Disciplines

Consistent Practice

Disciplines, Life, Practice, Routines

If you want to be good at something, you have to practice consistently and frequently. Take someone like Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, for example….

Knowing How to Pray

Disciplines, Pray, Prayer, Praying

One of the most popular prayers of all time is the Lord’s Prayer. A comical scene from the movie The Campaign (directed by Jay…

Simple Practices

Christian Walk, Discipline, Disciplines, Faith, Spiritual Disciplines

The church and her people are imperfect. One of the first things the Holy Spirit impresses upon us as we move toward salvation is…

Task Lists

Disciplines, Faith, Goals, Grace, Works

Many of us are list people. We love to organize our charts. If salvation came through works and not grace, some people would have…

Sacrificial Love

Disciplines, Love, Loving Others, Sacrifice, Technology

No doubt, most of us, if given the choice, would gladly give up things to help our best friend. If he or she was…

Freedom Redefined

Constraints, Disciplines, Freedom

Tim Keller writes in The Reason for God, “Freedom cannot be defined in strictly negative terms, as the absence of confinement and constraint. In fact, in…

Spiritual Prep

Bible, Bible-reading, Disciplines, habits, Practices, Prayer, Preparation, Routines, Spiritual Disciplines

How do you prepare for the day? Are you a “shower first” person? Do you need coffee before you even get out of bed?…

A Spiritual Discipline

Choice, Disciplines, Feeling, Growth, Intention, Practice, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Growth, Work

Prayer, like any other discipline, requires…well, discipline. Richard Foster writes in, Celebration of Discipline, “Prayer is like any other work; we may not feel…

The “Now” Culture

1 Peter 5:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Deuteronomy 7:19, Disciplines, Faith, Gratification, Hardships, Immediate Results, James 1:24, John 16:33, Mark 4:17, Persevere, Philippians 4:^, Romans 12:12, Seeking God, Trials

We live in a culture that thrives on the instant. We want things to happen right away—from packages arriving in the mail in two…

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