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Without faith it is impossible to please God, and salvation itself depends on that faith which does what His Word commands and receives the Son as the source of life.Lt 47, 1909, par. 1–5+3 Coming to Him means drawing near with the realization of needing help that He alone can give, believing that He exists as He has revealed Himself as the all-powerful God who knows every experience, and seeking His face with heart and head and hands lifted together.SC 96.1+4 Believing that He rewards means trusting that He rewards all who diligently, wholeheartedly and childlike seek Him, who will find Him with continual daily watching and believing, and that He hears and answers prayer out of His immense fullness when earnestly sought.Lt 49, 1903, par. 18+4 Enoch pleased God by such unfeigned, obedient, close-communion faith and by it was translated that he should not see death, proving that obedience amid sin is possible by grace and that God is and rewards diligent seekers.Lt 47, 1909, par. 1–5+4 Genuine faith trusts what is hoped for and unseen and acts before the result is seen, works by love and purifies the soul in willing obedience, and prevails in prayer not by loud long praying but by simple firm trust that lays hold on the promises and refuses to let go.Lt 85, 1897, par. 13–14+4

Hebrews 11:6 stands in the chapter on faith whose faithful people give patterns of fidelity to follow in doing right, receiving promises, and overcoming danger.CTBH 238.1+2 They are brought into view so that their light guides those living in darkness, their visible lives and obedience leading others to glorify God.Ms 53, 1902, par. 3+2 They are witnesses who met evils and difficulties and in the Lord's name stood firm successfully against opposing forces of evil, sustained and strengthened with the Lord holding them by His hand.Ms 61, 1907, par. 1–3 They turn the mind from discouraging seen things to unseen things and seek the better country, the heavenly city whose builder and maker is God.Ms 63, 1893, par. 26–27

Coming to God requires faith, for without it pleasing Him is impossible.SC 96.1+2 It means drawing near with realization of needing help that God alone can give, believing He exists as He has revealed Himself.SC 96.1+2 It means believing He exists as the all-powerful God who knows every phase of experience and every secret of life, and as the certain, everlasting present help.Ms 3, 1895, par. 12–15+1 The heart must see and sense that He is and rewards all who diligently seek Him, with heart and head and hands all lifted up together and kept uplifted, never looking down but always looking up to the mercy and truth above the throne.Ms 44, 1900, par. 2 Seeking His face expresses this faith, and drawing near in faith brings fulfillment of the promise that He draws near in return.Ms 49, 1897, par. 1–4+1 Self-sufficiency and failure to confess known sins leave a person without forgiveness and vulnerable to deception that can destroy faith, while practicing robbery toward God by withholding faithful tithe and offerings proves lack of this faith and doing His will as an obedient child would show it.Lt 97, 1905, par. 5–6+1

Believing He is a rewarder means believing He rewards all who earnestly, diligently, wholeheartedly and childlike seek Him, and those who so seek with the whole heart will find Him and receive help and strength.Lt 144, 1902, par. 24–25+2 It is not an instantaneous work upon the heart but continual daily watching and believing, in which the repenting, believing one who earnestly desires renewing grace places himself where God gives grace according to His Word and does not turn him away empty.Ms 55a, 1910, par. 6 Ministering angels aid the persevering one in advancing.Ms 55a, 1910, par. 6 God's revelation of Himself is closely connected with earnest seeking, and faith receives Jesus whether He appears in the humble form of His earthly life or in the glory revealed at the transfiguration.Lt 144, 1902, par. 24–25

Nature proves that God is and rewards those who diligently seek Him.Lt 253, 1903, par. 16+2 It reveals the work and power of a positive, personal Creator who made the world as the work of His hands and His handiwork.Lt 253, 1903, par. 16+2 The world is not God, nature is not above God, and God is not in nature.Lt 253, 1903, par. 16+2

Without faith pleasing God is impossible, for coming to God requires believing that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly and diligently seek Him, and Enoch's testimony that he pleased God illustrates this dependence on faith.Lt 47, 1909, par. 1–5+1 By that faith Enoch pleased God and was translated that he should not see death and was not permitted to fall under death's power.Lt 137a, 1898, par. 1–7+1 His faith was unfeigned and moved cautiously step by step in the way of the Lord in a life of close communion lived in the midst of a world doomed to destruction for iniquity.Lt 137a, 1898, par. 1–7+1

