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Karen Bables

Karen Bables is the retired Spiritual Director of Christ Memorial Church in Holland, Michigan.
Devotionals

The With-God Life

Read: John 15:1-8 I am the vine; you are the branches. (v. 5) Spiritual formation has also been called the “with-God” life. The goal of our with-God life is personal transformation

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Glorifying God

Read: Revelation 4:1-11 Worthy are you, our Lord and God . . . (v. 11) We are now ready for the last phrase of our definition of Christian spiritual formation: “the process of being

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Growing in Love

Read: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4 Your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. (v. 3) In Invitation to a Journey, M. Robert

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Blessed to Be a Blessing

Read: Genesis 12:1-9 I will bless you . . . so that you will be a blessing. (v. 2) So far we have learned that Christian spiritual formation is “the process of being conformed

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Spiritual Exercises

Read: Psalm 23 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (v. 6) A calendar above

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Seeking God

Read: Psalm 46 Be still, and know that I am God. (v. 10) Here is a recap of our definition of spiritual formation so far: “Christian spiritual formation is the process

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A Good and Beautiful Life

Read: Colossians 3:1-17 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which

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Making All Things New

Read: John 16:5-16 A new spirit I will put within you. (Ezek. 36:26) If you were ever a candidate for cataract surgery, your doctor probably promised that your dull and

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