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    Sacred Space: Cultivating Your Personal Eden in a Fallen World
    Sacred Space: Cultivating Your Personal Eden in a Fallen World
    Sacred Space: Cultivating Your Personal Eden in a Fallen World
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    Sacred Space: Cultivating Your Personal Eden in a Fallen World

    By Mercy Hope

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    There is a hidden place inside each one of us. Like a secret walled garden where we are meant to meet with the One who created us. Discovering and cultivating that sacred space is what this book is about.  

     

    Enter a tapestry of Scripture woven with deeply personal perspectives and experiences, all to evoke your spiritual hunger. 

     

    Sacred Space is not a "how to" manual. Far from it. It is an invitation to something that can never be relegated to words on a page. 

     

    Today is the day to begin reclaiming the depth of relationship that is meant to be yours with your Creator.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLittle Dozen Press
    Release dateAug 6, 2019
    ISBN9781393665717
    Sacred Space: Cultivating Your Personal Eden in a Fallen World

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      Sacred Space - Mercy Hope

      by MERCY HOPE

      Sacred Space: Cultivating Your Personal Eden in a Fallen World

      Published by 1:11 Publishing

      An imprint of Little Dozen Press

      Crystal Beach, ON, Canada

      littledozen.com

      ISBN: 978-1-927658-49-9

      Copyright © 2019 by Mercy Hope

      one11ministries.com

      one11ministries@gmail.com

      All Rights Reserved. This book, or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the publisher. Permission is granted to quote brief passages in reviews or recommendations when book title and author name are included.

      Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Holman CSB®, and HCSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

      Scripture quotations marked (NASB) taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org.

      Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      Scripture quotations marked (NIrV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Reader’s Version®, NIrV® Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIrV and New International Reader’s Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked (KJV) are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible. Public domain.

      DEDICATION

      To my Nephews and Nieces

      Since the day you were born,

      I have prayed that you would walk closely

      with your Creator all the days of your life.

      You bring so much joy to my heart.

      I love you always.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      Kim: for being a true kingdom sister

      and supporting me through every step

      of this writing process.

      Drew: for stepping in when this book

      was at a standstill and helping me sort out

      my jumble of content. You did in two days

      what I couldn’t do in two years.

      Rachel: for being more than a great editor.

      You are a true kindred.

      Carolyn: ministry alongside you has been a joy.

      My heartfelt thanks to each of you.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      AN INVITATION 

      1. THE MASTER POTTER 

      2. WHO IS JESUS TO YOU? 

      3. SACRED SPACE: A PERSONAL EDEN 

      4. THE GOSPEL OF RECONCILIATION 

      5. LEGITIMATE ACCESS TO THE GARDEN 

      6. AN ANCIENT ROMANCE 

      7. INTIMACY EQUALS ACCESS 

      8. THE LONGING OF GOD 

      9. A GARDEN IN TOWN 

      10. SACRED COMMUNITY 

      11. IN THE VOID 

      AN INVITATION

      There is a hidden place inside each one of us. Like a secret walled garden where we are meant to meet with the One who created us. Discovering and cultivating that sacred space is what this book is about. 

      Enter a tapestry of Scripture woven with deeply personal perspectives and experiences, shared to evoke your spiritual hunger.

      Sacred Space is not a how to manual. Far from it. It is an invitation to something that can never be relegated to words on a page.

      Today is the day to begin reclaiming the depth of relationship that is meant to be yours with your Creator.

      1

      THE MASTER POTTER

      Once, after I had already finished sharing my testimony of coming to know God as my Father on a radio interview, the host asked, So when did you ask Jesus into your heart?

      Um, awkward.

      See, out of fear of going to hell, I technically asked Jesus into my heart via the sinner’s prayer as a young girl many times. But that really had nothing to do with my ultimate salvation.

      You want even more awkward? I was filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke in tongues, and had God speak to me and tell me He would be a Father to me all before I actually understood the point of the cross or even who Jesus was.

      It was complicated. And that was just the first day of my journey with God. It stayed complicated.

      After all that, I went through a seven-year period where I was so disappointed and angry with God that I thought He had taken His Spirit from me. Seriously, my teen years were lousy when it came to my inner life!

      I had no perspective of the things I’ve written about in this book. The concept of sacred space wasn’t real to me yet. I couldn’t feel God or even

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