Section 2—Basic Relationships Chapter 10—Inderstanding (Part 2) Qualities Needed in Understanding Minds (counsel to a literature evangelist)—There are more difficulties in this work than in some other branches of business; but the lessons learned, the tact and discipline acquired, will fit you for other fields of usefulness, where you can minister to souls. Those who poorlyContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”
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Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 2—Basic Relationships Chapter 10—Understanding A Work Requiring Discernment and Discrimination—It is the nicest and most critical work ever given to mortals to deal with minds. Those who engage in this work should have clear discernment and good powers of discrimination. True independence of mind is an element entirely different from rashness. That quality ofContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 2—Basic Relationships Chapter 9—Mind, the Citadel (Part 2) Ease, Self-indulgence, Security—Traitors Within the Walls—It was when the Israelites were in a condition of outward ease and security that they were led into sin. They failed to keep God ever before them, they neglected prayer and cherished a spirit of self-confidence. Ease and self-indulgence leftContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 2—Basic Relationships Chapter 8—Religion and the Mind (Part 2) Dwelling Upon Christ Provides Stimulus—If we would permit our minds to dwell more upon Christ and the heavenly world, we should find a powerful stimulus and support in fighting the battles of the Lord. Pride and love of the world will lose their power asContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 2—Basic Relationships Chapter 8—Religion and the Mind [See Chapter 43, “Mind and Spiritual Health.”] The Love of Christ Vitalizes the Whole Being—The love which Christ diffuses through the whole being is a vitalizing power. Every vital part—the brain, the heart, the nerves—it touches with healing. By it the highest energies of the being areContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 1—The Study of the Mind Chapter 6—A Healthy Normality (Part 2) Faculties of Mind to Rule the Body—True education includes the whole being. It teaches the right use of one’s self. It enables us to make the best use of brain, bone, and muscle, of body, mind, and heart. The faculties of the mind,Continue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 1—The Study of the Mind Chapter 6—A Healthy Normality The Source of True Happiness—There are persons with a diseased imagination to whom religion is a tyrant, ruling them as with a rod of iron. Such are constantly mourning over their depravity and groaning over supposed evil. Love does not exist in their hearts; aContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”