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  PEACE IN SUFFERING
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: True peace and rest are found in a deep inner strength that
comes from God, not in outward circumstances.

Topics: "Spiritual Strength", "Inner Peace"
Scripture References: Deuteronomy 1:21, Psalm 29:11, Isaiah 26:3, John 14:27, Philippians 4:7

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of finding enduring
strength and peace in God, even amidst trials and afflictions. She
emphasizes the need for a strong spirit to keep the body under control,
acknowledging that true peace and rest do not come from outward
circumstances but from the peace of the heart that God provides.
Tileston encourages yielding willingly to crosses and seeking the
unshakeable peace that comes from God to overcome all assaults.

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Fear not, neither be discouraged.

DEUTERONOMY 1:21

HAPPY are they that learn, in Thee,

Though patient suffering teach,

The secret of enduring strength,

And praise too deep for speech,--

Peace that no pressure from without,

No strife within, can reach

ANNA L. WARING

ONE of the greatest trials and miseries of this life seems to me to be
the absence of a grand spirit to keep the body under control; illnesses
and grievous afflictions, though they are a trial, I think nothing of,
if the soul is strong, for it praises God, and sees that everything
comes from His hand.

ST. TERESA

MANY say they have no peace nor rest, but so many crosses and trials,
afflictions and sorrows, that they know not how they shall ever get
through them. Now he who in truth will perceive and take note,
perceiveth clearly that true peace and rest lie not in outward things.
There liveth no man on earth who may always have rest and peace without
troubles and crosses. Wherefore yield thyself willingly to them, and
seek only that true peace of the heart, which none can take away from
thee, that thou mayest overcome all assaults.

THEOLOGIA GERMANICA

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