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  FAITHFUL IN ORDINARY THINGS
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: Faithfulness in everyday life is a key aspect of the Christian
life, and it involves doing everything with the intention of pleasing
God.

Topics: "Christian Living", "Fear Of God"
Scripture References: 2 Chronicles 19:9, Psalm 139:7, Proverbs 15:3, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Colossians 3:17

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Mary Wilder Tileston emphasizes the importance of living in the fear of
the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart in all aspects of life,
even in the smallest details. She highlights the Christian's noblest
struggle in being conscious of every thought and action for the sake of
Jesus. Tileston reminds believers that God is present everywhere,
observing all our actions and words, urging them to do everything as if
unto the Lord, with the awareness of His unseen eye as the driving force
behind their behavior.

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Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully,and with a perfect
heart.

2 CHRONICLES 19:9

IN little things of common life,

There lies the Christian's noblest strife,

When he does conscience make

Of every thought and throb within;

And words and looks of self and sin

Crushes for Jesus' sake.

J. B. S. MONSELL

WHERESOEVER we be, whatsoever we are doing, in all our work, in our busy
daily life, in all schemes and undertakings, in public trusts, and in
private retreats, He is with us, and all we do is spread before Him. Do
it, then, as to the Lord. Let the thought of His eye unseen be the
motive of your acts and words. Do nothing you would not have Him see.
Say nothing which you would not have said before His visible presence.
This is to do all in His name.

HENRY EDWARD MANNING

If one sign surer than any other be chosen to mark the progress of the
Divine life, it is when sanctity prevails even in the minutest points of
character, and in ordinary ways. The least look, the faintest
expression, the casual act, may tell more of the secret power of Jesus
in the soul, than world-famed acts of self-devotion.

T. T. CARTER

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/faithful-in-ordinary-things/
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