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  THE LONG FIGHT
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of perseverance and trust
in God in the face of spiritual combat.

Topics: "Spiritual Warfare", "Perseverance"
Scripture References: Joshua 1:7, Psalm 78:9, Matthew 26:41, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Ephesians 6:10

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of perseverance in
the spiritual battle, emphasizing the need to continuously fight against
sin and to trust in God's strength. She highlights that even with traces
of negative traits or sins, believers must not cease from the battle but
instead persist in their efforts and trust in God's power to overcome.
Tileston encourages Christians to be strong, courageous, and to keep
moving forward under the banner of the Lord, who will subdue all foes
and provide for their needs.

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The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in
the day of battle.

--PSALMS 78:9

Be thou strong, and very courageous.

--JOSHUA 1:7

Go forward, Christian soldier,

Beneath His banner true!

The Lord Himself, thy Leader,

Shall all thy foes subdue.

His love foretells thy trials;

He knows thine hourly need;

He can with bread of heaven

Thy fainting spirit feed.

--LAWRENCE TUTTIETT

WHILE there is left in you a trace of ill-temper, or of vanity, of
pride, or of selfishness; while there is left in you a single sin, or
germ of sin, you must not rest from the battle. God does not require
from you to be sinless when you come before Him, but He does require you
to be unceasing in your perseverance. He does not require that you shall
never have fallen; but He does require unwearied efforts. He does not
require you to win, but He does require you to fight.

--FREDERICK TEMPLE

Still fight resolutely on, knowing that, in this spiritual combat, none
is overcome but he who ceases to struggle and to trust in God.

--LORENZO SCUPOLI

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