What are spiritual disciplines? Should I be doing them if I am a Christian? We explore these questions in this overview of spiritual disciplines and how they can have a profound impact on our faith and life.
Scripture References (NIV)
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 – “See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Matthew 22:37 – “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”
Further Reading
As A Deer Pants – Ruahvotions
Spiritual Disciplines: Growing Deep Roots – Ruahversity
Books We Referenced
- Living With the Monks – Jesse Itzler
- The Year of Living Biblically – AJ Jacobs
- Desiring the Kingdom – James K. Smith
- Sacred Rhythms – Ruth Haley Barton
- Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus – Ann Spangler & Lois Tverberg
