Resources to Simplify Your Walk with God

Focusing on Growing in Your Faith

First Principles of Simplifying Simplifying and the Truth Simplifying and Prayer Simplifying and Your Mind Simplifying and Your Heart Simplifying and Your Time Simplifying and Others Simplifying and Journaling Final Considerations

First Principles of Simplifying

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Simplify Your Spiritual Life

Does your spiritual life sometimes seem more like a burden...

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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 early morning dim of March 29, 1849, a...

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Practice True Spirituality

In a person’s quest for true spirituality it’s important to define...

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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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Embrace a Trinitarian Spirituality

I once read an article that quoted a TV star...

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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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Connect Spirit with Truth

When it comes to spirituality, you do what you do...

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Read and Meditate

Have you ever read a few chapters in your Bible,...

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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...

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Pray the Bible

“Empty phrases” are ruinous in any area of spirituality, but...

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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 three “wise men from the...

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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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Clarify Your Ambition

“He’s very ambitious.”Is that a compliment or a criticism?Do you...

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Minimize Electronic Spirituality, Part 1

Donald S. Whitney I almost used the word “Delete” instead...

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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 spiritual life without developing...

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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...

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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

Donald S. Whitney The front-page headline in an issue of...

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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 child my Christian parents assigned to...

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Ask People How You Can Pray for Them

Donald S. Whitney Over and over I’ve seen one simple...

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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 requires...

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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

Donald S. Whitney Until well into the twentieth century, most...

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Minimize Electronic Spirituality, Part 2

Donald S. Whitney I found a website recently which promoted...

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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” applies to...

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Use Journal Prompts, Part 2

Journal prompts are thought-starters to use when you draw a...

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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

Donald S. Whitney Although I have written a book with...

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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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