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What a fountain of life it would be to discover how to let go of those distresses and learn to embrace the joy and peace that God has promised!
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Overview

What a fountain of life it would be to discover how to let go of those distresses and learn to embrace the joy and peace that God has promised!
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780883680100
  • Publisher: Whitaker House
  • Publication date: 4/28/1973
  • Pages: 87
  • Sales rank: 313,073
  • Product dimensions: 4.24 (w) x 7.00 (h) x 0.28 (d)

Table of Contents

Contents:
Letter 1 The Advantages Of Humility 1
Letter 2 How To Bear Suffering Peacefully 2
Letter 3 The Beauty Of The Cross 5
Letter 4 The Death Of Self 6
Letter 5 Peace Comes Through Simplicity and Obedience 9
Letter 6 The True Source Of Peace Is In The Surrender Of The Will 11
Letter 7 True Goodness Is Only Reached By Abandonment 12
Letter 8 "Knowledge Puffeth Up: Charity Edifyeth- 13
Letter 9 We Are Not To Choose The Manner In Which Our Blessings Shall Be Bestowed 15
Letter 10 The Discovery And Death Of Self 17
Letter 11 The Sight Of Our Imperfections Should Not Take Away Our Peace 22
Letter 12 Living By The Cross And By Faith 24
Letter 13 Despair At Our Imperfections Is A Greater Obstacle Than The Imperfection Itself 25
Letter 14 Pure Faith Sees God Alone 27
Letter 15 Our Knowledge Stands In The Way Of Our Becoming Wise 29
Letter 16 Those Who Injure Us Are To Be Loved And Welcomed As The Hand Of God 32
Letter 17 Quietness In God Our True Resource 35
Letter 18 True Friendships Are Founded Only In God 37
Letter 19 The Cross A Source Of Our Pleasure 39
Letter 20 Do Not Be Distressed By The Revelation Of Self Or The Absence Of Feeling 40
Letter 21 The Imperfection Of Others To Be Born In Love 43
Letter 22 The Fear Of Death Is Not Taken Away By Our Own Courage But By The Grace Of God 45
Letter 23 Sensitivity To Reproof Is The Surest Sign We Needed It 48
Letter 24 Only Imperfection Is Intolerant Of Imperfection 50
Letter 25 We Should Listen To God And Not To Self 52
Letter 26 Absolute Trust Is The Shortest Road To God 53
Letter 27 The Time Of Temptation And Distress Is No Time To Make Decisions 54
Letter 28 If You Have Love. You Have Everything 57
Letter 29 Weakness Preferable To Strength. And Practice Better Than Knowledge 59
Letter 30 Beware Of The Pride Of Reasoning: The True Guide To Knowledge Is Love 63
Letter 31 The Gifts Of God Are Not To Be Rejected Because Of The Channel That Brings Them 68
Letter 32 Poverty And Deprivation Are Jesus' Way 71
Letter 33 The Will Of God Our Only Treasure 74
Letter 34 Surrender Is Not A Heroic Sacrifice. But A Simple Sinking Into The Will Of God 76
Letter 35 Bearing Dying Takes The Place Of Final Death 78
Letter 36 Suffering Belongs To The Living Not The Dead 79
Letter 37 God Gives Grace In Proportion To Our Trials 80
Letter 38 Resisting God. An Effective Hindrance To Grace 82
Letter 39 God Speaks More Effectually In The Soul Than To It 84
Letter 40 The Circumcision Of The Heart 86
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First Chapter

Letter 1 The Advantages of Humility

I often pray to God that He would keep you in the hollow of His hand. And this He certainly will do if you remember to keep a humble and obedient spirit. Humility is good in every situation, because it produces that teachable spirit which makes everything easy. And you, of all people, would be more guilty than many others if you made any resistance to the Lord on this point. For on the one hand, the Lord has taught you so much on the necessity of becoming like a little child; and on the other, few people have had an experience more fitting to humiliate the heart and destroy self-confidence. The good that comes from any experience of personal weakness is the realization that God wants us to be lowly and obedient. So may the Lord keep you!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 26, 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    Goodbye Is Not Forever
    Creative Counterpart: Becoming the Woman, Wife, and Mother You've Longed to Be
    Not My Will: How Much Will Surrender Cost?
    Don't Waste Your Sorrows

    This is a treasured little book

    I received this book when I became a new believer in High School. What a treasure. It is a devotional and will be referred to again and again. Fenelon encourages you to surrender to the loving will of the Father in order to truly live a victorious life. A surrendered life is a fulfilled life. Fenelon, also commonly known as François Fénelon, was a contemporary of Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon (or Mme. Guyon) in the mid 1600's. Mme. Guyon is herself an author. If you desire to pursue a deeper walk with the Lord, this little treasure will encourage you with it's nuggets of wisdom. Buy two and give one away!

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  • Posted April 22, 2009

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    I Also Recommend:

    Stop Acting like a Christian, Just Be One

    The Best Christian Devotional Around!

    This is my all-time favorite Christian devotional(I have bought multiple copies over the years to give as gifts, or to replace my wornout copies), written originally in the French, in the 17th century, by Fenelon, who was the Christian leader for the King (Louis the 14th or 16th?).

    Apparently, he wrote letters to the members of the court who were Christian and struggling with the opulence and destroyed integrityof those surrounding them. The letters are always inspirational to me, whether I am struglling with something or not. I would, in fact, love to get a copy of the original book in French for my collection.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 19, 2011

    Where the rubber meets the road!

    True Christianity for hungry hearts!

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