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Section 1—Healing Power and Its Source
Nature the Servant of God
The material world is under God’s control. The laws that govern
all nature are obeyed by nature. Everything speaks and acts the
will of the Creator. The clouds, the rain, the dew, the sunshine, the
showers, the wind, the storm, all are under the supervision of God,
and yield implicit obedience to Him who employs them. The tiny
spear of grass bursts its way through the earth, first the blade, then
the ear, and then the full corn in the ear. The Lord uses these, His
obedient servants, to do His will.—
Letter 131, 1897
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Christ the Life and Light
Christ, who created the world and all things that are therein, is
the life and light of every living thing.—
Testimonies for the Church
6:182
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In Jesus is our life derived. In Him is life, that is original,
unborrowed, underived life. In us there is a streamlet from the
fountain of life. In Him is the fountain of life. Our life is something
that we receive, something that the Giver takes back again to Himself.
If our life is hid with Christ in God, we shall, when Christ shall
appear, also appear with Him in glory. And while in this world we
will give to God, in sanctified service, all the capabilities He has
given us.—
Letter 309, 1905
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Life by the Power of God
The parable of the seed reveals that God is at work in nature.
The seed has in itself a germinating principle, a principle that God
himself has implanted; yet if left to itself the seed would have no
power to spring up. Man has his part to act in promoting the growth
of the grain....
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