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The beauty of communion
Author of life divine, Who hast a table spread, Furnished with mystic wine And everlasting bread, Preserve the life Thyself has given, And feed and train us up for Heav’n. Our needy souls sustain With fresh supplies of love, Till all Thy life we gain, And all Thy fullness prove, And, strengthened by Thy perfect grace, Behold without a veil…
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A passionate prayer, a hunger for God
No longer from thy creature stay, My author and my end. The bliss thou hast for me prepared, No longer be delay’d: Come, my exceeding great reward, For whom I first was made. Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, And seal me thine abode! Let all I am in thee be lost: Let all be lost in God. — John…
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A prayer of John Wesley
O grant that nothing in my soul May dwell, but thy pure love alone! O may thy love possess me whole, My joy, my treasure, and my crown! Strange fires far my heart remove; My every act, word, thought, be love!
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Centering in on the essentials as the election approaches
This picture has been circulating on Facebook, so it must be true. 😉 I sure HOPE Wesley said this.
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John Wesley and the Hunger for Christian Perfection
Wesley summarized his search for Christian perfection in his work, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. As I work my way through this piece I find my own heart longing for this work of Christ in me. It is a lifelong journey. Without knowing it, I’ve been living out Wesley’s journey for quite some time. It is wonderful to see…
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John Wesley and Entire Sanctification
As I move through part of my Church History II class (teaching it, anyway), I am once again visiting John Wesley and his view of entire sanctification. There is a hunger he stirs up in me as I read his words. One site I came across has a wealth of Wesley’s material and I am reading my way through portions…
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