Spiritual Disciplines And Desires
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES AND DESIRES
DISCIPLINE | DESIRE | PAGE |
to give a regular and honest account of my choices, priorities and temptations to a godly and wise companion who points me to Christ | 122 | |
to know what the Bible says and how it intersects with my life | 164 | |
to pray a simple, intimate prayer of heartfelt desire before God | 204 | |
to honor the Creator by loving, nurturing and stewarding his creation | 180 | |
to take joyful, passionate pleasure in God and the radically glorious nature of God’s people, Word, world and purposes | 26 | |
to quiet the heart and rest in God alone | 207 | |
to revere God by receiving and honoring my body and the bodies of others with purity of thought and action | 126 | |
to express and reflect the self-donating love of the Trinity by investing in and journeying with others | 129 | |
to become the healing presence of Christ to others | 183 | |
to surrender my weaknesses and faults to the forgiving love of Christ and intentionally desire and embrace practices that lead to transformation | 91 | |
to wake up to the presence of God in all things | 48 | |
to develop an open, restful receptivity to the Trinity that enables me to always be with God just as I am | 211 | |
to turn the destructive way I use words into authentic, loving and healing speech | 186 | |
to talk naturally and unself-consciously to God in prayer times with others | 215 | |
to enter into authentic, confidential and healing relationships with a committed group of fellow pilgrims | 132 | |
to nurture the spirit of trust that is attached to God alone | 95 | |
to prayerfully encounter and surrender to the Living God through attending to Scripture | 167 | |
to delight in and recognize the voice and will of God | 99 | |
to be in a relationship where I am encouraged or where I encourage another to become an apprentice of Jesus | 135 | |
to notice both God and my God-given desires throughout the day | 52 | |
to let go of an appetite in order to seek God on matters of deep concern for others, myself and the world | 218 | |
to stop my work and pray throughout the day | 223 | |
to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s prompting to live with a grateful heart, cognizant of God’s work in my life and my abundant resources | 29 | |
to be nourished by Christ, tasting the sweet depths of redemption | 32 | |
to be a safe person who offers others the grace, shelter and presence of Jesus | 138 | |
to become like Jesus in his willingness to choose the hidden way of love rather than the way of power | 190 | |
to assist the emotionally broken and wounded as they seek God for the healing only he can give | 227 | |
to turn my concerns and worries into prayer; to enter God’s heart for the world and then pray from there | 231 | |
to be alert to my life through writing and reflecting on God’s presence and activity in, around and through me | 56 | |
to love others by seeking their good, protection, gain and fair treatment | 193 | |
to make a quiet, listening pilgrimage to God | 235 | |
to open myself to God through established patterns or traditions of written prayers and readings | 239 | |
to more deeply gaze on God in his works and words | 172 | |
to carry the life-shaping words of God in me at all times and in all places | 176 | |
to accompany and encourage others to grow to their God-given potential | 141 | |
to develop a continual openness and awareness of Christ’s presence living in me | 59 | |
to rest in God, allowing him to calm and heal my fragmented and distracted self | 249 | |
to share the journey of prayer with a trusted companion | 242 | |
to allow God to shape my prayer life through the words of Scripture | 245 | |
to align myself, while walking in particular places, with Christ and his intercession for the kingdom to come | 253 | |
to honor God and my human limitations through restful rhythms | 63 | |
to make space in my life for God alone | 66 | |
to live a sane and holy rhythm that reflects a deep love for God and respect for how he has made me | 35 | |
to set apart one day a week for rest and worship of God | 40 | |
to follow the simple and often hidden way of Christ | 104 | |
to value myself as my heavenly Father values me | 70 | |
to reflect the helping, caring and sharing love of God in the world | 144 | |
to free myself from the addiction to and distraction of noise so I can be totally present to the Lord; to open myself to God in the place beyond words | 107 | |
to uncomplicate and untangle my life so I can focus on what really matters | 74 | |
to curb my addiction to busyness, hurry and workaholism; to learn to savor the moment | 78 | |
to make my spiritual journey with a community of trusted friends | 148 | |
to leave people behind and enter into time alone with God | 111 | |
to give caring attention to my relationship with God, accompanied by the prayerful presence of someone who helps me listen well to God | 115 | |
to develop a friendship that encourages and challenges me to love God with all my heart, soul, strength and mind | 151 | |
to live as a steward of God’s resources in all areas of life; to live out of the awareness that nothing I have is my own | 196 | |
to have Jesus as the Master of my life in absolutely every way | 118 | |
to remain a lifelong learner who is continually open to the fresh wind of the Holy Spirit | 82 | |
to live an authentically truthful life | 200 | |
to live in harmony with Christ’s desire for the church to be one; to be a bridge-builder and peacemaker in the body of Christ | 155 | |
to be fully present to and uninterrupted in my interactions with God and others | 85 | |
to reveal the life-changing love of Jesus to others | 159 | |
to honor and adore the Trinity as the supreme treasure of life | 44 |
