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Cultivating Spirituality

From Richard J. Foster’s Celebration of Discipline, The Path to Spiritual Growth (20th Anniversary Edition), HarperSanFrancisco, 1978, 1988, and 1998, there are 12 disciplines that we can do to cultivate spirituality.

I. The Inward Disciplines

1. Meditation

To hear God’s voice and obey his word.

2. Prayer

To commune with God to be changed.

3. Fasting

To abstain from food for spiritual purposes.

4. Study

To be transformed through the renewal of the mind.

II. The Outward Disciplines

5. Simplicity

To seek the Kingdom of God first leads to an inward reality that results in an outward lifestyle.

6. Solitude

To have a state of mind and heart that is inner fulfillment.

7. Submission

To deny oneself by giving way to others.

8. Service

To act like a servant brings humility to life.

III. The Corporate Disciplines

9. Confession

To have mutual confession releases the power to heal.

10. Worship

To respond in our human ways to God’s love.

11. Guidance

To value the instruction that comes from a group of faithful people.

12. Celebration

To bring joy into life through singing, dancing, and shouting.

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