Spiritual Disciplines
You long to grow, but willpower keeps running out. The old practices, fasting, silence, study, prayer, are not a ladder you climb to earn God's love. They are quiet ways to make room for grace, to train the soul as an athlete trains, so that over time you are formed more into the likeness of Christ.
What you can do here
Grace, not striving
Fasting, silence, study, solitude, prayer. These are not tests to pass or a way to impress God, who already loves you in Christ. They are old, tender practices that clear space in a noisy life so grace can do its slow work. Like training the body, you begin small and keep returning. Explore them through study and a steady daily rhythm, and let each one form you toward Jesus rather than toward yourself.
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"But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.", 1 Timothy 4:7
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