Ellen G. White Quotes
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The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite.
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It is important that we relish the food we eat. If we cannot do this, but eat mechanically, our food does not do us that good it should, and we fail to be nourished and built up by it as we otherwise would be, if we could enjoy the food we take into the stomach.
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Ministers have received their wages, and some have their minds too much on their wages. They labor for wages, and lose sight of the sacredness and importance of the work.
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Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. Not that it is necessary in order to make known to God what we are, but in order to enable us to receive Him. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him.
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If the life we live in this world is wholly for Christ, it is a life of daily surrender.
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We are not our own. We do not belong to ourselves. But we have been purchased with a dear price. We have cost an immense sum, even the sufferings and death of the Son of God.
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There are orphans that can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake, for it brings them work more than they care to do, leaving them but little time to please themselves.
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It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them.
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The more we talk of Jesus, the more of His matchless charms we shall behold.
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True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.
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Let Daniel speak, let the Revelation speak, and tell what is truth. But whatever phase of the subject is presented, uplift Jesus as the center of all hope.
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Jesus alone cleanses from sin; He only can forgive our transgressions.
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A consecrated Christian life is ever shedding light and comfort and peace.
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Only the love that flows from the heart of Christ can heal. Only He in whom that love flows, even as the sap in the tree or the blood in the body, can restore the wounded soul.
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All spiritual things are to be treated with sacred dignity. Humility and meekness are in accordance with the life of Christ, but they are to be shown in a dignified way.
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In the prayer of faith there is a divine science; it is a science that everyone who would make his lifework a success must understand.
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Perfect health depends upon perfect circulation.
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The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit.
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Gather every promise. This is Jesus, the life of every grace, the life of every promise, the life of every ordinance, the life of every blessing.
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Souls cannot be saved without exertion.
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The ministers of Christ should possess refinement. All uncouth manners, attitudes and gestures should be discarded, and they should encourage in themselves humble dignity of bearing.
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The Saviour would have passed through the agony of Calvary that one might be saved in His kingdom. He will never abandon one for whom He has died.