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  STAYING BY THE WAY
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of prayer in growing in
the knowledge of God's mind and conforming to His will, ultimately
leading to spiritual growth and maturity.

Topics: "Daily Surrender", "Spiritual Growth"
Scripture References: Psalm 25:4, Psalm 32:8, Isaiah 61:3, Romans 12:2, 2 Peter 1:11

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Mary Wilder Tileston, through the words of Isaac Penington and Charles
H. Brent, emphasizes the importance of daily surrendering to God,
seeking His mercy, and allowing Him to guide and strengthen us through
life's challenges. The goal is to continually draw closer to God's
kingdom, where we will receive an inheritance of life, joy,
righteousness, and peace, providing strength against sin and death.
Prayer is highlighted as a powerful tool for aligning our will with
God's, leading to a deeper understanding of His mind and a
transformation into His likeness.

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That they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the
Lord, that He might be glori-fied.

ISAIAH 61:3 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2 PETER 1:11

HAST thou a sense of the way to the Father? Then be careful that thy
spirit daily bow before Him, that He would continue His mercy to thee;
making thy way more and more clear before thee every day--yea, and
bearing thee up in all the exercises and trials which may befall thee,
in every kind; that, by His secret working in thy spirit, and helping
thee with a little help from time to time, thou mayest still be
advancing nearer and nearer towards the kingdom; until thou find the
Lord God administer an entrance unto thee thereinto, and give thee an
inheritance of life, joy, righteousness, and peace therein; which is
strength unto the soul against sin and death.

ISAAC PENINGTON

Probably the greatest result of the life of prayer is an unconscious but
steady growth into the knowledge of the mind of God and into conformity
with His will; for after all prayer is not so much the means whereby
God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is
bent to God's desires.

CHARLES H. BRENT

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/staying-by-the-way/
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