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Spiritual
Direction: ·
What is spiritual growth and how do
I foster it in my life? ·
Does Christian growth and healing
automatically follow conversion? ·
Shouldn’t we always sense God’s
presence? Most
of us do not just fall into intimacy with God. Life has
dumped ‘baggage’ on us we didn’t want. So learning
to hear the voice of God is difficult.
Even regular church attendance and discipleship programs may not deliver
spiritual awakening and freedom. Where
can we find help? A
spiritual director accompanies us through our spiritual formation by helping us
listen for the voice of God in the midst of daily life.
A spiritual director is trained in discerning the voice of God through prayerful conversation. The goal
is to deepen intimacy and awareness of God in the ordinariness of life.
Spiritual formation can be accelerated
by learning to pay attention to the subtle actions of God in our lives. Many
things affect our prayer life: inability to connect with God, spiritual
boredom, dryness and a host of daily issues such as illness, relational problems
and temperament. Meeting with a director can help us sort it all out. Spiritual
direction attempts to deepen human experiences of God by careful listening
and in-depth questioning. Discernment is slow and often painful; it involves
attentiveness to God’s actions and our desires and responses. Receiving
spiritual direction has been the greatest means of spiritual growth in my life.
Offering spiritual direction
is the greatest joy in my ministry. If
you’d like a spiritual director to listen with you and walk with you on your
spiritual journey, call us. We’d be delighted to offer more information and set
up a time for one of us to listen together with you to the True Director, the Holy Spirit. Dr. Kathy Bence (206) 546-4074 kpbence at gmail.com |
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