Come. Accept pastor Joshua Choonmin Kang's invitation to walk slowly, paying attention to God's work in you and around you, to walk intentionally, using spiritual disciplines to develop Christlike character, and to walk purposefully, experiencing deeper grace and vision. In this book you'll encounter fifty-two brief readings, ideal for weekly sabbath reflection or daily devotional use. They point to the path of peace in the midst of life's turmoil, to hope in the midst of brokenness, where you'll become "like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither" (Ps 1:3). It's the path to becoming deep-rooted in Christ.



Richard J. Foster is the founder of Renovaré. He is the author of several books, including Streams of Living Water, Prayer, Freedom of Simplicity, Sanctuary of the Soul, and Celebration of Discipline, which has sold over two million copies worldwide; he is coauthor (with Gayle Beebe) of Longing for God. He and his wife, Carolynn, make their home near Denver, Colorado.







Joshua Choonmin Kang (ThM, Talbot School of Theology) is founding pastor of New Life Vision Church in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles, California. He is a speaker and has written books such as Deep-Rooted in Christ and Scripture byHeart. Pastor Kang is also the author of thirty books in Korean, including God's Grace That Turns the Life Around, with over 1.5 million copies in print.



Foreword by Richard J. Foster

Preface



Part 1: Beginning

1 Begin with Emptiness

2 Let Yourself Be Filled

3 Send the Roots Deep



Part 2: Becoming Rooted in Jesus

4 Can Bad Roots Bring Good Fruit?

5 Becoming Rooted in Jesus

6 Christ Is the Firm Foundation

7 Minding the Inner Life

8 Spiritual Discipline and the Deep Well



Part 3: Growing in Grace

9 Plumbing the Depths

10 Growing Through Grace

11 Put Away Childish Things

12 Growth That Matches Knowledge

13 Grow Through In-Depth Understanding

14 Sharpening Our Spiritual Vision

15 Growing from a Lamb to a Lion

16 Training to Grow in Grace



Part 4: Wilderness--A Preparation

17 God Makes Us Servants in the Wilderness

18 Training by Anticipation

19 Discerning God?s Time Frame

20 Discipline of Solitude

21 Discipline of Hearing God

22 Discipline of Prayer and the Word

23 Discipline of Self-Shattering

24 Discipline of Self-Denial

25 Discipline of Shepherding

26 Discipline of Serving

27 The Wilderness School of the Holy Spirit



Part 5: Soul Caring

28 Take a Step Back for Soul Care

29 Fine-Tune the Soul Through Quiet

30 Soul Enrichment

31 Tend the Inner Garden

32 Harmonize the Inner and Outer Worlds



Part 6: Ways to Fruitfulness

33 What Is God Looking For?

34 Bear Fruit by Christlike Descending

35 Be Fruitful by Putting Self-Interest Aside

36 We Shatter Ourselves to Bear Fruit

37 We Are Fruitful Through Close Friendship with God



Part 7: Righteousness Has a Heart

38 A Vessel for the Power of God

39 Deeper Spirituality and Pain

40 Righteousness Has a Heart

41 Influencing Others Through Righteousness

42 Our Goal in Righteousness

43 Discipline in Righteousness Is Life Long



Part 8: The Way of Transformation

44 See Your True Identity

45 The Guideline of Patience

46 Discovering Self-Control

47 Skill in Language

48 Satisfied in Spirit

49 Have a Heart Like Jesus

50 Embracing One and All

51 Uncomfortable and Abundant

52 The Way of Transformation



Afterword by Emilie Griffin

Acknowledgments