Peace in the Bustle of Life
God's sovereignty and power are available to us, even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about God's ability to abundantly provide grace for His children, ensuring they have more than enough for every good work. She emphasizes the importance of seeking God's help to free us from worries and self-will, allowing us to fully surrender to Him as His obedient children, constantly crying out to Him as our loving Father. Despite the challenges and distractions of daily life, God's grace sustains us, keeping us from falling irrecoverably and providing a sense of His presence even in the busiest and most demanding moments.
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God is able to make all grace abound toward you: that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:8
O LOVE, Thy sovereign aid impart
To save me from low-thoughted care;
Chase this self-will through all my heart,
Through all its latent mazes there;
Make me Thy duteous child, that I
Ceaseless may "Abba, Father" cry.
GERHARD TERSTEEGEN
THE grace which keeps me from falling one inch further, irrecoverably, and is not worn out by my provocations in this wilderness, is simply more visibly alive and active in my most certain experiences, more prompt, more steady, than I have any experience of among material things and persons. Everything material. is simply feeble; and everything personal is shadowy, as compared with this personality under whose shadow I am allowed to dwell. And all this is the more extraordinary because of the hurry, hotness, dryness, aridity of the life I am obliged to live in London, if correspondence, interviews, letters, are to be kept down and dealt with at all. The want of time to read and think, the shortness and distractions of prayer, seem to threaten one's very existence as a conscious child of God. And yet He is on my right hand and I know it.
EDWARD WHITE BENSON
Sermon Outline
- The Power of God's Grace
- The Contrast Between God's Grace and Human Weakness
- Living in the Presence of God's Grace
- The challenge of living in a busy world
- The importance of relying on God's presence
Key Quotes
“God is able to make all grace abound toward you: that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“Make me Thy duteous child, that I Ceaseless may 'Abba, Father' cry.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“The want of time to read and think, the shortness and distractions of prayer, seem to threaten one's very existence as a conscious child of God.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- Recognize God's presence and power in your life, even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty.
- Prioritize your relationship with God by making time for prayer and reflection.
- Trust in God's sovereignty and rely on His grace to guide you.