Search for: spirit not evil
941 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Lt 31, 1870, par. 1
… should not feel that we are excusable to murmur and cherish a spirit of unreconciliation and repining because of things we cannot help. We magnify our trials …
942 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Lt 22, 1872, par. 24
… have not viewed this woman in her true light. You have become confused and bewildered by her fair words and smooth speeches. If God has by His Spirit been moving …
943 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Lt 22, 1872, par. 28
… not had presented before me by the angels of God the dangerous influence of this woman, I should not see and feel in regard to her case as I do. The spirit she …
944 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Lt 54, 1874, par. 28
… His Spirit, by which alone your labors will not be in vain in the Lord.
945 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Lt 54, 1874, par. 32
… not appear sour and cold and morose, but lovable, teachable. A censorious spirit will hedge up your way and close hearts against you. You will, if not humble …
946 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Lt 24, 1875, par. 7
… would not be told what to do, he could dictate to others, but would not be dictated to himself, he could lead but would not be led, Harmon arose and said he accepted …
947 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Ms 2, 1875, par. 1
… of spirit. Another serious evil—a spirit of gossiping and vain talking. Individuals feel at liberty to dissect the characters of others, judge their motives …
948 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Ms 2, 1875, par. 18
… have not overcome the evil. If family order and subordination are generally neglected, society feels the neglect, but in a special manner is the religious …
949 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Ms 2, 1875, par. 21
… the evils which have become natural as her breath. All this spirit is contrary to the Spirit of God. They are like rank weeds which have gained a start and are …
950 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Ms 2, 1875, par. 35
… should not seek to dictate, but to win. He needs a transformation of the Spirit of God. He needs to fall upon the rock and be broken, or it will fall on him and grind …
951 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Ms 4, 1875, par. 1
… a spirit of jealousy, evil surmisings, and criticism was prevailing in Battle Creek and other places, I saw that if my husband would stand firmly, putting his …
952 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875), Ms 4, 1875, par. 9
… this evil work. God will permit men of limited experience in every way to come in, men who do not know how to walk by faith, men who do not have the spirit of self …
953 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 3 (1876 - 1882), Lt 53, 1876, par. 28
… the Spirit of God. Your mind is so constituted that it will be constantly employed either for good or for evil. You have the power to train the mind and control …
954 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 3 (1876 - 1882), Ms 1, 1878, par. 9
… the Spirit, and the Spirit of God dwells in them. But there is a class in the church who are a living contradiction of the name Christian—a class that have ruled …
955 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 3 (1876 - 1882), Lt 5, 1879, par. 16
… is not essential to energy; neither is a dictatorial spirit. The government of your temper is your own work. In whatever situation you may be placed, you will …
956 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 3 (1876 - 1882), Lt 27, 1879, par. 2
… is not entered upon by you two selves, unless the Spirit of Christ is working in your hearts and you are having a daily consecration to God and are sanctified …
957 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 3 (1876 - 1882), Lt 11, 1880, par. 3
… should not be ready to think evil of our brethren. We must put the least constructions on what they do or what they say. We must be Bible Christians. “Seeing ye …
958 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 3 (1876 - 1882), Lt 24, 1880, par. 9
… the Spirit is withheld and the preaching of the Word is not attended with the demonstrations of the Spirit and of the power. There is a general complaint our …
959 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 3 (1876 - 1882), Lt 30, 1880, par. 19
… the Spirit of the Lord softening their hearts, the healing virtues from Jesus came in. I could not have done anything if I had not stated Elder [I. D.] Van Horn’s …
960 Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 3 (1876 - 1882), Ms 9, 1880, par. 2
… and Spirit of God rested upon me, but I did not mention individual cases. Later in the day I felt clear in reference to my duty and bore my testimony, naming this …