Category: Spiritual Formation

Bible Study, Spiritual Formation

Learn to Discern—Lesson from Nehemiah 1-2

Continuing in a study, Learn to Discern with part 1 in Nehemiah–seeking to learn from Nehemiah’s prayer life. Small Group Questions 1. How would you describe your prayer life? 2. Is prayer natural to you or do you have to work at it? 3. Do you have a set time to pray? Do you simply …

Bible Study, Spiritual Formation

Learning to Discern

I’m currently teaching through a series entitled, “Learning to Discern.”  The goal of the study is not to tell people what to believe but to equip them to discern. Discernment is part of wisdom.  Wisdom is skill in godly living–the ability to put knowledge to good use.  Since Scripture defines “the fear of the Lord” …

Accountability, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom

Questions to Identifying your Idols

This is a repost, first seen on Resurgence, but are from the a book Seeing With New Eyes by David Powlison. How to identify your idols 1. What do I worry about most? 2. What, if I failed or lost it, would cause me to feel that I did not even want to live? 3. …

Accountability, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom

Evaluating and Inspecting Our Lives so we can Thrive

Thanks Dave Loveless In the early 1720’s John & Charles Wesley were students at Oxford University in England. While there they began to refine a process for increasing piety through a systematic practice of personal accountability. The brothers encouraged other classmates to gather with them weekly for the purpose of discipleship and accountability. Out of …

Musings, Spiritual Formation

Identifying your Idols

This is a repost, first seen on Resurgence, but are from the a book Seeing With New Eyes by David Powlison. For other good self-diagnostic questions see https://stevekilgore.com/fluency/485/self-evaluation-in-silence/ Here are the questions: What do I worry about most? What, if I failed or lost it, would cause me to feel that I did not even …