ordinary choices and relationships, should honor God; daily effort to please Him brings strength, courage in the truth and holy influence, while seeking to please one another more than Jesus fails to give Him due honor.LJAHS 31.1–32.1 The verse requires that God's workers cleanse themselves so their influence expresses unity not diversity, with all words and deeds done in harmony, thankfulness and loyalty to Christ.Ms 172, 1905, par. 11 Each person placing himself in right relation to God to receive and stand clad in Christ's righteousness even where angels are present, remembering God's estimate and value of each person and that position and conduct affect associates, doing right because it is right, belongs to the verse.Ms 62, 1900, par. 29–30

The verse includes the whole treatment of the physical organism since habits bear closest relation to spiritual life, requiring no impurity defiling the body, not loving the world or conforming to its wrong practices which exert evil influence, with true religion regulating dress, deportment and words because body as well as soul is redeemed and must be sanctified by truth.Ms 35, 1902, par. 5–6 The verse applies to workers' conduct and use of time and money including leisure, spending and daily responsibilities, where self-indulgence and neglect of duty fail to honor God.Ms 78, 1893, par. 47–52 Putting self out of sight and living with an eye single to God's glory in self-forgetting devotion is the condition of success in mission, making a worker right by abiding in Christ and reaching out to help others instead of becoming a selfish center.Lt 40, 1879, par. 28–30 Working with an eye single to God's glory gives lives that reflect heaven's light.Lt 147, 1905, par. 7 Every action, including ordinary eating and drinking, is to be done with constant aim to honor and glorify God, with God's servants working for that purpose and not seeking admiration for themselves.Ms 68, 1896, par. 1

Honoring God in eating, drinking, and every other action includes recognizing what those habits do to other people, asking whether conduct benefits them or leads them away from Christ, and choosing from firm religious principle rather than impulse. CH 292.2+2 Sincere concern to do others good subordinates selfishness, and conscientious self-denial governs how money is spent and what pleasures and possessions are chosen, so that life serves God and leads others to love and honor Him. CH 292.2+2 Food and drink are not merely private matters, because intemperance can harm health, weaken judgment, and affect the counsel, comfort, and well-being of those around. CH 45.1–46.1

The same rule requires that the conduct and charges of medical missionaries reflect their professed mission rather than worldly policy, since failure there harms the third angel's message. Lt 8, 1901, par. 26 It also includes resisting the indulgence and extravagance of the age and setting a right example for the young, including in eating and drinking. MYP 360.2 Every power of body and mind is to be employed in His service whether sick or well, because life and abilities are not for self-pleasing but are consecrated to Christ who purchased them. 8MR 48.3–4

All of life, including time, talents, and physical strength, must aim at God's glory by being used not for vanity or personal gratification but to bless others, bring souls to truth, and promote His glory. ST Feb 24, 1887 Made a rule of life, this principle helps students preserve integrity when tempted and leave school with developed minds and healthy bodies and souls in serving and honoring God. ST Jun 29, 1882+1