You sometimes pass along days and weeks without developing the spirit of evil which I have named impatience, and a dictatorial spirit, a desire to control your husband. Your loving to rule and to bring others to your ideas has nearly ruined yourself and him. You love to suggest and to dictate to others. You love to have them feel and see that you have the very best light, and are especially led of God. If they do not, you begin to surmise, to become jealous, to feel a spirit of unrest; you are dissatisfied and exceedingly unhappy. {2T 572.2}

Alle bør føle det som en kristen pligt at fatte sig kort i bøn. Fortæl Herren, netop hvad du ønsker, uden at fare hele verden rundt. I privat bøn har alle den forret at kunne bede, så længe de ønsker og at udtale sig så tydeligt, som de måtte finde for godt. De kan bede for alle deres slægtninge og venner. Lønkammeret er det sted, hvor de kan tale om alle deres private vanskeligheder, prøvelser og fristelser. Et fælles møde til gudstjeneste bør ikke være stedet, hvor man åbenbarer hjertets private anliggender.