a thought by Ellen G.White

Nothing saps spirituality from the soul more quickly than to enclose it in selfishness and self-caring. Those who indulge self and neglect to care for the souls and bodies of those for whom Christ has given His life, are not eating of the bread of life or drinking of the water of the well of salvation. They are dry and sapless, like a tree that bears no fruit. They are spiritual dwarfs, who consume their means on self; but 'whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'--Review and Herald, Jan. 15, 1895. {WM 18.4}