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Many spiritual disciplines are things we do alone. But if the only things we ever do are solitary activities, we are missing something important. This article talks about how essential fellowship and confession are between followers of Christ. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

Jesus set an unparalleled example of service. Today's article explores how following His example helps us grow spiritually. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

We have so many reasons to be busy and fill our lives with noise. Christians can feel special pressure because of our desire to help the world around us. But God knows we need time to step away, so today's article explores the value of silence and solitude. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

Fasting is a discipline that can seem intimidating, and it is not immediately clear how it can help a person grow spiritually. Today's article helps remove some of the mystery and is hopefully an encouragement to try making fasting a part of your life. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

Reading Scripture can seem like a bore and a chore, but the Word of God can come alive when we really dig in, especially when we take time to memorize. Learn more in this article about the spiritual discipline of reading and memorizing Scripture. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

This week's article starts a new series on spiritual disciplines. We're starting with a look at meditation and prayer, and discuss how meditation should look different for Christians. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

In this article, we give an introduction to Obadiah, a prophet who penned a very small book, and didn't even have a message for Israel, like most biblical prophets. Learn which people Obadiah had a message for, and why it was important to include it in the Bible. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

The story of Hosea is unique among biblical prophets. Imagine being called to forgive what seems unforgivable. Today's article helps teach us about godly love, and shows how the Old Testament always points to Jesus. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

Any book titled "Lamentations," which is the title of the book of the Bible we are covering today, sounds like it's something designed to make you depressed. But we hope that today's article will help you understand both the reasons why it's helpful for us to see lament modeled in the Bible and the reasons why lament is not the only thing Lamentations has to teach us. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

The book of Isaiah is densely packed. In fact, it is even sometimes called "the Bible in miniature" because it contains all of the themes present across the whole Bible. A book so chock full of stuff can be difficult to approach, but our hope is that this brief article will help you understand its major points and how it speaks to us today. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

The prophetic books of the Old Testament can sometimes be the most confusing and hardest to get anything out of! If you have felt that before, hopefully this article will help you begin to understand better how to read the Old Testament prophets and some of the things they have to say to us. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

Did you know the Bible contains love poetry? You can find it in the Song of Songs, which is the book we cover in this article. Learn some of the ways it helps us understand how God thinks about us, along with the lessons it can teach us about truly loving others. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

The book of Job can be a slog to get through, and the point of it seems self-evident at first glance. But today's article helps us to stop and take a second look, and see that there might be something we're missing. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

Futile. Meaningless. Vanity. These are all words that might come to mind for anyone who knows anything about the book of Ecclesiastes. But our article today helps us understand the true meaning that this book wants us to understand, and how it goes beyond just futility and vanity. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/

There are five books in the Old Testament that are often characterized as wisdom literature, and today's article helps us understand what that means, and what those books have to teach us. You can read the full article, including Scripture references, at our website: https://experiencecc.com/experience-commentary/