Believing in God

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"Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men."

- Mark 1:17

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"Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself."

- Leo Tolstoy

The spiritual disciplines are, "a means of receiving God's grace. … They allow us to place ourselves before God so he can transform us."

The

WHY

(objective)

The disciplines are typically organized into two categories: the disciplines of abstinence and the disciplines of activity.

The

WHAT

(overview)

Disciplines of Abstinence (Letting Go)

Chastity

Secrecy

Sacrifice

Solitude

Silence

Fasting

Frugality

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Disciplines of Activity

Fellowship

Confession

Submission

Study

Prayer

Worship

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The

WARNING

(obstacles)

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1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

- Galatians 3:1

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2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?

- Galatians 3:2

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3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?

- Galatians 3:3

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4 Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain?

- Galatians 3:4

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5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?

- Galatians 3:5

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11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age?

- Titus 2:11-12barachurch.com/#/home/spiritual-disciplines

14 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.”

- Matthew 23:14barachurch.com/#/home/spiritual-disciplines

15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.”

- Matthew 23:15barachurch.com/#/home/spiritual-disciplines

39 You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!

- John 5:39

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"The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived."

- Thomas Merton

"The greatest enemy to the spiritual life is hurry."

- John Ortberg

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Discipline doesn’t bring about love.

Love brings about discipline.

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Pay the Price

Remember Your Role

Hone In On Your Heart

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Pay the Price

Remember Your Role

Hone In On Your Heart

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Pay the Price

Remember Your Role

Hone In On Your Heart

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3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?

- Galatians 3:3

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