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Qualifications for Successful Christian Service
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Patience
To be a coworker with Jesus, you should have all patience with
those for whom you labor, not scorning the simplicity of the work, but
looking to the blessed result. When those for whom you labor do not
exactly meet your mind, you often say in your heart, “Let them go;
they are not worth saving.” What if Christ had treated poor outcasts in
a similar manner? He died to save miserable sinners, and if you work
in the same spirit and in the same manner indicated by the example of
Him whom you follow, leaving the results with God, you can never
in this life measure the amount of good you have accomplished.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:132
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Work disinterestedly, lovingly, patiently, for all with whom you
are brought into contact. Show no impatience. Utter not one unkind
word. Let the love of Christ be in your hearts, the law of kindness on
your lips.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:41
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Tact
Those who surrender wholly to God will put thought and prayer and
earnest, consecrated tact into their labors.—
The Signs of the Times,
May 29, 1893
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If a man has tact, industry, and enthusiasm, he will make a success
in temporal business, and the same qualities, consecrated to the work
of God, will prove even doubly efficient; for divine power will be
combined with human effort.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:276
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In the work of soul-winning, great tact and wisdom are needed.
The Saviour never suppressed the truth, but He uttered it always in
love. In His intercourse with others, He exercised the greatest tact,
and He was always kind and thoughtful. He was never rude, never
needlessly spoke a severe word, never gave unnecessary pain to a
sensitive soul. He did not censure human weakness. He fearlessly
denounced hypocrisy, unbelief, and iniquity, but tears were in His
voice as He uttered His scathing rebukes. He never made truth cruel,
but ever manifested a deep tenderness for humanity. Every soul was
precious in His sight. He bore Himself with divine dignity; yet He
bowed with the tenderest compassion and regard to every member of