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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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those for whom we should have labored. He has<br />

made provisi<strong>on</strong> that every worker in His service<br />

may have grace and wisdom, that he may become a<br />

living epistle, known and read of all men.<br />

By watchfulness and prayer we may<br />

accomplish just what the Lord designs that we<br />

shall. By faithful, painstaking discharge of our<br />

duty, by watching for souls as they that must give<br />

account, we may remove every stumbling block<br />

out of the way of others. By earnest warnings and<br />

entreaties, with our own souls drawn out in tender<br />

solicitude for those that are ready to perish, we<br />

may win souls to Christ.<br />

Grieving the Holy Spirit<br />

I would that all my brethren and sisters would<br />

remember that it is a serious thing to grieve the<br />

Holy Spirit, and it is grieved when the human agent<br />

seeks to work himself and refuses to enter the<br />

service of the Lord because the cross is too heavy<br />

or the self-denial too great. The Holy Spirit seeks<br />

to abide in each soul. If it is welcomed as an<br />

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