A Short and Easy Method of Prayer

Name: A Short and Easy Method of Prayer
Brand: Christianaudio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Madame Guyon
ISBN: 9781633898172

Author: Madame Guyon

Narrator: Stephanie Sandberg

Unabridged: 2 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: CCEL

Published: 12/10/2015

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Living, Prayer

Synopsis

This little book, A Short and Easy Method or Prayer, was written for a few individuals who wanted to love God with their whole hearts by Madame Guyon, a celebrated French mystical writer of the Quietist school. This book gives simple instructions in contemplative prayer, prayer without words or distinct ideas. It also encourages readers to accept all things as from God's hand. At the time of printing, which was a rather stormy era in France religious history, the work resulted in Madame Guyon being both attacked and defended by some of the most brilliant writers of her day, even resulting in her imprisonment for a time. The work continues to attract strong defenders and critics, but many find in it a fruitful way to seek God.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on May 19, 2014

Dallas Willard is viewed by many as a modern-day prophet for interior spiritual formation over exterior behaviour modification. Dallas often said that his ideas were not new and challenged his readers to examine ancient writers of centuries past to discover the foundational ideas on which he based h......more

Goodreads review by Philemon on August 10, 2022

The question is probably not whether her method is easy or hard, but rather whether we can dispense with at least some of the levels of distraction that dominate us.......more

Goodreads review by Josh Morgan on January 12, 2018

A good little book on the simplicity of coming to God in prayer. Her metaphors for the different aspects of prayer will leave you thinking for days.......more

Goodreads review by Frank on February 25, 2012

Obviously the author understood a deeper prayer that what she writes about. In this little book she is simply trying to make the reader aware of different aspects of prayer and only "hints" at the depth that is possible. She has some very interesting thoughts on suffering which readers can really ge......more

Goodreads review by Terri on June 05, 2020

It was after reading and talking about Madame Guyon that someone first called me a Christian Mystic. That term probably has all sorts of connotations depending on how it's used, but if it means someone who loves God, loves to experience God, loves communing with the Spirit of God, and knows that God......more