Partakers Of The Nature Of Elohim
Continuing our conversation regarding 2 Peter and our nature in union with God.
Tender Affection
Here we are continuing our conversation about Prayer Within from Madame Guyon and Jesus.
United With Christ
2 Peter 1:2 “May grace and peace abound to you through the recognition of our Master Y’shua the Mashiyach”
Lowliness of Mind
…clothe yourselves, stringently, with lowliness of mind one towards another…
Raptures
I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business only…
Flocks
And I, an Elder, your associate and a witness of the sufferings of the Mashiyach, and a participant in his glory which is to be…
Stay the Course
My beloved, be not dismayed at the trials that befall you as if some strange thing had come upon you; for these things are for…
Imagination
We can form no imagination of what God is: a lively faith in His presence is sufficient; for we can conceive no image of God,…
Love Boiling Over
And above all things, have fervent love one towards another; for love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8
Practice
Let us apply this method to the Lord’s Prayer. We say “Our Father,” thinking that God is within us, and will indeed be our Father.
Forgive
But the end of all things approaches: therefore be sober and be wakeful for prayer. 1 Peter 4:7
Habits
I say it is difficult at first thus to retire within ourselves, because of the habits, which are natural to us, of being taken up…
Arm Yourself
If then the Mashiyach has suffered for you in the flesh, you (should) also arm yourselves with the same mind: for everyone that is dead…
Diligence
The thoughts of the [steadily] diligent tend only to plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty hastens only to want. (Proverbs 21:5)
Intro to Mystic Prayer – Joy
“You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.” (Psalms 45:7)
Sons of God – Are Ready
But if it should occur that you suffer on account of righteousness, happy are you. And be not terrified by those who would terrify you,…
Sons of God – Husbands and Wives
For to this were you called; because the Mashiyach also died for us and left us this pattern that you should walk in his steps.…
Sons of God – Like Jesus
Continuing our study of the book of 1 Peter and who we are as Sons of God.
Intro to Mystic Prayer – Circumference
“…collecting our thoughts, and preventing their wandering; this is an effectual way of getting rid of distracting thoughts, and of losing sight of outward things,…
Sons of God – Pilgrims
My beloved, I entreat you as strangers and pilgrims, separate yourselves from all lusts of the body, for they war against the soul. 1 Peter…
Sons of God – Living Stones
“like persons born anew, not of seed that perishes but of that which does not perish, by the Living Word of Elohim who abides forever.”…
Intro to Mystic Prayer
“This faith in the presence of God within our hearts must lead us to enter within ourselves.” An Introduction to Mystic Prayer with Jeanne Guyon
Sons of God – Revealed 3
since you know that neither with perishable silver nor with gold you were redeemed from your vain doings which you had by tradition from your…
Sons of God – Revealed 2
so that the proof of your faith may appear more precious than refined gold that is tested by fire, to glory and honor and praise…
Mystical Prayer – Dry Preaching
Chapter 18 – O ye who have the oversight of souls! see that you do not prevent the little ones from going to Christ. Jeanne…
Sons of God – Revealed
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14
Mystical Prayer – Purified
Chapter 19 continued
Sons of God – Transform
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory…
Mystical Prayer – Appropriation and Activity
Chapter 19 continued
Sons of God – Urgency
Therefore, being conscious of fearing the Lord with respect and reverence, we seek to win people over [to persuade them]. 2 Corinthians 5:11
Mystical Prayer – Preparation for Divine Union
Chapter 19 continued.
Sons of God – Witness
There was a man who was sent from Elohim whose name was Yochanan. This man came for a *witness* that he might testify concerning the…
Sons of God – Mount Zion
But you have come to Mount Tsiyon and to the city of the living Elohim, the Urishlim that is in heaven; and to the assemblies…
Mystical Prayer – Out From the Shore
Chapter 17 – SIMILITUDE OF A VESSEL
Sons of God – Spiritual Fathers
And if our fathers of the flesh disciplined us and we revered them, how much more should we be submissive to our spiritual fathers and…
Mystical Prayer – Exterior And Interior Actions
CHAPTER 17 – DISTINCTION BETWEEN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR ACTIONS
Sons of God
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Romans 8:14
Guest Speaker – Pastor Bruce Meyers
Biblical Dream Interpretations with Pastor Bruce Meyers.
The Sons Are Free
I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. 2 Corinthians 6:16
Mystical Prayer – By The Spirit of God
Chapter 16 continues in Madame Guyon’s book, “A Short Method of Prayer”
Do You Believe This?
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever…
Mystical Prayer – Noble Action
Chapter 16 THIS STATE OF PRAYER NOT ONE OF IDLENESS, BUT OF NOBLE ACTION, WROUGHT BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, AND IN DEPENDENCE UPON HIM—THE…
True Freedom Part 9
Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another. Galatians…
True Freedom Part 8
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Mystical Prayer – The State of Prayer
CHAPTER 16 THIS STATE OF PRAYER NOT ONE OF IDLENESS
True Freedom Part 7
Freedom from Bondage – Galatians 4
Mystical Prayer – Prayer and Sacrifice
Prayer and Sacrifice Chapter 15 from Jeanne Guyon’s book A Short Method of Prayer.
True Freedom Part 6
What purpose then does the law serve? Galatians 3:19
Mystical Prayer – Distraction and Temptations
DISTRACTIONS, TEMPTATIONS – from the book “A Short Method of Prayer” by Jeanne Guyon
True Freedom Part 5
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall…