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72:1 Cap. 70 - Voiosia 72:2 Crestinul adevarat va fi voios. Nu ingaduiti ca ingrijorarile si incurcaturile vietii de zi cu zi sa va tulbure mintea si sa va innegureze chipul. Caci altfel va exista intotdeauna cate ceva care sa va nelinisteasca, sa va tulbure. Viata este asa cum ne-o facem si vom gasi ceea ce cautam. Daca vom cauta tristete si tulburare, daca mintea ticluieste numai exagerarea micilor dificultati inerente, vom gasi din acestea din belsug, ca sa umplem cu ele gandurile si conversatiile noastre. Insa, daca vom cauta partea luminoasa a lucrurilor, vom gasi suficiente lucruri care sa ne faca voiosi si fericiti. Daca oferim zambete, acestea ne vor fi inapoiate; daca rostim cuvinte placute, optimiste si noua, la randul nostru, ne vor fi adresate astfel de cuvinte. 72:3 Cand crestinii sunt mohorati si deprimati, ca si cand ar fi lipsiti de prieteni, parasiti, ei dau o impresie gresita despre religie. In unele cazuri, s-a sustinut ideea ca voiosia nu se potriveste cu demnitatea caracterului crestin, insa acest lucru este o greseala; cerul este numai bucurie; iar daca noi adunam in sufletele noastre bucuriile cerului si, pe cat posibil, le manifestam prin cuvinte si comportament, vom fi mai placuti Tatalui nostru ceresc decat daca am fi mohorati si tristi. 72:4 Datoria fiecaruia este sa cultive voiosia in loc sa zaboveasca mereu asupra necazurilor si supararilor. Multi nu doar ca ajung de compatimit in acest fel, insa ajung chiar sa-si sacrifice sanatatea si fericirea unei imaginatii bolnave. Imprejurul lor sunt lucruri care nu sunt placute, iar infatisarea lor este mereu posomorata si, mai mult decat cuvintele, aceasta exprima o stare de nemultumire. 72:5 Aceste simtaminte deprimante le sunt foarte daunatoare pentru sanatate, deoarece, ingreunand digestia, ei isi dau peste cap alimentatia. Intristarea si nelinistea nu pot remedia nici un singur rau, insa pot provoca multe rele; dar voiosia si optimismul, in timp ce lumineaza calea altora, "sunt viata pentru cei ce le gasesc si sanatate pentru intregul trup." 1 72:6 In vremuri grele, Ellen White a fost optimista. [ In 1867, fratele James White, care a fost intr-o stare critica in urma unui atac de paralizie, a fost internat la "Our Home" in Dansville, New York. Medicul respectivei institutii privea religia ca pe ceva ce aduce descurajare si isi indemna pacientii sa participe la diferite distractii pentru a-i inveseli. Ellen White a fost invitata de unul dintre participanti sa se inscrie la un dans si a fost invitata sa-si inece necazul prin aceasta participare. Cuvintele de mai sus au constituit raspunsul dansei la sugestia repectiva.] Ma vedeti voi vreodata mohorata, abatuta, descurajata sau plangandu-ma de ceva? Eu am o credinta si nu pot face acest lucru. O intelegere gresita a idealului adevarat, cu privire la caracterul crestin si serviciul crestin, este cea care ne conduce la aceste concluzii. Lipsa religiei autentice produce intristare, descurajare si mahnire. Crestinii seriosi cauta sa-L imite pe Domnul Isus, caci a fi crestin inseamna a fi asemenea lui Hristos. Este intr-adevar esential sa avem conceptii corecte in legatura cu viata lui Hristos, obiceiurile Lui, pentru ca principiile Sale sa poata fi respectate in noi, care vom fi asemenea Lui. 72:7 O slujire pe jumatate, iubind lumea, eul, distractiile frivole, il fac pe slujitor sa fie timid, las; el Il urmeaza pe Hristos o mare parte din cale de la distanta mare. O slujire din inima, binevoitoare fata de Isus, produce o religie luminoasa. Cei care Il urmeaza pe Hristos indeaproape nu sunt mohorati. In Hristos este lumina, pace si bucurie pentru totdeauna. Avem mai multa nevoie de Hristos, nu de atata vorbarie, mai multa nevoie de Hristos si mai putin egoism. 