Though I welcome conversation around the podcast - even differing views - I can no longer allow slanderous statements to be made concerning myself or my guests. Joni is one of the most biblically-sound, Jesus-loving women I know. It’s clear that those who’ve shouted heresy haven’t listened to the interview. Joni and I talk very little about Bro Lawrence. Its all about Jesus and the intimate friendship He longs to have with us. I know the detractors are very passionate about their opinions, but we are accountable before God for the way we express it. “I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:36-37). “If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other” (Galatians 5:15). We must not do the devil’s work. For Satan is the “accuser of the brethren” (Rev 12:10). And as of today, the Accuser will no longer be given a voice on this channel.
Genesis 17:1: And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect. By walking in the presence of the Lord we are perfect. Paul writes: Pray without ceasing. By doing this we live in the presence of the Lord. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. By doing this we live in the presence of the Lord. Galatians 5:24: And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Almost everybody tells us that this is impossible. Brother Lorenz proved the contrary. Sister Joni does the same. By God's grace we can do the same through faith. God bless!
Praise the Lord Jesus! So good to hear genuine conversation from a person who is going through tough times not just temporarily but with a spinal cord injury as a spinal cord injury healthcare worker I can understand how hard it is, still I could see the joy of our Lord in our sister Joni. May the Lord bless and keep you in perfect peace! All glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
@JoannaWeaver Thank you for your response and grateful for your prayers. It's a rough journey, but God's love is far greater. Thank you for the truth of God you live by.
I’m in awe and in tears listening to Joni’s incredible journey with Jesus and her maturity of faith. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to hear how Joni relies on and practices scripture memory in times of pain. How praying unceasingly for our family and friends throughout daily life brings us into the presence of Christ. Thank you Joni, you are more special than ever to me. I will share this interview with friends in my Bible study.
Centering prayer, silence prayer etc; any of that is emptying the mind and when thats done evil angels can speak to you and influence you in a demonic fashion all under the guise of Christianity. It’s a dangerous deception. If you want to get close to Christ open His word and study it. None of this other stuff can lead you to salvation.
@@belindaschmidt9964i appreciate your opinion, but all through the Word we are told to fix our minds on Jesus, to be still and know that He is God. To meditate on His precepts, yes, but to do it in His presence, expecting Him to speak intimately to us. I don’t ascribe to anything you spoke about and nothing in this interview suggested it. Its all about drawing close to Jesus as our intimate friend and Savior. I am sorry you heard any other message. It couldn’t be further from my heart or Joni’s. May God continue to draw us all closer to Him.❤️
Thank you for sharing this I really appreciate you both and Joni is so inspiring I have several health issues n pain but compared to hers mine is so small but feels unbearable you are wonderful ladies filled with love of JESUS ❤
Ich bin an Taubheit grenzend schwerhörig seit Kindertagen. Oft habe ich angst in unbekannten Situationen, besonders, wenn ich wegen einer Untersuchung das Hörgerät beiseite legen muss. Einmal musste ich eine Untersuchung im MRT haben und die schien sich gefühlt endlos hinzuziehen, obwohl es sich nur um höchstens 15min handelte. Was habe ich gemacht ? Ich habe in Gedanken ununterbrochen den Namen Jesus gesagt und das hat mir geholfen, dass ich die Untersuchung mit mehr Ruhe durchstehen konnte.
I’m so glad we don’t have to go through things alone. Though I wish I didn’t feel afraid, Jesus understands what its like to human. And He stays right beside us through it all. Praying for you, Dorothea❤️
Was he a Roman Cstholic monk? I am a Christian and a former Roman Catholic and I do not hate any Roman Catholic. I even had a Children's Bible growing up. God Bless all who love Jesus Christ.
Your video today with one of my favorite people, Joni, speaking about another one of my favorites, Brother Lawrence, made me visit your channel for the first time. Thank you!
Beautiful conversation … God bless Joni … she has been such an encouragement … praying for her. Thank you Joanna I’m so glad I heard this today … so much needed….blessings 💐
“See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.” Colossians 2:8
Love Joni ❤️so much as well as Elisabeth Elliot ❤️ that you mention. Both of these ladies have deeply influenced my life. But Brother Lawrence was a mystic. So be careful folks.
I understand that some “mystics” were way woo-woo, but many loved God with all their hearts and enjoyed an intensely personal friendship with Him. That is what I want so I’ve learned to glean what is scripturally good and let go of the rest. Which is what we need to do with every author, mystic or not.
@@julies570 The devil warns constantly against mystics. Paul was a mystic. He made the mystery known. Romans 16:25-27: 25 Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: 27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.
