Chapter 5—Devotional Life of the Remnant
A Twofold Life
In this age, just prior to the second coming of Christ in the clouds
of heaven, such a work as that of John [the Baptist] is to be done.
God calls for men who will prepare a people to stand in the great
day of the Lord.... In order to give such a message as John gave, we
must have a spiritual experience like his. The same work must be
wrought in us. We must behold God, and in beholding Him lose sight
of self.—
Testimonies for the Church 8:332, 333
(1904).
Communion with God will ennoble the character and the life. Men
will take knowledge of us, as of the first disciples, that we have been
with Jesus. This will impart to the worker a power that nothing else
can give. Of this power he must not allow himself to be deprived. We
must live a twofold life—a life of thought and action, of silent prayer
and earnest work.—
The Ministry of Healing, 512
(1905).
Prayer and effort, effort and prayer, will be the business of your
life. You must pray as though the efficiency and praise were all due to
God, and labor as though duty were all your own.—
Testimonies for
the Church 4:538
(1881).
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No man is safe for a day or an hour without prayer.—
The Great
Controversy, 530
(1911).
He who does nothing but pray will soon cease to pray.—
Steps to
Christ, 101
(1892).
Firmly Rooted In Christ
The storm is coming, the storm that will try every man’s faith of
what sort it is. Believers must now be firmly rooted in Christ or else
they will be led astray by some phase of error.—
Evangelism, 361,
362
(1905).
It would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day in
contemplation of the life of Christ. We should take it point by point
and let the imagination grasp each scene, especially the closing ones.—
The Desire of Ages, 83
(1898).
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