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Spiritual Disciplines
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Heb 12:4-11
I. Introduction
A. Making disciples
1.
This is the issue for most of you
2. Becoming a better disciple is always the journey
3. Three strand cord of discipleship
Eccles.
4:12
Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
a. Intimacy
b. God’s word
c. Obedience
4. The Word is to seed as prayer is to fertilizer
B. Discipline Heb 12:4-11
1.
The word discipline has negative connotations
a. Punishment
b. Distasteful
c. Hard
2. Positive side of discipline
a.
An athlete that is undisciplined doesn’t go far
b.
Training of the body, mind etc.
c. Playing an instrument with excellence demands discipline
3. Parents discipline their children
a.
To become productive members of society we must learn that the world consists of others
b. Horrible to encounter an undisciplined child
c. Worse to encounter an undisciplined adult.
d. John Bradshaw says, “We raise undisciplined children because we as adults are undisciplined.”
4. The opposite of discipline
a. Disorganized
b. Disorder
c. Confusion
5. Military
a. Discipline helps the troops respond in a crisis
b. Provides safety when the going gets tough
c. POW, certain practices they did so they wouldn’t lose their mind.
6. Discipline of discipleship
a. Change of lifestyle
b. Forming new habits
c. Embracing new practices that enable me to follow Jesus.
II.
Purpose of the Spiritual Disciplines
A. The search for authentic people
1. Life on the surface
a. Are you tired of living life on the surface?
b. Pretending to be somebody you are not
c.
To be authentic people we must go deeper
d. Do you ever get tired talking about the routine things of life?
e. Snorkeling in Puerto Rico
f.
Too many of us remain on the surface because it is safer
2. Who are they for
a.
The other people
1) The mystics
2) The monks
3) The spiritual giants
b. Ordinary people
1) Work everyday
2) Parents who care for children
3) Washing dishes
4) Playing ball
5) For new disciples
c.
Richard Foster
“The Disciplines are best exercised in the midst of our normal daily activities.
If they are to have any transforming effect, the effect must be found in the ordinary junctures of human life: in our relationships with our husband or wife, our brothers and sisters, our friends and neighbors.”
3. The requirement
a.
A deep longing for God
Psalm 42:1-2
As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.
2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
1) The progression of the writer
a) For God
b) The living God
c) Meet with God
2) This Psalm is a prayer for deliverance when being oppressed.
a) 1) Where do you turn?
b) Who will deliver you?
c) Will you look for a quick fix?
3) Isn’t their something in you that cries out for more, something deeper?
4) Aren’t you tired of superficial answers?
b. Fear that it will be dull
1) The practice of the disciplines will free us from our selves
2) Break the hold of fear
3) Liberate me from enslavement to myself
B. Breaking the power of sinful habits
1.
Typical approach
a.
Control it
1) Col.
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