2 72:8 Umblati ca niste copiii ai luminii. Nu este voia lui Dumnezeu ca noi sa fim posomorati sau nerabdatori si nici usuratici si superficiali. Este planul bine ticluit al lui Satana de a-i impinge pe oameni cand intr-o extrema, cand intr-alta. Ca niste copiii ai luminii, Dumnezeu doreste ca noi sa cultivam un spirit voios, fericit, pentru a-I putea aduce laude Lui, care ne-a chemat din intuneric la lumina Sa minunata. 3 72:9 Sa castigam afectiunea copiilor. Zambiti, parinti! Zambiti, profesori! Daca inima va este trista, nu lasati ca fata sa exprime acest lucru. Faceti ca stralucirea ce vine dintr-o inima iubitoare, multumitoare, sa va lumineze expresia fetei. Debarasati-va de demnitatea de fier, adaptati-va nevoilor copiilor si faceti-i sa va iubeasca. Trebuie sa le castigati atasamentul, daca doriti sa le imprimati in inima adevarul cu privire la religie. 4 72:10 Mentineti o infatisare placuta si o voce melodioasa. Parintilor, fiti voiosi, nu usuratici, ci multumitori, ascultatori si supusi Tatalui ceresc. Nu aveti libertatea de a va manifesta simtamintele, daca se ivesc lucruri care va enerveaza. A castiga iubirea in educatia copiilor nostri inseamna a fi asemenea apelor adanci care curg mereu. Ei sunt mieluseii turmei lui Dumnezeu. Aduceti-i pe cei micuti la Hristos. Daca parintii vor sa-si educe copiii pentru a fi placuti, ei n-ar trebui sa le vorbeasca niciodata pe un ton de cearta. Educati-va pe voi insiva sa aveti o infatisare placuta si puneti toata dulceata si melodia posibila in voce. Ingerii lui Dumnezeu sunt intotdeauna langa cei micuti ai vostri, dar tonurile vocilor voastre aspre, tari si irascibile nu sunt placute pentru urechile lor. 5 72:11 Mama trebuie sa cultive o atitudine voioasa, multumitoare, fericita. Orice efort in aceasta directie va fi rasplatit cu imbelsugare atat in ce priveste bunastarea fizica, cat si 72:12 caracterul moral al copiilor ei. Un spirit vesel va aduce fericire in familia ei si va imbunatati intr-o mare masura propria ei sanatate. 6 72:13 Indepartati umbrele si usurati povara. Priviti lucrurile intr-o maniera luminoasa, cautand sa indepartati umbrele care, daca ne concentram asupra lor, vor invalui sufletul. Cultivati simpatia fata de semeni. Faceti ca in camin sa domneasca voiosia, bunatatea si iubirea. Aceasta va spori dragostea pentru exercitiul religios, iar datoriile, mari si mici, vor fi indeplinite cu o inima senina. 7 72:14 Voiosia care nu are de-a face cu usuratatea este un har crestin. Noi putem avea adevarata demnitate crestina si in acelasi timp putem fi voiosi si placuti in purtarea noastra. Voiosia, care nu are de-a face cu usuratatea, este unul dintre harurile crestine. 8 72:15 1. Signs of the Times, 12 feb. 1885. 72:16 2. Manuscript 1, 1867. 72:17 3. Australian Union Conference Record, 1 noi. 1904. 72:18 4. Fundamentals of Christian Education, p.68. 72:19 5. Manuscript 126, 1897. 72:20 6. Divina vindecare, p.272. 72:21 7. Signs of the Times, 1 sep. 1898. 72:22 8. Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 4, p.62. |
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Special note for ANDROID SmartPhones
I recommend to download PhoneMe emulator for Android from here.
Especially I recommend phoneME Advanced - Foundation Profile + MIDP High Resolution b168 rev20547 from here, or from here.
Then you have to build your application, to transfer the .jar and .jad files on your mobile phone and run using this nice emulator.
