About this title: This classic guide to prayer and spiritual growth espouses the belief that, through meditation, fasting, study, worship, solitude, and confession, we can shed our superficial habits and "bring the abundance of God into our lives."
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780060628314ISBN:0060628316
Description: Very Good. Good Jacket. 184 pages, bright jacket has very small edge tear, otherwise very clean, tight & unmarked! Original unedited edition. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date Published: 1988
Description: Very Good. This book is in excellent condition with tight solid pages and binding, pages are bright and clean. Names on last page, no remainder marks, no stickers. DJ has left over price tag mark on front, otherwise VG. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
"While I think it is important that we do practice spiritual disciplines and Foster lays them out chapter by chapter, I feel he takes a lot of liberty in interpreting how we practice and what results we exepct to get from them, particularly in the chapter about prayer. I read this as part of a bible study and our group decided to just take the topic but find our own bible verses relating to the spiritual discpline and having a discussion about what scripture says about that discipline rather than what Foster's intrepretation is."
"Our pastor in Champaign did a series on this a few years ago, and I just picked it back up because I've been in a bit of a spiritual rut. Excellent primer on personal and corporate spiritual disciplines with suggestions for incorporating them into your life. Very well written and well referenced."
"Meditation heightens our spiritual sensitivity which, in turn leads us into prayer. Very soon we discover that prayer involves fasting as an accompanying means. Informed by these three Disciplines, we can effectively move into study which gives us discernment about ourselves and the world in which we live. Through simplicity we live with others in integrity. Solitude allows us to be genuinely present to people when we are with them. Through submission we live with others without manipulation, and through service we are a blessing to them. Confession frees us from ourselves and releases us to worship. Worship opens the door to guidance. All the Disciplines freely exercised bring forth the doxology of celebration. The classical Disciplines of the spiritual life beckon us to the HImalayas of the Spirit. Now we stand at timber line awed by the snowy peaks before us. We step out in confidence with our Guide who has blazed the trail and conquered the highest summit."
"EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD READ THIS BOOK... He explains how a disciplined life is not lifeless. I've read this book several times and each time I am inspired. It's the "how to" guide to spiritual disciplines. One of the most life impacting books I've read.
Merged review:
This is my favorite book outside of the Bible. I think every Christian should read this book."
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