Personal religion is essential for every physician if he is to be successful in caring for the sick. He needs a power greater than his own intuition and skill. God desires physicians to link up with Him and know that every soul is precious in His sight. He who depends upon God, realizing that He alone who made man knows how to direct, will not fail in his appointed work as a healer of bodily infirmities or as a physician of the souls for whom Christ died. {6T 247.3}

Personlig religion er nødvendig for enhver læge, hvis hans omsorg for den syge skal lykkes. Han behøver en stærkere kraft end hans egen umiddelbare opfattelse og dygtighed. Gud ønsker at læger skal knytte sig til ham og vide at alle sjæle er dyrebare i hans øjne. Han som beror sig på (248) Gud og erkender at det er ham alene der skaber mennesket, ved hvordan det ledes, vil ikke svigte i sit bestemte arbejde som helbreder af legemlige svagheder, eller som en sjælelæge, hvem Kristus døde for.