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  NOT AS WE WILL
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of submitting to God's
will, choosing to follow His plans and purposes over our own desires and
intentions, and finding peace and rest in Him.

Topics: "Gods Will", "Surrender Trust"
Scripture References: Psalm 37:5, Proverbs 3:5, Matthew 26:39, Romans 12:2, 1 John 2:17

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches on the importance of surrendering to God's
will, echoing the sentiment of 'Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.' She
emphasizes the need to trust in God's wisdom and perfect choice,
entering into His counsels and loving with His love. By choosing God's
will over our own, we can find peace, calm anxieties, and experience a
foretaste of everlasting rest, even in times of trouble and heartache.

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Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.

MATTHEW 26:39

THY will, not mine, 0 Lord,

However dark it be!

Lead me by Thine own hand,

Choose out the path for me.

I dare not choose my lot;

I would not, if I might;

Choose Thou for me, my God;

So shall I walk aright.

HORATIUS BONAR

CHOOSE but the will of God, and thou willest with His wisdom, thou
choosest with His all-perfect choice; thou enterest into His counsels;
thou lovest with His love. Be this our watch-word, brethren, for the
Church, for those we love, for our own souls. Be this our rule in
action, "not what I will, but what Thou"; this, in suffering; "not what
I, but what Thou." This shall hallow our hopes; this shall hush our
fears; this shall ward off disquiet; this shall preserve our peace; this
shall calm anxieties; this (if so it must be) shall soothe our heart-
aches; this shall give repose to our weariness; this, the deeper our
trouble, shall be the deeper foretaste of everlasting peace and rest.
"Lord, not what I will, but what Thou"; not what I, in my misery, and
ignorance, and blindness, and sin, but what Thou, in Thy mercy, and
holiness, and wisdom, and love.

E. B. PUSEY

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