Face to Face Quotes

“Ignorance of God and of His heart and His written Word, lie at the bottom of much aimless prayer.”
― Jessie Penn-Lewis, Face to Face: Glimpses into the Inner Life of Moses the Man of God

“Would that we had learnt thus to be God’s ambassadors, and to be so self-effaced while delivering the message, that the souls to whom we are sent know they have to deal with God, and not with His messengers.  Alas! it is to be feared that many of us have scarcely learnt the first elements of spiritual service.”
― Jessie Penn-Lewis, Face to Face: Glimpses into the Inner Life of Moses the Man of God

“It is not a light thing to be called “a friend of God”!  It doubtless cost Abraham many tears, and hours of conflict as “against hope” he “believed in hope” that God would fulfil His word.  It cost Moses much to stand unflinchingly true to God in the face of Israel’s sufferings and Pharaoh’s parleying.”
― Jessie Penn-Lewis, Face to Face: Glimpses into the Inner Life of Moses the Man of God