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cherish faith. Let the lips utter, “My soul magnifies the Lord, my spirit
rejoices in God my Saviour.”
We must reveal a sense of a present Saviour, a firm trust that Jesus
is at the helm, and that He will see the noble vessel safe into harbor.
We are to know that it is impossible to save ourselves or any soul.
We have no power to bestow salvation upon the perishing. Jesus,
our Redeemer, is the Saviour. We are only His instrumentalities and
dependent every moment upon God. We are to magnify His power
before His chosen people and before the world for the great salvation
which through His atoning sacrifice and His blood He has conferred
upon us.—Lt 19a, 1892.
I Will Not Be Depressed—I am sometimes greatly perplexed to
know what to do, but I will not be depressed. I am determined to bring
all the sunshine into my life that I possibly can.—Lt 127, 1903.
I have much to make me sad at heart, but I try not to speak discour-
agingly, because someone who hears my words may be sad at heart,
and I must not do anything to increase his sadness.—Lt 208, 1903.
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By Faith Reach Through the Darkness—If I should look at the
dark clouds—the troubles and perplexities that come to me in my
work—I should have time to do nothing else. But I know that there
is light and glory beyond the clouds. By faith I reach through the
darkness to the glory. At times I am called to pass through financial
perplexities. But I do not worry about money. God takes care of my
affairs. I do all that I can, and when the Lord sees that it is best for me
to have money, He sends it to me.—MS 102, 1901.
Faith a Necessity—When I was visiting the Paradise Valley San-
itarium about three years ago, I spoke nearly every morning at five
o’clock to the workers, and at a later hour to the patients. There was
among the patients one man who seemed always to be depressed. I
learned that he believed the theory of the Bible doctrines but could not
exercise the faith he needed to appropriate to himself the promises of
God.
Morning after morning I spoke to the patients about faith and urged
them to believe the words of God. Yet this poor man seemed unable
to admit that he had faith. I talked with him alone. I presented the
truth to him in every way possible, then I asked him if he could not
believe that Christ was his individual Saviour and would help him.
Our Saviour has said to all who are weary and heavy laden, “Take My