Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

us to be like Him—pure, holy, and undefiled. We
are to bear the divine image.—Lt 84, 1899. (The
S.D.A. Bible Commentary 3:1164.)
Words That Destroy Life.—Severe tests will
come to you. Put your trust in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Remember that by vehemence you will
wound yourself. If under all circumstances you will
sit in heavenly places in Christ, your words will not
be charged with bullets that wound hearts and that
may destroy life.—Lt 169, 1902.
Talking Doubts Increases Doubts.—We are
not to talk our doubts and trials, because they grow
bigger every time we talk them. Every time we talk
them, Satan has gained the victory; but when we
say, “I will commit the keeping of my soul unto
Him, as unto a faithful witness,” then we testify
that we have given ourselves to Jesus Christ
without any reservation, and then God gives us
light and we rejoice in Him. We want to place
ourselves under the bright beams of the Sun of
righteousness, and then we shall be a light in the
world. “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom,
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