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Angels Join Us as We Help Those in Need, Nobember 30
Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he
shall make peace with Me.
Isaiah 27:5
, NKJV.
There are many who err, and who feel their shame and their folly. They look
upon their mistakes and errors until they are driven almost to desperation. These
souls we are not to neglect. When one has to swim against the stream, there is all
the force of the current driving him or her back. Let a helping hand then be held
out ... as was the Elder Brother’s hand to the sinking Peter. Speak hopeful words,
words that will establish confidence and awaken love.
Thy brother and sister, sick in spirit, need thee, as thou thyself hast needed their
love.... The knowledge of our own weakness should help us to help others in their
bitter need. Never should we pass by one suffering soul without seeking to impart
the comfort wherewith we are comforted of God.
It is fellowship with Christ, personal contact with a living Savior, that enables
the mind and heart and soul to triumph over the lower nature....[The wanderers]
need to clasp a hand that is warm, to trust in a heart full of tenderness. Keep their
minds stayed upon the thought of a divine presence ever beside them, ever looking
upon them with pitying love....
As you engage in this work, you have companions unseen by human eyes.
Angels of heaven were beside the Samaritan who cared for the wounded stranger.
Angels from the heavenly courts stand by all who do God’s service in ministering
to their fellow beings. And you have the cooperation of Christ Himself. He is the
Restorer, and as you work under His supervision, you will see great results.
Upon your faithfulness in this work not only the well-being of others but your
own eternal destiny depends. Christ is seeking to uplift all who will be lifted to
companionship with Himself, that we may be one with Him as He is one with
the Father. He permits us to come in contact with suffering and calamity in order
to call us out of our selfishness; He seeks to develop in us the attributes of His
character—compassion, tenderness, and love. By accepting this work of ministry
we place ourselves in His school, to be fitted for the courts of God.—
Christ’s Object
Lessons, 387-389
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