Guyon believed that one should pray all the time, and that in whatever one does, one should be spending time with God. "Prayer is the key of perfection and of sovereign happiness; it is the efficacious means of getting rid of all vices and of acquiring all virtues; for the way to become perfect is to live in the presence of God. He tells us this Himself: "walk before me, and be thou perfect" Genesis 17:1. Prayer alone can bring you into His presence, and keep you there continually." As she wrote in one of her poems: "There was a period when I chose, A time and place for prayer ...But now I seek that constant prayer, In inward stillness known ..."
- ISBN10 1300239557
- ISBN13 9781300239550
- Publish Date 26 September 2012 (first published 1 August 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English