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Experience in practical life is indispensable. Order, thoroughness, punctuality, self-control, evenness of disposition, self-sacrifice, integrity, and courtesy are essential qualifications.

Jesus could have kept the glory of heaven. But He chose to step down from the throne of the universe in order to bring life to the dying.

Princes and rabbis, soldiers, tax collectors, and peasants came to hear the prophet. Many repented and received baptism in order to participate in the kingdom he announced.

Christ’s disciples were “as completely human as we are.” James 5:17, TLB. They fought the same battles with sin. They needed the same grace in order to live holy lives.

Some householders stint the family table in order to entertain visitors lavishly. This is unwise. In the entertainment of guests there should be greater simplicity. Let the needs of the family have first attention.

Above all lower orders of life, God designed that human beings, the crowning work of His creation, should express His thought and reveal His glory. But humans are not to exalt themselves as God.

Above the distractions of the earth He sits enthroned. All things are open to His divine survey, and from His great and calm eternity He orders that which His providence sees best.

“Then, as they cried out, ... the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and said that he should be examined under scourging, that he might know why they shouted so against him.

It is your privilege, dear young friends, to glorify God upon the earth. In order to do this, you must direct your minds away from things that are superficial, frivolous, and unimportant, to those that are of eternal worth.

Living for God, the soul sends forth to Him its best and highest affections. Is the greatest outflow of your love toward Him who died for you? If it is, your love for each other will be after heaven's order.— Testimonies for the Church 7:45, 46 .