Tribulation With Joy
Mary Wilder Tileston's sermon 'Tribulation With Joy' encourages listeners to accept and face daily challenges with courage and faith, trusting in God's guidance and strength.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of daily taking up our cross to follow Jesus, emphasizing the need to deny ourselves and embrace the path of pain for His sake. She highlights that accepting daily crosses with peace and simplicity is essential for our spiritual and physical well-being, as fretting and worry can be detrimental. Tileston reminds believers to bear their crosses meekly, cheerfully, and joyfully, finding comfort in the fact that even in tribulations, they are in the hands of the Father and following the example of our Savior.
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And He said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
LUKE 9:23
WE pray Thee, grant us strength to take
Our daily cross, whate'er it be,
And gladly for Thine own dear sake
In paths of pain to follow Thee.
W. W. HOW
THE more you accept daily crosses as daily bread, in peace and simplicity, the less they will injure your frail, delicate health; but forebodings and frettings would soon kill you.
FRANCOIS DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON
We speak of the crosses of daily life, and forget that our very language is a witness against us, how meekly we ought to bear them, in the blessed steps of our holy Lord; how in "every cross and care," we ought not to acquiesce simply, but to take them cheer-fully,--not cheerfully only but joyfully; yea, if they should even deserve the name of "tribulation," to "joy in tribulation" also, as seeing in them our Father's hand, our Saviour's cross.
E. B. PUSEY
Take kindly and heartsomely with His cross, who never yet slew a child with the cross.
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD
Sermon Outline
- The Call to Follow Christ
- The Nature of Daily Crosses
- Bearing Crosses with Joy
- The Example of Christ
- Joy in Tribulation
- Seeing God's Hand in Trials
Key Quotes
“Take kindly and heartsomely with His cross, who never yet slew a child with the cross.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“We speak of the crosses of daily life, and forget that our very language is a witness against us, how meekly we ought to bear them, in the blessed steps of our holy Lord;” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- I will strive to accept my daily crosses as opportunities to trust in God's guidance and strength.
- I will seek to bear my crosses with joy, remembering Christ's example and trusting in His promise to give me peace.
- I will prioritize peace and simplicity in my life, avoiding forebodings and frettings that can consume me.