Daily Reading for Saturday, October 4, 2025
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:4
"We ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure."
Meditation:
Reference(s):
1 The Review and Herald, April 29, 1890.
2 Sons and Daughters of God, p. 218.
"Let us inspire our people with faith that they may stand firm for the right in whatever situation they may be placed. There is no necessity for thinking that we cannot endure persecution; we shall have to go through terrible times."1
"Hold the beginning of your confidence firm unto the end. The light of God's truth is not to be dimmed. It is to shine amidst the darkness of error that enshrouds our world. The Word of God is to be opened to those in the high places of the earth, as well as to those in the more lowly. The church of Christ is God's agency for the proclamation of truth; she is empowered by Him to do a special work; and if she is loyal to God, obedient to His commandments, there will dwell within her the excellence of divine power. If she will honor the Lord God of Israel, there is no power that can stand against her. If she will be true to her allegiance, the forces of the enemy will be no more able to overpower her than is the chaff to resist the whirlwind."2