Chapter 30—Self-Caring Ministers Brother and Sister F,I have been shown the great mercy and infinite love of God in giving you another trial. There will be a positive necessity of your holding fast to the mighty Healer, that you may have physical and spiritual strength. You have poor health, but you are in danger of thinking that you are in a worse condition than you really are. You have not had power of endurance, because you have not cherished a patient, hopeful, courageous spirit. You yield to infirmities instead of rising above them. Temptations will assail you on the right hand and on the left, but by patient continuance in well-doing you may overcome the defects in your characters. I was shown that your feet had indeed taken hold on perdition, but God did not wholly forsake either of you. His matchless mercy in giving you another opportunity to prove your loyalty to Him calls upon you to walk with great humility and to guard self. You have petted and indulged yourselves so much that you need now to work in an opposite direction. {4T 341.1}

(341) Bror og søstre F: jeg har fået udvist stor nåde og uendelig kærlighed af Gud til at give jer en anden prøvelse. Det vil være en direkte nødvendighed at I holder jer fast til den mægtige Helbreder, så I kan få fysisk og åndelig styrke. I har et dårligt helbred, men I er i fare for at tro at I er i en værre tilstand end I virkelig er. I har ikke haft udholdenhedens styrke, fordi I ikke har værnet om en tålmodig, optimistisk og tapper ånd. I har givet efter for sygdomme i stedet for at rejse jer over dem. Fristelser vil angribe jer fra højre og venstre side, men ved udholdende fortsatte gode gerninger kan I overvinde jeres karaktermangler. Jeg fik vist at jeres fødder faktisk stod på undergangen, men Gud ikke helt svigter nogen af jer. Hans uforlignelige barmhjertighed, at give jer en anden anledning til at bevise jeres loyalitet mod ham, kalder jer til at vandre i stor ydmyghed og til at vogte selvet. I har forkælet og føjet jer selv så meget at I nu må arbejde i en modsat retning.