His daily conduct pleased God because it reflected the principles seen in Christ, without coarseness or selfishness.RH Sep 30, 1909+1 His faithful walk with God continued for three hundred years before God took him.RH Sep 30, 1909+1 That faith is the seeing of things not seen, not only the future reality when the mortal puts on immortality but the present unseen powers that move and govern lives, which every born-again soul must realize.Lt 137a, 1898, par. 1–7

It makes true Christians cooperating with Jesus Christ, partakers of the divine nature, overcoming the corruption in the world through lust.Lt 137a, 1898, par. 1–7 It responds to the spiritual kingdom Christ sets up in the soul, secures the blessed hope of citizenship in the kingdom of heaven, and holds a conscious title to the inheritance with the saints in light after resurrection and with the living saints after translation, with lives bound up with the life of Christ.Lt 137a, 1898, par. 1–7 Against discouragement over the curse and death coming through Adam's sin, and against the claim that there is no reward for the righteous or punishment for the wicked and that obedience to the divine statutes is impossible, the translation of Enoch declares and proves that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.PP 88.2

His case shows what God will do for those who keep His commandments, teaching that obedience to the law of God is possible even while living in the midst of the sinful and corrupt, that by grace temptation can be resisted and purity and holiness attained, and that such a life is blessed.PP 88.2 It gives hope that as death came through Adam, so life and immortality come through the promised Redeemer, and his translation is evidence of the truth of his prophecy concerning the hereafter, with joy and glory and immortal life for the obedient and condemnation, woe, and death for the transgressor.PP 88.2

His godly character represents the state of holiness that those redeemed from the earth must attain at Christ's second advent, when iniquity again prevails.PP 88.3 That state is seeking purity of heart and conformity to God's will until reflecting the likeness of Christ, warning the world of the Lord's second coming and of the judgments upon transgression, and by holy life condemning the sins of the ungodly.PP 88.3 As Enoch was translated to heaven before the world was destroyed by water, so the living righteous who please God by faith will be translated from the earth before its destruction by fire.PP 88.3

Abel, Enoch, and Noah lived faithfully before God while rejected and mocked by the world, Abel dying as a martyr, Enoch walking with God though unknown by the world, and Noah derided as a fanatic and alarmist, so that faithfulness to God may bring suffering and contempt. Enoch, Noah, Methuselah and others pleased God by faith in an age corrupt and unrestrained in appetite, pleasure and vice that put God out of mind.ST Nov 27, 1884 Their faith kept alive on earth the knowledge of the true God and stayed the tide of moral evil, as faithful ministers of righteousness who gave the warning of 120 years probation before sinners would be blotted from creation.ST Nov 27, 1884 Many professed worshipers were beguiled by allurements and lost their peculiar holy character for lack of moral power to stand against the age, showing that without faith no one can please God or remain holy amid corruption.ST Nov 27, 1884

Moses illustrates the same faith, giving up status and choosing affliction with God’s people because he valued the promised reward and looked toward it, enduring as seeing the invisible God.Lt 116, 1896, par. 7–10+1 His faith was not mere thought about God but continuing vision of Him, confidence in His help and rule over life, and trusting reliance that He is present, cares, helps, and rewards those who diligently seek Him.5T 651.3+1 It was reliance on Christ as Saviour whose merits were imputed to him, cultivated as faith that works by love and purifies the soul, trusting what is hoped for and unseen rather than feeling or sight.Lt 116, 1896, par. 7–10+1 That appropriating faith led him to seek God’s help, pray, believe for help, obey his assigned work, resist temptation, and endure danger, insult, misunderstanding and hardship without retaliation, giving courage to persevere through trials.5T 651.3+1

Enoch, Abraham, and Noah are examples of those who pleased Him, and God who has power and grace clothes with salvation those who rely on His mercy.Ms 86, 1886, par. 27 Enoch and other just people held to God’s instruction passed down from Adam when others rejected it, and following the Lord brought special blessing.Ms 122, 1897, par. 30–32 Belief from the heart is linked with righteousness and a life of obedience, and lessons taught in childhood likewise helped Daniel and his companions remain uncorrupted.Ms 122, 1897, par. 30–32 Faith was exercised through prayer and trust in God, grasping the central truth revealed by the sacred types, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.CE 62.1–2 The faith of God’s servants of old can work now, making believers channels of His power wherever hearts of faith are found, for faith is essential to pleasing God and approaching Him.CE 62.1–2+1

