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E. Stanley Jones on Active Stillness - Wesleyan (Psalm 46:10) - Illustration on receptivity | IllustrateTheWord

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E. Stanley Jones on Active Stillness - Wesleyan (Psalm 46:10)

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"Stillness is not inactivity but receptivity—active openness to God. We choose to be still; we decide to know. Grace meets us in the stillness, but we must position ourselves there. This is spiritual discipline: regularly choosing stillness to know God more deeply." — E.

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E. Stanley Jones on Active Stillness - Wesleyan (Psalm 46:10)

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