When we think of spiritual disciplines, we often think of practices such as prayer or meditation. The discipline of simplicity is not usually thought of in the same way because it manifests itself in a much more external way and largely deals with our relationship with our possessions. Like the other spiritual practices, however, simplicity invites us to create space both internally and externally so we can encounter the Holy Spirit and grow in the life God created us for.
Bible References (NIV)
Matthew 6:24 – ““No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Luke 12:15 – “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
Matthew 6:25-27 – “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”
Isaiah 44
Other Things We Referenced
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