True faith trusts what is hoped for and what is unseen, and it acts before the hoped-for result is seen, for trust in God enables a person to do what true faith calls for.Lt 85, 1897, par. 13–14+1 It is not feeling or sight, and joyful feeling is distinct from it, for God gives the feeling and the blessing while a person can exercise faith apart from any feeling.Lt 116, 1896, par. 7–10+2 Feeling is no safe guide and has nothing to do with faith, as distinct as heaven and earth, as the east is from the west, and depending on feeling leaves one open to discouragement and defeat because Satan gains victory by playing upon feelings.Lt 53, 1876, par. 36–39+1 True faith gives moral power to resist poor feelings and bear up above them, to stop complaining and speak faith, hope and courage, to pray for strength to overcome weakness of character, and to keep courage when the battle goes hard and the success of truth is at stake.Lt 53, 1876, par. 36–39 It does not lose heart by looking at what is seen and temporary, but holds firm and thereby overcomes Satan's temptations in the perils of the last days, knowing duty from the expressed will of God and doing it intelligently without examining whether feeling is present or absent, walking the narrow plank to the end and then stepping onto nothing when no further step can be seen.Lt 53, 1876, par. 36–39+1

Exercising faith is the science of the gospel, and knowing what cultivating faith means is more essential than any other knowledge.Ms 76, 1898, par. 6–8 Unbelief and ignorance of faith must be broken through, because without faith pleasing God is impossible.Ms 76, 1898, par. 6–8 There can be no healthy, all-round experience in obeying the gospel unto salvation until the true science of faith is more thoroughly understood and more faith is exercised, and there can be no perfection of Christian character without that faith which works by love and purifies the soul.Ms 76, 1898, par. 6–8 This cultivated faith is necessary to stand the test and trial of the last days and to share in the work of being purified, made white, and tried.Ms 76, 1898, par. 6–8

Genuine faith is the faith that works by love and purifies the soul, producing humility, patience, forbearance, long-suffering, peace, joy and willing obedience, and it receives the promises of God that hold all the spiritual blessings weak, sinful mortals need because they cannot save or bless themselves.11MR 289.2–3+2 It is exercised by trusting in Jesus, through whom a person comes to the light, decreases in self-estimation while Christ increases, instead of stubborn resistance to light.Lt 93, 1896, par. 9–10+1 Faith is not merely agreeing with doctrines; humility, meekness and obedience are not faith itself but its fruits, qualities learned in Christ's school.5T 437.2 What is not done from faith is sin.5T 437.2 Faith should be matched by works, and God is willing to give further blessings beyond the great things He has already done.5T 533.2

Faith must be educated together and lived out individually, living by faith and not by feeling, resting in God's love and trusting His promises through Christ.Lt 316, 1908, par. 7+1 Spiritual strength depends on exercising faith continually, and settling into gloom and despondency shows lack of faith in Jesus and failure to take God at His word, which is sin against God especially in view of the love He has shown.HSFM 130.7 Faith in the Saviour is the ground for trusting Him and it must increase, continually grow as God calls people to walk and work with Him relying on His provision to overcome temptation, for without this increasing faith they cannot please Him.Ms 76, 1893, par. 10–11+1 Even those with little faith should use it to help others and refuse to speak words of doubt, and exercised faith will be increased by the Lord.Lt 29a, 1892, par. 6

Unbelief is offensive to God, dishonors His Word and name, withholds good, keeps people from Him, distrusts His word, and makes pleasing Him impossible.Lt 23, 1885, par. 23–25+2 Faith must grow in keeping with the light, grace, privileges and talents received, with experience and character and the development of faith, obedience and love equal to what is given in this age.Lt 23, 1885, par. 23–25+2 Where such faith exists heaven is open and the rich promises of God are fulfilled with nothing wanting that Christ requires.ST Nov 12, 1885+1 If faith does not increase, light and blessings decrease, and failure to improve God-given talents brings condemnation in proportion to the grace, truth and neglect involved.ST Nov 12, 1885+1 Wanting to walk by sight and not by faith prevents advancement in Christian experience, while walking in the truth and following the light renews in knowledge and true holiness, gives daily victory over self, pride and love of the world, and makes experience grow brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.Lt 23, 1885, par. 23–25+1

