Discipline: Training Your Soul’s Habits

• Distinctive Discipleship – Designing Specific Plans for Christian Maturity
• Category #5: Discipline
• “For this I toil” (Col. 1:29)

Evaluate

• Are you satisfied with your commitment to spiritual disciplines?
• Spiritual disciplines are premeditated activities that encourage spiritual growth.
• If we cannot find time for spiritual training, we are investing our lives into something we value more.
• Many lose interest in spiritual habits because they provide gradual progress in a world which sells immediate results.

Examine

• Why should a Christian prioritize spiritual disciplines?
• Spiritual disciplines are not meant to make you more liked by Jesus but to make you more like Jesus (4:6-7).
• Our souls need more work than our bodies (4:8-10).
• Never use your age or experience to serve as an excuse (4:11-12).
• Practice makes progress (4:13-15).
• Your spiritual habits will not only impact you but also influence those around you (4:16).

Engage

• What will be the next spiritual discipline you begin to improve?
• Instead of being overwhelmed by working on all disciplines, prioritize strengthening one for the next few months.
• Prioritizing one discipline as a dedicated activity will eventually transform it into a joyful habit.
• Immerse yourself in training with one spiritual discipline that is essential for your soul’s health.
• I will focus on the spiritual discipline of ___________________________.
• What are my next action steps?