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We should live in this world to win souls to the Saviour. If we
injure others, we injure ourselves also. If we bless others, we also
bless ourselves; for the influence of every good deed is reflected upon
our own hearts.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:72
.
Every ray of light shed upon others will be reflected upon our own
hearts. Every kind and sympathizing word spoken to the sorrowful, ev-
ery act to relieve the oppressed, and every gift to supply the necessities
of our fellow beings, given or done with an eye to God’s glory, will re-
sult in blessings to the giver. Those who are thus working are obeying
a law of heaven, and will receive the approval of God.—
Testimonies
for the Church 4:56
.
While the great final reward is given at Christ’s coming, true-
hearted service for God brings a reward, even in this life. Obstacles,
opposition, and bitter, heartbreaking discouragements, the worker will
have to meet. He may not see the fruit of his toil. But in face of all
this he finds in his labor a blessed recompense. All who surrender
themselves to God in unselfish service for humanity are in cooperation
with the Lord of glory. This thought sweetens all toil, it braces the
will, it nerves the spirit for whatever may befall.—
Testimonies for the
Church 6:305, 306
.
Health—Doing good is an excellent remedy for disease. Those
who engage in the work are invited to call upon God, and He has
pledged Himself to answer them. Their soul shall be satisfied in drouth,
and they shall be like a watered garden, whose waters fail not.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:29
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In fellowship with God, with Christ, and with holy angels, they
are surrounded with a heavenly atmosphere, an atmosphere that brings
health to the body, vigor to the intellect, and joy to the soul.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:306
.
The pleasure of doing good to others imparts a glow to the feelings
which flashes through the nerves, quickens the circulation of the blood,
and induces mental and physical health.—
Testimonies for the Church
4:56
.
Strength—Let a strong man be shut away from labor, and he be-
comes feeble. That church or those persons who shut themselves away
from bearing burdens for others, who shut themselves up to them-
selves, will soon suffer spiritual feebleness. It is labor that keeps the
strong man strong. And spiritual labor, toil, and burden-bearing, is