EGW WritingsPsalms 38

With God at Dawn

The Burden of Sin Is Too Heavy, August 6

WGD 220.1

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Psalm 38:4.

Gospel Workers (1892/1893 ed.)

Consecration to the Work

GW92 36.1

Communion with God imparts to the soul an intimate knowledge of his will. But many who profess the faith know not what true conversion is. They have no experience in communion with the Father through Jesus Christ, and have never felt the power of divine grace to sanctify the heart. Praying and sinning, sinning and praying, their lives are full of malice, deceit, envy, jealousy, and self-love. The prayers of this class are an abomination to God. True prayer engages the energies of the soul, and affects the life. He who thus pours out his wants before God feels the emptiness of everything else under heaven. “All my desire is before thee,” said David, “and my groaning is not hid from thee.” “My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” “When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me.” [Psalm 38:9; 42:2, 4.]

In Heavenly Places

Fervent Prayer, March 7

HP 73.5

Communion with God imparts to the soul an intimate knowledge of His will.... True prayer engages the energies of the soul and affects the life. He who thus pours out his wants before God feels the emptiness of everything else under heaven. “All my desire is before thee,” said David, “and my groaning is not hid from thee.” “My soul thirsteth for God....” “When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me” (Psalm 38:9; 42:2, 4).8Testimonies for the Church 4:533-535.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)

Lt 200, 1903

18LtMs, Lt 200, 1903, par. 8

Brother Butler, keep your heart stayed upon the Lord. He lives and reigns. He is our general. Look not to man. Believe not every report that comes to you. Be as a man who has ears, but hears not, and eyes, but sees not. David says, “I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. Thus was I as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.” [Psalm 38:13, 14.] Let the watchmen of God keep their own counsel. They will be troubled as they bear their message, but the Lord will help them.

With God at Dawn

In Thee Do I Hope, for Thou Wilt Hear, July 4

WGD 187.1

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. Psalm 38:15.

With God at Dawn

I Will Declare My Iniquity, August 9

WGD 223.1

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. Psalm 38:18.