Spending time with God is at the heart of the Christian life. Really and truly making space for God to speak and for you as well is paramount for us to grow and become the people God created us to be. But let me tell you from experience that this is more easily said than… Read More A Devotional Life – Part 3
This week’s post is an answer to several questions I received recently about fasting. What is it? How do I go about it? What is the goal? What are the results? Let me start with what fasting is. As Richard Foster puts it in his book Celebration of Discipline, fasting, in the Biblical context, is… Read More The Devotional Life Series – Fasting
So, you’ve made a commitment to set aside time to focus on your relationship with God…great! Now, how do you go about it? First of all, everyone’s time will look a little different. It’s not because God is different but because we are all wired differently. Begin with what you naturally do to build relationships.… Read More The Devotional Life Series – Part 3
So what does a devotional life look like? Good question and a pretty easy one to answer. No really…it is easy to answer. We have made it way too difficult! There are too many barriers to entry that we as a people of faith have contrived in our minds that stop us from ever starting.… Read More The Devotional Life Series – Part 2
Whether you call it a quiet time, devotional, daily office, or any of a multitude of other names, the fact remains that at the core of discipleship is personal times of prayer and study. But how do we go about this? Where should we start? Are there some best practices? All of these are good… Read More Series on Devotional Life
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