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Selected Messages Book 1
From those who perform such service the light of Christ shines to
brighten lives darkened by many shadows.
God is dishonored when we fail to speak the truth plainly to one
another. But we are to speak the truth in love, bringing tenderness and
sympathy into our voices.
The perils of the last days are upon us. Those who live to please
and gratify self are dishonoring the Lord. He cannot work through
them, for they would misrepresent Him before those who are ignorant
of the truth. Be very careful not to hinder, by an unwise expenditure
of means, the work that the Lord would have done in proclaiming the
warning message to a world lying in wickedness. Study economy,
cutting down your personal expense to the lowest possible figure. On
every hand the necessities of the cause of God are calling for help. God
may see that you are fostering pride. He may see that it is necessary
to remove from you blessings which, instead of improving, you have
used for the gratification of selfish pride....
Help in Every Time of Need
Those who are laboring in places where the work has not long been
started, will often find themselves in great need of better facilities.
Their work will seem to be hindered for lack of these facilities; but let
them not worry. Let them take the whole matter to the Lord in prayer.
When trying to build up the work in new territory, we have often gone
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to the limit of our resources. At times it seemed as if we could not
advance farther. But we kept our petitions ascending to the heavenly
courts, all the time denying self; and God heard and answered our
prayers, sending us means for the advancement of the work.
Lay every care at the feet of the Redeemer. “Ask, and ye shall
receive” (
John 16:24
). Work, and pray, and believe with the whole
heart. Do not wait until the money is in your hands before doing
anything. Walk out by faith. God has declared that the standard of
truth is to be planted in many places. Learn to believe, as you pray to
God for help. Practice self-denial; for Christ’s whole life on this earth
was one of self-denial. He came to show us what we must be and do
in order to gain eternal life.
Do your best, and then wait, patiently, hopefully, rejoicingly, be-
cause the promise of God cannot fail. Failure comes because many