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A Life of Prayer and Holy Obedience in a War-Wracked World A substantial piece by Richard Foster on the relationship between spiritual warfare, prayer, and holy obedience.

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Selfish Care, Self-Care, and Soul Care — What’s the Difference? Tending to Ourselves and Our Souls Part of the discipline of submission is recognizing our limitations and caring for our souls. Nathan Foster says soul care is when "we simply place ourselves in a position for God to care for us,…

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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.

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I Have Given the Keys of My House to Love In this excerpt from Devotional Classics, Catherine writes of a transcendent unity with God even in the midst of very human distractions.

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Living Inside the Lord’s Prayer In this Renovaré online course, author, teacher, and songwriter Carolyn Arends pulls back the veil of familiarity to throw fresh light on the brilliantly succinct prayer Jesus taught his disciples to…

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Defining The Incarnational Tradition: The Sacramental Life God likes matter and uses it "to make present and visible the invisible realm of the spirit". In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster invites us to live sacramentally in all…

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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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Encountering Christ in All of Scripture A Word-Centered Life, evangelical in the very best sense of that word, is one deeply grounded in Scripture. Chris Webb shares how we encounter Christ in the Bible.

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How to Intercede Like Jesus Christlike Intercession Asks More for Others Than a Quick Fix Jan Johnson's expands on insight she gained from Oswald Chambers: “What we must avoid in intercession is praying for someone to be simply ‘patched up.’ We must pray that person through into contact…

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Defining the Holiness Tradition: The Virtuous Life Discover What Holiness Is and Is Not In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster reveals the beauty of a virtuous life by laying out what holiness is and is not.

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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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Pursuing Holy Obedience From his enduring classic, A Testament of Devotion, Thomas Kelly offers four steps or guidelines to help us "commit our lives in unreserved obedience to Him."