Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
by Richard Foster (Amazon)
If Christians are called to a life of discipline, but Jesus tells us there is joy in being a Christian, then why does discipline seem like a depressing, boring place to be? Richard Foster methodically breaks down the disciplines from meditation to prayer to reading the Word to fasting and why there is a reason to celebrate in all these disciplines!
The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God
by A.W. Tozer (Amazon)
A book that has greatly impacted my life. A.W. Tozer in this book says, "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us..." Because if we don't have the correct knowledge of who God is, meaning He is the God of Abraham and the God of the Bible rather than the god you make up in your own mind, then A.W. Tozer goes on to say that we are literally practicing idolatry and it is the biggest problem the world has today. But AW Tozer leads you through a journey of starting over and getting to know the real God of Jacob. His holiness, His incomprehensibility, His righteousness, His wrath, the Trinity, His mercy, etc.
Secrets of the Secret Place: Keys to Igniting Your Personal Time with God
by Bob Sorge (Amazon)
Bob Sorge has 52 three to five page chapters and each chapter highlights a secret that he has learned about the secret place (the place of being alone with God). Take it a chapter a day or read it all through in a day, but this will definitely get you excited to jump into the secret place and stay there.
If you're having a tough time with your alone time with God pick this one up!
by Henri Nouwen (Amazon)
Nouwen analyzes and presents the lessons the Desert Fathers and Mothers have learned in their time of solitude in the desert in a practical way for today's audience. Desert Fathers lived in the 3rd century and retreated to the deserts of Egypt and received revelation upon revelation. They came out as the most gentle, humble, loving, but bold, confident, uncompromising Christian elders in their time.
Nouwen breaks it down into three major lessons of Solitude, Silence, and Prayer.
I hope you can find these books as great resources to help you in your journey in this fast! God bless you all!
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