Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

of God’s people and call for the elders of the
church.
Should they regain the blessing of health, many
of them would pursue the same course of heedless
transgression of nature’s laws unless enlightened
and thoroughly transformed....
Sin has brought many of them where they
are—to a state of feebleness of mind and debility
of body. Shall prayer be offered to the God of
heaven for His healing to come upon them then and
there, without specifying any conditions? I say, No,
decidedly no. What, then, shall be done? Present
their cases before Him who knows every individual
by name.
Present these thoughts to the persons who come
asking for your prayers: We are human; we cannot
read the heart or know the secrets of your life.
These are known only to yourself and God. If you
now repent of your sin, if any of you can see that in
any instance you have walked contrary to the light
given you of God and have neglected to give honor
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