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

abide in your family, you must obey Him, doing
His will irrespective of losses or gains or your own
pleasure. You are not to consult your desires, nor
the approbation of worldlings who know not God
and seek not to glorify Him. If you walk contrary
unto God, He will walk contrary unto you. If you
have other gods before the Lord, your heart will be
turned away from serving the only true and living
God, who requires the whole heart, the undivided
affections. All the heart, all the soul, all the mind,
and all the strength, does God require. He will
accept of nothing short of this. No separation is
allowed here; no half-hearted work will be
accepted.
In order to render to God perfect service, you
must have clear conceptions of His requirements.
You should use the most simple food, prepared in
the most simple manner, that the fine nerves of the
brain be not weakened, benumbed, or paralyzed,
making it impossible for you to discern sacred
things, and to value the atonement, the cleansing
blood of Christ, as of priceless worth. "Know ye
not that they which run in a race run all, but one
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