If you have other gods before the Lord, your heart will be turned away from serving the only true and living God, who requires the whole heart, the undivided affections. All the heart, all the soul, all the mind, and all the strength, does God require. He will accept of nothing short of this.
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About Ellen G. White

Ellen G. White was American author and co-founder of the seventh-day adventist church. Ellen Gould White was an American author, and was both the prophet and a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she was influential within a small group of early Adventists who formed what became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • God — Spiritual reflections on the divine, faith, and creation
  • Soul — The inner self, consciousness, and spiritual essence

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