31 December | a.m

Say: Beware, O people of Bahá, lest ye walk in the ways of them whose words differ from their deeds. Strive that ye may be enabled to manifest to the peoples of the earth the signs of God, and to mirror forth His commandments.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 305

O Yahyá! [Vahid] Let deeds, not words, testify to thy faith, if thou art a man of true learning. Cease idly repeating the traditions of the past, for the day of service, of steadfast action, is come. Now is the time to show forth the true signs of God, to rend asunder the veils of idle fancy, to promote the Word of God, and to sacrifice ourselves in His path. Let deeds, not words, be our adorning.

- Táhirih, quoted in The Dawn-Breakers, p. 285

30 December | p.m

Is there any doubt concerning His signs? Open ye your eyes, and consider His clear evidence. Paradise is on your right hand, and hath been brought nigh unto you, while Hell hath been made to blaze. Witness its devouring flame. Haste ye to enter into Paradise, as a token of Our mercy unto you, and drink ye from the hands of the All-Merciful the Wine that is life indeed.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 45

30 December | a.m

O SON OF BEING!

With the hands of power I made thee and with the fingers of strength I created thee; and within thee have I placed the essence of My light. Be thou content with it and seek naught else, for My work is perfect and My command is binding. Question it not, nor have a doubt thereof.

- Baha'u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words

The question arises, How shall we know whether we are following inspiration from God or satanic promptings of the human soul? …How shall we attain the reality of knowledge? By the breaths and promptings of the Holy Spirit which is light and knowledge Itself. Through it the human mind is quickened and fortified into true conclusions and perfect knowledge.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu’l-Bahá Section, p. 253

29 December | p.m

Whoso hath not recognized this sublime and fundamental verity [that ‘He shall not be asked of His doings’], and hath failed to attain this most exalted station, the winds of doubt will agitate him, and the sayings of the infidels will distract his soul. He that hath acknowledged this principle will be endowed with the most perfect constancy.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 85

29 December | a.m

Were a man to ponder in his heart he would, free of all attachment to the world, hasten unto the Most Great Light and would purge and purify himself from the dust of vain imaginings and the smoke of idle fancy.

- Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 41

Overcome passions and desires, purify the heart from remembrance of aught save that of thy Lord, the Precious, the Gracious, and be controlled by the attraction of the Beauty of God, that His remembrance may run as the spirit in thy blood veins and limbs, and thus fill thee with the thoughts of the love of God.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of Abdu’l-Bahá v2, p. 314

28 December | p.m

Your sciences shall not profit you in this day, nor your arts, nor your treasures, nor your glory. Cast them all behind your backs, and set your faces towards the Most Sublime Word through which the Scriptures and the Books and this lucid Tablet have been distinctly set forth. Cast away, O people, the things ye have composed with the pen of your idle fancies and vain imaginings. By God! The Daystar of Knowledge hath shone forth above the horizon of certitude.

- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 97

28 December | a.m

Indeed the face of the sun of justice and fairness is hidden behind the clouds of idle fancy which the foolish ones have conceived…Through the potency of the Name of the Best-Beloved, invite thou the receptive souls unto God's holy court, that perchance they may not remain deprived of the heavenly Fountain of living water.

- Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 235