Faith connects the soul with heaven's power and gives strength to face and resist the powers of darkness, and through it victory over the world is gained.RH Sep 22, 1910+1 Faith in Christ is to be a living reality, and strong faith in the Redeemer has an influence nothing can withstand, so God comes to the aid of followers who remain faithful through trial and temptation.ST Oct 24, 1900 It makes God's existence and presence real to the soul; as believers live for His glory they discern more of His character and grace, grow strong in spiritual power, and are changed into His image by beholding Him.ST Dec 19, 1892 Unbelief displeases Him and separates the soul from Christ, but faith keeps a person close to Jesus and trusts His complete sacrifice and saving help even after repeated falls into sin, so that though sin is confessed with shame and sorrow the believer looks to Christ for forgiveness and presses on toward a higher life in Him.RH Mar 10, 1904

Only faith in truth pleases God and has sanctifying influence upon life and character; faith in a lie never sanctifies, and no error becomes truth by repetition or by believing it.Lt 12, 1890, par. 64–68 Sincerity never saves a soul from the consequences of believing error: without sincerity there is no true religion, but sincerity in a false religion never saves, just as sincerely following a wrong road never makes it the right road or brings one to the place desired.Lt 12, 1890, par. 64–68 God does not want blind credulity to be called the faith that sanctifies.Lt 12, 1890, par. 64–68

Faith is necessary to receive God's word, for whoever comes to God must believe that God exists and rewards those who diligently and earnestly seek Him.ST Feb 2, 1915+1 A believing heart receives the word; it yields to the Holy Spirit's conviction, confesses guilt, recognizes need of God's mercy and love, and sincerely wants to know the truth in order to obey it.COL 58.1–59.1 Truth however clear and strongly urged cannot work in the heart unless received in faith and mixed with faith, and glorious themes profit hearers only when so received and acted upon.Ms 163a, 1898, par. 8 A message of hope becomes a savor of life unto life when received and acted upon, but a savor of death unto death when not received, and presenting glorious themes otherwise is labor spent in vain.Ms 163a, 1898, par. 8 The heaven-sent blessing waits at the door until the faith that works by love and purifies the soul opens the door to let it in.Ms 163a, 1898, par. 8

God grants sufficient evidence on which to base faith.Ms 100, 1898, par. 6–7 That faith accepts that God brought into existence what was not then seen, as in Hebrews 11:3, rests safely on what His works reveal, contemplates the works of His hand, and leaves God Himself enshrouded in mystery without conjecturing or peering behind the veil.Ms 100, 1898, par. 6–7 To be Christian is to be Christlike by cherishing that faith with the whole heart even when all things cannot be seen clearly, enlisting the whole heart on the side of faith rather than cultivating unbelief, doubt and darkness.Ms 100, 1898, par. 6–7

Pleasing God requires genuine, sanctifying faith, the right kind of faith cultivated under every circumstance and brought into practical life.RH Sep 30, 1909+1 This faith is God's gift to His people, yet each person is responsible for it and must personally exercise it; it must endure testing and trial, lead to true conversion, and be strengthened by earnest, prayerful study of Christ's example.RH Sep 30, 1909+1 Faith in Christ sanctifies motives and purposes and leads to a humble walk with God, not merely outward acts of justice and mercy, and it enables the believer to reveal Christ's character in life.RH Sep 30, 1909 The faith that pleases God believes that the promises of God are yea and amen in Christ Jesus and believes that Christ is the only Saviour, and seeking God wholeheartedly is connected with receiving His gifts.Ms 11, 1909, par. 25+1

Faith in the churches is imperfect and lacking when people do not trust that the Lord will do what He promises and do exactly what He says He will do.STBk 9.1+2 What is needed is praying faith that carries a solemn burden and weight for souls, a faith that operates through love and cleanses the life from objectionable traits of character and false ideas.STOM 7.3+1 The kind of faith needed in praying ministers is this faith that works by love and purifies the soul.Ms 19, 1890, par. 9 Faith means trusting God to work and open a way for the work where one is even when difficulties arise; reliance on human opinions, suspicion and continued doubt weaken faith and dishonor God.Lt 93, 1898, par. 4–5

Without faith it is impossible to please God, and salvation itself depends on that faith, which means doing what His Word commands and depending wholly upon Him, including receiving the Son as the source of life.Ms 30, 1904, par. 11 Only such faith pleases Him, never good works, human merit, or the mediation of men or angels, for those are vain. GC88 73.2–74.1+2 The sinner must therefore rely wholly on the merits of Jesus rather than on human mediation or personal works, casting the soul entirely upon Him, taking Christ as priest, His blood as sacrifice and His altar as confessional, and coming directly through Him to God for pardon and peace.GC88 73.2–74.1+2

