Fighting Our Battles
We can overcome challenges and temptations by trusting in God's presence and power.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the assurance of victory in God's battles, emphasizing the presence of the Lord as our fighter and captain. She highlights the importance of trust, faith, and courage in the face of defeat and temptations, reminding believers that God is invincible and will conquer through us. Tileston encourages maintaining unity with God's will to ensure final victory and emphasizes the need for persisting courage and cheerfulness to overcome challenges.
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Ye shall not fear them; for the Lord your God He shall fight for you.
--DEUTERONOMY 3:22
And behold God Himself is with us for our captain.
--2 CHRONICLES 13:12
OH, for trust that brings the triumph
When defeat seems strangely near!
Oh, for faith that changes fighting
Into victory's ringing cheer;
Faith triumphant, knowing not defeat or fear!
--HERBERT BOOTH
HOPEFULNESS of final victory is ours, if we only remember that we are fighting God's battles. And can He know defeat? He who is the God of the great world around us is the God of the little world within. It is He who is contending in thee; thou art but His soldier, guided by His wisdom, strengthened by His might, shielded by His love. Keep thy will united to the Will of God, and final defeat is impossible; for He is invincible.
--GEORGE BODY
Our only victory over temptations is through persisting courage, and an indomitable cheerfulness.
--FREDERICK W. FABER
Courage, it shall be well: we follow a conquering general; yea, who hath conquered already; and He that hath conquered for us shall ever conquer in us.
--ROBERT LEIGHTON
Sermon Outline
- God's Presence in Our Battles
- God is with us
- God is our captain
- God is invincible
Key Quotes
“OH, for trust that brings the triumph When defeat seems strangely near!” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“Courage, it shall be well: we follow a conquering general; yea, who hath conquered already; and He that hath conquered for us shall ever conquer in us.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- We must keep our will united to the Will of God to ensure final victory.
- We can maintain hopefulness by remembering that we are fighting God's battles.
- We must persist in courage and cheerfulness to overcome temptations.