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for whom He gave His beloved Son. Because God’s love is so great
and so unfailing, the sick should be encouraged to trust in Him and be
cheerful. To be anxious about themselves tends to cause weakness and
disease. If they will rise above depression and gloom, their prospect
of recovery will be better; for “the eye of the Lord is upon them”
“that hope in His mercy” (
Psalm 33:18
).—
The Ministry of Healing,
229
(1905).
Cease Worrying (counsel to friend facing death)—I keep your
case before me, and I am grieved that you are troubled in mind. I
would comfort you if it were in my power. Has not Jesus, the precious
Saviour, been to you so many times a present help in times of need?
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, but cease worrying. This is what you
have many times talked to others. Let the words of those who are
not sick, as you are, comfort you, and may the Lord help you, is my
prayer.—Lt 365, 1904. (
Selected Messages 2:253
.)
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Worrying Ourselves Out of the Arms of Jesus—If we educated
our souls to have more faith, more love, greater patience, a more
perfect trust in our heavenly Father, we would have more peace and
happiness as we pass through the conflicts of this life. The Lord is not
pleased to have us fret and worry ourselves out of the arms of Jesus.
He is the only source of every grace, the fulfillment of every promise,
the realization of every blessing....Our pilgrimage would indeed be
lonely were it not for Jesus. “I will not leave you comfortless” (
John
14:18
), He says to us. Let us cherish His words, believe His promises,
repeat them by day and meditate upon them in the night season, and
be happy.—MS 75, 1893. (HC 120.)
Resting in Christ’s Love—Let us turn from the dusty, heated
thoroughfares of life to rest in the shadow of Christ’s love. Here we
gain strength for conflict. Here we learn how to lessen toil and worry
and how to speak and sing to the praise of God. Let the weary and
the heavy-laden learn from Christ the lesson of quiet trust. They must
sit under His shadow if they would be possessors of His peace and
rest.—
Testimonies for the Church 7:69, 70
(1902).
God’s Responsibility and Mine—When we take into our hands
the management of things with which we have to do and depend upon
our own wisdom for success, we are taking a burden which God has
not given us and are trying to bear it without His aid. We are taking
upon ourselves the responsibility that belongs to God, and thus are