This coming trusts that Jesus loves the seeker and that mistakes do not make God his enemy nor call for despair, for no one can cleanse himself or become righteous by good deeds but must bring the burden to Jesus and trust the merits of His blood and His work as risen Saviour.Lt 20, 1867, par. 10 Faith takes hold of the promises and relies on Christ's help, grace and righteousness to cleanse from sin and remedy defects of character, keeping close to Jesus even after falls, confessing with sorrow and pressing onward.Lt 20, 1867, par. 10+1 Faith is essential to keeping God's law, since without it pleasing Him is impossible, and keeping the law is necessary to be prepared to stand in the judgment where the law will be the standard of character.GC 435.2–436.1+2 No worship can please Him without obedience expressed in keeping the commandments, as applied in the first angel's call to fear God, give Him glory and worship Him as Creator of heaven and earth, and this faith-enabled obedience keeps the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus through the judgment that began in 1844 and continues until the cases of the living and the dead are all decided at the close of probation.GC 435.2–436.1+3

Working faith is required to keep the great principles of the law, for truth and even a message of hope cannot work in the heart unless received by faith and acted upon, and the heaven-sent blessing remains outside until faith that works by love and purifies the soul opens the way.ST Aug 2, 1899 The life of grace is a life of such faith, by which the believer receives Jesus, is united to Him and established in Him unto eternal life.Lt 120a, 1898, par. 4+2 As branch to the living Vine the soul depends on Christ who sustains the believer rather than being sustained by him, trusting God's power rather than worldly rank or human effort, not relying on feelings or the opinions of others but looking to Jesus to overcome and to trust past guilt forgiven, and thus enabled to cooperate with Him in His work.Lt 120a, 1898, par. 4+2

A convicted sinner has something to do besides repenting: he must believe that God accepts his repentance according to promise, and this believing belongs to working out salvation with fear and trembling.Ms 55, 1910, par. 5–7+2 Acceptance does not wait for an overpowering change of feeling, for evidence of genuine grace is found in the life, and faith reaches beyond the veil to claim Christ's promised welcome and forgiveness by taking God at His word whether or not feelings have changed, while the rest and peace that follow are assurance and not the faith itself.Ms 55, 1910, par. 5–7+2 To those who so come believing that He is and rewards diligent seekers there come comfort, encouragement and hope, without looking to self for worthiness but coming to Jesus with imperfections trusting Him alone to remove defects and stains of sin, blot out past mistakes and transgressions, and give His righteousness.Ms 20, 1885, par. 14–18+1 Prayer is worthless without this faith in the One who gave His life on Calvary so sinners need not perish, for pleasing faith ceases rebellion, opens the door of the heart to Christ, pleads His atoning sacrifice, and humbles the heart before God in the great day of atonement while trusting in the efficacy of that sacrifice.Lt 209, 1904, par. 15

Coming to God requires believing that He hears and answers out of immense fullness when earnestly sought, and it is His glory to be known as the hearer of prayer because the suppliant believes He will hear and answer.Lt 49, 1903, par. 18+2 Faith claims His assurance, believes the things asked for are received, walks by His Word as verity and truth apart from feeling, asks Him to increase faith, and holds His Word as assurance.Lt 198, 1907, par. 12+1 Drawing near means realizing the need of help that God alone can give and committing to trust Him to hear and answer.Lt 49, 1903, par. 18+1

Such petitions are presented to the compassionate Saviour with living faith that lays hold on infinite strength and draws from infinite power.ST Mar 9, 1888 That faith is settled, rooted and grounded, bold and faithful, elevates thoughts to dwell on promises, and grows by exercise of faith and hope.ST Mar 9, 1888 It lays the soul before the Father in weakness and want, repeats the assurances of His word and claims fulfillment not from personal worthiness but because Christ died, pleading the merits of His blood, taking Him at His word, learning perfect trust, restraining doubt, and speaking praise to Creator and Redeemer.ST Mar 9, 1888

What prevails is perfect trust, firm reliance, and steady claiming of promises with simple faith that He is and rewards seekers, not loud, long praying that exhausts strength and wears throat, lungs and organs of speech.GW92 152.2+1 His ear is always open to humble heartfelt petitions, and simple firm trust rather than prolonged noise is heard, for empty words without earnest desire and expectation bring no answer.GW92 152.2+1 True faith does not pray to prove whether God will keep His word or loves us, or to demand proof of Christ's sonship after testimony, or to ask what He has not promised.ST Dec 23, 1913+3 Such demands show distrust and tempt God, but faith prays because He will fulfill and because He loves, staying in His chosen ways in trust and submission without forcing Providence outside obedience.Ms 113, 1902, par. 13–15+2

