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It relies on the New King James Version of the Bible, and has become a series of Christian devotional journals, calendars, and children's books. [2] The title is taken from one of Chambers's sermons, where he says "Shut out every consideration and keep yourself before God for this one thing only - My Utmost for His Highest". [2]
The French author Jean de La Fontaine also adapted the first of these fables as Le chartier embourbé (Fables VI.18) and draws the moral Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera (Help yourself and Heaven will help you too). [11] A little earlier, George Herbert had included "Help thyself, and God will help thee" in his proverb collection, Jacula Prudentum ...
Upper Room Ministries began emailing the Upper Room daily devotional guide in 1997. In the years following, many Christian organizations began adding a daily devotional to their website. The following is an incomplete list of daily devotional services available through recognized Christian organizations. Campus Crusade for Christ; Crosswalk.com
With the words "I wish to act in truth, making my confession both in my heart before you and in this book before the many who will read it" in Book X Chapter 1, [15] Augustine both confesses his sins and glorifies God through humility in His grace, the two meanings that define "confessions", [16] in order to reconcile his imperfections not only ...
Michael G. Sargent has written likewise of how affective devotional practices have a long history in the reading and meditative practices (the lectio divina) of Western Monasticism, [101] and Nicholas Watson has described the standard narrative as it relates to Middle English mystical literature as "perhaps suspiciously straightforward."
The devotional approach of The Imitation of Christ emphasises the interior life and withdrawal from the mundanities of the world, as opposed to the active imitation of Christ practised by other friars. [1] The devotions of the books emphasize devotion to the Eucharist as the key element of spiritual life. [1]
Christian devotional literature (also called devotionals or Christian living literature) is religious writing that Christian individuals read for their personal growth and spiritual formation. [1] Such literature often takes the form of Christian daily devotionals . [ 2 ]
Thomas à Kempis, CRV (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471; [2] German: Thomas von Kempen; Dutch: Thomas van Kempen [3]) was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, published anonymously in Latin in the Netherlands c. 1418 –1427, one of the most popular and best known Christian ...