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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
Opportunities are opening on every side. Press into every provi-
dential opening. Eyes need to be anointed with the heavenly eyesalve
to see and sense their opportunities. God calls now for wide-awake
missionaries. There are ways that will be presented before us. We
are to see and understand these providential openings.
God’s messengers are commissioned to take up the very work
that Christ did while on this earth. They are to give themselves
to every line of ministry that He carried on. With earnestness and
sincerity they are to tell men of the unsearchable riches and the
immortal treasure of heaven. They are to be filled with the Holy
Spirit. They are to repeat Heaven’s offers of peace and pardon. They
are to point to the gates of the city of God, saying: “Blessed are they
that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of
life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”
Revelation
22:14
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Cherishing a Spirit of Self-Denial
Every church member should cherish a spirit of sacrifice. In
every home there should be taught lessons of self-denial. Fathers
and mothers, teach your children to economize. Encourage them to
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save their pennies for missionary work. Christ is our example. For
our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might be
made rich. He taught that all should come together in love and unity,
to work as He worked, to sacrifice as He sacrificed, to love as the
children of God.
My brethren and sisters, you must be willing to be converted
yourselves in order to practice the self-denial of Christ. Dress plainly
but neatly. Spend as little as possible upon yourselves. Keep in your
homes a self-denial box into which you can put the money saved by
little acts of self-denial. Day by day gain a clearer understanding
of the word of God, and improve every opportunity to impart the
knowledge you have gained. Do not become weary in well-doing,
for God is constantly imparting to you the great blessing of His Gift
to the world. Co-operate with the Lord Jesus, and He will teach you
the priceless lessons of His love. Time is short; in due season when
time shall be no longer, you will receive your reward.