There are a few different tools available to help us with our walks with God. These tools, called the spiritual disciplines, are ways that we can learn to grow and to allow the Holy Spirit to renew us in every area of life. They are:

* Prayer - communicating with God

* Study- learning about God

* Meditation- thinking about God

* Worship- feeling and expressing love, adoration, and reverence for God

* Community- Growing in relationship with God with others who are on the same journey with Jesus.

* Fasting/abstinence- learning to surrender ourselves to God by giving up food and/or things for a time.

* Rest- learning to focus on God and the things that are most important by stopping to rest from the busyness of life.

* Service- putting God and others first by sacrificing our time and talent to benefit others and to obey God.

* Generosity- sacrificing our finances for the sake of helping others and giving back to God.

While each of these spiritual disciplines is meant to help us grow spiritually we have to realize God doesn’t intend for us just to THRIVE spiritually. His plan and desire is that our relationship with Him would bring healing, transformation, and wholeness in EVERY area of life. Understanding and practicing these spiritual disciplines can result in the growth that we need to see wholeness and His renewing power in every aspect of who we are.

Today we’re going to talk about how practicing the spiritual discipline of PRAYER can benefit not just our spiritual lives, but our emotional, relational, financial, and physical lives as well.

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