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Tag Archives: Jesus Christ
A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 24
Of the way to attain Divine Union It is impossible to attain Divine Union solely by the activity of meditation, or by the meltings of the affections, or even by the highest degree of luminous and distinctly-comprehended prayer. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, divine union, God, Jeanne Guyon, Jesus Christ, Madame Guyon, Mysticism, Mystics, Prayer, purification, purity, Soul, Spiritual Practices
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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 23
To Pastors and Teachers If all who laboured for the conversion of others were to introduce them immediately into Prayer and the Interior Life, and make it their main design to gain and win over the heart, numberless as well … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, body, Books, bread, Christianity, evil, grace, heart, interior life, Jeanne Guyon, Jesus Christ, love, Madame Guyon, Mysticism, Mystics, piety, Prayer, reform, Sin, Soul, spiritual fathers, Spiritual Practices, truth, wine
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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 21
The Noble Results of this Species of Prayer Some persons, when they hear of the prayer of silence, falsely imagine, that the soul remains stupid, dead, and inactive. But, unquestionably, it acteth therein, more nobly and more extensively than it … Continue reading
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Hiding Christ from New Agers
This morning I was reading “My Prayer Journal” in the Victorian Baptist Witness. Part of the diary for Wednesday and Thursday went as follows: Something interesting happened today. Saw Greg put ‘religion’ and ‘new age’ books together (in the ‘new … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Books, Christian, Jesus Christ, jounalling, journal, librarian, new age, Prayer, Religion, sacred, secular
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Life comes directly from God
As a folower of Jesus I know that I have been reborn when I accepted Jesus as my Saviour. But I have sometimes wondered just how that rebirth comes about. How does God actually create that new life in me? … Continue reading
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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 12
Of the Presence of God The soul that is faithful in the exercise of love and adherence to God above described, is astonished to feel Him gradually taking possession of their whole being: it now enjoys a continual sense of … Continue reading
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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 7
Of Sufferings Be patient under all the sufferings which God is pleased to send you: if your love to Him be pure, you will not seek Him less on Calvary, than on Tabor; and, surely, He should be as much … Continue reading
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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 5
Of Spiritual Aridity Though God hath no other desire than to impart Himself to the loving soul that seeks Him, yet He frequently conceals Himself that the soul may be roused from sloth, and impelled to seek Him with fidelity … Continue reading
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Re: Atheism and Experiencing God
The posts to this blog also go to my Google Group – reasonablemystic@googlegroups.com. “Dr David” posted the following comment to that group: —————————————————————- “because God cannot be logically proved without being experienced in relationship” Spending time looking at this issue … Continue reading
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