Ellen G. White Quotes
In the prayer of faith there is a divine science; it is a science that everyone who would make his lifework a success must understand.
Water is the best liquid possible to cleanse the tissues.... Drink some, a little time before or after a meal.
Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity.
In Christ was united the human and the divine. His mission was to reconcile God to man, and man to God; to unite the finite with the infinite.
Exercise will aid in the work of digestion. Take a walk after a meal; but no violent exercise after a full meal.
Ministers of God's choosing are engaged in a great work. They are warring not merely against men, but Satan and his angels.
The righteousness by which we are justified is imputed; the righteousness by which we are sanctified is imparted. The first is our title to heaven, the second is our fitness for heaven.
Satan well knows that success can only attend order and harmonious action. He well knows that every thing connected with Heaven is in perfect order.
We are not our own. We do not belong to ourselves. But we have been purchased with a dear price. We have cost an immense sum, even the sufferings and death of the Son of God.
Who can measure the love Christ felt for a lost world, as he hung upon the cross, suffering for the sins of guilty men? This love was immeasurable. It was infinite.
There is one straight chain of truth without one heretical sentence in that which I have written.
The Jews did not go into darkness all at once. It was a gradual work, until they could not discern the gift of God in sending his Son.
God has set up a high standard of righteousness. He has made plain a distinction between human and divine wisdom. All who work on Christ's side must work to save, not to destroy.
Those who are devoted to amusements; who love the society of those who love pleasure, have an aversion to religious exercises.
Religion will prove to the believer a comforter and a sure guide to the fountain of true happiness.
Unceasing prayer is the unbroken union of the soul with God, so that life from God flows into our life; and from our life, purity and holiness flow back to God.
In regard to infallibility, I never claimed it; God alone is infallible. His word is true, and in Him is no variableness, or shadow of turning.
Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish unless its members are workers. The people must lift where the ministers lift.
We must hold fast to the truths which we have already received; we must not look with suspicion upon any new light that God may send.
All the food that is put into the stomach that the system cannot derive benefit from, is a burden to nature in her work.
God requires you individually to come up to the point, to make an entire surrender. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Thread of Selfishness in Web of Life.—Deuteronomy contains much instruction regarding what the law is to us, and the relation we shall sustain to God as we reverence and obey
God designed that the living machinery should be in daily activity. For in this activity or motion is its preserving power.... The more we exercise, the better will be the circulation of the blood.
Religion does not consist in making a noise, yet when the soul is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, sweet, heart-felt praise to God glorifies him.
Music, when turned to a good account, is a blessing. When abused, it leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, and folly, and becomes one of Satan 's most attractive agencies to ensnare souls.
Our clothing, while modest and simple, should be of good quality . . . It should be chosen for durability rather than display.
Moderate exercise every day will impart strength to the muscles, which without exercise become flabby and enfeebled.
Lightness, jesting, and joking, can only be indulged at the expense of barrenness of soul, and the loss of the favor of God.
Gather every promise. This is Jesus, the life of every grace, the life of every promise, the life of every ordinance, the life of every blessing.
We do not mark out any precise line to be followed in diet; but we do say that in countries where there are fruits, grains, and nuts in abundance, flesh food is not the right food for God's people.
It is a religious duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare food in different ways, hygienically, for the table, so that it may be eaten with enjoyment.
Events in the train of prophecy that had their fulfillment away in the past are made future, and thus by these theories the faith of some is undermined.
Faith in the atonement and intercession of Christ will keep us steadfast and immovable amid the temptations that press upon us in the church militant.
So long as He lived among men, our Saviour shared the lot of the poor. He knew by experience their cares and hardships, and He could comfort and encourage all humble workers.
It is a great thing to be a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus Christ. If this is your privilege, you will know the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.
Christian sisters should not at any time dress extravagantly, but at all times dress as neat, modest, and healthful, as their work will allow.
You need clear, energetic minds, in order to appreciate the exalted character of the truth, to value the atonement, and to place the right estimate upon eternal things.
We must let patience have its perfect work, remembering that there are precious promises in the Scriptures for those who wait upon the Lord.
The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite.