Reading guide · Living in God’s presence
Living in God’s presence
These letters offer a place to begin if you long to carry your fellowship with the Lord into ordinary life. Tersteegen writes about remembering God while working, returning your attention to Him, and yielding to Him in the duties already before you.
Begin with the letter on God’s nearness, then read the two shorter letters on remembering Him through the day. Read slowly; a single passage may give you enough to take into prayer and daily life.
A reading guide to selected letters by Gerhard Tersteegen, translated into English by Jarred Fenlason. The introductions are editorial; each link opens a complete letter with its sources and notes.
God is near
Begin with the nearness and love of God. Tersteegen invites his reader to turn to Jesus with childlike confidence, spend time with Him in prayer, and carry that fellowship into ordinary work.
Volume I · Part II · Letter 98
Read the complete letter →Remembering Him in daily life
A brief letter on returning your attention to God, yielding to Him in household affairs, and remaining inwardly near Him while your hands are at work.
Instruction on the loving presence of God.
Volume I · Part I · Letter 143
Israel, forget Me not
Taking Isaiah 44:21 as his starting point, Tersteegen asks what occupies our attention and invites us to remember the God who would impart Himself to us in the present moment.
Upon the words: Israel, forget Me not. Isaiah 44:21.
Volume I · Part I · Letter 27