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Spiritual Training and Growth is for Everyone!
We are meant to grow in faith, understanding, holiness and commitment.
God intends the Disciplines of the spiritual life to be for ordinary human beings: people who have jobs, who care for children, who wash dishes and mow lawns.
In fact, the Disciplines are best exercised in the mists of our relationship with our husband or wife, our brothers and sisters, our friends and neighbors.
(Richard Foster)
What keeps you from training for godliness?
Determination Cannot Transform You
Righteousness and transformation is a gift from God
Practicing disciplines can put you in a position for something to occur
What would you like to be put in the position for?
The Inward Rhythms
Meditation
Listening to God’s Word so we can recognize His voice and become more intimate with Him.
Do you have difficulty hearing God’s voice?
Explain.
Prayer
It’s a learning process
A Few Types of Prayer
Scripture
Intercession
Fasting
How often do you pray for yourself?
Others?
God’s will?
What kind of results do you get when you pray?
Do you think anything needs to change?
Contemplation
Creates awareness of God’s presence in my life
Silence & Solitude
Examen
Why do you think it’s uncomfortable and/or difficult to practice silence and solitude?
Study
Concentrated attention to move the mind in a certain direction
Study requires:
repetition
concentration
comprehension
reflection
humility
“The mind will always take on an order conforming to the order upon which it concentrates.”
(Richard Foster)
Next Steps
Memorize one of the verses from today
Take a serious inventory of what I invest my life in by order of time and money
Make a commitment to practice at least one inward rhythm this week
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