Spiritual Disciplines Or The AntiSloth Hour SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

Spiritual Disciplines Or The Anti-Sloth Hour

SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES: Life patterns that direct us to God and disciple us more fully into the likeness of Jesus Christ.

The Evangelical Tradition – Some Disciplines to Practice Pray the Bible out loud 15 minutes daily. Memorize a passage of Scripture. n ICO Volunteers Start or join a Bible study. Read through the Bible in a year.

Spiritual Disciplines A 3 -Way Journey The Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard

The Journey Upward Solitude: Planned Availability Thanksgiving: Waging War on Discontentment Confession: Being Honest with God Bible Meditation: Crawling Through Scripture by Sacred Reading

The Journey Inward Journal Keeping Healing of Memories: Walking Through Life with Jesus

The Journey Outward Intercession Forgiveness Hospitality Social Action Spiritual Gifts

A Spiritual Formation Workbook by James Bryan Smith & Richard J. Foster http: //renovare. org/

Holiness Having pure thoughts, words, and actions, and overcoming temptation Charismatic 10 10 Contemplative Spending time with God in prayer and meditation 10 Social Justice 1 10 Helping others less fortunate than I Incarnational Unifying the sacred 10 secular areas of my life while showing forth God’s presence Welcoming the Holy Spirit while nurturing and exercising my spiritual gifts Evangelical 10 Sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and reading the Scriptures

Charismatic – The Spirit-Empowered Life Discipline By God’s grace, I will welcome the Holy Spirit, exercising the gifts and nurturing the fruit while living in the joy and power of the Spirit.

Contemplative – A Prayer-Filled Life Discipline By God’s grace, I will set aside time regularly for prayer, meditation, and spiritual reading and will seek to practice the presence of God.

The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life By Tony Jones

Lectio Divina – Sacred Reading (Lectio) – slow down and savour. Meditation (Meditatio) – attend to deeper meanings. Pay attention to emotions. Prayer (Oratio) – ask God for illumination about meaning and emotions experienced. Contemplation (Contemplatio) – beyond words and intellect into communion with God.

The Call to the Inner Life Name some enemies of your soul. How are you waging war against them? What spiritual disciplines do you practice consistently? Which ones are encouraged in your context and practiced by others – soldiers, officers and other leaders? Describe your relationship to the Holy Spirit.