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Look to God for Help, November 30
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy
right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalm 16:11
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The Bible is to be the rule of your life practice, for all who follow its teachings
are made wise unto salvation.
You cannot depend on your own righteousness. If you make the Lord your
trust constantly, you will not be brought into confusion. For keeping power, trust
wholly in the One who understands all your spiritual necessities. God is very
pitiful. Depend on Him alone. Christ’s righteousness atones for your sins. He
is making intercession in your behalf. Seek to please Him by keeping all His
commandments.
The more that we, individually, are acquainted with the Bible, and the more
earnestly and zealously we criticize ourselves, comparing our hearts and lives
with the standard of God’s requirements, the more fully will we trust only in the
Wisdom that cannot err. Through faith we will accept the promise given to those
who receive Christ as their personal Saviour—the promise that to them He will
give power to become sons and daughters of God.
My brother, keep the perfection of Christ’s character ever before you. Whatever
may be the human judgment pronounced on your case, remember that God has
authorized no human agent to be judge of his fellow man. Put your trust in God at
all times, and you will find Him able to keep you by His almighty power. He will
be an ever-present, all-sufficient defense against the strife of tongues which Satan
inspires to confuse and weaken and discourage....
The Friend of sinners knows how to help and strengthen and bless those who,
having sinned, turn again unto the Lord. Those who seek God with the whole
heart will find Him a present help in every time of need. He will heal the erring,
instead of denouncing and crushing them. He will hear the penitential prayers,
and will pardon the repentant ones, doing them good, according to the great riches
of His grace....
Lift up heart and soul in praise to God because He has acknowledged you as
His child. He will make you His helping hand, and will bless you in the work of
trying to help other souls. The Holy Spirit will work every heart susceptible to its
holy influence. Christ’s righteousness will go before such an one, and the glory of
the Lord will be his rearward.—
Letter 192, November 30, 1902
, to W. O. Palmer,
one of J. E. White’s helpers in his work for the blacks of the Southern States.
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