For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.

To have a sensitive heart receptive to divine love, we must keep our consciences clear as we live for God (1 Tim 1:5,19).

Scripture: Eph 3:17-18; 2 Cor 1:3; Ps 3:3; 119:11; 59:16; 1 Tim 1:5,19; Matt 11:30; 1 John 4:7; Song 2:16; Isa 5:1; 1 Cor 13:4-7.

Other passages referred to in my podcast: Isa 40:30-31; 2 Cor 6:3-10.

Application areas: 

• anger
• gluttony
• lust
• alcohol & drugs
• impulse buying
• laziness
• loud attention seeking

For more on keeping a pure conscience, listen to the CLEAN series. 

To download a .pdf version of an alternate (an older) translation of The Imitation of Christ, click here.

Cool à Kempis quote: You do not grow in holiness because of the praise you receive, nor do you become evil because of the blame poured upon you.