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Introduction to the Spiritual Life

Author : Brant Pitre
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0525572767
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to the Spiritual Life written by Brant Pitre and published by Image. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling exploration of the biblical foundations, contemplative practices, and spiritual path of Jesus himself—from the bestselling author of The Case for Jesus “What happens when a biblical theologian explores classic spirituality? This book. Pitre’s students have asked, Why have we never heard this before? The reader wonders the same.”—Dr. David Fagerberg, author of Liturgical Mysticism The path of following Jesus is an ancient and storied spiritual tradition. Yet many believers are not familiar with the three major forms of prayer and the three stages of spiritual growth that exist to bring them closer to God. In his most personal book yet, Brant Pitre, PhD, draws on the riches of the Bible, the words of Jesus, and the writings of mystics across the centuries to shed light on the mystery—and wonder—of the spiritual life. Starting with the age-old belief that the path of prayer is not only informative but transformative, Dr. Pitre explores • the scriptural roots of the major forms of prayer: vocal prayer, meditation, and contemplation • the purgative, illuminative, and unitive stages of spiritual growth • the spiritual exercises of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving • the Jewish roots of the Lord’s Prayer • Lectio Divina: how to pray with the Bible • seven vices and their seven opposing virtues • the battle of prayer: how to deal with difficulty and distractions • the “dark night of the soul” in the Scriptures Full of sacred truths, contemplative insights, and practical steps, Introduction to the Spiritual Life is a biblical road map of the spiritual landscape that enables us to follow Jesus as our primary guide.

The Spiritual Life and Prayer

Author : Cecile Bruyere
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 157910262X
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book The Spiritual Life and Prayer written by Cecile Bruyere and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2002-06-19 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life

Author : Robert Spitzer
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1681491842
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life written by Robert Spitzer and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, espoused the ideal of becoming "contemplatives in action." He was convinced that contemplation (the deep awareness and appropriation of the unconditional love of God) should affect our actions, and that our actions need to be brought back to contemplation. These five dimensions of the spiritual life: (1) the Holy Eucharist, (2) spontaneous prayer, (3) the Beatitudes, (4) partnership with the Holy Spirit, and (5) the contemplative life itself, generally do not develop simultaneously or even in parallel ways. Some develop very quickly, but do not achieve significant depth; while others develop quite slowly, but seem to be almost unending in the depth of wisdom, trust, hope, virtue, and love they engender. The best way of explaining this is to look at each of the pillars individually. Before doing this, however, it is indispensable for each of us to acknowledge (at least intellectually) the fundamental basis for Christian contemplation, namely, the unconditional Love of God. Jesus taught us to address God as Abba. If God really is Abba; if His love is like the father of the prodigal son; if Jesus' passion and Eucharist are confirmations of that unconditional Love; if God really did so love the world that He sent His only begotten Son into the world not to condemn us, but to save us and bring us to eternal life (Jn 3:16-19); if nothing really can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus (Rm 8:31-39); and if God really has prepared us "to grasp fully, with all the holy ones, the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ's love, and experience this love which surpasses all understanding, so that we may attain to the fullness of God Himself" (Eph 3:18-20), then God's love is unconditional, and it is, therefore, the foundation for unconditional trust and unconditional hope. There can be nothing more important than contemplating, affirming, appropriating, and living in this Unconditional Love. This is the purpose of contemplation; indeed, the purpose of the spiritual life itself.

A Praying Life

Author : Paul E. Miller
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1631468812
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book A Praying Life written by Paul E. Miller and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 500,000 copies sold! Updated and expanded! Prayer is hard. Often, unless circumstances demand it—such as an illness or saying grace before a meal—most of us simply do not pray. This kind of prayerlessness can leave us with a distressed spirit and practical unbelief characterized by fear, anxiety, joylessness, and spiritual depression. A Praying Life is a prayer guide that has encouraged thousands of Christians to pursue a vibrant prayer life full of joy and power and has helped them learn how to pray faithfully and courageously. A life of prayer invites you to a life of connection to God. When Jesus describes the intimacy that He seeks with us, He talks about joining us for dinner (Revelation 3:20). This book reminds readers that prayer is simply making conversation with God a rhythm of daily Christian life. A Praying Life includes chapters about: How to deal with unanswered prayer How to start a prayer journal Does prayer make a difference? Now with added chapters addressing prayers of lament and further guidance for using prayer cards, Paul Miller invites you to foster prayer that regularly hopes, trusts, and expects God to act. Learn to develop helpful habits and approaches to prayer that will enable you to return to a childlike faith and witness spiritual growth today! “This book will be like having the breath of God at your back. Let it lift you to new hope.” —Dan B. Allender, PhD, author of Bold Love

