Contemplatives are making a distinction between studying God’s Word versus experiencing Him, suggesting that we cannot hear Him or really know Him simply by knowing His Word and praying to Him — we must be contemplative…. But the Bible makes it clear that the Word of God is living and active, and has always been that way! We come to love Him by filling our minds with that Word, not through a mystical practice of stopping the flow of thought….
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