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Basic Intro Trilogy

The Role of Spiritual DisciplinesSpiritual Habits of the Heart

What is aDiscipline?

DisciplineAny activity I can do by direct effort that will help me do what I cannot now do by direct effortJohn Ortberg, The Life You’ve Always Wanted, p. 51.

What isSpiritual Discipline?

Spiritual DisciplineThe means [of grace] by which we place ourselves where God can bless us along the path to spiritual growth.Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, pp. 7-8.

Spiritual DisciplineThe activities of mind and body purposefully undertaken, to bring our personality and total being into effective cooperation with the divine order.Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines, p. 68.

Spiritual DisciplineA channel of God’s transforming grace as we place ourselves in the path of God’s grace and seek him.Donald Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, p. 19.

Biblical BASIS7b Train yourself in godliness, 8 for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way . . . 1 Timothy 4:7b-8 NRSV

Biblical BASIS7b Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness.1 Timothy 4:7b NASB

The INWARD Spiritual DisciplinesSpiritual Habits of the HeartFoster’s COD

INWARDSpiritual Habits of the HeartMeditationPrayerFastingStudy

The OUTWARDSpiritual DisciplinesSpiritual Habits of the HeartFoster’s COD

OUTWARDSpiritual Habits of the HeartSimplicitySolitudeSubmissionService

The CORPORATE Spiritual DisciplinesSpiritual Habits of the HeartFoster’s COD

CORPORATESpiritual Habits of the HeartWorshipGuidanceConfessionCelebration