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sanctify us, body and soul and spirit, and we shall be enabled to rise
above temptation. The words that we speak will be wise words.—Lt
123, 1904.
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Truth Applied Improves Health—When men who have indulged
in wrong habits and sinful practices yield to the power of divine truth,
the application of that truth to the heart revives the moral powers, which
had seemed to be paralyzed. The receiver possesses stronger, clearer
understanding than before he riveted his soul to the Eternal Rock Even
his physical health improves by the realization of his security in Christ.
The special blessing of God resting upon the receiver is of itself health
and strength.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 13, 1890
.
(
Temperance, 108
.)
Relief From Guilt—The paralytic found in Christ healing for
both the soul and the body. He needed health of soul before he could
appreciate health of body. Before the physical malady could be healed,
Christ must bring relief to the mind and cleanse the soul from sin.
This lesson should not be overlooked. There are today thousands
suffering from physical disease who, like the paralytic, are longing for
the message, “Thy sins are forgiven.” The burden of sin, with its unrest
and unsatisfied desires, is the foundation of their maladies. They can
find no relief until they come to the Healer of the soul. The peace
which He alone can impart would restore vigor to the mind and health
to the body.—
The Ministry of Healing, 77
(1905).
Strength for Your Day—Angels, who will do for you what you
cannot do for yourselves, are waiting for your cooperation. They are
waiting for you to respond to the drawing of Christ. Draw nigh to
God and to one another. By desire, by silent prayer, by resistance of
satanic agencies, put your will on the side of God’s will. While you
have one desire to resist the devil, and sincerely pray, Deliver me from
temptation, you will have strength for your day.
It is the work of the heavenly angels to come close to the tried, the
tempted, the suffering ones. They labor long and untiringly to save
the souls for whom Christ has died.—
The Review and Herald, July 4,
1899
. (
Sons and Daughters of God, 36
.)
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