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really putting ourselves in His place. We may well have anxiety and
anticipate danger and loss, for it is certain to befall us. But when we
really believe that God loves us and means to do us good, we shall
cease to worry about the future. We shall trust God as a child trusts a
loving parent. Then our troubles and torments will disappear, for our
will is swallowed up in the will of God.—
Thoughts from the Mount
of Blessing, 100, 101
(1896).
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Borrowed Care and Anxiety—In trusting in God continually
there is safety; there will not be a constant fear of future evil. This
borrowed care and anxiety will cease. We have a heavenly Father who
careth for His children, and will and does make His grace sufficient in
every time of need.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:72
(1868).
Leaving the Future With God—Though their present needs are
supplied, many are unwilling to trust God for the future, and they are in
constant anxiety lest poverty shall come upon them, and their children
shall be left to suffer. Some are always anticipating evil, or magnifying
the difficulties that really exist, so that their eyes are blinded to the
many blessings which demand their gratitude. The obstacles they
encounter—instead of leading them to seek help from God, the only
source of strength-separate them from him because they awaken unrest
and repining....
Jesus is our friend; all heaven is interested in our welfare; and our
anxiety and fear grieve the Holy Spirit of God. We should not indulge
in a solicitude that only frets and wears us but does not help us to bear
trials. No place should be given to that distrust of God which leads
us to make a preparation against future want the chief pursuit of life,
as though our happiness consisted in these earthly things.—
Patriarchs
and Prophets, 293, 294
(1890).
Undue Anxiety—God does not condemn prudence and foresight
in the use of the things of this life; but the feverish care, the undue
anxiety, with respect to worldly things is not in accordance with his
will.—
The Review and Herald, March 1, 1887
. (
Counsels on Steward-
ship, 159
.)
Anxiety Weakens Physical Power—The trials and anxieties that
Paul had endured had preyed upon his physical powers.—
The Acts of
the Apostles, 488
(1911).
Christians With Anxious Hearts—Many who profess to be
Christ’s followers have an anxious, troubled heart because they are
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