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      <image:caption>Spiritual formation is the process of encountering the living Christ—which can be soothing as well as searing. He sets the thermostat, the pace of change, and the threshold of difficulty. He determines the why, where, what, when, and how—all of which can be beyond our comprehension.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assure me, Father, that your Spirit conveys to you my too-deep-for-words groanings, and that I take courage in this: neither death nor life, nor things present nor things to come, will be able to separate me from your love in Christ Jesus. Based on Romans 8:38,39</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Precious Savior, why do I fear your scrutiny? Yours is an examen of love. Still, I am afraid… afraid of what may surface. Even so, I invite you to search me to the depths so I may know myself—and you—in fuller measure. Amen Richard Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dear Jesus, how desperately I need to learn to pray. And yet, when I am honest, I know that I often do not even want to pray. I am distracted! I am stubborn! I am self-centered! In your mercy, Jesus, bring my desires more in line with my needs so that I can come to want what is best for me.  Amen Richard Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rembrandt, Return of the Prodigal Son</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Invitation to a Journey (2) - “Spiritual wholeness is an increasingly faithful response to the One whose purpose shapes our path, whose grace redeems our detours, whose power liberates us from crippling bondages of the prior journey, and whose transforming presence meets us at each turn in the road.”</image:title>
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