Experiencing God's Very Presence - Jeanne Guyon Testimony

sermonindex Aug 30, 2023

"I experienced these words in the Canticles:

'They name is as [precious] ointment poured fourth, therefore the virgins love thee' (Song 1:3)

I did not sleep that whole night because Your love, O my God, FLOWED IN ME LIKE A DELICIOUS OIL, and burned as a fire which was going to devour all that was left of self.

I was suddenly so altered that I was hardly to be known either by myself or others. I found no longer those troublesome faults or reluctances. They disappeared, being consumed like chaff in a great fire."

- Jeanne Guyon

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ESchaible Aug 30, 2023

Amen.

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Friedrick Aug 31, 2023

"Nothing was easier to me than prayer. Hours passed away like moments, while I could hardly do anything else but pray. The fervency of my love allowed me no intermission. It was a prayer of rejoicing and possessing, devoid of all busy imaginations and forced reflections; it was a prayer of the will, and not of the head. The taste of God was so great, so pure, unblended and uninterrupted, that it drew and absorbed the power of my soul into a profound contemplation, without act or discourse. I had now no sight but of Jesus Christ alone... The cross, which I had hitherto borne only with resignation, had become my delight, and the special object of my rejoicing... I so esteemed the Cross that my greatest trouble was the want of suffering as much as my heart thirsted for." - Jeanne Guyon

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drifter Aug 31, 2023

Madame Guyon's autobiography is an incredibly anointed book and a must read, in my opinion.

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deogloria Sep 21, 2023

Jeanne Guyon:
"I was suddenly so altered that I was hardly to be known either by myself or others. I found no longer those troublesome faults or reluctances. They disappeared, being consumed like chaff in a great fire."

God's Word
1 John 1:9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.(NLT)
Luke 15:18 I will go home to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you..." (NLT)

"Pardon in the Scriptures, always supposes that there is confession, and there is no promise that it will be imparted unless a full acknowledgment has been made." (Barnes)