Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 56—Anger (Part 2) Never Discipline in Anger—God has a tender regard for the children. He wants them to gain victories every day. Let us all endeavor to help the children to be overcomers. Do not let offenses come to them from the very members of their own family. Do not permitContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
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Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 53—Controversy—Positive and Negative (Part 1) Oneness With God Results in Unity—God is the embodiment of benevolence, mercy, and love. Those who are truly connected with Him cannot be at variance with one another. His Spirit ruling in the heart will create harmony, love, and unity. The opposite of this is seenContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 52—Depression (Part 2) Dropsy and Disease of Heart Tend to Depress Ellen G. White [See Selected Messages 2:233-245, “Fortitude and Affliction.”]—Disease has pressed heavily upon me. For years I have been afflicted with dropsy and disease of the heart, which has had a tendency to depress my spirits and destroy my faith andContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 50—Worry and Anxiety (Part 3) Seeking to Reach World’s Standards—There are many whose hearts are aching under a load of care because they seek to reach the world’s standard. They have chosen its service, accepted its perplexities, adopted its customs. Thus their character is marred, and their life made a weariness.Continue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 50—Worry and Anxiety (Part 2) God’s Responsibility and Mine—When we take into our hands the management of things with which we have to do and depend upon our own wisdom for success, we are taking a burden which God has not given us and are trying to bear it without HisContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 49—Grief (Part 1) Breaks Down the Life-forces—Grief, anxiety, discontent, remorse, guilt, distrust, all tend to break down the life-forces and to invite decay and death…. Courage, hope, faith, sympathy, love, promote health and prolong life.—The Ministry of Healing, 241 (1905). Impairs Circulation—Sadness deadens the circulation in the blood vessels and nervesContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 48—Guilt (Part 2) Crisis Often Points to Source of Strength—God often brings men to a crisis to show them their own weakness and to point them to the source of strength. If they pray and watch unto prayer, fighting bravely, their weak points will become their strong points. Jacob’s experience contains manyContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”