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  KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the power of God's Spirit to keep us
through faith unto salvation, and encourages us to look beyond evil and
trust in God's mercy and love.

Topics: "Faith And Mercy", "Spiritual Deliverance"
Scripture References: 1 Peter 1:4

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the power of God's Spirit and the
importance of faith in salvation, encouraging believers to focus on
God's mercy and love in times of distress rather than the surrounding
evil. She emphasizes the need for patience to wait for the Lord's mercy
and love to intervene, guiding listeners to look to Him for deliverance
from snares and to experience His abiding presence and its sweet
effects. Tileston reminds the audience that trials are meant to teach
wisdom and rid the heart of burdens, ultimately leading to fulfillment
of rightful desires through the Lord's goodness and mercy.

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Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord.

MICAH 3:8

You, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.

1 PETER 1:4,5

THOU must not look so much at the evil that is nigh, but rather at that
which stands ready to pity and help,--and which hath pitied and helped
thy distressed soul, and will pity and help it again. Why is there a
mercy-seat, but for the sinner to look towards in time of need? Be
patient till the Lord's tender mercy and love visit thee again; and
then, look up to Him against this and such like snares, which would come
between thee and the appearance of the Lord's love; that thou mayest
feel more of His abidings with thee, and of the sweet effects thereof.
For, these things are not to destroy thee, but to teach thee wisdom;
which the Lord is able, through many exercises and sore trials, to
bestow upon thee; that thy heart may be rid of all that burdeneth, and
filled with all it rightly desires after, in the proper season and
goodness of the Lord; to whose wise ordering and tender mercy I commit
thee.

ISAAC PENINGTON

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