God has destined you to live in the joyful
radiance of Himself, just as Adam was designed to live in the realm
of Eden. Ecstasy, or “extasis,” is the Greek term for trance, and is linked with a
pleasurable, God-given state of out-of-body experience recorded
throughout the New Testament and the church age. Starting with the
apostles’ ecstatic experiences on Pentecost, the Book of Acts
further records trances in the lives of Peter, Paul and John. From
the early church to the Christian mystics of the Middle Ages – and
the famous revivalists of centuries present, God’s movements on the
earth have always been marked by these supernatural experiences.
In The Ecstasy of
Loving God, John Crowder takes us on a journey
from Old Testament ecstatic prophets such as Samuel and Elijah, to
the future ecstatics who will usher in a massive wave of harvest
Glory to the streets in these last days. God has always wanted a
people who live in the Heavens, even as they walk on the Earth. And
the world is hungry for the demonstration of a gospel of
supernatural power that flows from a life of divine pleasure. More
than a state of mind, you will see how the nature of God’s ecstasy
is found in the joy, bliss and inner raptures of His presence. In
this book, you will be encouraged to drink from the river of His pleasure! (Ps.
36:8)
In this book, you will:
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Learn the history of trances in revival in the
ministries of Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, George Whitefield,
Maria Woodworth Etter and others.
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Understand different levels of contemplative/interior
prayer and gain a Biblical understanding of Christian
mysticism.
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Explore the ecstatic states of prayer,
spiritual trances and learn to walk in a place of continual joy and
pleasure before the Father.
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See the supernatural, miraculous phenomena that has
occurred during ecstasy in the lives of the saints.
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Be refreshed by the new wine of God’s Spirit, and
revolutionize your life by being overtaken by the joy of the
finished works of the gospel!
What others are saying about
The Ecstasy of Loving God:
The
Church has long been amiss in not understanding ecstasy, indeed
nearly all our high experiences in our Lord’s loving presence. We
tend to revile what we don’t understand (see Jude 10). We have often
reacted to the word ecstasy as though it means some kind of
off-kilter wildness that needs to be avoided in the name of common
sense and balance. John Crowder’s book dispels fear and gives
historical understanding and wisdom, properly enticing all of us
into loving encounters with our Lord. In this time, when the Holy
Spirit is calling us all into intimacy with the Lord Jesus Christ,
this book is greatly needed and should be welcomed by all Christians
who seek His face.
John
Sandford
Cofounder, Elijah House Ministries
Combining
a depth of historical research and passion for Jesus, John Crowder
brings together a rare blend for an emerging generation voice. His
writings inspire me, challenge me, and make me turn my head. His
calling to take the historical orthodoxy of the Holy Spirit packaged
into a “today’s style” is an amazing work of
art.
James W. Goll
Cofounder, Encounters Network and Prayer
Storm Director
John
Crowder is an inspiration to the emerging generation. He lives a
supernatural lifestyle rooted in years of deep study of church
history and the Word. He challenges the mindsets of our time to
release us into the very fullness of Christ. His messages are
stretching, revelatory, and revolutionary. We highly commend him to
you and know that this book is a timely revelation of the intimate
realm God is calling His end-time Church to embrace. Get ready to
experience a deeper union with Jesus than you’ve known before and to
see Him work great supernatural exploits through your life. You are
part of the generation that creation has been groaning for. This is
your time to arise and shine to see nations changed
forever.
Justin Abraham
Cofounder, Emerge Wales
God
is opening up to us the mystic realm like never before. I was like a
child in a candy store reading John’s last book, The New
Mystics. It so resonated with what I saw God wanted to release
to this generation. The Ecstasy of Loving God builds
powerfully upon John’s last publication and opens up to us even more
in our day that which is ours by inheritance. After reading this
book, you will be inspired to enjoy Him like never before and to
press for greater dimensions of the Kingdom of
God to manifest
in your life. John and Lily Crowder are great friends and mentors to
our family and are real pioneers of the new things which God is
releasing in these days.
David Vaughan
Cofounder, Emerge Wales
John
Crowder is a revolutionary writer and speaker that carries a message
of a heart overwhelmed and immersed with divine pleasure, and I am
honored to call him a friend.
Benjamin Dunn
Joy Revolution
Human
beings are hard-wired for pleasure. Our native habitat is Eden,
Hebrew for pleasure. Outside of pleasure, we suffer
the stress of an alien and painful environment—the
world. Through the ages, mystics and prophets have escaped the
system by passing through the veil into a state of holy love and
boundless pleasure in God. Plunge into the joy of mystical
communion! John’s excellent scholarship and profound insights invite
you into the pleasure-glory realms of God’s
love!
Charles
Stock
Senior Pastor, Life Center
Ministries
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
John
Crowder has always been someone I have respected and loved. He is
more than a public persona, he is a deep, sincere individual who
genuinely wants the real thing. His previous book, The
New Mystics, was truly groundbreaking, and I actually used it
as a personal devotional, wanting to read it slowly, daily, as to
not rush through it, but really absorb it. As with everything God
does, we go from glory to glory. The Ecstasy of Loving God
is no exception to that principle, and you will be blessed as you
read it. Congratulations, John, on another pioneering
work!
David Tomberlin
David Tomberlin
Ministries
Chapters
include:
PART I —
Created for Pleasure
Chapter 1: A Covenant of Bliss
Chapter 2: Love
God and Do Whatever
Chapter 3: The House of Wine
PART II
— Living in the Bliss
Chapter 4: The God of Play
Chapter 5: High on Jesus
Chapter 6: Dispensers of the Glory
PART III
— A History of Trances
Chapter 7: From Biblical Prophets to the Outer
Fringes
Chapter 8: Trances, Fits and Enthusiasm in Revival
Chapter 9: Recovering the Experience of Trance
PART IV
— The Way of Ecstatic Prayer
Chapter 10: Four Stages of Interior Prayer
Chapter 11: The Distinguishing Marks of Ecstasy
Chapter 12: The Supernatural Phenomena of Ecstasy
Chapter 13: Levitation in Ecstasy
PART V —
Mass Glory Movements
Chapter 14: The Awakening
Chapter 15: The New Martyrs
Chapter 16: The Final
Wave
