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… When Peter had been made a prisoner and condemned to death, the brethren had offered earnest prayer to God day and night for his deliverance. But no such interest was manifested in behalf of him who was looked upon as an apostate from Moses …
Read in context… As he studied with earnest prayer for divine enlightenment, that which had before appeared dark to his understanding was made clear. He experienced the truth of the psalmist’s words, “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” [Psalm …
Read in context… Walking alone, in apparent meditation and prayer, He came to the pool. He saw the wretched sufferers watching for that which they supposed to be their only chance of cure. He longed to exercise His healing power, and make every sufferer whole. But it …
Read in context… Let him wrestle with God in prayer, and then work with all the facilities God has given him. The Holy Spirit is provided as his efficiency. Ministering angels will be by his side to impress hearts. If the leaders and teachers at Jerusalem had …
Read in context… Actions of purity and refinement in looks and words, and above all the sweet words of prayer, though few, yet if sincere, will be a sure anchor to the suffering ones.—Letter 69, 1898. ***** For Further Study In the Sickroom: The Ministry of Healing …
Read in context… In order to receive God’s help, man must realize his weakness and deficiency; he must apply his own mind to the great change to be wrought in himself; he must be aroused to earnest and persevering prayer and effort. Wrong habits and customs …
Read in context… Earnest prayer and watching thereunto will carry them through temptations. We must be united to Christ by living faith. Like Christ in Character—We are now amid the perils of the last days. Satan has come down with great power to work his deceptions …
Read in context… Many of you at Battle Creek are living without prayer, without thoughts of Christ, and without exalting Him before those around you. You have no words to exalt Christ; you do no deeds that honor Him. Many of you are as truly strangers to …
Read in context… Ellen White offered the prayer and made appropriate remarks. With the most difficult hurdles out of the way, she was ready to make the trip East. “If the Lord will,” she wrote on Sunday before the wedding, “I shall join the party leaving Wednesday …
Read in context… We were happy to hear her voice in prayer at the family altar, and her decided testimony in inquiring-meetings. She was one [94] of the happy fifteen who were baptized Sabbath, January 3. We sent Lucia to our well-organized and disciplined school …
Read in context… They should be men of earnest prayer and firm reliance upon God; men who, like Abraham, will order their households after them and will manifest a special interest in the spiritual welfare of all connected with the office. Those who make Christ first in …
Read in context… They will discern that they have a most important field in the Lord’s vineyard to cultivate. [268] They must lift up their hearts unto God in sincere prayer, Be Thou my pattern, and then by beholding Jesus they will do the work of …
Read in context… The angel of God places benevolent acts close beside prayer. He said to Cornelius: “Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.” Acts 10:4.519 Practice economy in your homes. By many, idols are cherished and worshiped. Put …
Read in context… On Sabbath, instead of having a church service, Willie, Edson, Will Palmer, Sutherland, and Magan climbed a nearby mountain and spent the morning in prayer and fellowship. Mrs. White recorded in her diary that “this precious Sabbath was a day long to be remembered …
Read in context… They must lift up their hearts unto God in sincere prayer, Be thou my pattern, and then by beholding Jesus they will do the work of Jesus Christ. Jesus said, “The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do …
Read in context… At the close of the conference that Monday, a request was received from Sister Mead, who was afflicted with a “slow fever,“ [219] for anointing and prayer for her healing. Of this Ellen White reported: We went into a room by ourselves, Brethren Holt …
Read in context… His humanity made prayer a necessity and privilege. He required all the stronger divine support and comfort which His Father was ready to impart to Him, to Him who had, for the benefit of man, left the joys of heaven and chosen His home …
Read in context… ministry, unfolding to men heaven’s most precious blessings; the days crowded with deeds of love and mercy, the nights of prayer and watching in the solitude of the mountains; the plottings of envy, hate, and malice which repaid His benefits; the awful, mysterious …
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