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Understanding Confession Confession is the spiritual discipline that allows us to enter into the grace and mercy of God in such a way that we experience forgiveness and healing for the sins and sorrows of the past.

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Confession: A Practical Guide "Jesus taught that the damage done through sin was not the last word on life. Sin could be confessed. Sin could be forgiven. And sinful people could be set free." From _Spiritual Disciplines…

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How to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself Based on workshop notes, these thoughts from Dallas Willard explain how our closest relationships are the primary classroom for learning to love well. As we learn, we can "bring more people into the…

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Service: A Practical Guide From Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, Adele Calhoun shares about the spiritual discipline of service and the practical ways to enter into it.

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Silence Gives Power to Words The Path of Meditation John Main contends that for words to be charged with strength and power, they must spring from the silence of the Spirit in our inner being.

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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.

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Bringing Solitude into Our Lives Excerpts from: Making All Things New Henri Nouwen explains our critical need for solitude—that "strange period of uselessness"—to bring us in touch with the healing, hopeful presence of God in our lives.

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Who Thinks Like This? Dallas Willard had a profound influence on the lives of many leaders, including one young pastor you might be familiar with.

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Fasting Unto God Fasting, like all spiritual disciplines, must be initiated and led by the Spirit. Arthur Wallis counsels readers to fast only in response to the Divine invitation, shifting our focus from the…

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Fasting: A Practical Guide “Fasting is a way to lay down an appetite”— an appetite of the body, mind, or spirit. Adele Calhoun offers practical advice on the discipline of fasting as a way to surrender our desires to God for…

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The Purpose of Fasting In this excerpt from Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster helps us see that "fasting must forever center on God. It must be God-initiated and God-ordained."

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A Fasting on Criticalness Through fasting from criticalness, Catherine Marshall discovered the negative thinking that blocked creativity, love, goodwill, and mercy.