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Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster

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Spiritual Disciplines, Valerie E Hess

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This daily devotional contains brief (no more than one page) readable passages on the spiritual disciplines.  Each reading begins with scripture and often includes stories from the author’s personal walk.  The book contains sections on the disciplines of:  meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, worship, guidance and celebration.

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Disciplined Spirituality Links

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Letters by a Modern Mystic by Frank Laubach
Simple but astonishing in its example of what discipline and perseverance can accomplish in a relationship with the Father.

A list of prayer sites, prayers and a place to list your prayer.

Litany of the Love of God composed by His Holiness Pope Pius IV. Wonderful litany that can be read silently or in a group.

Contemplative Prayer
Provides a list of other prayer websites, such as Anglican Prayer Beads, Stations of the Cross, Centering Prayer, Teresa of Avila, The Wreath of Christ, Entering the Gate Called Beautiful, Spiritual Direction

Apostleship of Prayer “mission … is to encourage Christians to make a daily offering of themselves to the Lord for the coming of God’s kingdom and for the Holy Father’s monthly intentions. This habit of prayer develops a Eucharistic spirituality of solidarity with the Body of Christ and loving service to others.”

St. John Adult Ed website that provides a PowerPoint presentation based on Richard Foster’s Finding the Heart’s True Home

Uncensored Prayer by Henri Nouwen
Nouwen provides clear insight on why we need to be real, open and honest when we communicate with God.

Sacred Space daily online prayer. “We invite you to make a 'Sacred Space' in your day, and spend ten minutes, praying here and now, as you sit at your computer, with the help of on-screen guidance and scripture chosen specially every day.”

Answered Prayers
As the website indicates, a listing of answered prayers for people who use the prayer resources at the Biltmore Baptist Church in Asheville, NC.

Lord, teach us how to pray
Exhaustive number of options for prayer resources, including a virtual retreat.

Best of EM Bounds on Prayer

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This is a compilation of some of the writings by E.M. Bounds.  I've read a fair amount of books on prayer, but I've never found any so insightful and inspiring as those by Bounds.  His books are grounded in scripture and clearly lay out the need for, as well as benefits to, a life of prayer.  After reading some of his writings, I was very convicted of my sin of prayerlessness and convinced of the power and the necessity of prayer.  This particular book includes twenty-one selections from the following eight books: The Essentials of Prayer, The Necessity of Prayer, The Possibilities of Prayer, Power Through Prayer, Prayer and Praying Men, Purpose in Prayer, The Reality of Prayer, The Weapon of Prayer.