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  BATTLE OF WILLS
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The key to peace of mind is accepting God's will and ceasing
the conflict of two wills.

Topics: "Gods Will", "Surrender"
Scripture References: Matthew 26:39, Acts 21:14, Romans 12:2, Philippians 2:13, James 4:7

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of aligning our will
with the will of the Lord, emphasizing the peace that comes from fully
surrendering to God's plan without resistance or hesitation. She
highlights how suffering arises from our own anxieties and resistance to
God's will, leading to a double cross when we do not fully accept His
plan. Tileston stresses that true peace of mind can only be achieved
when we cease the conflict between our will and God's will.

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The will of the Lord be done.

ACTS 21:14

BUT if in parallel to Thine

My will doth meekly run,

All things in heaven and earth are mine,

My will is crossed by none;

Thou art in me,

And I in Thee,--

Thy will--and mine--are done!

W. M. L. JAY

SUFFERINGS arising from anxiety, in which the soul adds, to the cross
imposed by the hand of God, an agitated resistance, and a sort of
unwillingness to suffer,--such troubles arise only because we live to
ourselves. A cross wholly inflicted by God, and fully accepted without
any uneasy hesitation, is full of peace as well as of pain. On the
contrary, a cross not fully and simply accepted, but resisted by the
love of self, even slightly, is a double cross; it is even more a cross,
owing to this useless resistance, than through the pain it necessarily
entails.

FRANCOIS DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON

The basis of all peace of mind, and what must be obtained before we get
that peace, is a cessation of the conflict of two wills-His and ours.

CHARLES G. GORDON

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/battle-of-wills/
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