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We Enter Into Christ’s Rest, March 10
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Hebrews 4:9
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If you are willing to learn meekness and lowliness of heart in Christ’s
school, He will surely give you rest and peace. It is a terribly hard struggle
to give up your own will and your own way. But this lesson learned,
you will find rest and peace. Pride, selfishness, and ambition, must be
overcome; your will must be swallowed up in the will of Christ. The whole
life may become one constant love sacrifice, every action a manifestation,
and every word an utterance of love. As the life of the vine circulates
through stem and cluster, descends into the lower fibres, and reaches to
the topmost leaf, so will the grace and love of Christ burn and abound in
the soul, sending its virtues to every part of the being, and pervading every
exercise of body and mind
In being co-workers with Christ in the great work for which He gave
His life, we shall find true rest. When we were sinners, He gave His life
for us. He wants us to come to Him and learn of Him. Thus we are to find
rest. He says He will give us rest. “Learn of me; for I am meek and lowly
in heart.” In doing this you will find in your own experience the rest that
Christ gives, the rest that comes from wearing His yoke and lifting His
burdens
A form of godliness without the power is a weariness and burden; but
when the whole heart is enlisted in the service of Christ, there is rest to the
soul; for God causeth such to triumph daily over the powers of darkness.
God helps him who commits his soul unto the Lord as unto a faithful
Creator
To learn the lessons Christ teaches is the greatest treasure students
can find. Rest comes to them in the consciousness that they are trying to
please the Lord
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23
Letter 14, 1887
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24
The General Conference Bulletin, April 4, 1901
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25
The Youth’s Instructor, June 22, 1893
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26
Letter 144, 1901
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