Category Archives: Rest

ANSWERED PRAYER

The reason for peace is that there is nothing to fear. While there is something to fear, there is no peace. Once the peace has descended upon us, the prayer is complete; … The feeling of peace is the successful … Continue reading

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GRACE

God is within you now, and you are in God now; you already have God’s presence where you are; but it is your conscious remembrance of that Presence which brings it into manifestation. The light is attained in that moment … Continue reading

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PERFECT PASSIVITY

There is a perfect passivity which is not indolence. It is a living stillness born of trust. There are some things which we are to do ourselves, but there are others which God does not expect us to do. … … Continue reading

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REST – Part 2

I wonder if you have ever noticed that no biblical poet or prophet sets the thought of God’s greatness over against the thought of man’s littleness in order to make man feel insignificant and of no consequence. On the contrary, … Continue reading

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SANCTUARY

If men always maintained a sanctuary of the spirit in the inner life, it would not be necessary to seek “the silence” self-consciously. It is inner silence as a habit that is desirable. The ideal is to penetrate beyond mere … Continue reading

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PEACE

Whatever your problem, begin in the same way. Start with the realisation that God is present within and around you, and so enter into the realisation of the divine presence that it shall be a living reality to you, a … Continue reading

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GOD’S PART

There are some things which we are to do ourselves, but there are others which God does not expect us to do. (… I speak of ourselves as the conscious part of us.) They are His part, and our greatest … Continue reading

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LIVING STILLNESS

There is a perfect passivity which is not indolence. It is a living stillness born of trust. In this effort of ours to bring into manifestation the good which we know belongs to every child of God, it is when … Continue reading

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SABBATH

As we meet with problems of every nature–conflicts, enemies, hatred, persecution, injustice–we no longer try to reach out to remove them either physically or mentally, but we rest in His word. We rest from all power, and God works the … Continue reading

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PERFECT CREATION – PERFECT PSALM

There is a short simple Psalm–the twenty-third, written by an ancient Palestine shepherd in shepherd’s pictorial language, which through the centuries has impressed almost all types of minds as a picture of life that belongs in the list of perfect … Continue reading

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