What Are The Disciplines?

 
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The spiritual disciplines are time-tested tools that help us interact with our faith and God. Here is a list of disciplines Soul Workouts touch on (this is not an exhaustive list):

  • Disciplines of Action

    • Study - Spending time reading the Scriptures and meditating on its meaning and importance to our lives.

    • Worship - Offering praise and adoration to God.

    • Prayer - Talking to and listening to God about your relationship with Him and about the concerns of others.

    • Fellowship - Mutual caring and ministry in the body of Christ.

    • Confession - Regularly confess your sins to the Lord and other trusted individuals.

    • Submission - Humbling yourself before God and others while seeking accountability in relationships.

  • Disciplines of INAction

    • Solitude - Spending time alone to be with God.

    • Fasting - Skipping something to find greater nourishment from God.

    • Frugality - Learning to live with less money and still meet your basic needs 

    • Secrecy - Avoiding self-promotion, serving God without others knowing.

    • Sacrifice - Giving of our resources beyond what seems reasonable to remind us of our dependence on Christ.

    • Silence - Removing noisy distractions to hear from God.

Shout out to Dallas Willard and his book The Spirit of the Disciplines. Much of this list is inspired from that book.

 
Joe DascenzoComment