Personal Workers and Wise Counselors
Our Example Affects Our Counsel—When a crisis comes in the
life of any soul, and you attempt to give counsel or admonition, your
words will have only the weight of influence for good that your own
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example and spirit have gained for you. You must be good before you
can do good. You cannot exert an influence that will transform others
until your own heart has been humbled and refined and made tender
by the grace of Christ. When this change has been wrought in you, it
will be as natural for you to live to bless others as it is for the rosebush
to yield its fragrant bloom or the vine its purple clusters.—Mount of
Blessing, p. 183. (1896).
Personal Ministry in Bible Work—There is need of coming
close to the people by personal effort. If less time were given to
sermonizing, and more time were spent in personal ministry, greater
results would be seen. The poor are to be relieved, the sick cared for,
the sorrowing and the bereaved comforted, the ignorant instructed,
the inexperienced counseled. We are to weep with those that weep,
and rejoice with those that rejoice. Accompanied by the power of
persuasion, the power of prayer, the power of the love of God, this
work will not, cannot, be without fruit.—
The Ministry of Healing,
143, 144
(1905).
Women as Messengers of Mercy—We greatly need consecrated
women who, as messengers of mercy, shall visit the mothers and the
children in their homes, and help them in the everyday household
duties, if need be, before beginning to talk to them regarding the truth
for this time. You will find that by this method you will have souls as
the result of your ministry.—
The Review and Herald, July 12, 1906
.
Reaching Hearts by Interest in the Sick—My brethren and sis-
ters, give yourselves to the Lord for service. Allow no opportunity
to pass unimproved. Visit the sick and suffering, and show a kindly
interest in them. If possible, do something to make them more com-
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fortable. Through this means you can reach their hearts, and speak a
word for Christ.—
Testimonies For The Church 9:36
(1909).
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