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  CRYING UNTO GOD
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of crying out to God and
removing hindrances to experience His grace and unity.

Topics: "Seeking God", "Spiritual Renewal"
Scripture References: Psalm 30:2, Psalm 34:4, Psalm 37:4, Psalm 46:1, James 4:8

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Mary Wilder Tileston, in her sermon, emphasizes the importance of
seeking God wholeheartedly to experience healing and peace. She
highlights how even small hindrances can obstruct the grace of God in
our lives, urging listeners to overcome these obstacles by fully
surrendering to Him. Tileston encourages turning to God as the ultimate
remedy when feeling weak, low, or lonely, as He is the source of true
life and the means of grace. Through God, His creatures become near,
dear, and accessible, offering a path to renewal and restoration.

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0 Lord my God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou hast healed me.

PSALMS 30:2

IT is sometimes a small matter that hindereth and hideth grace from us;
at least if anything can be called small, and not rather a weighty
matter, which obstructeth so great a good.

And, if thou remove this, be it great or small, and perfectly overcome
it, thou wilt have thy desire.

For immediately, as soon as thou givest thyself to God from thy whole
heart, and seekest neither this nor that, according to thine own
pleasure or will, but settlest thyself wholly in Him, thou shalt find
thyself united and at peace; for nothing can afford so sweet a relish,
nothing be so delightful, as the good pleasure of the Divine Will.

THOMAS À. KEMPIS

IF at any time this life of ours grows feeble, or low, or lonely, I know
no other remedy than to return to its Eternal Source, to God Himself;
and through Him all the means of grace become again living and true; and
through Him all His creatures become again near and dear and accessible.

ELIZABETH RUNDLE CHARLES

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/crying-unto-god/
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