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cially in this time, when Satan is working in a masterly manner to
deceive the souls of both ministers and people. If God’s ministers will
cooperate with Him, He will be with them in a remarkable manner,
even as He was with His disciples of old.
Will not the church awake to her responsibility? God is waiting to
impart the Spirit of the greatest missionary the world has ever known
to those who will work with self-denying, self-sacrificing consecra-
tion. When God’s people receive this Spirit, power will go forth from
them.—
Manuscript 59, 1898
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The Passive Graces
The Lord permits circumstances to come that call for the exercise
of the passive graces, which increase in purity and efficiency as we
endeavor to give back to the Lord His own in tithes and offerings. You
know something of what it means to pass through trials. These have
given you the opportunity of trusting in God, of seeking Him in earnest
prayer, that you may believe in Him, and rely upon Him with simple
faith. It is by suffering that our virtues are tested, and our faith tried. It
is in the day of trouble that we feel the preciousness of Jesus. You will
be given opportunity to say, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in
him” (
Job 13:15
). Oh, it is so precious to think that opportunities are
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afforded us to confess our faith in the face of danger, and amid sorrow,
sickness, pain, and death....
With us, everything depends on how we accept the Lord’s terms.
As is our spirit, so will be the moral result upon our future life and
character. Each individual soul has victories to gain, but he must
realize that he cannot have things just as he wants them. We are to
observe carefully every lesson Christ has given throughout His life and
teaching. He does not destroy; He improves whatever He touches.—
Letter 135, 1897
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Humility and Faith
In the work for this time, it is not money or talent or learning or
eloquence that are needed so much as faith graced with humility. No
opposition can prevail against truth presented in faith and humility,
by workers who willingly bear toil and sacrifice and reproach for the
Master’s sake. We must be co-workers with Christ if we would see