Inwardly Digest

Author : Derek A. Olsen
Publisher : Forward Movement Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780880284325
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Inwardly Digest written by Derek A. Olsen and published by Forward Movement Publications. This book was released on 2016 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily spiritual practice takes dedication and discipline, and we often wonder where to start and how to keep it from feeling like yet another task on our to-do list. In this grounded, practical book, author Derek Olsen uses The Book of Common Prayer for a template to a deeper spiritual life. Olsen explains the purpose and intention of the prayer book with fresh insight, offering practical applications for daily living.

Spiritual Masters

Author : Alfred Hughes
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1642293059
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Masters written by Alfred Hughes and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the reader to thirteen Christian spiritual classics that illustrate the ordinary steps we can take toward living the Gospel life more fully. Drawing on the rich teaching of a particular saint or mystic, each chapter helps us grow in a different aspect of holiness, of intimacy with God. Archbishop Hughes offers an itinerary for becoming a good disciple of the Lord, giving the reader access to an impressive spiritual library that can support and strengthen progress in discipleship throughout one's life. Among the great saints and spiritual writers whose writings are included in this book are Augustine, Anthony of the Desert, Aelred, Teresa of Avila, Benedict, Guigo, Catherine of Siena, Walter Hilton, Francis de Sales, Ignatius of Loyola, Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Thomas à Kempis, and John of the Cross.

Prayer Everywhere

Author : Gary Caster
Publisher : Servant
ISBN 13 : 9781632532510
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Prayer Everywhere written by Gary Caster and published by Servant. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father Gary Caster knows that there can be a confusing number of devotional practices in Catholicism; attending Mass, praying the Rosary, tithing, fasting, performing the Sacraments--all are important, but checking obligations off a list is not the way to a nourished soul. In Prayer Everywhere: The Spiritual Life Made Simple, Father Gary strips Catholicism down to Jesus's core command: that we let Him love us.

Liturgical Mysticism

Author : David Fagerberg
Publisher : Emmaus Academic
ISBN 13 : 1949013693
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Liturgical Mysticism written by David Fagerberg and published by Emmaus Academic. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some think that liturgy is formal, public, and for ordinary people, while mysticism is uncontrollable, private, and for extraordinary saints. Is there a connection between the two? In this volume, David Fagerberg proposes that mysticism is the normal crowning of the Christian life, and the Christian life is liturgical. We intuitively sense that liturgy and theology and mysticism have an affinity. Liturgical theology should reveal liturgy’s mystical heart. Liturgical theology asks “What happens in liturgy?” and liturgical mysticism asks “What happens to us in liturgy?”, and perfects our interior liturgy. In Liturgical Mysticism, Fagerberg directs the reader to look fixedly at Christ, who is the Mystery present in liturgy, and who bestows his resurrection power upon his adopted children. “In a time where both too wild and too mild spiritualities abound, it is audacious to put forward a book on liturgical mysticism. [This book] continues to enrich liturgical theology by amplifying its horizon and solidifying the foundation on which it rests.” Joris Geldhof Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Sacramental Life

Author : David A. deSilva
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830835180
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Sacramental Life written by David A. deSilva and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As David deSilva has experienced the ancient wisdom of the Book of Common Prayer, he's been formed spiritually in deep and lasting ways. In these pages, he offers you a brand new way to use the Book of Common Prayer, exploring how Christians can be spiritually formed by the sacraments of baptism, Eucharist, marriage and last rites.

A Simple Life-Changing Prayer

Author : Jim Manney
Publisher : Messenger Publications
ISBN 13 : 1788123719
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book A Simple Life-Changing Prayer written by Jim Manney and published by Messenger Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer is a valuable and thoughtful book, and a very practical one, which can be put with confidence into the hands of anyone who wishes to learn to pray the Examen and to find the presence and action of God in their lives.” —Andrea Kelly, Thinking Faith Sometimes we can experience prayer as formal, dry, and repetitious. But what might happen if we discovered a simple prayer that changed all that? In A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer, Jim Manney introduces Christians to a 500-year-old form of prayer that dramatically altered his perception of prayer and the way he prayed. The prayer is the Examen, which St. Ignatius Loyola developed for the purpose of nurturing a reflective habit of mind that is constantly attuned to God’s presence. What makes the prayer so powerful is its capacity to dispel any notion that God is somewhere “up there,” detached from our day-to-day tasks and concerns. Instead, the examen leads us into a relationship with a God who desires to be personally caught up in the lives of those whom he created.

