As It Was Ministries

05/15/2026

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04/20/2026

Are we making church members or disciples?

02/17/2026

"And why ye take thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Matt. 6:28,29

Jesus, in the greatest sermon of all time, pointed out that all of our working and striving to adorn ourselves could not even come close to the beauty that is seen in even a simple flower of the field. But why do we feel the need to adorn ourselves? Maybe if we had an idea of the regard with which God bestowed upon man, who was formed in His image...we would not see the need.

02/15/2026

“Self-existent” describes Christ possessing inherent, underived life after His begetting—life truly His own, not dependent moment-by-moment on the Father like created beings.

02/01/2026

What amazing counsel:

“Some people seem to think that upon entering the church they will have their expectations fulfilled, and meet only with those who are pure and perfect. They are zealous in their faith, and when they see faults in church members, they say, “We left the world in order to have no association with evil characters, but the evil is here also;” and they ask, as did the servants in the parable, “From whence then hath it tares?” But we need not be thus disappointed, for the Lord has not warranted us in coming to the conclusion that the church is perfect; and all our zeal will not be successful in making the church militant as pure as the church triumphant. The Lord forbids us to proceed in any violent way against those whom we think erring, and we are not to deal out excommunications and denunciations to those who are faulty.
Finite man is likely to misjudge character, but God does not leave the work of judgment and pronouncing upon character to those who are not fitted for it. We are not to say what constitutes the wheat, and what the tares. The time of the harvest will fully determine the character of the two classes specified under the figure of the tares and the wheat. The work of separation is given to the angels of God, and not committed into the hands of any man.” TM 47.1-47.2

How close the resemblance:

01/30/2026

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me." Luke 9:23

Self-denial is key to following Christ

07/10/2025

Come join us for this timely set of meetings. Call Valerie for more details or to register. Hope to see you there! 🙏🏻

06/17/2025

12/27/2023

“Satan led men to conceive of God (Father) as a being whose chief attribute is stern justice,-one who is a severe judge, a harsh, exacting creditor. He pictured the Creator as a being who is watching with jealous eye to discern the errors and mistakes of men, that He may visit judgments upon them. It was to remove this dark shadow, by revealing to the world the infinite love of God, that Jesus came to live among men.” SC 10.3

06/11/2023

You are invited to join us for messages on this important subject and special music on July 22nd in Chewelah, WA.
RSVP today

04/27/2023

A work is to be done in the Lord’s vineyard which will testify to the genuineness and value of the truth, and will glorify God. We are to labor for those who when converted will be a help in the work, producers not consumers. But the work done for the lowest class of outcasts is a very uncertain matter. Those who spend their time and strength in work for those who will never do anything but hang upon them for help, disqualify themselves for the position God would have them fill in His army. Workers are greatly needed to labor for those who rightly handled will come to a knowledge of the truth, and will then do valuable service in the cause. But those who after being prayed with say, I am saved, have no real understanding of what it means to receive Christ. No man can say, I am saved, until he has endured test and trial, until he has shown that he can overcome temptation. Those who fail to do the work which God has said should be done soon lose the right perception of spiritual things, and become blinded as to the character of the truth. They are unfitted to do the work which would make them complete in Christ. {KC 120.2}