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Simplify Your Spiritual Life
Does your spiritual life sometimes seem more like a burden...
Resources to Simplify Your Walk with God
Focusing on Growing in Your Faith
First Principles of Simplifying
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Verify Before You Simplify
The place to start simplifying the spiritual life is to...
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Know the Good News of Christian Spirituality
Not only have most people on the planet never heard...
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Rest your Soul in “the Simplicity and Purity of Devotion to Christ”
In the dim early morning of March 29, 1849, a...
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Practice True Spirituality
In our quest for a simpler spirituality it’s important to...
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Know Why You Simplify
Why do you want to simplify your spiritual life? Is...
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Take Up Your Cross Daily and Follow Jesus
During the Protestant Reformation of the 1500s, Martin Luther articulated...
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Root Your Spirituality in Scripture
As a result of acting on a dream, a woman...
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Experience Congregational Spirituality
“I want God and spirituality, but not the church.” More...
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Embrace a Trinitarian Spirituality
Almost everyone nowadays seems “into spirituality.” I read an article...
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Simplifying and the Truth
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Rely on the Authority and Guidance of Scripture
“I like to think of Heaven this way.” “I’ve always...
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Ask Often, “What Does the Bible Say?”
Some of the most important changes in my life occurred...
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Go to the Scriptures for Endurance, Encouragement, & Hope
On most mornings I turn to the Scriptures as much...
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Use a Bible Reading Plan
Imagine picking up a history of the United States and...
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Establish Bible Reading Routines
When I was in my twenties, I first heard someone...
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Connect Spirit with Truth
When it comes to spirituality, you do what you do...
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Spontaneously Sing Psalms
I was praying through Psalm 68 (in the NASB) recently....
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Read and Meditate
Have you ever read a few chapters in your Bible,...
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Meditate on Scripture and Life
The Bible directs us to four objects of meditation. The...
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Meditate for Light and Heat
Central to a simpler spiritual life is doing the will...
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Meditate and Apply
All exposure to the Word of God should be followed...
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Ask the Philippians 4:8 Questions
When meditating on a verse of Scripture, it’s usually much...
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Ask the Joseph Hall Questions
Joseph Hall (1574–1656) was an Anglican bishop in Norwich, England....
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Simplifying and Prayer
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Ask, and You Will Receive Something Good
One way to simplify your prayer life is simply to...
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Don’t Always Pray the Same Prayer
Some people always pray the same prayer, whether they pray it just...
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Pray the Bible
Note: Join us through the month of November for a...
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Take a Prayer Walk
One of the most common struggles in the practice of...
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Pray Without Filler
“And Father, we, um, just want to thank You for...
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Have a Real Prayer Closet
As I sit writing these words with my old Swan...
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Simplifying and Your Mind
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Read One Page Per Day
When life gets too complex, one of the first parts...
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Walk with the Wise
We’ve all heard of the “wise men from the east”...
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Imitate Spiritual Heroes
My spiritual heroes surround me when I’m writing. They sit...
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Think Much About Heaven
The most heavenly-minded man who ever lived—Jesus and other biblical...
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Simplifying and Your Heart
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Sanctify Your Sufferings as Spirituality
My preacher-hero of the twentieth century, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, made a...
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Minimize Electronic Spirituality, Part 1
I almost used the word delete instead of Minimize in...
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Build the Wealth of Simplicity with Contentment
Wealth comes in many forms. In today’s world, one form...
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Learn to Be Content
Contentment is a great simplifier. It helps focus body and...
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Learn to Be Content with Christ
No one will satisfyingly simplify his or her spiritual life...
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Simplifying and Your Time
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Discipline Yourself
Tomorrow morning, I don’t have to decide if I’m going...
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Discipline Yourself . . . Without Legalism
My wife Caffy and I have a longtime friend who...
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Recognize the Spirituality of Work
Bill often wonders whether he is a second-class Christian because...
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Do What You Can
I admire Jean Fleming. She’s been both a home and...
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Take a Nap
Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is to take a...
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Do Nothing—and Do It to the Glory of God
The Bible tells us, “So, whether you eat or drink,...
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Delight in the Lord’s Day
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you...
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Start Your Week By Stopping
The front-page headline of a 2001 issue of USA Today...
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Simplifying and Others
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Simplify Family Worship
A man who is like a spiritual father to me...
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Leave a Spiritual Inheritance
“A good man,” says Proverbs 13:22, “leaves an inheritance to...
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Sing the Table Blessing
When I was a boy, my Christian parents assigned to...
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Ask People How You Can Pray for Them
Over and over, I’ve seen one simple question open people’s...
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Prepare for Evangelism with a Simple Outline
Many Christians think they cannot adequately share the gospel unless...
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Invent a Ministry
The Smiths work hard all week long. Michael’s job usually...
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Cultivate Koinonia
The word fellowship in the New Testament (as in Acts...
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Fellowship Face to Face, Part 1
I sent and read dozens of emails today. In addition...
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Fellowship Face to Face, Part 2
Until well into the twentieth century, most of a person’s...
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Minimize Electronic Spirituality, Part 2
I came across a website that presented itself as an...
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Simplifying and Journaling
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Probe Your Soul with Questions
George Whitefield (1714–1770) was “the best-known evangelist of the eighteenth...
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Use Journal Prompts, Part 1
I suppose that if the term writer’s block could apply...
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Use Journal Prompts, Part 2
Journal prompts are thought starters to use when you draw...
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Journal with a Fountain Pen
I enjoy writing in my journal with a fountain pen....
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Final Considerations
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Beware of Simplifying
Although the title of this book is Simplify Your Spiritual...
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Remember, It’s About Jesus
Why pray when it appears that your prayers go unanswered?...
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Do All to the Glory of God
The unifying principle for all of life, including our spirituality,...
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No Coasting into Christlikeness
When it comes to discipline in the Christian life, many...
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