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  PEER PRESSURE
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: A divine visitation always leaves us changed, either better or
worse, and obedience to God's impulse is crucial to avoid suffering.

Topics: "Obedience To God", "Spiritual Devotion"
Scripture References: Deuteronomy 13:4, Acts 20:24, Philippians 1:21, Hebrews 4:12, 1 Peter 4:19

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of walking after the
Lord, fearing Him, keeping His commandments, obeying His voice, serving
Him, and cleaving unto Him as stated in Deuteronomy 13:4. She emphasizes
that when God visits a soul with new truth, opportunities, or insight,
it leads to a significant moment in the person's life, leaving them
either better or worse. Tileston highlights that God's servants do not
experience disappointment as they trust in His divine designs, even in
the face of suffering. She encourages deep devotion and unwavering
obedience, noting that the trials and sacrifices are worth it, as seen
in the example of Paul's martyrdom.

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Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear Him and keep His
commandments, and obey His voice, and ye shall serve Him, and cleave
unto Him.

--DEUTERONOMY 13:4

GOD visits a soul when He brings before it a new vision of truth or
duty, a new range of opportunities, a new endowment of force as well as
insight, at some time to which all that precedes has led up, and from
which all that follows depends in its solemn history. No Divine
visitation leaves us where it found us; it always leaves us better or
worse; if not better, then certainly worse.

--HENRY PARRY LIDDON

The issues are with God, and His servants know not the word
disappointment, for they are incapable of reading His designs. Only this
they know, that the slightest hesitation in obeying what they believe to
be a divine impulse, produces a suffering more intense than any
consequences which may accrue to them from the world.

--LAURENCE OLIPHANT

Never shrink from deep devotion, because you fear its trials or its
sacrifices. Paul, in martyrdom, was unspeakably happier than God's half-
hearted servants.

--WILLIAM R. HUNTINGTON

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