Everything about monks shutting themselves away in monesteries, as they talk about "a higher power", not Christ Jesus, is abnormal to what real believers are to do on earth. We are NOT to go through life living in what look like "group homes", praising, teaching, & glorifying ourselves, in a quiet lifestyle! WHAT good does THAT do for the Lord, as we are told to "Go ye into the world, preaching and teaching the gospel."
This was si beautiful. Around the 27:00 minute mark the statement of "if we are not careful we might be asking fir a life that doesn't need God" I paraphrased a bit. But its so true
Paul writes: . Philippians 3:10-11: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, . being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
@@JoannaWeaver Acts 9:16: For I will show him (Paul) what great things he must suffer for my name's sake. We all have our share in sufferings. It is impossible to follow Christ without sufferings. 2 Corinthians 1:6: And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. From our share in sufferings we get our share in the fruit of the Spirit which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control. The Gospel is: 1. Christ died. 2. Christ was buried. 3. Christ was risen. 4. Christ was seen. Today we need mature followers of Christ which can show Christ (point 4.). This is our task. Joni does her part very well. God bless you all. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses here on RUclips. Paul: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. There is more than the crown of grace. It is the crown of righteousness! It will be a pleasure for me to greet you in Christ.
“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,” 1 Timothy 4:1
No!. When we surrender to the Lord and repent, His HolybSpirit comes to indwelling us, give us new hearts and writes God’s laws on it. Heb.8:10 and 19:16. We are continuously in His presence. We have new desires, and love Him and His Words. He leads and speaks to us.Formulas are man made methods and will only bring deceptions. We pray continuously and seek,ask,and knock at heavens door, not the door of humans. These are days of deceptions. “ A broken and contrite heart He will not despise.” Relationship with God is a heart issue.
@@janetmccree8036 I'm not sure where you heard that in this interview, Janet. We're told in scripture to "pour out our heart to God" - to bring everything we're struggling with to Him. But I don't remember either of us talking about "emptying" our heart. Nor even "emptying" our mind. It's about stilling our hearts before the Lord and making room for Him to speak. Could you point me to the time stamp and spot that bothered you?
Thank God there are not many people watching this nonsense. You cannot "Practice the presence of God" Non biblical. The Holy Spirit leads you in truth through the word of God. Shame on those referring you to Mystic Monks. No thanks. Only 68 comments well mine makes 68 and only 245 likes. Well I will add a dislike for Joanna's body language during interview as revealing and Joni for Glorifying MONKS! Better leave that alone Christians. I hear an echo in the silence so I leave now.
I completely agree that it is the Holy Spirit who leads and guides us into all truth. For me it isn’t practicing God’s presence. It is living in the reality of what’s already true! Christ IN us - our hope of glory and the source of our salvation, sanctification and everything we need. Thank You, Jesus!!!
@@JoannaWeaver: For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Now we are pupated. However: When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory. Now we are caterpillers and can fly.
@@livelovenow8862I honor and appreciate your beliefs on this matter, but respectfully point you to other scripture that don’t speak of the Eucharist as the path to His presence. Many that don’t link the practice to His presence at all. Jesus said, “I will be with you always, even to the end of the age.” And the whole of the New Testament teaches us that He dwells in our hearts by faith and through His Holy Spirit. Communion is a holy and important practice that Christ called us to so that we “Do this in remembrance of me.”
@@JoannaWeaver I used to be a Pentecostal street preacher. The Holy Spirit led me to a Catholic Church where I opened the door and He was in the room coming from the tabernacle. It was not my small belief cause I had no prior knowledge.
Wow. I figured that you ladies had to be Catholic because you're following the practice of a lowly Catholic monk. Maybe you could check out the Catholic teaching on "redemptive suffering." Trust me, Brother Lawrence believed in redemptive suffering. God bless you all! ❤️😇😁
Thank you for sharing. A few clarifications…neither Joni or I follow his practices, but we’ve gleaned from them. And I believe that Christ’s suffering is my only redemption - nothing more is needed. But I’m grateful that God harnesses suffering and works His purposes in our lives, giving us everything we need to persevere so that we come out of the fire shining like gold.
@@JoannaWeaverBrother Lawrence’s “practices” seems to have been solely practising the Presence of Christ. If Joni did not follow this, e.g. practicing the Presence, why write her book??
@@sandracoombs2255For me, Brother Lawrence’s book was not a “practice” I followed. It didn’t give me a formula, instead it awakened my heart to what was ALREADY TRUE!!! Jesus lives within me. I simply need to acknowledge His presence and develop the habit of a continual conversation with Him! That’s what Joni and I talked about and what Bro Lawrence inspired for both of us. It isn’t a ritual but a relationship. This is the rich inheritance we’ve been given yet so many people miss it.
