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  HE AWAITS AN INVITATION
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: God stands at the door of our hearts, knocking and inviting us
to salvation, and waiting for us to respond with an open heart.

Topics: "Divine Love", "Gods Mercy"
Scripture References: Psalm 103:8, Matthew 7:7, Luke 15:10, James 4:8, Revelation 3:20

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the divine love of God that shines
constantly, even when we turn away from Him, emphasizing that God waits
to bless us and delights in showing mercy to those burdened by sin and
sorrow. She encourages listeners to look to God for cleansing and joy,
as He longs to make us beautiful and equal to the angels. Tileston
highlights the image of God standing at the door and knocking, ready to
enter our hearts and bring us His gifts of grace and blessings.

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Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and
open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with
Me.

REVELATION 3:20

0 LOVE Divine!--whose constant beam

Shines on the eyes that will not see,

And waits to bless us, while we dream

Thou leavest us because we turn from Thee.

J. G. WHITTIER

UNHAPPY spirit, cast down under thy sins, multitudes of sins, years of
sins!--heavily burdened as thou art, and pierced through with sorrows,
thou mayest look to God, and hope, for "HE delighteth in mercy." His
mercy can make thee a clean and beautiful, a happy and rejoicing spirit.
God will be "delighted" to make thee "equal to the angels." So humble,
so loving is thy God, and so earnestly does He long to bless thee, that
behold, He stands at thy door and knocks.

JOHN PULSFORD

And if God knocks continually at the heart of man, desiring to enter in
and sup there, and to communicate to him His gifts, who can believe that
when the heart opens and invites Him to enter, He will become deaf to
the invitation, and refuse to come in?

LORENZO SCUPOLI

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