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Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ (Library of Spiritual Classics, Volume 2)
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Average Rating:  out of 30 Reviews
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Price: $9.95
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Sale: $5.19
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Manufacturer: Christian Books Pub House
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EAN (European Article Number): 9780940232006
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon
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Publisher: Christian Books Pub House
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Edition: 3
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Dewey Decimal Number: 248.32
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Publication Date: 1981-06-01
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Reading Level: 160
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Description: One of the most influential spiritual books ever penned, even secular historians acknowledge the great impact Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ has had in Christian history. Madame Guyon is generally credited, even by her enemies, as being one of the best-known women in church history. Will Durant, in his 11-volume Story of Civilization, recounts the impact of Jeanne Guyon's life and writings on French history.
At one time this book was publicly burned in France and yet it has also been received by seeking Christians as one of the most helpful and powerful Christian books ever written. Penned by one of Christianity's most famous saints, Jeanne Guyon, it has played a major part in the lives of more famous Christians than perhaps any other Christian book. Here is the very first edition written in modern English.
Watchman Nee saw that this book was translated into Chinese, and made available to every new convert of The Little Flock. Fenelon, Count Zinzenforf, John Wesley, the early Quakers, Jessie Penn-Lewis and Hudson Taylor all highly recommended it to the believers of their day.
This book will introduce you to a whole new-and deeper-relationship to Jesus Christ.
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: Read this book if you want to go deeper. |
Date: 2008-10-27 |
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Details: I have owned a copy of this book since 1996. As I read the book over and over, I gain new insights to a deeper walk with the Lord each time. Madame Guyon teaches in simple, easy to understand language, how to experience God at new depths. She has amazing insights. I bought this copy of the book to give away as a gift. Happy reading..... |
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Review Summary: Prayer Classic |
Date: 2008-10-22 |
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Details: A classic on prayer.. esp. inward prayer.. quiet prayer... listening prayer... practical suggestions on how to do Matt.6:6..on entering the 'secret place' and learning how to 'behold the Lord' and to 'hear His voice'.
If you want to move from an intellectual knowledge of Christ to an intimate relationship with Him, then you must read this book and practice what is in it.
Two other books you should get with this one.. They compliment each other very well are:
1.) Milt Rodriguez: The Temple Within,Fellowship with an Indwelling Christ. and
2.) Michael Molinos: The Spiritual Guide.
Guyon and Molinos both wrote 400+ years ago. Rodriguez has taken what these folks and others have said and out of his experience presents a modern approach to this same subject.
Guyon also wrote, Intimacy with Christ (modern title) that is also a good companion to Experiencing the Depths.
I can't emphasize enough how valuable this book will be to you. You'll go back to it over and over again as you go deeper into your relationship with our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
I agree with others.. If what is taught in this book is taught to and practiced by "new Christians' right after they're saved, then they would move into an intimate fellowship (1Cor.1:9) with Christ right out of the gate... probably similar to what the 1stCentury Christians experienced. They knew an indwelling Lord.. not a book. |
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Review Summary: Must read ! |
Date: 2008-08-19 |
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Details: I was struggling to find how to live a deep christian life.
Though there are many books to talk about this issue, I'm pretty sure that this book is the right one.
the only one book i would recommend is this.
So far, as a layman christian, I read more than 200 books about many different area. discipline, church, theology, ministry, ...
However, i was shocked at this book just after reading several pages.
This is MUST READ !!! |
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Review Summary: Practical Christian Spirituality |
Date: 2008-04-26 |
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Details: Guyon has given the church a spiritual gem. And this gem has been mostly hidden... hidden by years of religious junk that is void of life-changing power! She writes of what many call "the deeper Christian life" when it is truthfully... the normal Christian life. Unfortunately, it is this Christian life that most believers never mature and grow up into.
Guyon calls believers to learn a new way of prayer and a new way to read Scripture. This new way will ultimately lead us to experience the depths of Jesus Christ.
Guyon recognizes that man is tripartite or trichotomous in nature. Meaning... man is composed of spirit, soul(psyche), and body. It is in the spirit of man that we meet Christ. It is through the denial of our soul-life (i.e. will, emotions, intellect) that we learn to meet with God in the spirit. The spirit then governs the soul and body as Christ intended in divine order.
It is through abandonment and pressing through the "spiritual dryness" that we shall take hold of a deeper experience with Christ. Discerning the activity of your spirit vs. your soul... will allow you to come to Christ in the way he has placed before us. It is by turning inward to Christ that we discover his life in us.
"When your soul is once turned toward God---the God who dwells within your spirit---you will find it easy to keep turning within. The longer you continue to turn within, the closer you will come to God and the more firmly you will cling to him." p.54
Many believers are led astray by external activities of the soul for years before they ever take seriously the spiritual things spoken of in this book. This is a common occurrence... but it is not normal and it never should be accepted as an inevitable delay of Christian maturity.
Guyon writes, "If a new convert were introduced to real prayer and to a true inward experience of Christ as soon as he became converted, you would see countless numbers of converts go on to become true disciples."
She goes on to say, "the present way of deaing only with external matters in the life of the new convert brings little fruit. Burdening the new Christian with countless rules and all sorts of standards does not help him grow in Christ. Here is what should be done: The new Christian should be led to God. How? By learning to turn within to Jesus Christ and by giving the Lord his whole heart." p.117
This book is about how this happens. I have not read a more practical book about Christian living. I highly recommend this book to those who have exhausted themselves by attempting to live like Christ in the soul-life.
For more of a thorough teaching on the tripartite nature of man... please read, "The Release of the Spirit" and "The Spiritual Man, vol.1" by Watchman Nee.
I recommend the following books:
The Release of the Spirit
The Spiritual Man (3 volume set)
The Centrality of Jesus Christ (Works of T. Austin-Sparks) Volume One
The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine |
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Review Summary: Guyon on prayer |
Date: 2008-01-07 |
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Details: "Experiencing the Depths..." is one of the best books on prayer ever written. But, you need to follow her instructions to actually do chapters 1,2, & 3 before you read on. The temptation to continue reading and not doing is enormous but the result will just be confusion. Also reading her Autobiography will increase your understanding and connection with this book.
Pastor pablo alegre |
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