Testimony Treasures, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

Christ--because they hated the purity and holiness of His character, for it was
a constant rebuke to them."
I wish I could impress upon every worker in God's cause the great need
of continual, earnest prayer. They cannot be constantly upon their knees, but
they can be uplifting their hearts to God. This is the way that Enoch walked
with God. Be careful lest self-sufficiency come in and you drop Jesus out
and work in your own strength rather than in the spirit and strength of the
Master. Do not waste golden moments in frivolous conversation. When you
return from doing missionary work, do not praise yourself, but exalt Jesus;
lift up the cross of Calvary.
Allow no one to praise or flatter you, or to cling to your hand as if loath
to let it go. Be afraid of every such demonstration. When young or even
married persons show a disposition to open their family secrets to you,
beware. When they express a desire for sympathy, know that it is time to
exercise great caution. Those who are imbued with the Spirit of Christ and
who are walking with God will have no unholy pining for sympathy. They
have a companionship that satisfies every desire of the mind and heart.
Married men who accept the attention, the praise and petting, of women
should be assured that the love and sympathy of this class are not worth the
obtaining.
Joseph's Steadfastness
Women are too often tempters. On one pretense or another they engage
the attention of men, married or unmarried, and lead them on till they
transgress the law of God, till their usefulness is ruined, and their souls are in
jeopardy. The history of Joseph is left on record for the benefit of all who,
like him, are tempted. In principle he was firm as a rock, and he answered
the tempter: "How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
Genesis 39:9. Moral power like his is what is needed now.
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