Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

Do not think you can cease your efforts or
vigilance for a moment; you cannot. Study God's
word diligently, that you may not be ignorant of
Satan's devices, and that you may learn the way of
salvation more perfectly. Your will must be
submerged in God's will. Seek not your own
pleasure, but that of those around you; and in so
doing you cannot but be happy. Come to Jesus with
all your needs and wants, and in simple confidence
crave His blessing. Trust in God, and seek to move
from principle, strengthened and ennobled by high
resolves and a determination of purpose found only
in God.
You should not be easily provoked. Let not
your heart become selfish, but let it expand with
love. You have a work to do which you must not
neglect. Endure hardship as a good soldier. Jesus is
acquainted with every conflict, every trial, and
every pang of anguish. He will help you; for He
was tempted in all points like as we are, yet He
sinned not. Go to Him, dear boy, with your
burdens. Take no one into your confidence, and tell
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