Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

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Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

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Part way in I realized I was listening to the abridged version but decided to keep going and would switch to full version if I wanted more. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study offer avenues of personal examination and change. The life that pleases God is not a set of religious duties; it is to hear His voice and obey His word. The corporate disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration bring us nearer to one another and to God.

A lot of people from the Protestant tradition are immediately dissuaded from the idea of spiritual disciplines because they are so focused on the idea of grace. Worship didn't do too much for me because it involves so much interaction with other people, but maybe I'm just not there yet. He discusses ways to make prayers more personal and powerful, and how to establish a practice of prayer that works for each listener. For example, the fasting chapter begins with an argument on the prudence of fasting as a regular part of the Christian life, discusses the physical affects of fasting, addresses some of the practical concerns (what to eat before, after a fast, etc. The discussion of celebration, often the most neglected of the Disciplines, shows its critical importance, for it stands at the heart of the way to Christ.Foster displays in this book that in his best moments he can say something obvious and plain; however, most of the time he is simply confused or downright wrong.

Foster cites Jesus command to forgive (John 20:23) and points out how we miss opportunity to assure and bless our brothers and sisters by not practicing the act of verbal, specific forgiveness (p. Fortunately, this is a very practical introduction to these disciplines that recognizes that one doesn’t simply become an expert practitioner or spiritual giant overnight.Profane or cruel comments will be deleted, as well as spam and other comments that I feel should be deleted. This audiobook is only split into have sections when the actual book has serve along sections and sub chapters.

Foster’s division of spiritual disciplines is a trinity of Inward Individual (meditation, prayer, fasting, study), Outward Individual (simplicity, solitude, submission, service), and Corporate (confession, worship, guidance, celebration).He advocates some sound practices, but he cannot avoid throwing in some charismatic nonsense which ends up spoiling much of the batch. Celebration of Discipline will help motivate Christians everywhere to embark on a journey of prayer and spiritual growth.

I love the logical arrangement of chapters, the frank yet nuanced writing style, the direct applicability, and the church history Foster weaves together. In this landmark work, Foster examines the foundations of Christian experience, growth, and renewal found in six historical movements: contemplative, holiness, charismatic, social justice, evangelical, and incarnational. I often wonder how insecure God must be that He needs my attention 24-7, but the answers to such questions are above my pay grade, and I just roll on regardless. Foster begins his discussion of the Outward Disciplines with simplicity which he defines as "to always hold the kingdom of God as the number one priority of our lives.If you’re simply engaging with our series and not directly with the book, then follow this guide for the first route for mediation: Meditation upon Scripture.



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