Today we begin a new series authored by Richard Foster one of the outstanding leaders 

and writers of books relating to prayer and spiritual formation.

I invite you to check out his website at

https://renovare.org/people/richard-foster 

It is a plethora of rich resources for you to explore.

Meditations—points to ponder

Just as God was saying in ancient times, He is saying today: 

I am with you in all the love, terror, pity, pain and wonder that is your life. 

I am with you ... are you willing to be with Me? 

This is the Immanuel Principle—the dynamic of spiritual transformation 

intertwining divine action and human reaction. 

As we allow the Scripture to lead us into the process of transformation, 

we discover that it is not a matter of religious beliefs and behaviour. 

Rather we are entering into a dynamic, pulsating life!

When Paul writes in Col 3:3 for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

He uses a very specific word to identify the secret of our life hidden with Christ in God—Zoë—the eternal, uncreated life that originates in God alone.

Richard Foster with Kathryn Helmers Life with God: a life-transforming new approach to Bible Reading Preface

Colossians 3:3 (NRSV) — 3 for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:9–10 (NRSV) — 9b … seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices 10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.