This video introduces the idea of abstinence as spiritual discipline, review the stages of spiritual growth, challenges us to think about our own desires as we choose spiritual disciplines, briefly introduces eight common disciplines of abstinence.
This video introduces the idea of engagement in spiritual discipline, reviews the stages of spiritual growth, challenges us to think about our own desires and where God might be looking to stretch us as we choose spiritual disciplines, briefly introduces eight common disciplines of engagement.
Christian spiritual discipline comes with challenges. In the practice of these disciplines, we encounter the truest parts of ourselves, however beautiful or ugly they may be, and do it all in the living and loving presence of God.
Disciplines are a means of living a Jesus-like life.
Every piece of our lives is telling God’s story, the Gospel. Are we learning to listen, understand, and live into it?
I know I’m learning this a lot more slowly and brokenly (Is that a word?) than I want to. I wonder if it’s because I’m not paying attention to the narrative the Lord is telling. Instead, I often still cling to an old story with a terrible ending, featuring me as the main character.
It’s hard to believe that we’re already nearly a month and a half into 2023, isn’t it? A new year can be a great opportunity…
In my life, and likely in yours, we are not always aware of the burdens upon us. But we are aware that we want to escape them. What I wonder is whether this is us exhibiting a longing for Sabbath.
Is it built into our God-imaging nature, Christian or not? Even if we aren’t observing a formal Sabbath, is our need for it still evident when we are looking for a way to get away from our burdens?
I think it is.
