Inward Disciplines
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1: Meditation
Inward • There are many examples throughout scripture where people meditated.
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2: Prayer
Inward • If we are unwilling to change, prayer will be the first thing we will abandon.
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3: Fasting
Inward • In our culture, fasting becomes obsolete.
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4: Study
Inward • If we truly love God, our appetite to know him will never be satisfied.
Outward Disciplines
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5: Solitude
Outward • The key to solitude is "focus".
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6: Simplicity
Outward • We're surrounded by stuff that distracts us.
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7: Service
Outward • Do we serve with humility or the hope that we will be recognised?
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8: Submission
Outward • It's incredibly freeing to give up our own right for the sake of others.
Corporate Disciplines
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9: Confession
Corporate • A major part of healing within the church.
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10: Worship
Corporate • Where our spirit touches the heart of the Father
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11: Guidance
Corporate • His will + our unity = His authority.
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12: Celebration
Corporate • At the heart of the way of Jesus