Caused by God
When we give ourselves to God without reserve, His love will fill our hearts and transform our lives, leading us to do things for His sake and bring us joy and consolation.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the blessings that come from fully dedicating our work to God, emphasizing the importance of trusting Him completely and walking in His light. She encourages surrendering all doubts and fears to God, allowing His love to fill our hearts and transform our lives. By giving ourselves to God without reservation, we can find peace, consolation, and recompense in even the smallest actions of our daily lives, knowing that He will guide us through death into immortal life.
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That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
DEUTERONOMY 14:29
FIRM against every doubt of Thee
For all my future way,--
To walk in heaven's eternal light
Throughout the changing day.
Ah! such a day as Thou shalt own
When suns have ceased to shine!
A day of burdens borne by Thee,
And work that all was Thine.
ANNA L. WARING
LET us give ourselves to God without any reserve, and let us fear nothing. He will love us, and we shall love Him. His love, increasing every day, will take the place of everything else to us. He will fill our whole hearts; He will deprive us only of those things that make us unhappy. He will cause us to do in general, what we have been doing already, but which we have done in an unsatisfactory manner; whereas, hereafter, we shall do them well, because they will be done for His sake. Even the smallest actions of a simple and common life will be turned to consolation and recompense. We shall meet the approach of death in peace; it will be changed for us into the beginning of the immortal life.
FRANCOIS DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON
Sermon Outline
- Giving Ourselves to God
- God's Love and Our Response
- God's Work in Our Lives
- Even smallest actions will be turned to consolation
- Death will be changed into immortal life
Key Quotes
“Let us give ourselves to God without any reserve, and let us fear nothing.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“His love, increasing every day, will take the place of everything else to us.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“Even the smallest actions of a simple and common life will be turned to consolation and recompense.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- We should give ourselves to God without reserve, surrendering our lives completely to Him.
- God's love will fill our hearts and take the place of everything else, leading us to do things for His sake.
- Even the smallest actions can be turned to consolation and recompense when done for God's sake.