Page 291 - Testimonies for the Church Volume 2 (1871)

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Self-Caring, Dictatorial Spirit
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remedy this. Lengthy speaking and praying is injurious to yourself
and is no benefit to those who hear. You will have close work to be
an overcomer. Yet you can do it if you engage in the work calmly.
Here you need to guard yourself. You are uneasy, hurried, nervous.
This you may also overcome.
You have an earnest, anxious desire to do right and meet the
approval of God. Continue your earnest, persevering efforts, and be
not discouraged. Be patient. Never censure. Never let the enemy
beguile you from your watch. Watch as well as pray. After you pray,
watch thereunto. The effort is your own; no one can do this work for
you. Take hold of the strength of God, and as fast as you see your
errors in the past, redeem the time.
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