Bible Study: Reading, studying, meditating upon, and memorizing God's words. Article: "Much of what falls into the category of Bible study these days can serve to keep Scripture...at a distance...We anatomize Scripture, breaking it down into component pieces and categories, but we struggle to see it as a wholeBut while the modern impulse is to study the Bible like one mi...
Keep ReadingFasting:Abstaining from food or other things you hunger for in order to hunger more deeply for God. Article: "Christian fasting, at its root, is hungering for GodHalf of Christian fasting is that our physical appetite is lost because our hunger for God is so intense. The other half is that our hunger for God is threatened because our physical appetites are so intense. I...
Keep ReadingPrayer:Talking to and listening to God; asking for His will to be done on earth, and interceding on behalf of others. Article: "The Spirit's deepest desire is to glorify God and draw us into His presence. Although being empowered to be Jesus' people in a broken world is certainly a large part of how the Spirit moves in power in our life...the eternal desire of the Spiri...
Keep ReadingSolitude: Spending extended time on your own with God away from other people. Article: William Temple said: "Your religion is what you do with your solitude" What does that mean? When you don't have to think of anything, where does your mind go? What do you most like to think about? What do you most enjoy daydreaming about? What gives you the most comfort to fantas...
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