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  THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of patience and trust in
God's timing and plan, even when we're not sure what's happening or what
we're supposed to be doing.

Topics: "Patient Waiting", "Trust In God"
Scripture References: Psalm 37:7, Colossians 1:9-10, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Revelation 14:12

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of resting in the
Lord and waiting patiently for Him, emphasizing that even in times of
darkness and difficulty, God provides a way to Him. She encourages
believers to trust in God's will, knowing that as long as they are
bearing the fruits of the Spirit, increasing in knowledge, and praying,
they are not useless. Tileston highlights that God will always have a
purpose for His children, whether it involves active service or patient
waiting, and reminds them of the patience required of the saints.

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Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.

--PSALMS 37:7

Is it the Lord that shuts me in?

Then I can bear to wait!

No place so dark, no place so poor,

So strong and fast no prisoning door,

Though walled by grievous fate,

But out of it goes fair and broad

An unseen pathway, straight to God,

By which I mount to Thee.

--SUSAN COOLIDGE

WE cannot be useless while we are doing and suffering God's will,
whatever it may be found to be. And we can always do that. If we are
bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit, we are not useless. And we can
always do that. If we are increasing in the knowledge of God's will in
all wisdom and spiritual understanding, we are not useless. And we can
always do that. While we pray we cannot be useless. And we can always do
that. God will always find us a work to do, a niche to fill, a place to
serve, nay, even a soul to save, when it is His will, and not ours, that
we desire to do; and if it should please Him that we should sit still
for the rest of our lives, doing nothing else but waiting on Him, and
waiting for Him, why should we complain? Here is the patience of the
saints.

--ANTHONY W. THOROLD

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/the-patience-of-the-saints/
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