Prayer and Promises

THE PROMISE 

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”

— John 6:38,40, NASB

THE TESTIMONY 

Those who love Jesus will love those for whom Christ died...and watch for souls as they that must give an account. Draw not a glance to yourself, but cry with earnest, heartfelt interest, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” This is the Christian’s message to the world. This is the effective argument. Encourage your heart to put forth earnest endeavors to induce perishing souls to fix their eyes upon Him who was uplifted upon the cross; and remember that as you do this, unseen angels are flashing the light of truth into the mind, and impressing it upon the heart, and leading the soul to believe in Jesus. 

Personal efforts must be put forth to save the perishing. The worker must be much in secret prayer; for this work requires great wisdom in the science of saving souls... [Christ] is the Sun of Righteousness, who is to impart bright rays to his followers; and they, in turn, are to shed his light upon others. They are to be his representatives to the world. Believing in Christ as their personal Saviour, they take up the work where he left it. “Without me ye can do nothing,” said Christ; but with him we can do all things. 

A church may be composed of those who...have no wealth or worldly honor, yet they feel the sacred responsibility that rests upon them, and they shine as burning lights for the Master. Wherever they go, they shed light, and diffuse a heavenly atmosphere. They go forth to seek the lost sheep. They feel that it is a great privilege to deny self, to lift up the cross, and to be partakers of the divine energy. The influence of these workers goes up to God as a sweet aroma. The true worker for God wrestles with God in prayer, and puts intense earnestness into the work of saving lost souls. 

It is the man who most feels his need of divine wisdom, the man who pleads for heavenly power, that will go forth from communion with Christ, to hold converse with souls perishing in their sins; and because he is anointed with the Spirit of the Lord, he will be successful. 

— The Review and Herald, June 30, 1896 

THE RESPONSE 

Encourage perishing souls to fix their eyes upon Jesus. 

Put forth personal efforts to save the perishing. Be much in secret prayer for great wisdom in the science of saving souls. 

Wrestle with God in prayer as you put intense earnestness into the work of saving lost souls. 

Feel your need of divine wisdom. Plead for heavenly power and to be anointed with the Spirit of the Lord in order to be successful.