Ready to Do His Will
Mary Wilder Tileston encourages listeners to live in the light of God's love, striving to please Him in all things and being perpetually fixed on Him, ready to do His holy will.
Mary Wilder Tileston emphasizes the importance of living in the light of God's love, striving to please Him in all things, and being patient with what He sends our way. She encourages believers to be conscious of God's presence, allowing it to guide their thoughts and actions, leading them to do His holy will. Tileston urges individuals to humbly acknowledge their sins, rise up quickly, and resolve never to commit deliberate faults, always seeking to please God.
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Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us: for Thou hast also wrought all our works for us.
ISAIAH 26:12 (R. V.)
WITH that deep hush subduing all
Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of Thy call,
As noiseless let Thy blessing fall
As fell the manna down.
JOHN G. WHITTIER
PRAY to be calm and quiet and hushed, and that He will vouchsafe you the sense of His blessed presence; that you may do all things beneath His eye; to sit with Mary calmly at His feet and hear His voice, and then calmly rise and minister to Him.
EDWARD BOUVERIE PUSEY
Try so to live in the light of God's love that it becomes a second nature to you, tolerate nothing adverse to it, be continually striving to please Him in all things, take all that He sends patiently; resolve firmly never to commit the smallest deliberate fault, and if, unhappily you are overtaken by any sin, humble yourself, and rise up speedily. You will not be always thinking of God consciously, but all your thoughts will be ruled by Him, His Presence will check useless or evil thoughts, and your heart will be perpetually fixed on Him, ready to do His holy will.
JEAN NICOLAS GROU
Sermon Outline
- The Importance of Being Calm and Quiet
- The Nature of Living for God
- The Result of Living for God
- A heart fixed on God
- A life ruled by God's presence
- A readiness to do God's holy will
Key Quotes
“Try so to live in the light of God's love that it becomes a second nature to you” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“His Presence will check useless or evil thoughts, and your heart will be perpetually fixed on Him, ready to do His holy will” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- Strive to live in a way that pleases God in all things.
- Take all things patiently and trust in God's plan.
- Be perpetually fixed on God and ready to do His holy will.