Top 5 - Spiritual Life and Formation Resources
Experiencing God Workbook by Henry T. Blackaby and Claude V. King
This book challenges Jesus-followers to experience the fullness of a life lived in fellowship with a loving, personal God through continual and faith-stretching obedience to Him.
Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer by John Piper
Pastor-scholar
John Piper invites the reader to sharpen his or her appetite for God by
turning away from the dulling effects of food and the dangers of
idolatry and draw closer to God through simple fasting with
accompanying prayer. (Amazon.com review by “Ingram”)
The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard
Believers
long for personal purity and power to live as our hearts tell us we
should. But how does God change us? Willard reminds us that we can be
like Christ if we follow His style of life: solitude and silence,
prayer, simple and sacrificial living, meditation on God’s Word, and
service to others. The practice of these disciplines is how God guides
us into a constant interaction with His Kingdom. “The book of the
decade!” – Richard Foster
Three Crucial Questions About Spiritual Warfare by Clinton Arnold
Bringing
his expository skill and extensive knowledge of early Christianity to
bear on the contemporary understanding of the spiritual realm, Clinton
Arnold develops a biblical understanding of spiritual warfare, defines
the influence demons can have on believers, and sheds invaluable light
on the controversial topic of territorial spirits and the extent of
believers’ authority over them.
The Bondage Breaker by Neil T. Anderson
The
last two decades have witnessed a vast upsurge in occult activity.
Scores of popular books have warned Jesus-followers of the dangers and
urged them to do battle against these spiritual forces. Few books,
however, have developed a careful biblical theology on demons,
principalities and powers. Neil Anderson reveals the nature of Satan's attacks and how to find freedom from them in Christ.