Category Archives: Spiritual Disciplines

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“Anybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.” – John 13:14-15 “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to … Continue reading →

.!. This is the first post in a series on Spiritual Disciplines. I recommend reading / listening to the post Stop Trying Start Training: Sermon Notes first. Stranger Than Fiction dvd “Joy is the serious business of heaven.” – C.S. Lewis “the joy of the Lord is your strength.” – Nehemiah 8:10 “Celebration is central to all the spiritual disciplines.” – Richard Foster “The Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot!” – Augustine Joy Gives Us Strength Joy gives us strength. Think about it, it is because of joy that we endure the tough times. Without the possibility … Continue reading →

Listen: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Watch the intro video: [qt:/video/rock.mov 480 300] Intro It’s obvious that in trying to lift that heavy rock that I was lacking something. The right form, energizing music, and all the confidence I could muster up just wasn’t enough. What I lacked was the hours of dedicated training. Working my way up from lighter weights to heavier ones; training my body and exercising my muscles. It’s quite the same when it comes to our discipleship. (If you aren’t familiar with that term, discipleship, it is the lifelong life encompassing process of being … Continue reading →

On Jan. 1, Calvary Assembly of God began its annual church wide 40 day fast. With that in mind, here are some thoughts on the practice of fasting. There are two main categories of spiritual disciplines – disciplines of engaging and disciplines of abstaining. The practice of fasting is a discipline of abstaining. Fasting can be defined as “the voluntary abstention from an otherwise normal function – most often eating – for the sake of intense spiritual activity.” (from the Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible) Right before Jesus launched into his 3 years of intense ministry, He spent 40 days fasting … Continue reading →