Section 13—Personality Chapter 66—Emotional Needs (Part 1) [See section V, “Life’s energizing force,” and section XI, “Emotional Problems”] Reason for Existence—God’s law is the law of love. He has surrounded you with beauty to teach you that you are not placed on earth merely to delve for self, to dig and build, to toil andContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Tag Archives: relationships
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 12—Problems in Adjustment Chapter 62—Communication (Part 4) Nervous, Hurried Manner Impairs Communication—Ministers and teachers should give special attention to the cultivation of the voice. They should learn to speak, not in a nervous, hurried manner, but with slow, distinct, clear utterance, preserving the music of the voice. The Saviour’s voice was as music toContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 12—Problems in Adjustment Chapter 62—Communication (Part 3) Grumbling Stunts Growth—There are men who possess excellent faculties but who have come to a standstill. They do not go forward to victory. And the ability with which God has endowed them is of no value to His cause because it is unused. Many of these menContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 12—Problems in Adjustment Chapter 62—Communication (Part 2) Reaching Out for Human Sympathy—When the conversation is of a frivolous character and savors of a dissatisfied reaching out after human sympathy and appreciation, it springs from love-sick sentimentalism, and neither the youth nor the men with gray hairs are secure. When the truth of God isContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 12—Problems in Adjustment Chapter 62—Communication (Part 1) Far-reaching Influence of Words—The voice and tongue are gifts from God, and if rightly used, they are a power for God. Words mean very much. They may express love, devotion, praise, melody to God, or hatred and revenge. Words reveal the sentiments of the heart. They mayContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 12—Problems in Adjustment Chapter 59—Character Formation (Part 3) Habits Formed in Youth Mark the Life Course—By the thoughts and feelings cherished in early years, every youth is determining his own life history. Correct, virtuous, manly habits formed in youth will become a part of the character and will usually mark the course of theContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 12—Problems in Adjustment Chapter 59—Character Formation Every Act Influences Character—Every act of life, however unimportant, has its influence in forming the character. A good character is more precious than worldly possessions, and the work of forming it is the noblest in which men can engage.—Testimonies for the Church 4:657 (1881). The Mind Is theContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”