Spiritual Disciplines: Exploring the Classic Disciplines of the Faith

By Rose Publishing

Explore the 8 classic spiritual disciplines that help us follow Jesus and learn to unpack and apply them practically today!

It addresses questions such as: What does it mean to be Jesus’ disciples in the twenty-first century? Do spiritual disciplines look different in an electronic age? How can spiritual disciplines be a joy, not a legalistic burden? Includes an explanation and advice on these Spiritual Disciplines:

• Bible Reading/Study
• Prayer
• Fasting
• Worship
• Service
• Solitude
• Discernment
• Evangelism

The Spiritual Disciplines Pamphlet makes an excellent handout or Bible study on Christian maturity for a small group or Sunday school class.

Each Spiritual Discipline includes:

• Biblical basis and examples from people in the Bible
• What the spiritual disciplines look like today
• Practical tips for getting started today
• How each discipline helps us to have a Christ-focused life

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Release date: Oct 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9781628621112

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Spiritual Disciplines

Accordian fold image of pamphlet

This handy eBook:

Explains the 8 classic spiritual disciplines that help us follow Jesus, including prayer, fasting, worship, evangelism, Bible study, service, solitude, discernment, and evangelism.

Includes a simple overview (5-7 bullet points), key verses, and examples/people from the Bible to use as models—for each spiritual discipline.

Shares practical tips on how to get started (and stick with each discipline!). Fantastic for personal use, 1-on-1 discipleship, and small groups.

Gives relevant insights on how to keep the focus on Christ (and not our own performance). It exposes 6 common misunderstandings about spiritual disciplines in churches today.

CONTENTS

Summary

What are Spiritual Disciplines?

Spiritual Disciplines Should and Should Not Be

Spiritual Disciplines and the Bible

Spiritual Practice

From Bad to Good Habits

1. Scripture Reading and Studying

2. Prayer

3. Fasting

4. Worship

5. Service

6. Solitude

7. Discernment

8. Evangelism

What are Spiritual Disciplines?

Understanding the power of sin over us will help us grasp the meaning and necessity for spiritual disciplines.

Sin

The Bible explains sin with several metaphors. Sin:

Captures (Prov. 5:22; Heb. 12:1)

Enslaves (Gen. 4:7; John 8:34; Rom. 7:14, 23; Gal. 3:22)

Is deadly (Rom. 6:23; 5:12; Eph. 2:1)

Is a sickness (Ps. 32:1–5; Isa. 53:5; Matt. 9:2, 5; 1 Peter 2:24)

Is impurity (Zech. 13:1; Ps. 51:2; Isa. 1:18)

Separates (Isa. 59:1–2; Eph. 2:12–16; 4:18)

Sin disguises itself as habits—that is, behaviors and thoughts that have become second-nature. Many of the sins we commit come so naturally to us