1. Install a Zip Utility from Android Market.
2. Install a File Manager from Android Market.
3. Download and install PhoneMe, as mentioned above.
4. Build your application by using Download Multilingual Service or Dynamic Download (zip).
5. Copy the zip file into your Android Phone and unzip the content in a folder, and then write down the path to the unzipped files and the name of the .jad file.
6. Launch PhoneMe from your smartphone.
7. Inside PhoneMe, write to the main window the path and the name to the .jad file, above mentioned. Will look something like: file:///mnt/sd/download/BiblePhone.jad and then press enter.
8. The application will be installed, and next a hyperlink will be available below the above mentioned textbox. On this way you can install as many of MIDP application you like on your Android Phone.
How to install the application in Java Mobile enabled phones
It is possible now to have the Holy Scriptures on your mobile phone and to read
it wherever you are due to the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
technology in 1.0 and 2.0 versions, developed for Java applications.
A good advice is to try in the beginning the MIDP 1.0 / 128 Kbytes version, and
progressively to advance to MIDP 2.0 and larger volumes (512 Kbytes or more).
The application is available for MIDP 2.0, MIDP 1.0. You have only to select one
table on the field MIDP2.0 or MIDP1.0, according to the desired Bible version.
Then, you shall make a click on the JAR (Java Archive) file in order to obtain
the software to be installed on your mobile phone.
I recommend you to start with STARTER(MIDP1.0old) edition, then to continue with
INTERMEDIATE(MIDP1.0), and in the end, if the mobile phone supports this thing,
to try to install the ADVANCED (MIDP2.0) edition. Also, start with 128 kbytes
volumes, continue with 512 kbytes, and at the end try the version in one file.
There are cases where the mobile phone requires so called JAD (Java Descriptor)
files. These JAD files has to be
uploaded, on this case, together with the desired JAR files(s).
There are different methods to download the applications in your mobile phone as
follows:
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
5. If none from the above cases are valid
Next, we shall examine each case in order to have a successfully installation of
the software.
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
If your have Internet access on your mobile phone (e.g. WAP or GPRS), it is
enough to access
https://biblephone.intercer.net/wap/ from the browser of the mobile phone,
and to access the desired Bible version, and then to make an option about
MIDP1.0 or MIDP2.0, and finally to select the desired module (e.g. one or more).
After the last selection, the desired version will be downloaded on your mobile
phone.
Many phones have only this option for installing JAVA appplications.
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
If you don't have access to Internet directly from your mobile phone, then you
shall have to pass to this step requiring to have infrared ports on your mobile
phone and on the computer.
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to activate the infrared port on the mobile phone and align it with the infrared
port of the computer (preferable laptop).
c. Then a window will appear asking what file you want to send to the mobile
phone. Next, you will select the downloaded JAR file, and after OK, the mobile
phone will ask you if you want to load that file. You say YES and the
application will be downloaded on your mobile phone.
d. Probably, you will be asked by the mobile phone where you want to save it (e.g.
on the games or applications directories). After you made this selection, the
file will be ready to be loaded for run.
The displaying preference can be set inside the application in order to have
larger fonts, full screen display etc.
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
This situation is similar with the infrared case. You have only to activate
Bluetooth access on your mobile phone (check if exists) and on the computer (check
if exists).
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific
mobile phones.
On this case the steps are as follows:
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to set up the wired connection between the mobile phone and the computer. Next,
you will start the synchronization / data transfer application and download the
JAR file in your mobile phone. Surely, you will have to consult the CD of your
mobile phone.
c. By this application you shall transfer into your mobile phone the JAR file in
the games or applications directories. Next, you will have to select for run the
JAR desired file.
5. If none from the above cases are valid
On this unhappy case, I recommend you to find a friend with a laptop having
infrared / Bluetooth capabilities, or to buy a data link cable, or to change
your current model of mobile phone.
Unfortunately, some models of mobile phones require only WAP/GPRS in order to
download and run Java applications.
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones. Therefore check the documentation of them and also the page for specific
models.
Why so many versions? Simple, because not all the mobile phones support the
Bible in one file with MIDP 2.0 (the most advanced for the time being).
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