Author: Pam R

When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.John…

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”John 8:31-32 NLT *** The love of God again makes us free, for it draws us to set a low value on those things…

For you are the fountain of life,the light by which we see.Psalm 36:9 NLT Because of God’s tender mercy,the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,and to guide us to the path of peace.”Luke 1:78-79 NLT *** The…

Holding someone in the light is a form of intercessory prayer with visualization that sees the other in God’s perfect light. I am holding you in the Light. We Quakers say that when we intend to pray for someone, when we want for someone what God wants for them – peace and healing and well-being…

Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in the light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going. Put your trust in the light while there is still time; then you will become children of the light.”John…

The Key to the Faith and Practice of the Religious Society of Friends states that the Inward Light is “both the historical, living Jesus, and as the Grace of God extended to people that simultaneously makes us conscious of our sins, forgives them, and gives us the strength and the will to overcome them” and “teaches…

Look not out, but within… Remember it is a still voice that speaks to us in this day, and that it is not to be heard in the noises and hurries of the mind; but it is distinctly understood in a retired frame.William Penn, 1644-1718 *** When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face…

And [God] said, Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was…

Simplicity is forgetfulness of self and remembrance of our humble status as waiting servants of God. (qfp.quaker.org.uk) *** Simplicity is the name we give to our effort to free ourselves to give full attention to God’s still, small voice: the sum of our efforts to subtract from our lives everything that competes with God for…

In Quaker practice, “quietness” refers to a deep, expectant stillness in worship — not just the absence of sound, but a state of inward stillness and openness to the presence of God. It is central to Quaker spirituality and worship. *** There is a quiet, open place in the depths of the mind, to which we can…