Though I welcome conversation around the podcast - even differing views - I can no longer allow slanderous statements to be made concerning myself or my guests.
Joni is one of the most biblically-sound, Jesus-loving women I know.
It’s clear that those who’ve shouted heresy haven’t listened to the interview. Joni and I talk very little about Bro Lawrence. Its all about Jesus and the intimate friendship He longs to have with us.
I know the detractors are very passionate about their opinions, but we are accountable before God for the way we express it.
“I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:36-37).
“If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other” (Galatians 5:15).
We must not do the devil’s work. For Satan is the “accuser of the brethren” (Rev 12:10).
And as of today, the Accuser will no longer be given a voice on this channel.
Genesis 17:1:
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.
By walking in the presence of the Lord we are perfect.
Paul writes:
Pray without ceasing.
By doing this we live in the presence of the Lord.
In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
By doing this we live in the presence of the Lord.
Galatians 5:24:
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Almost everybody tells us that this is impossible.
Brother Lorenz proved the contrary.
Sister Joni does the same.
By God's grace we can do the same through faith.
God bless!
So grateful the Holy Spirit gives us the privilege and the power to live in His presence.🙂
@@bernhardbauer5301amen!
Praise the Lord Jesus! So good to hear genuine conversation from a person who is going through tough times not just temporarily but with a spinal cord injury as a spinal cord injury healthcare worker I can understand how hard it is, still I could see the joy of our Lord in our sister Joni.
May the Lord bless and keep you in perfect peace! All glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
It really is so inspiring and such a testimony to God’s amazing grace!!
"We certainly wouldn't know Him if we didn't need Him." Thanks, Joni!
Amen! So true.
@@JoannaWeaver I love and admire you for replying to every comment (and handling attacks so well)!🤗
@@lisaforte1575thank you! That means a lot🙂
That's a truth, thankfully, He frequently reminds us of... Acts 14:22❤❤❤
Joni has been a HUGE encourager for me while I resist by faith, breast cancer, and neuropathy from the effects of chemo. Grateful for your ministry
She really is a faith builder, isn’t she? Praying for God’s sweet grace to continue to wrap around you and give you strength, Maria.
@JoannaWeaver Thank you for your response and grateful for your prayers. It's a rough journey, but God's love is far greater. Thank you for the truth of God you live by.
@@MariaRamos-uw6ixyou will be in my prayers, new friend❤️
@JoannaWeaver My heart is truly humbled 😌 🙏 . Thank you for sharing your God-given love for me through your prayers. God bless you, my sister 🙏 ❤️
I love praying 🎉 and I'm so blessed to be God's child
He is so very very good!
I’m in awe and in tears listening to Joni’s incredible journey with Jesus and her maturity of faith. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to hear how Joni relies on and practices scripture memory in times of pain. How praying unceasingly for our family and friends throughout daily life brings us into the presence of Christ. Thank you Joni, you are more special than ever to me. I will share this interview with friends in my Bible study.
I’m so glad it blessed you, Tanya. I feel the sane about Joni! Such a treasure and example.
Many thanks Joanna, and many blessings to you as you bring Christ’s presence to us through your very special interview skills
@@tanyashalaby9092aww, that’s so kind. It is certainly my prayer.
This is helping me through my season of pain. Brain tumor remains as does hip pain and recent trauma from husbands health problems.
Praying you and your hubby, Jeanne. Lord, wrap Your arms around them both and bring healing to heart, soup and mind. Amen.
You are not alone, he is always there by your side ❤
@@Sam-xr3noamen!
Centering prayer, silence prayer etc; any of that is emptying the mind and when thats done evil angels can speak to you and influence you in a demonic fashion all under the guise of Christianity. It’s a dangerous deception.
If you want to get close to Christ open His word and study it. None of this other stuff can lead you to salvation.
@@belindaschmidt9964i appreciate your opinion, but all through the Word we are told to fix our minds on Jesus, to be still and know that He is God. To meditate on His precepts, yes, but to do it in His presence, expecting Him to speak intimately to us. I don’t ascribe to anything you spoke about and nothing in this interview suggested it. Its all about drawing close to Jesus as our intimate friend and Savior. I am sorry you heard any other message. It couldn’t be further from my heart or Joni’s. May God continue to draw us all closer to Him.❤️
Thank you for sharing this I really appreciate you both and Joni is so inspiring I have several health issues n pain but compared to hers mine is so small but feels unbearable you are wonderful ladies filled with love of JESUS ❤
All pain is painful and requires an extra dose of God’s strength and grace. Praying for you, my friend ❤
Powerful conversation! I enjoyed this so much !
