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yoke upon you.” Do not wear a yoke of your own framing. “Take My
yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls” (
Matthew 11:28, 29
).
Finally the time came when I must leave. I said to him, “Now, my
friend, can you tell me that you have learned to trust that Saviour who
has taken so much pains to meet the situation of every soul? Can you
and will you trust in Him? Can you tell me, before I leave, that you
have received faith to believe God?”
He looked up and said, “Yes, I believe. I have faith.”
“Thank the Lord,” I replied. I felt that although there were others
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who had been present and had listened to my talks in the parlor, I had
in this case been amply rewarded for all my efforts.—MS 41, 1908.
Playing Into Satan’s Hands—Don’t go to others with your trials
and temptations; God alone can help you. If you fulfill the conditions
of God’s promises, the promises will be fulfilled to you. If your mind
is stayed upon God, you will not go from a state of ecstasy to the
valley of despondency when trial and temptation come upon you. You
will not talk doubt and gloom to others. You will not say, “I do not
know about this or that. I do not feel happy. I am not sure that we have
the truth.” You will not do this, for you will have an anchor to the soul
both sure and steadfast.
When we talk discouragement and gloom, Satan listens with
fiendish joy; for it pleases him to know that he has brought you into his
bondage. Satan cannot read our thoughts, but he can see our actions,
hear our words; and from his long knowledge of the human family,
he can shape his temptations to take advantage of our weak points of
character. And how often do we let him into the secret of how he may
obtain the victory over us. Oh, that we might control our words and
actions! How strong we would become if our words were of such an
order that we would not be ashamed to meet the record of them in the
day of judgment. How different will they appear in the day of God
from what they seem when we utter them.—
The Review and Herald,
February 27, 1913
.
Jesus Understands Feelings of Despair—Faith and hope trem-
bled in the expiring agonies of Christ because God had removed the
assurance He had heretofore given His beloved Son of His approbation
and acceptance. The Redeemer of the world then relied upon the evi-
dences which had hitherto strengthened Him, that His Father accepted