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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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God? When we have this great inducement before<br />

us, cannot we “run with patience the race that is set<br />

before us, looking unto Jesus the Author and<br />

Finisher of our faith”? Hebrews 12:1, 2. He has<br />

pointed out the way for us and marked it all al<strong>on</strong>g<br />

by His own footsteps. It is the path that He<br />

traveled, and we may, with Him, experience the<br />

self-denial and the suffering, and walk in this<br />

pathway imprinted by His own blood.<br />

Develop Ability<br />

Be not satisfied with reaching a low standard.<br />

We are not what we might be, or what it is God’s<br />

will that we should be. God has given us reas<strong>on</strong>ing<br />

powers, not to remain inactive or to be perverted to<br />

earthly and sordid pursuits, but that they may be<br />

developed to the utmost, refined, sanctified,<br />

ennobled, and used in advancing the interests of<br />

His kingdom.<br />

N<strong>on</strong>e should c<strong>on</strong>sent to be mere machines, run<br />

by another man’s mind. God has given us ability to<br />

think and to act, and it is by acting with<br />

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