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This episode is a crash course on the Spiritual Disciplines laid out in Richard Foster's book Celebration of Spiritual Disciplines. We will examine how these practices can form us into a person of depth.
1. Inward:
-Meditation (opportunity to allow the Holy Spirit to search our hearts, and reveal things in us)
- Prayer (prayer is the key orienting time of speaking to God and hearing from God)
- Fasting (More than any other discipline fasting reveals the things that control us. We often
cover up our ugly desires and behaviors but hunger can reveal what we have been hiding
from ourselves). (Jesus expected his disciples to fast)
- Study (Study of scripture is the practice by which we can learn and understand the word of
God)
2. Outward
- Simplicity (decluttering, removing distractions, and not creating busy work is a practice by which we can make space for God)
- Solitude (getting alone is the only way we can really shut off other voices and hear the voice of our father. Sometimes we are terrified because we realize we will have to face what is really inside of us)
- Submission: Practicing the way of letting go, not always needing our way, honoring others, and realizing we do not always need to be right. This frees us from resentment and bitterness)
- Service: This is the practice by which we can meet the needs of others. Whether it's feeding the homeless, helping at church, or cleaning up the house. We can honor and love others through our service)
3. Corporate
-Confession: (sharing and repenting of sins to one another. There is power in releasing the
shame of sin by confessing to one another. We were made to be relational. Often it can break the power of strong addiction and sin over our lives)
-Worship: (Coming together in praise and worship is a way to hear corporately from God. To have a sense of us together, and to pray for one another)