“The essential feature, and necessity of life is to know reality, which means knowing God.”
The essential feature and necessity of life
The heart that knows God…
Losing your cool
“I have learned that there’s no way to open yourself to the experience of God while retaining your cool, your sense of ironic detachment.”
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Divine Therapy
Thinking of God instead of experiencing God
“We try to evade the question of existence with property, prestige, power, possession, production, fun, and, ultimately, by trying to forget that we- that I- exist. No matter how much he thinks of God or goes to church, or how much he believes in religious ideas , if he, the whole man, is deaf to the question of existence, if he does not have an answer to it, he is marking time, and he lives and dies like one of the million things he produces. He thinks of God, instead of experiencing God. —Erich Fromm
Focus on the love relationship
“Many people want God to call them to a big assignment. However, they try to bypass the love relationship…the love relationship is why God created you. That is far more important to Him than what you do. So anticipate that God will start working with you and drawing you to an intimate love relationship that is real and personal. When the love relationship is right, God will be free to begin giving you assignments at His initiative. Whenever you do not seem to be receiving assignments from God, focus on the love relationship and stay there until the assignment comes.”
― Experiencing God: How to Live the Full Adventure of Knowing and Doing the Will of God
Experiencing God’s love
Experience and enjoy the wonder of God
“The more you rely on intellectual and philosophical concepts of God, the more difficult it becomes to simply experience and enjoy the wonder of God.”
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Bible study without Bible Experience
“Bible study without Bible experience is pointless. Knowing Psalm 23 is different from knowing the shepherd.”―
One of the most challenging aspects
“One of the most challenging aspects for those who are seeking to find the God of their understanding for the first time is His formlessness. It can be difficult to believe in, and connect with, something that cannot be seen. Perhaps this is because although God is in all things He is felt and experienced on levels that relate directly to the condition of our own hearts.”
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