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01 04 Confession

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Confession

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is designed to give readers a picture of the with-God life in the Bible and the role of the Spiritual Disciplines in fostering that kind of life. Here are passages related to Confession.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 04 With God Life

Spiritual Disciplines Index: The With-God Life

These Scripture passages compiled by Dallas Willard for the Life With God Bible reveal a God who does not redeem people from far away. God is up close and personal, most especially in the person of Jesus—Immanuel, God with us.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
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Reading the Bible with the Mind and the Heart

“God not only originated the Bible through human authorship; he remains with it always. It is God’s book. No one owns it but God himself. It is the loving heart of God made visible and plain. And receiving this message of exquisite love is the great privilege of all who long for life with God.”
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
Featured July 26, 2024 (Original Mar 2005 )
12 5 Understanding The Means

Understanding the Means

This excerpt from the Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible unpacks how Spiritual Disciplines are the practical ways, the means, by which we grow in grace.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
Featured August 13, 2021 (Original Jan 2005 )
Worship

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Worship

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible. Here are passages related to worship.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Celebration

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible. Here are passages related to celebration.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
Lighthouse Guidance

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Guidance

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is designed to give readers a picture of the with-God life in the Bible and the role of the Spiritual Disciplines in fostering that kind of life. Here are passages related to Guidance, an interactive friendship with God that gives direction and purpose to daily life.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
Featured August 27, 2021 (Original Sep 2024 )
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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Solitude

What does the Bible have to say about the role of Spiritual Disciplines in nurturing our life with God and growth in grace? Here are Scripture passages related to the discipline of Solitude.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
Featured July 21, 2023 (Original Sep 2024 )
Simple Single Leaf

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Simplicity

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible. Here are passages related to simplicity and frugality.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
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A Brief Overview of the With-God Life

From the Life with God Bible, this brief overview of biblical history helps us grasp how the divine drama took concrete forms in each age as people encountered God.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
Featured November 3, 2023 (Original Sep 2024 )
Panoramic View History

A Panoramic View of God’s Purpose in History

In addition to understanding the Bible’s overarching theme in the with-God life and its transformation of the People of God, it is also helpful to view the Bible panoramically across the expanse of time.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
Featured November 29, 2021 (Original Sep 2024 )
Bible Study

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Study

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible. Here are passages related to study.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
02 09 Let Go

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Submission

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index is designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
12 2 Catching The Vision

Catching the Vision

We are sharing some recently made-available resources from the Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible. This excerpt looks at how we can begin to wrap our minds around the richness of a with-God life.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 05 Oil

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Sacrifice

We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. The Bible has many references to sacrifice—deliberately forsaking the security of satisfying our own needs with our resources in the faith and hope that God will sustain us
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 05 Secrecy

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Secrecy

We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Scripture refers often to the idea of a holy secrecy, which is “Consciously refraining from having our good deeds and qualities generally known, which, in turn, rightly disciplines our longing for recognition.”
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 05 Serivce

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Service

We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Scripture speaks often on service—that is, loving, thoughtful, active promotion of the good of others & the causes of God in our world, through which we experience the many little deaths of going beyond ourselves.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 05 Silence

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Silence

We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. These verses help us close off our souls from “sounds,” whether noise, music, or words, so that we may better still the inner chatter and clatter of our noisy hearts and be increasingly attentive to God.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 05 Prayer

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Prayer

We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Prayer is “an interactive conversation with God about what we and God are thinking and doing together.” Scripture is filled with these conversations; here is a good selection from Genesis to Revelation.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 04 Meditation

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Meditation

We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Prayerful rumination upon God, his Word, and his world fills these Scripture passages.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 04 Fellowship

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Fellowship

We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. One of the sweetest gifts of the Spirit is fellowship. Scripture guides us through this life we live together.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 04 Fasting

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Fasting

We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. From the earliest days of Israel through Revelation, God has used fasting as a way to draw his people near.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024
01 04 Chastity

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Chastity

We have broken out the topics in the Spiritual Disciplines Index for your convenience. Reflect upon the value of chastity with these verses from Scripture.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
September 7, 2024