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

individually cultivating? Have I been gratifying my
own desires, confirming myself in selfishness and
obstinacy?” If we are doing this, we are in great
peril, for Satan will always rule the will that is not
under the control of the Spirit of God. When we
place our will in unison with the will of God, the
holy obedience that was exemplified in the life of
Christ will be seen in our lives.—MS 48, 1899.
(HC 107.)
The Will to Be Directed by a Pure
Conscience.—Inward peace and a conscience void
of offense toward God will quicken and invigorate
the intellect like dew distilled upon the tender
plants. The will is then rightly directed and
controlled, and is more decided, and yet free from
perverseness.—Testimonies for the Church 2:327
(1869).
The Will Determines Life or Death.—
Eternity alone can reveal the glorious destiny to
which man, restored to God’s image, may attain. In
order for us to reach this high ideal, that which
causes the soul to stumble must be sacrificed. It is
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