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281 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 64.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… that God has called them to engage in His work, they have enough to do to call sinners to repentance; but in order for God to work in and through them, they need …
282 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 82.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… God, which is your reasonable service.” You are required to deny self in little as well as in greater things. You should make an entire surrender to God; you …
283 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 468.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… themselves to God and devoted their energies to His work. These men of God's selection needed the very discipline that a devotion to His work would give them …
284 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 500.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… not called to tread the burning African desert or to face prisons and encounter trial at every step. Be careful how you appeal to your sympathies and let human …
285 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 67.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… . Jesus calls for co-workers, not blunderers. God wants right-thinking and intelligent men to do the great work necessary to the salvation of souls.
286 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 80.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… faith, to lift weary souls to the bosom of a compassionate Redeemer. Oh, selfishness! What a curse! It prevents us from engaging in the service of God. It prevents …
287 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 84.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… to correct these weaknesses, to polish off the rough corners of their natures, and to fit themselves for His service, that when He calls them to action they …
288 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 86.2 (Ellen Gould White)
God's work of refining and purifying must go on until His servants are so humbled, so dead to self, that, when called into active service, their eye will be single …
289 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 113.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… years to the acquisition of scientific knowledge alone is not preparing to be an efficient laborer in the service of God.
290 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 207.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… failed to learn this first great lesson, are not only disqualified for service in the cause of God, but are a positive injury to the community in which they …
291 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 214.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… felt called upon to make sacrifices which would involve care; you have not had a willingness to do any work for Christ, be it ever so humble. God will bring you …
292 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 467.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… by God upon the people for their own good, as well as to sustain His service.
293 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 524.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… consecrated to Him, esteeming His service above the ties of kindred and all other earthly associations.
294 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 534.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… offered to God. Many are content with lip service, and but few have a sincere, earnest, affectionate longing after God.
295 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 539.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… neglecting to attend the public worship of God. The privileges of divine service will be as beneficial to them as to others, and are fully as essential. They …
296 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 135.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, that consecration to His service, that your religion will not fail you in the face of direst persecution? The deep love of God alone will sustain the …
297 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 137.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God and His service, the more successfully can he use them. Whoever entices to sin is his agent.
298 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 268.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… brought to Moses: “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.” And the proclamation was made to all the …
299 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 499.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… . God is to be the subject of thought, the object of worship; and anything that attracts the mind from the solemn, sacred service is an offense to Him. The …
300 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 568.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… is called upon to act according to the ability God has given him. He must render his service faithfully or he will sully his conscience, and imperil his soul …