- Foreword
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- Born again
- Influenced by Christ
- Consecrated to Christ
- Represents Christ
- Controlled by the Holy Spirit
- Change ready
- Humble and teachable
- Kind
- Selfless
- Tender in word and action
- Principle-centered
- Open to God’s end-time innovations
- Faithful to God and His church
- Morally independent
- Believer in the Spirit of Prophecy
- Competent
- Collaborative
- Coworker with angels
- Skilled in human relations
- Rejects false leaders
- Alert to Satan’s attacks
- Values the sacrifice of Jesus
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- Honor to whom honor is due
- Interconnectedness of God’s work
- Institutions as missionaries
- Qualifications of managers
- Living connection with God
- Counsel for educational leaders
- Counsel for missionary leaders
- Counsel for physicians and sanitariums
- Counsel for publishing leaders
- When course corrections are needed
- Cause for termination
- When change goes wrong
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Care in choosing ministers
There are ministers who have not fed the flock of God. While their salaries have been paid, they are not men who are converted to God. There must be a weeding out of ministers; for they are not converted. We want to have the talent right in among us that has worked up to be used in our conference. But if there is no spirituality to discern where that talent is, or to train and discipline it for the work, what then? Why, if there is talent in other fields, do not say, “We are going to furnish our own talent here in Michigan, and we do not want anybody to work in Michigan unless they are Michigan men.” Who told you to prescribe for God? Who told you to say what men should be over you? This is contrary to all the light that God has given me. You have no right to pick and choose according to your plans. No, indeed. Ask God to send you the very men who will help you most, to send you the very men that are qualified to take and elevate and carry the churches in your place to a higher standard. That is what you are to do. When you do this, God will work with you. When we do this, He will lift what we are trying to lift.PCL 186.1
If you are going to lay your mark how God is to work, He will work in an entirely different way from your mark. Every man must be in that position so that when he wants God the worst, he can get Him. We want God to teach us and lead us, and we should yield ourselves to Him as little children, to learn in His school. These strong minds, these iron wills, how they must break before Jesus Christ can pour His Spirit into their hearts! —MS 11, 1891 (September 3)PCL 186.2