Praise the Lord!
Thank you so much❤.
Glad it spoke to your heart ❤️
I am encouraged to trust the Lord even more. 😊
Praise the Lord!!
Amen 🙏🏽
Thank you for watching!
Ich bin an Taubheit grenzend schwerhörig seit Kindertagen. Oft habe ich angst in unbekannten Situationen, besonders, wenn ich wegen einer Untersuchung das Hörgerät beiseite legen muss. Einmal musste ich eine Untersuchung im MRT haben und die schien sich gefühlt endlos hinzuziehen, obwohl es sich nur um höchstens 15min handelte.
Was habe ich gemacht ? Ich habe in Gedanken ununterbrochen den Namen Jesus gesagt und das hat mir geholfen, dass ich die Untersuchung mit mehr Ruhe durchstehen konnte.
I’m so glad we don’t have to go through things alone. Though I wish I didn’t feel afraid, Jesus understands what its like to human. And He stays right beside us through it all. Praying for you, Dorothea❤️
Was he a Roman Cstholic monk? I am a Christian and a former Roman Catholic and I do not hate any Roman Catholic. I even had a Children's Bible growing up. God Bless all who love Jesus Christ.
Amen! Jesus is the main thing.
Amen call upon the Lord and He will answer you and u will be saved
Yes!
Your video today with one of my favorite people, Joni, speaking about another one of my favorites, Brother Lawrence, made me visit your channel for the first time. Thank you!
Welcome, Bonnie! So glad you stopped by.😃
Beautiful conversation … God bless Joni … she has been such an encouragement … praying for her. Thank you Joanna I’m so glad I heard this today … so much needed….blessings 💐
She really is such an incredible blessing!
Joanna, really loved your thoughts as well. Thank you 🙏🏽
Thank you!
“See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.”
Colossians 2:8
Amen!
Awesome
So glad you enjoyed it, Sheryl!
Thank you Joanna, for having Joni on.
Thank you Joni for sharing about this. So helpful 🙏🏽
So glad it spoke to your heart!
Love Joni ❤️so much as well as Elisabeth Elliot ❤️ that you mention. Both of these ladies have deeply influenced my life. But Brother Lawrence was a mystic. So be careful folks.
I understand that some “mystics” were way woo-woo, but many loved God with all their hearts and enjoyed an intensely personal friendship with Him. That is what I want so I’ve learned to glean what is scripturally good and let go of the rest. Which is what we need to do with every author, mystic or not.
A mystic is someone who loves God ❤️ 😍 😅
@@julies570
The devil warns constantly against mystics.
Paul was a mystic.
He made the mystery known.
Romans 16:25-27:
25 Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.
Everything about monks shutting themselves away in monesteries, as they talk about "a higher power", not Christ Jesus, is abnormal to what real believers are to do on earth. We are NOT to go through life living in what look like "group homes", praising, teaching, & glorifying ourselves, in a quiet lifestyle! WHAT good does THAT do for the Lord, as we are told to "Go ye into the world, preaching and teaching the gospel."
This was si beautiful. Around the 27:00 minute mark the statement of "if we are not careful we might be asking fir a life that doesn't need God"
I paraphrased a bit. But its so true
Thanks for watching, Bettina! Grateful it spoke to your heart.
Thank you so very much my Sisters 🫂🙏🏻✝️🙌
You are so welcome! Praying that God continues to draw you closer and closer to Him❤️
Oh I Lov Joni ❤❤❤❤
I do, too!❤
Paul writes: .
Philippians 3:10-11:
That I may know him,
and the power of his resurrection,
and the fellowship of his sufferings, .
being made conformable
unto his death;
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Amen, Bernhard!
@@JoannaWeaver
Acts 9:16:
For I will show him (Paul) what great things he must suffer for my name's sake. We all have our share in sufferings. It is impossible to follow Christ without sufferings.
2 Corinthians 1:6:
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
From our share in sufferings we get our share in the fruit of the Spirit which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control.
The Gospel is:
1. Christ died.
2. Christ was buried.
3. Christ was risen.
4. Christ was seen.
Today we need mature followers of Christ which can show Christ
(point 4.). This is our task.
Joni does her part very well.
God bless you all.
Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life,
to which you are also called,
and have professed a good profession before many witnesses here on RUclips.
Paul:
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:
and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
There is more than the crown of grace. It is the crown of righteousness! It will be a pleasure for me to greet you in Christ.
