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Gym time
1 Timothy 4:8, "Bodily exercise is of some value, but working out in
the gymnasium of godliness holds promise for the present life and the
life to come."
Spiritual disciplines can be helpful with the Spirit’s help in helping
us grow spiritually. They aren’t the measure of how good we are, or and
end in themselves. If you like, it’s just a way of getting into good
habits.
Silence Try making a few minutes each day for complete silence, turn the radio and TV off and turn to God
Prayer Pray as you can, not as you can’t. Try 5 minutes a day, and you’ll find you want to pray more
Fasting How about fasting from shopping, the internet, MSN,
music or football. The point is to focus on Jesus and realise what are
your priorities. Its about freedom. See Isaiah 58
Study Not necessarily heavy and academic. Study life, look
through God’s eyes at the world, creation, people, culture. Let God’s
word be the first place you start
Confession Keep a short account with God. Confess to him what is
really going on in the shower at the begiining of the day. Find
yourself someone who asks you the hard questions about your life.
Meeting together Let's see how inventive we can be in
encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as
some do, but spurring each other on. Hebrews 10:24
Service Think of one thing you can do to serve your colleague, neighbour, family or friends and do it.
Submission Submit your day to God at the beginning, let him be in charge of what you do and say
Remember
• Apply grace, its not about getting God to love us more
• Ask the Spirit for help
• Don't just try harder
• Start small and build up
• Look for character and behaviour change in yourself
• It’s all about being more like Jesus
(To listen to Andy's talk on spiritual disciplines, click here.)