Prevailing prayer perseveres until answered, laying hold on promises and refusing to let go, willing to venture all on the slightest token, with Jacob's perseverance and Elijah's persistence staking heaven's honor on fulfillment.PK 156.3–157.2+1 Elijah's prayer for rain was granted, and such faith connects with heaven and brings strength against darkness for reaching the heights God desires.PK 158.1–2+1 There is no true prayer without true faith, and without faith God cannot be pleased; together they are arms by which the soul hangs on infinite love and grasps infinite power.7MR 402.3+1 Faith is active working power showing in prayer and praise that relieves the troubled, communes by appointed means, and requires hungering for life in Christ in humility until He gives faith that works by love and purifies the soul.Lt 301, 1904, par. 10

Exercising faith in prayer is both privilege and duty, not waiting for feeling, for faith and joyful feeling are distinct and God gives feeling and blessing while people exercise faith, and His grace reaches through living faith.EW 61.1 Prayer and testimonies profit nothing without it, and living faith trusting God to do as promised matters more than numbers.Ms 6, 1886, par. 6 God rewards diligent seekers by commissioning chosen men to bring further light, connecting teachers reconciled to God with seeking souls so prayer is answered through preaching Christ's mission by God's power rather than human wisdom.Ms 171, 1903, par. 16–17+2 Receiving Him gives power to become sons of God, takes away dread of His sovereign rule, and calls seekers to press upward rather than stumbling or going down to Satan's defeat.Ms 224, 1902, par. 5+1

Seeking in faith includes trusting through affliction when He leads to the cross and answers differently than expected, granting what is best for salvation and glory.Lt 54, 1874, par. 11–14 God led one through affliction to learn that seeking finds and right asking receives, an experience worth its pain.3T 415.2 Believers should recognize need, ask for what they need, and believe as they ask that He gives it; this faith grows as they ask and receive, strengthens the weak, encourages the discouraged to trust, and edifies others.EW 94.1+3 Determined pleading like the importunate widow's conscious need gives depth and solidity through rich daily experience in prayer.Lt 102, 1894, par. 13–14

God will be found by all who seek diligently with whole heart; when the agent submits to the Spirit and consecrates body, soul and spirit and cooperates in unselfish soul-saving, He does His part with power in prayer and the Spirit to convict, convert, comfort and bless, improving talents.Lt 35a, 1895, par. 3–4 A humble halting prayer in faith is acceptable without perfect wording, as is a loving Christlike appeal to sinners.10MR 96.3 Learning that God is and rewards seekers is the most precious lesson, giving assurance that all things are added to those seeking first His kingdom, that precious truth rewards desire to know it, and that His presence responds.Lt 90, 1894, par. 1+2 Gathering all promises and believing for life renews the mind, removes discouragement, transforms by beholding into His likeness, waits patiently for plain evidence, and enriches with the Spirit renewing despondent souls who practically appreciate His assurances.Lt 294, 1906, par. 10

The Lord is helper of diligent seekers, for goodness, mercy and righteousness are His throne's attributes; His reward is not only pardon but victory over sin's power, creating love that hates what Christ hates, loves what He loves, and wages constant warfare against inward corruption with new holy taste.Lt 60, 1887, par. 6 His reward includes giving His only Son so believers need not perish but have everlasting life, to be glorified with God-given powers rather than idolizing the dead.Lt 19, 1895, par. 1–3 Mourning the dead as idol dishonors self, does unappointed work, loses favor and vital power, so seekers must resist the enemy, overcome grieving habit, be girded with Christ's righteousness, and do the living's appointed work as soldiers of the cross.Lt 19, 1895, par. 1–3

Coming in prayer requires believing He hears; when overmuch preaching strains organs and brain, exhaustion leaves one too tired to hold belief, feeling wrong and separated, passing prayer seasons, causing backsliding and terrible loss.Ms 19b, 1890, par. 13–16 Everyone must pray, believe He exists, and trust He rewards seekers, trusting without anxiety or fear that He hears and will not forget a life sacrificed to Him.Lt 39, 1894, par. 13–15+1

