The Invitation | Inspiration from The Desire of Ages by EGW

God wants us to live for Him, he is inviting us into His peace; out of this world's unrest. I really enjoyed this chapter of the DA, Chapter 34, "The Invitation". Here are some of my favourite quotes!

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" If we were left to follow our own inclinations, to go just where our will would lead us, we should fall into Satan's ranks and become possessors of his attributes. Therefore God confines us to His will, which is high, and noble, and elevating. He desires that we shall patiently and wisely take up the duties of service."

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"Love for God, zeal for His glory, and love for fallen humanity, brought Jesus to earth to suffer and die.

This was the controlling power of His life.

This principle He bids us adopt."

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"Redemption is that process by which the soul is trained for heaven.

This training means a knowledge of Christ.

It means emancipation from ideas, habits and practices that have been gained in the school of the prince of darkness.

The soul must be delivered from all that is opposed to loyalty to God."

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"But many who profess to be His followers have an anxious, troubled heart, because they are afraid to trust themselves with God. They do not make a complete surrender to Him; for they shrink from the consequences that such a surrender may involve.

Unless they do not make this surrender they cannot find peace."

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"It is the love of self that brings unrest."

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"Trust in God brings holier qualities of mind, so that in patience we may possess our souls."

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"When our will is swallowed up in the will of God, and we use His gifts to bless others, we shall find life's burden light. He who walks in the way of God's commandments is walking in company with Christ,

and in His love the heart is at rest."

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"Those who take Christ at His word and surrender their souls to His keeping, their lives to His ordering, will find peace and quietude. Nothing of the world can make them sad when Jesus makes them glad by His presence. In perfect acquiescence their is perfect rest. The Lord says, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee." Isa 26:3."

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"Our lives may seem a tangle; but as we commit ourselves to the wise Master Worker, He will bring out the pattern of life and character that will be to His own glory. And that character which expresses the glory - character - of Christ will be received into the Paradise of God. A renovated race shall walk with Him in white, for they are worthy.

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PS: All E.G. White's writings are Bible based.

I admonish you to read the entire chapter, entitled "The Invitation", Chapter 34 of the Desire of Ages, visit THIS link.

If you wish to read the entire book, visit THIS link.