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Morning resolve : to live a simple, sincere, and serene life / Patrick Allen ; foreword by Canon Scott Gunn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Patrick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spiritual life--Christianity.
- Spiritual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""A Morning Resolve," an Episcopal prayer printed on the inside front cover of Forward Day by Day, is a "help me tend my spiritual garden" prayer. It asks for God's help in living a simple, sincere, and serene life--by repelling negative thoughts and attitudes (discontent, anxiety, discouragement, impurity, and self-seeking), cultivating positive attitudes (cheerfulness, magnanimity, charity, and the habit of holy silence), exercising graceful activities (economy in expenditure, diligence in appointed service, fidelity to every trust, and a childlike faith in God), practicing faithful daily habits (work, study, prayer, physical exercise, eating, and sleep), and depending on God for the strength and the will to do so. This unique devotional book for personal or small group discipleship/spiritual formation utilizes this daily prayer to guide readers as they examine and meditate on a portion of the prayer each week and examine and employ spiritual disciplines. Ultimately, the intentional crafting of a simple, sincere, and serene life is a spiritual discipline, too." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I. Repelling negativity. The other road
- a story
- Discontent
- Anxiety
- Discouragement
- Impurity
- Self-seeking
- The other road
- the rest the story
- Part II. Cultivating healthy attitudes and habits. The last shot
- Cheerfulness
- Magnanimity
- Charity
- The habit of holy silence
- Part III. Exercising graceful activities. Economy in expenditure
- Diligence in appointed service
- Fidelity to every trust
- A childlike faith in God
- French fries of grace
- Part IV. Practicing faithful habits. Prayer, work, study
- Physical exercise, eating, and sleep
- Conclusion: A tended garden will bear fruit.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781498223553
- 1498223559
- OCLC:
- 951223587
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