In sacred work walking by faith is necessary, and every physician and every other worker in any line must cultivate unselfish faith that works by love and purifies the soul.Lt 131, 1904, par. 4–8 City workers are to go forward in faith, do their best, and watch, work and pray trusting that God hears and answers petitions, and this obedient persevering trust gives invaluable experience for later service.RH Sep 30, 1902+3 Workers should not rest content with partial success but see every part complete, especially soul-saving as the highest work in the world.Lt 195, 1899, par. 1 Faith trusts God to work and open a way where one is despite difficulties, rather than relying on human opinions with suspicion and continued doubt that weaken faith and dishonor Him.Lt 93, 1898, par. 4–5

Pleasing God where one already is when difficulties come requires doing one's level best, standing true to principle, having more confidence in God than in human voices, and seeking the wisdom He promised to give.Ms 140, 1901, par. 14–20 Lacking faith there means lacking it anywhere, for God has work right where a person is and will open ways and means there if there is faith.Ms 140, 1901, par. 14–20 Unbelief hedges up its own way, opens the heart to fears, conjectures and cowardice, looks on the dark side, loses grip on God and greatly dishonors Him, and unless talking doubts, criticizing, suspicion and unbelief cease it will encircle the soul.Ms 140, 1901, par. 14–20 Going forward in faith and trusting the Lord to prepare the way brings rest in Christ, and cultivating faith, right relation to God, earnest prayer and confidence under the Holy Spirit solves mysterious problems.Ms 140, 1901, par. 14–20

At Cooranbong faith meant praying and working while trusting God to provide means to do His will, with self-denial and doing one's part expecting the Lord to work.Lt 330, 1908, par. 3–5 Faith rather than secular power or human protection is the surest defense by which God advances His cause.GC88 188.3 Faith that pleases moves promptly without demanding human foresight or assurance of financial profit, sending out appeals to stir past neglect and bring freewill offerings and tithes at the right time.Lt 174, 1898, par. 3 Delay from unbelief and fear over cost and return displeases the Lord, and hesitaters need the Spirit's quickening to enlarge plans and trust supply.Lt 174, 1898, par. 3 Failure to meet God's requirements by withholding faithful tithe and offerings proves lack of faith in Him as all-powerful God who knows every experience and secret and rewards diligent seekers, while doing His will as an obedient child shows it.Ms 3, 1895, par. 12–15

Pleasing faith is living, working faith, not dry theory, for human effort alone converts no soul.Lt 27, 1893, par. 4–5 Faith in Christ belongs in every plan and movement, even temporal business and farming, placing the frail instrument in the divine channel as laborer together with God while divine agency alone gives efficiency and increase through the Holy Spirit.Lt 27, 1893, par. 4–5 This faith sees God in Christ as the only means of rightly knowing Him, hungers to know the only true God and Jesus Christ, fixes expectation on everlasting life for vigor, and practices Christ's virtues to refine temporal affairs.Lt 27, 1893, par. 4–5 Overcoming harmful indulgence requires such faith, not own strength, trusting God for strength to do what He requires.Ms 4, 1865, par. 2–4 Believing His promises expresses love, enables a useful life blessing others with cheerfulness and hope, brings comfort through painful trials and cheerful hope, while doubt hinders strength and brings needless sadness.Lt 98e, 1896, par. 2+1

When facing little love, sympathy or appreciation, believers should trust the Lord knows and look to Him for comfort and hope.Lt 117a, 1899, par. 4–5 Even when leading is unclear and temptation brings heaviness, tested faith still trusts He will answer, and testing produces patience.RH Feb 27, 1913 Faith sustains through trials, lightening burdens, helping endure weariness, bringing understanding of mysterious providences, and God works through such believers as channels of His power.PK 175.2 True Christians rest calmly even when skeptics doubt, recognizing His power working for good, because they trust He exists and rewards all diligent seekers.ST Nov 11, 1880 In dark painful trials faith patiently trusts, relies on Christ's atoning merits, submits the will rather than giving up or demanding removal, with the crucified and risen Saviour as ground of hope and safety.SG4 255.1 Faith is the soul's safeguard against sin whose weakening removes protection, and knowing God through His word and works reveals His character daily for His honor.CT 377.3

