SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

The daily exercise of the disciplines of the spiritual life

"Be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."                                                                                                                                                                       Ephesians 4:23


Sanctification (how we are growing in Christ,) requires a daily exercise of the disciplines of the spiritual life.  Listed below are four spiritual disciplines.  Pick one area to practice daily to help you fill your mind with Christ and grow in Him.


prayer

Free prayer
Ritualized prayer

Praying the Psalms

Worship

Hymn, worship songs
Psalm singing
Sitting in Worship

Meditation

Filling your mind,
heart, & soul
Meditative reading of Scripture
Sitting in silence
Listening to God’s voice
Listening to music (soaking)

Contemplation

  • The life of Christ
  • His passion and death

    • Spiritual reading