Contrast our tame, lifeless, half-paralyzed efforts with the work of the Lord Jesus. Listen to His words, to His prayer to the Father, “I have declared unto them Thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them” (John 17:26). What language is this! How deep, how broad, how full! The Lord Jesus desires to shed abroad His love through every member of the body, His church, that the vitality of that love may circulate through every part of the body and dwell in us as it dwells in Him. The Lord then can love fallen man as He does His own Son; and He declares that He will be satisfied with nothing less than this in our behalf.— Manuscript 11, 1892. {1MCP 245.4}

Sæt dine tamme, livløse, halvlamme anstrengelser i modsætning til Herren Jesu arbejde. Lyt til hans ord, til Hans bønner til faderen: "Og jeg har kundgjort dem dit navn og vil kundgøre dem det, for at den kærlighed, du har elsket mig med, skal være i dem, og jeg i dem." (Joh. 17:26). Hvilket sprog er dette! Hvor dyb, hvor bred, hvor fyldestgørende! Herren Jesus ønsker at sprede Sin kærlighed (246) igennem alle legemets lemmer, Hans menighed, så at den kærligheds livskraft kan cirkulere ud gennem alle legemets dele og bo i os som den bor i Ham. Så kan Herren elske faldne mennesker ligesom Han gør med Sin egen Søn; og Han erklærer at Han vil ikke er tilfreds med mindre end dette - for vor skyld. - MS 11, 1892.