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A short and easy method of prayer guyon, madame, gavin, marguerite on. Madame guyon aimed at inducing the world to love god and to serve him with comfort and success, in a simple and easy manner. A short method of prayer, guyon gordon college faculty. Experiencing the depths of jesus christ book by jeanne marie. She shares secrets of this higher plane of fellowship with god. Madame guyon 16481717, also known as jeanne guyon, was a christian mystic and prayer warrior, who believed that ones life with christ should be centered in constant prayer. This is the present day title of jeanne guyons mega bestselling 17th century devotional book, originally titled a short and very easy method of prayer. Let me just say i love madame guyons writings but this book was so elementary that i was turned off. She talks directly to the reader in a patient voice. The sparkling gems of truth in this book were never meant to be read and put. Madame jeanne guyon says this is true in seasons of consolation or desolation. Madame guyon was a french mystic and one of the key advocates of quietism. This little book has exercised a very great influence in both secular and. A short and easy method of prayer by madam guyon free.
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