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as though duty were all your own. If you want power you may have it;
it is waiting your draft upon it. Only believe in God, take Him at His
word, act by faith, and blessings will come.
In this matter, genius, logic, and eloquence will not avail. Those
who have a humble, trusting, contrite heart, God accepts, and hears
their prayer, and when God helps, all obstacles will be overcome.
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How many men of great natural abilities and high scholarships have
failed when placed in positions of responsibility, while those of feebler
intellect, with less favorable surroundings, have been wonderfully
successful. The secret was: The former trusted to themselves, while
the latter united with Him who is wonderful in counsel and mighty
in working to accomplish what He will.—
Testimonies for the Church
4:538, 539
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Enjoying Jesus’ Perpetual Presence—Those who are connected
with the Lord’s cause should bear their responsibilities in the fear
and love of God, looking constantly to Jesus and all the time doing
their work with an eye single to His glory, enquiring at every step, “Is
this the way of the Lord?” Then their devotion will steadily increase,
and they will constantly grow in grace and in the knowledge of our
Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.... By beholding Christ we become
changed.—
Manuscript 24, 1891
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Workers to Study the Book of Books—You are greatly in need
of a practical experience in the Christian life. You need to train the
mind for the work of God. The character of your religious experience
is made manifest largely by the character of the books that you choose
to read in your leisure moments. The Bible is the Book of books, and
if you love the Scriptures, searching them when you have opportunity,
that you may come in possession of the rich treasures of the Word
of God, and be thoroughly furnished unto all good works, then you
may be assured that Jesus is drawing you to Himself. But to read
the Scriptures in merely a casual way without seeking to comprehend
the lessons of Christ, that you may comply with His requirements,
is not enough. There are rich treasures in the Word of God that can
be discovered only by sinking the shaft deep into the mine of truth.
The Scriptures are given for our benefit that we may have instruction
in righteousness. Precious rays of light have been obscured by the
clouds of error, but Christ is ready to sweep away the mists of error
and superstition, and to reveal to us the brightness of the Father’s glory,