View of God · Reading habits · When to pray for healing

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In this month’s episode of Friends in Formation, Richella, James, and Nate answer listener questions about wrestling with unhealthy views of God, habits that can help us read deeply, and whether to pray for someone’s healing right away, or only after feeling led to do so.

Show Notes

[1:10] A.W. Tozer opens his Knowledge of the Holy with, ​“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” Dallas Willard wrote that if our view of God does not allow us to wholly give ourselves to God in love, you need to rethink your theology until it does. Question: what significant view of God have you wrestled with successfully?

[14:59] Have you experienced integration over the years in your written conversations: in devotional reading, in journaling… and in the two intertwined?

[28:02] Should you wait until you feel led to pray for someone’s healing, or should you jump right in and just do it?

Resources

• Atomic Habits, by James Clear
• Abandonment to Divine Providence, Jean-Pierre de Caussade
• The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God, A. W. Tozer
• For more on ​“view of God,” see also:
  • Discovering our Spiritual Identity: Practices for God’s Beloved, by Trevor Hudson
  • The Good and Beautiful God, by James Bryan Smith