We all need to come into a self-sacrificing position before God if our work is to be accepted by Him. Let us remember that profession is nothing unless we have the truth in the heart. We need the converting power of God to take hold of us, that we may understand the needs of a perishing world. The burden of my message to you is: Get ready, get ready to meet the Lord. Trim your lamps, and let the light of truth shine forth into the byways and the hedges. There is a world to be warned of the near approach of the end of all things. {9T 106.2}

Vi trænger alle sammen til at indtage en selvopofrende stilling over for Gud, hvis vort arbejde skal blive antaget af ham. Lad os huske, at bekendelsen er tom, hvis vi ikke har sandheden i hjertet. Vi trænger til, at Guds omvendende kraft griber os, så vi kan forstå den lidende verdens behov. Omkvædet i mit budskab til jer er: Gør jer rede, går jer rede til at møde Herren. Sæt jeres lamper i stand og lad sandhedens lys skinne på vejene og ved gærderne. Der er en verden, der advares om, at alle tings ende nærmer sig.