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Healthful Living
body and mind is required for this work; it is as essential to a healthy
religious experience, to advancement in the Christian life, and progress
in holiness, as is the hand or foot to the human body.—
Testimonies
for the Church 1:619
Relation of Health Reform to Spirituality.
Control of the Will
143. Satan knows that he cannot overcome man unless he can
control his will. He can do this by deceiving man so that he will
co-operate with him in transgressing the laws of nature.—
Unpublished
Testimonies, January 11, 1897
.
144. Anything that lessens the physical power enfeebles the mind
and makes it less clear to discriminate between good and evil, between
right and wrong.—
Special Testimonies On Education, 35
.
145. The principles of health reform, ... which are adopted by him
who gives the word of God to others, will have a molding influence
upon his work, and upon those with whom he labors. If his principles
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are wrong, he can and will misrepresent the truth to others; if he accepts
the truth which appeals to reason rather than to perverted appetite,
his influence for the right will be decided.—
Special Testimonies for
Ministers and Workers 7:41
.
Light Unheeded
146. One reason why we do not enjoy more of the blessing of the
Lord is, we do not heed the light which he has been pleased to give
us in regard to the laws of life and health.—
The Review and Herald,
May 8, 1883
.
147. The lack of stability in regard to the principles of health
reform is a true index of their character and their spiritual strength.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:487
.
148. It is not possible for us to glorify God while living in violation
of the laws of life.—
The Health Reformer, March 1, 1878
.
149. All who profess to be followers of Jesus should feel that a
duty rests upon them to preserve their bodies in the best condition of
health, that their minds may be clear to comprehend heavenly things.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:522
.