Qualifications for Successful Christian Service
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Cease to Worry
Things will go wrong because of unconsecrated workers. You may
shed tears over the result of this; but don’t worry. The blessed Master
has all His work from end to end under His masterly supervision. All
He asks is that the workers shall come to Him for their orders, and
obey His directions. Everything—our churches, our missions, our
Sabbath schools, our institutions—is carried upon His divine heart.
Why worry? The intense longing to see the church a living and shining
light as God designs it shall be, must be tempered with entire trust in
God.—
The Review and Herald, November 14, 1893
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Cultivate restfulness, and commit the keeping of your souls unto
God as unto a faithful Creator. He will keep that which is committed
to His trust. He is not pleased to have us cover His altar with our tears
and complaints. You have enough to praise God for already, if you
do not see another soul converted. But the good work will go on if
you will only go forward, and not be trying to adjust everything to
your own ideas. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, and be ye
thankful. Let the Lord have room to work. Do not block His way. He
can and will work if we will let Him.—
Testimonies for the Church
9:136
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Bear the Divine Credentials
God can use every person just in proportion as He can put His
Spirit into the soul temple. The work that He will accept is the work
that reflects His image. His followers are to bear, as their credentials to
the world, the ineffaceable characteristics of His immortal principles.—
Testimonies for the Church 7:144
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Christ’s name was to be their watchword, their badge of distinction,
their bond of union, the authority of their course of action, and the
source of their success. Nothing was to be recognized in His king-
dom that did not bear His name and superscription.—
The Acts of the
Apostles, 28
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