“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,”
1 Timothy 4:1
Please keep us from evil, Lord Jesus. You are the One and Only way to the Father. You and You alone.
Keeping the kitchen clean is very important and not menial
I agree! It can even be a sanctuary for God’s glory🙂
No!. When we surrender to the Lord and repent, His HolybSpirit comes to indwelling us, give us new hearts and writes God’s laws on it. Heb.8:10 and 19:16. We are continuously in His presence. We have new desires, and love Him and His Words. He leads and speaks to us.Formulas are man made methods and will only bring deceptions. We pray continuously and seek,ask,and knock at heavens door, not the door of humans. These are days of deceptions. “ A broken and contrite heart He will not despise.” Relationship with God is a heart issue.
Amen! No formulas, only Jesus and living in and from His presence.
Absolutely, nothing else is necessary and certainly not these thoughts from a seventeenth century monk.
@@gracepilditch9388they have been a blessing to me - a reminder of God’s very real presence and the invitation that is ours to walk daily with Him.
This is not biblical.Emptying your heart is not right.
@@janetmccree8036 I'm not sure where you heard that in this interview, Janet. We're told in scripture to "pour out our heart to God" - to bring everything we're struggling with to Him. But I don't remember either of us talking about "emptying" our heart. Nor even "emptying" our mind. It's about stilling our hearts before the Lord and making room for Him to speak. Could you point me to the time stamp and spot that bothered you?
Thank God there are not many people watching this nonsense. You cannot "Practice the presence of God" Non biblical. The Holy Spirit leads you in truth through the word of God. Shame on those referring you to Mystic Monks. No thanks. Only 68 comments well mine makes 68 and only 245 likes. Well I will add a dislike for Joanna's body language during interview as revealing and Joni for Glorifying MONKS! Better leave that alone Christians. I hear an echo in the silence so I leave now.
I completely agree that it is the Holy Spirit who leads and guides us into all truth. For me it isn’t practicing God’s presence. It is living in the reality of what’s already true! Christ IN us - our hope of glory and the source of our salvation, sanctification and everything we need. Thank You, Jesus!!!
@@JoannaWeaver:
For you are dead,
and your life is hid
with Christ
in God.
Now we are pupated.
However:
When Christ,
who is our life,
shall appear,
then shall you also appear
with him in glory.
Now we are caterpillers and can fly.
Joanna Weaver dominated the conversation. It was very disappointing that Joni was given so little time to share with the audience.
That is definitely one of my weaknesses. It’s something I need to work on. Thanks for watching.
I'm Catholic we eat the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. So empowering😙
So grateful for His ever-present presence❤
@@JoannaWeaver His soul is only in the Eucharist though he is mystically present everywhere. “Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood”.
@@livelovenow8862I honor and appreciate your beliefs on this matter, but respectfully point you to other scripture that don’t speak of the Eucharist as the path to His presence. Many that don’t link the practice to His presence at all. Jesus said, “I will be with you always, even to the end of the age.” And the whole of the New Testament teaches us that He dwells in our hearts by faith and through His Holy Spirit. Communion is a holy and important practice that Christ called us to so that we “Do this in remembrance of me.”
@@JoannaWeaver I used to be a Pentecostal street preacher. The Holy Spirit led me to a Catholic Church where I opened the door and He was in the room coming from the tabernacle. It was not my small belief cause I had no prior knowledge.
@@livelovenow8862thank you for sharing your experience. God bless you.
Wow. I figured that you ladies had to be Catholic because you're following the practice of a lowly Catholic monk. Maybe you could check out the Catholic teaching on "redemptive suffering." Trust me, Brother Lawrence believed in redemptive suffering. God bless you all! ❤️😇😁
Thank you for sharing. A few clarifications…neither Joni or I follow his practices, but we’ve gleaned from them. And I believe that Christ’s suffering is my only redemption - nothing more is needed.
But I’m grateful that God harnesses suffering and works His purposes in our lives, giving us everything we need to persevere so that we come out of the fire shining like gold.
@@JoannaWeaverAmen🎉
@@JoannaWeaverBrother Lawrence’s “practices” seems to have been solely practising the Presence of Christ. If Joni did not follow this, e.g. practicing the Presence, why write her book??
@@sandracoombs2255For me, Brother Lawrence’s book was not a “practice” I followed. It didn’t give me a formula, instead it awakened my heart to what was ALREADY TRUE!!! Jesus lives within me. I simply need to acknowledge His presence and develop the habit of a continual conversation with Him! That’s what Joni and I talked about and what Bro Lawrence inspired for both of us. It isn’t a ritual but a relationship. This is the rich inheritance we’ve been given yet so many people miss it.