Incense Amidst the Embers: The Practice of Prayer and the Warfare for Sovereign Joy
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The sources address the profound spiritual crisis of emotional numbness and spiritual apathy, offering a biblical and Reformed framework for the battle for joy when the heart grows cold. They reject modern emotionalism, passive waiting, and pragmatism, pointing instead to the ordinary, sovereign means of grace found in 1 Thessalonians 5:14-18. Here, the apostle Paul issues a tripartite command: rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all circumstances.
Historically, this mandate…
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