Sudden Disappointments and Temptations

In (your) daily life you will meet with sudden surprises, disappointments, and temptations. (When these things weigh upon you just remember), you can look unto Jesus at all times and in all places, offering a silent prayer from (your) sincere heart so you may know how to do His will. Then when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard for you against (that old) enemy. (Then if) you are almost ready to yield, to lose patience and self-control, to be hard and denunciatory, to find fault and accuse, - - - is the time for you to send to heaven the prayer, “Help me, O God, to resist temptation, to put all bitterness and wrath and evil speaking out of my heart. Give me Thy meekness, Thy lowliness, Thy long-suffering, and Thy love. Leave me not to dishonor (You) my Redeemer. – My inserts in parentheses with The Adventist Home, pp. 214, 215. Sherry