The Spiritual Life

Author : Andrew Murray
Publisher : CLC Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619580926
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book The Spiritual Life written by Andrew Murray and published by CLC Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of messages given at Moody Bible Institute in 1895, Andrew Murray explained how to live a life Spirit-filled. This book, coming from those messages, is wise and has timely counsel, offering practical, Biblical advice on allowing the Holy Spirit complete control over your life.

The Spiritual Life

Author : Evelyn Underhill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781614273936
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book The Spiritual Life written by Evelyn Underhill and published by . This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Everything Starts from Prayer

Author : Mother Teresa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781883991258
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Everything Starts from Prayer written by Mother Teresa and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gentle words of solace and care that provide us with a glimpse at a Mother Teresa often overlooked: Mother Teresa, the universal teacher of prayer.

Lord Teach Us to Pray

Author : Rev. Fr. Jeffrey Kirby
Publisher : TAN Books
ISBN 13 : 1618906151
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Lord Teach Us to Pray written by Rev. Fr. Jeffrey Kirby and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echoing the petition of the disciples, Lord, teach us to pray, this book guides the reader through the challenges of discipleship and the various stages of prayer. Fr. Kirby lovingly and expertly examines this crucial petition, shedding light on its three parts the call to follow the Lord, to live virtuously, and to pray while laying out a course for growing in discipleship and strengthening the interior life.

The Prayer Life

Author : Andrew Murray
Publisher : Aneko Press
ISBN 13 : 1622455932
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (224 download)

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Download or read book The Prayer Life written by Andrew Murray and published by Aneko Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching in this with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. – Ephesians 6:18 The sin of prayerlessness as one of the deepest roots of the evil. Few can plead themselves free from this. Nothing so reveals the defective spiritual life in a pastor and the congregation as the lack of believing and unceasing prayer. Prayer is indeed the very pulse of the spiritual life. It is the great means of bringing to a pastor and the people the blessing and power of heaven. Persevering and believing prayer means a strong and abundant spiritual life. Chapters included in this book… The Sin of Prayerlessness How to Be Delivered from Prayerlessness The Blessing of Victory The Example of Our Lord The Holy Spirit and Prayer The Holiness of God Obedience and the Victorious Life Time in Inner Chamber Taking Up the Cross The Holy Spirit and the Cross

Prayer

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698161408
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Prayer written by Timothy Keller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned pastor and New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller explores the power of prayer. Christians are taught in their churches and schools that prayer is the most powerful way to experience God. But few receive instruction or guidance in how to make prayer genuinely meaningful. In Prayer, renowned pastor Timothy Keller delves into the many facets of this everyday act. With his trademark insights and energy, Keller offers biblical guidance as well as specific prayers for certain situations, such as dealing with grief, loss, love, and forgiveness. He discusses ways to make prayers more personal and powerful, and how to establish a practice of prayer that works for each reader. Dr. Keller’s previous books have sold more than one million copies. His Redeemer Presbyterian Church is not only a major presence in his home base of New York, it has also helped to launch more than two hundred fifty other churches in forty-eight cities around the world. His teachings have already helped millions, the majority of whom pray regularly. And with Prayer, he’ll show them how to find a deeper connection with God.

Where Prayer Becomes Real

Author : Kyle Strobel
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493428829
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Where Prayer Becomes Real written by Kyle Strobel and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we're honest, most of us feel bored, distracted, or discouraged in prayer. We look for resources to give us the "right" words or teach us the "right" technique and are disappointed when they don't seem to help. What we fail to realize is that prayer isn't a place for us to be good or right, and it isn't a place for us to perform or prove our worth. It's a place for us to be honest, present, and known--a place for us to offer ourselves and receive God. Spiritual formation experts Kyle Strobel and John Coe want to show you what you've been missing when it comes to prayer. In this down-to-earth book, they show you how to fearlessly draw near to a holy God, pray without ceasing (and without posturing), and delight in the experience of being fully known and fully loved. Each chapter ends with prayer projects or practices to help you see a difference in your prayer life, starting now.