God's salvation is in families only by believing for it, living for it, and keeping continual abiding trust.SG4 255.2+2 That faith gains victories in subduing hasty temper and controlling words, and living under God's restraint increases family happiness, peace of mind, refinement, humility and grace, and leads to everlasting life.RH Apr 22, 1862+1 Without such control a person is enslaved to Satan, and all jangling, unpleasant, impatient words are a costly offering destroying family peace, health and eternal life, more costly than any sacrifice for God.RH Apr 22, 1862+1 Under holy restraint right speech becomes easy, passion is held in subjection, the indwelling Saviour gives hourly strength, angels linger in the home and carry joyful tidings of progress, and a cheerful record is made.1T 310.1 Scripture study requires this faith, searching God's Word for His will and duty unto salvation without giving up until one's relation to God is known.3MR 432.2–3 Diligent searching with hunger, digging as miners for gold confident He will make known what He said, teaches will, duty and what to do to be saved, and the Lord helps all who come themselves in prayer with careful personal study to make its thoughts their own.MYP 260.3–261.1+2

Pleasing God requires greater living faith taking His word as yea and amen instead of hindering prudence, self-sufficient lifting up, or sluggish unbelief.Lt 182, 1898, par. 3–4 Among truth claimants it receives Christ's prayer for disciples by doing what He enjoined, cherishing love and faith for one another and dealing faithfully, since departure into lovelessness leaves them where He cannot bless and His name cannot be glorified.Lt 182, 1898, par. 3–4 Pleasing Him is impossible apart from faith kept by faithful watch over heart, mind and soul.Ms 160, 1898, par. 17–20+1 Without it selfish propensities absorb the whole man to do Satan's works and please Satan, letting bitterness spring up by which many are defiled.Ms 160, 1898, par. 17–20+1 Such faith belongs to thorough daily conversion and sanctification of the whole man, as Christ's grace purifies thought, regulates desire, sweetens disposition, and leaves nothing opposed to God.Ms 160, 1898, par. 17–20+1

Genuine faith relies on plain statements of His Word and is sustained and evidenced by good works endorsing it.Lt 105, 1898, par. 14 The Lord wants His people to seek Him humbly in prayer for wisdom to know how and when to act, to depend on Him for guidance, to seek earnestly, confess errors and bring petitions, to keep free and hopeful, act out faith, pray much and be strengthened, and to trust wholly with strong confidence.Ms 33, 1891, par. 1–4+4 When wrong ideas are held, Scriptures should be searched with humbled heart and prayer trusting He listens and gives to earnest seekers, bringing needed help.Ms 8a, 1888, par. 5 Spiritual progress depends on such living faith, seeking instruction, keeping the mind on what was prayed for, and walking in given light and power.RH Oct 21, 1909

Earnest seekers will have the way made plain and must study open service doors then enter with full assurance of faith.Ms 127, 1903, par. 6–7 Success depends not on numbers, standing or intellect but on walking with Christ in quiet humility needing grace to deal with minds, and the patient Godlike worker is rewarded with fruit to show.Ms 127, 1903, par. 6–7 Those grown cold and ceasing prayer need to come believing He exists and rewards diligent seekers and lay hold of Jesus mighty to save all coming through Him, and all who earnestly and humbly seek in faith will be helped.RH Mar 11, 1902+1 The church must become consecrated with the required faith, before which a brighter day lies with rich lost truths reopened as new revelation and new ministerial power.Ms 53, 1890, par. 15–17 The Lord lives and blesses all seeking with whole heart with increased devotion and zeal, and pleasing Him requires living active faith, for nothing is done without His blessing and only His power enables standing the test in trying times.Lt 340, 1906, par. 1–7 Followers must advance daily toward the Master's full stature or fall and lose eternal life, and this faith takes hold of infinite help so the renewed heart beats with Christ's heart.MYP 102.3+1

Glorious themes profit only when mixed with faith and received and acted upon, becoming life unto life, otherwise death unto death and vain labor, and the heaven-sent blessing waits until working faith opens the door.Ms 163a, 1898, par. 8 Faith must therefore be exercised to pray and to serve others by sharing received truth.6MR 204.1–3 God is ready to hear and give the Holy Spirit for service, but claims and noisy displays prove nothing and can foster fanaticism and deception, and pleasing requires living by faith rather than extraordinary manifestations.6MR 59.1–4+1 Faith that pleases should be matched by works, with God willing to give beyond great things already done, and not by unbelief.5T 533.2 A follower must have abiding faith, for without it pleasing God is impossible.MYP 102.3 Seeking the Lord sincerely and wholeheartedly in appeal reflects this, confident Jesus is willing to be found.Ms 70, 1897, par. 22–23