God’s Spirit is striving with this entire family. He will save them if they are willing to be saved in His appointed way. Now is the hour of probation. Now is the day of salvation. Now, now, is God’s time. In Christ’s stead we beseech them to become reconciled to God while they may, and in humility, with fear and trembling, work out their salvation. I was shown that it was the work of Satan to keep the church in a state of insensibility, that the youth may be secured in his own ranks. I saw that the youth were susceptible of the influence of the truth. If the parents would consecrate themselves to God and labor with interest for the conversion of their children, God would reveal Himself to them and magnify His name among them. {2T 102.1}

Guds Ånd stræber efter hele denne familie. Han vil frelse dem hvis nogen er villig til at blive frelst på hans bestemte måde. Nu er prøvetiden inde. Nu er frelsens dag der. Nu, nu er Guds tid. I Kristi sted bønfalder vi dem om at blive forsonet med Gud så længe de kan og i ydmyghed, med frygt og bæven, arbejde på deres frelse. Jeg fik vist at det var Satans værk at holde menigheden hen i sløvhed, så de unge sikres i hans egne rækker. Jeg så at de unge var modtagelige for sandhedens påvirkning. Hvis forældrene kunne indvie sig selv til Gud og arbejde med henblik på deres børns omvendelse, ville Gud åbenbare sig selv for dem og give sit navn til kende blandt dem.