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Being disciples…
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Spiritual Disciplines
• Arenas of grace and glory
• Training ground for spiritual living
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Spiritual Disciplines:
• Prayer
• The Word of God
• Meditation
• Fasting
• Solitude
• Singing
• Study
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Spiritual Vision
…the practice of unseen things
(Heb. 11:1)
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Spiritual Vision
• Jesus Christ, the Word of God
– Enthroned in glory (Kingdom)
– Coming in judgment
• Precious and magnificent promises
– The glory of God’s eternal covenant
• Living in the Spirit
– Real power for real life!
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Spiritual Practice
• Living for Christ and His Kingdom
• Personal Mission Field
Plans, promises, prayers, praise…
Three Prayers Three Practices Three Promises
For the lost: Be interested in people: You can do it!
Gn. 6.3; Col. 4.3 Acts 17.16, 17, 22, 23 Phil. 4.13
For the saved:
Col. 1.9-12; Be a good listener: God will use it!
1 Thess. 1.2, 3 Jms. 1.19 Is. 55.11
For yourself:
Eph. 6.19, 20 Look for ways to serve: God can do more!
Col 4.6 Mk. 10.42-45 Eph. 3.2
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Format
• Weekly study
• Spiritual disciplines
• Discussion (Col. 3:16)
• Practical exercises (James 1:22-25)
• Prayer partners (Prov. 27:17)
• Experienced leaders
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Spiritual Disciplines
Spiritual Growth Planner
Spiritual disciplines are that special arena worship, meditate, observe His glory in the
practicing spiritual dis-ciplines should be one of
where God promises to meet us with His creation, pray, sing, and otherwise enjoy being
our most important priorities. It makes sense,
special arena
grace, to bring us into His presence and let us alone with the Lord for an hour to a full day.
therefore, to plan our use of these precious
enter into His glory, so that we can experience Singing allows us to express our prayers or
resources.
His love and be renewed in His good-ess and beliefs in songs that delight the Lord and
In your plan consider which of the disciplines
truth. Nurturing a healthy and growing prac- engage our hearts as well as our minds. We
you will practice each day – not all of them,
ice of spiritual disciplines is the greatest don’t need to be good singers; a “joyful noise”
certainly. The overall objective would be to try
a standard to attain
challenge any Christian can undertake. God will do for the Lord! The discipline of study
to have some expo-ure to all the disciplines over
calls us to “grow in the grace and knowledge can involve taking a course, reading books,
the course of a month. Each day you may pray,
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pt. seeking the glory of God in the created world,
read Scripture, sing, and perhaps have a time of
3.18). Such growth cannot be realized apart and a host of other activities. Scripture tells us
meditation, if only for a few minutes. Each
from the practice of spiritual disciplines. that those who delight in the works of God
week you may consider a longer period of
This little planner is designed to help you plan take time to study them (Ps. 111.2).
meditation, or perhaps a one-meal fast. Each
and monitor your use of spiritual disciplines As we grow in the amount of time invested in
month you may wish to schedule an hour (or
over a three-month period. On the cover put these disciplines, and in the quality of that
more) of soli-tude, or perhaps a 24-hour fast.
personal rule
your name and the period for which you will time, we will find that, more and more, we
As you begin using this planner don’t be too
be using this planner (e. g., January-March, learn the joy of the Lord, experience His
ambitious. It may take a while to get to some of
2004). strength and power, grow in His grace, bear
the disciplines. The goal, month-by-month is to
The disciplines this planner wants to guide fruit to His glory, speak of His goodness and
increase consistency, qual-ity, comprehensiveness, and fruit
you in are all Biblically-grounded, important love to others, and find the full and abundant
from the practice of spir-tual disciplines. Each
means of growing in the grace of the Lord. life for which He created and redeemed us in
man will have to find the plan and pace that is
We must learn to use them all, and to increase Jesus Christ.
best for his circumstances and needs.
both the time we spend in them and the Share your plan with your prayer partner.
