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Stages of the Soul: God's Invitation to Greater Love is unavailable, but you can change that!

How can you tell if you’re actually growing? Sure, when you’re working on getting rid of a huge character flaw you can see progress, but do you ever wish you had a roadmap for the spiritual journey for the rest of the time? Do you ever feel spiritually dry—or like something’s just not working anymore in your spiritual life? If you find yourself longing for more satisfaction, joy, and intimacy...

We want God’s love yet are afraid of what it will cost us. We want to be fully known yet are afraid of the vulnerability it requires. Left to our own devices, we will never be able to let go of the things that have kept us from fully taking hold of the love of God. Inevitably in this life—maybe even more so for the believer—suffering is often used by God to help us release the things we so tightly hold on to. Pain heightens our awareness of what we value above God. It exposes what holds us in bondage,