Ellen White quotes from "Christ' Method Alone" by Philip Samaan

I have been reading this book “Christ’s Method Alone” by Dr. Philip Samaan, a professor at Southern Adventist University. In the first chapter of the book there is a section called “Communion with Christ – a Priority.” I was really impressed with the Ellen White quotes used here and I wanted to share those specific quotes mentioned in this part of the book. This will encourage us with our daily devotional time with God, and may we make this our priority!

“Personal effort for others should be preceded by much secret prayer… Before communicating with men, commune with Christ… Let your life be knit by hidden links to the life of Jesus.” Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 149.

“If we come to Him in faith, He will speak His mysteries to us personally… Our hearts will often burn within us as One draws nigh to commune with us as He did with Enoch.” The Desire of Ages, p. 668.

“Consecrate yourself to God in the morning; make this your very first work. Let your prayer be, ‘Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee.’ This is a daily matter. Each morning consecrate yourself to God for that day. Surrender all your plans to Him, bot be carried out or given up as His providence shall indicate. Thus day by day you may be giving your life into the hands of God… Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ, Your weakness is united to His strength, your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might. So you are not to look to yourself, not to let the mind dwell upon self, but look to Christ.” Steps to Christ, p. 70.

“Every worker who follows the example of Christ will be prepared to receive and use the power that God has promised to his church for the ripening of earth’s harvest. Morning by morning, as the heralds of the gospel kneel before the Lord and renew their vows of consecration to Him, He will grant them the presence of his Spirit… As they go forth to the day’s duties, they have the assurance that the unseen agency of the Holy Spirit enables them to be ‘laborers together with God.’” The Acts of the Apostles, p. 56.

“Nothing is more needed in our work than the practical results of communion with God… His peace in the heart will shine forth in the countenance. It will give to the voice a persuasive power. Communion with God will ennoble the character and the life. Men will take knowledge of us, as of the first disciples, that we have been with Jesus. This will impart to the worker a power that nothing else can give. Of this power he must not allow himself to be deprived.” The Ministry of Healing, p. 512.