quality of that time as well. Prayer is our Practicing Spiritual Disciplines
Monitor your progress daily, weekly, and each
various disciplines
conversation with God, while the Bible is His Spiritual disciplines are valuable resources for
month. Revise your plan as you feel you need to
Word to us. To us is given the great privilege growth. The more we practice them, the more
and are able, always looking for ways in to
of enjoying, improving, and in-creasing that we can expect to know the full and abundant
increase and improve the time you give to the
conversation daily, weekly, and each month. life Jesus offers.
practice of spiritual disciplines. God will bless
In meditation we set aside time to reflect in We are more likely to do those things which we
your efforts! Expect Him to, and watch how He
casual prayer over things we have read or plan. “Fail to plan and you are planning to fail”
brings new growth into your life.
observations we have made of God’s glory is a maxim that has its provenance in the Bible,
from the world around us. Fasting, in which where Moses prayed, “So teach us to number
blessing and growth
we forego a meal or a whole day of meals, our days that we may get a heart of wisdom”
teaches us to depend on the Lord and know (Ps. 90.12). The way of wisdom is to number
the power of His strength more and more. our days, to plan the things that are really
Times of solitude are extended periods alone important to us, so that nothing else will be 9
with the Lord, in which we may able to steal that time away. Certainly
Spiritual Growth Planner
Plan for the month of __________ Plan for the month of __________
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Prayer Prayer
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A Personal Planner Bible Bible
Meditation Meditation
Name _______________________
Period _______________________
Fasting Fasting
Solitude Solitude
Singing Singing
Study Study
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Features…
Singing and Sharing
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Psalm 84 107
Psalm 67
Sweet Hour “Brethren, We Prayer”
Tune: Holy Manna––“Sweet Hour of Have Met to Faithfulness “Great is is Built on Nothing
Tune: Solid Rock ––“My HopeThy Faithfulness”
Worship”
vv. 1-4 Less”
vv. 1-4good it is to thank the Lord and vv. 1-3
How vv. 1, 2You are good, we give thanks and we
Lord,
Lord of hosts,Most sweet accord;
praise to God how High Your dwelling; O bless us, Savior, by Your grace,
praise You!
By day to let longs for Your courts!
How my soulHis kindness ring, His
Let my soul by night keep telling
And shine upon us will forever endure.
Your steadfast love with Your face,
faithfulness with joy to sing. That we Your way may loudly proclaim
Let the redeemed, who from trouble You
Of Your grace forever more.
With ten-stringed lute, resounding lyre, And tell to all the earth Your fame!
rescue,
Likesweetest harp we’ll lift You higher.
and a bird upon the altar Gather v. 3 say
Refrainand (5) that Your mercy is sure!
For You have You belong.
Let my life to made our souls rejoice; we Let all the peoples praise You, Lord,
Blessed are they with never falter
Refrain vv. 1-3
sing Your praise who blended voice! RejoicingYour wondrous works, and for Your
Lord, for in Your holy Word!
As they praise Your grace with song! Rejoicing
steadfast love,in Your holy Word!
We give You thanks, we exalt Your great
Name!
We who from east and west, north and south
gather,
Boldly redemption in Christ we proclaim!
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Being disciples…
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The Program
• 4 units
• 4 lessons each unit
• A year of study
• An ongoing fellowship
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The program Unit 1: “Follow Me!”
The Word of God
Being Disciples
Making Disciples
The Spirit of God
risen and reigning Word
•The •The returning Word
incarnate Word
•The eternal Word 13
The program Unit 2: “Precious and
Magnificent Promises”
The Word of God
Being Disciples
Making Disciples
The Spirit of God
•Laying hold on covenant
•God’s magnificent promises
•Precious andeternalthe promises
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The program Unit 3: Living in God’s Spirit
The Word of God
Being Disciples
Making Disciples
The Spirit of God
•The Spirit of witness
•A man in thethe Spirit
•Living of by Spirit
•TransformedGod’s Spirit
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The Program Unit 4: Evangelizing
Everywhere
The Word of God
Being Disciples
Making Disciples
The Spirit of God
•Doors of opportunity
•Dealing with adversaries
•The Christian’s hope
•Expectations
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Being disciples…
…making disciples
Men’s Discipleship
“I’ll never see Jesus Christ, other
people, or myself the same again.”
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