Tag Archive: Spiritual Disciplines

Apr 04

A Bible Reading Plan

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How many of you have ever started out to read the Bible straight through and got bogged down in Leviticus or Numbers? Or if you made it through Numbers, lost your way in first or second Kings when you realized you just read most of this in first and second Samuel (and guess what, a …

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Mar 23

The First Step in Knowing Your Savior

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How are your spiritual disciplines going? Job 23:12 says, “I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.” At the beginning of each year, I evaluate my Bible reading/study, prayer, memory verses, journaling, and fasting with the goal of improving my existing disciplines and stretching myself to grow (more time spent …

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Mar 19

The Fruit of Her Hands Book Study – Chapter Two

Walking With God In chapter one, we were challenged to examine ourselves spiritually and to compare our view of marriage with God’s view of marriage. In chapter two, Nancy points us directly to the Word Of God as our source of truth and our means of becoming a woman of the Word. While she emphasizes …

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Feb 09

Contentment: a Means of Gain

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1 Timothy 6:6, “But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.” This verse has been on my mind a lot lately. Last year, during our first installment of Coffee Talk, I spoke at length about the pursuit of disciplining ourselves for the purpose of godliness via the various spiritual disciplines. …

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Feb 03

Rain Drops of Prayer

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Every morning, as soon as I am consciously aware that it is morning and that I need to get up, I dig my face in my pillow and I ask the Lord to give me strength and His grace to whatever, aware or unaware, awaits me.  I hate to admit this, but I feel, at …

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