A list of Spiritual Disciplines
BIble reading & Prayer
Reading the Bible, meditating on how it applies, praying about that very thing back to God, and then waiting to see if anything from the holy spirit comes to mind. (Something to repent of, something to do, something to write down.)
Bible memorization
Take a verse that you need right now, on this day, and it becomes your mantra. Write it on a 3x5 card, or make it the background of your phone, and you say it over and over again like you’re a little kid in AWANA.
Bible study
This is where we seek to learn something specific about theology from the Bible. For example, seeking to know what the Bible says about friendship and digging into all the passages you can find on friendship.
Gratitude
Extended time in prayer or journaling thanking God for specific things.
Intercessory Prayer
This is where we make it a practice to pray specifically for someone else. And this includes praying for your enemies
Fasting
This is where you forego something, most of the time food, so that you can use that important time for prayer.
Confession
Extended time of confessing our sins, our failures, our mistakes, our frailty, our weaknesses, or temptations.
Set reminders using the daily prayer app. https://www.rethinkme.com/dailyprayer
Sabbath
This is the oldest one in the book…literally. It’s a day where you set aside an extended period of time to not work, but to talk with God, to worship God, to enjoy God’s gifts…and rest in God
Hospitality
Hospitality Is the spiritual discipline of creating space for others to be seen and heard - particularly those who are strangers to a new place - or those who are suffering, sick, or sinful.
Simplicity
This is the spiritual discipline of seeking to live with less, be content with less, live with less distraction. It’s not talked about as much as the other spiritual disciplines, but it is ALL throughout the scriptures
1 Timothy 6:6-8 – “Godliness with contentment is great gain... If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.”
Luke 12:15 – “Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
1 Thessalonians 4:11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
2 Thessalonians 3:12 Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.
Community
Counsel, conversation, accountability, and fellowship with other Christians.
