{"id":5695,"date":"2019-09-18T14:27:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T22:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2019-09-18T14:27:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T22:27:43","slug":"celebration-of-discipline-concluding-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/18\/celebration-of-discipline-concluding-thoughts","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of Discipline: Concluding Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/celebration_of_discipline_220.jpg?resize=220%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover - Celebration Of Discipline\" class=\"wp-image-5484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/celebration_of_discipline_220.jpg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/celebration_of_discipline_220.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 85vw, 220px\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blog read\u00aders: Chi Alpha @ Stan\u00adford is engag\u00ading in our annu\u00adal sum\u00admer read\u00ading project. As we read through an anno\u00adtat\u00aded trans\u00adla\u00adtion of Pascal\u2019s Pensees called <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Christianity-Modern-Pagans-Outlined-Explained\/dp\/0898704529\/\">Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty For Mod\u00adern Pagans<\/a>, I\u2019ll post the thoughts I\u2019m email\u00ading the stu\u00addents here (which will large\u00adly con\u00adsist of excerpts I found insight\u00adful). They are all tagged <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/tag\/summer-reading-project-2020\">sum\u00admer-read\u00ading-project-2020<\/a>. The read\u00ading sched\u00adule is <a href=\"https:\/\/xastanford.org\/summer-reading\">online<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our adven\u00adture through Cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion of Dis\u00adci\u00adpline the book is over. Now it\u2019s time for Cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion of Dis\u00adci\u00adpline the real\u00adi\u00adty TV show. We\u2019ve got to live it or we wast\u00aded many hours this sum\u00admer. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fos\u00adter cov\u00adered twelve dis\u00adci\u00adplines which are all help\u00adful, but remem\u00adber that three dis\u00adci\u00adplines are core:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>pray\u00ading to God<\/li><li>med\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading upon Scrip\u00adture<\/li><li>par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00ading in a wor\u00adship\u00ading com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oth\u00ader dis\u00adci\u00adplines are good, but these are leg day. It\u2019s tempt\u00ading to skip them, but over time it will be obvi\u00adous that you did.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These three are the gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtive dis\u00adci\u00adplines, and there\u00adfore the core dis\u00adci\u00adplines. They beget the oth\u00aders. When we pray, the Spir\u00adit may speak to us to begin a fast. When we read the Word, a verse might cause us to begin serv\u00ading some\u00adone. When we gath\u00ader with God\u2019s peo\u00adple to wor\u00adship and hear a ser\u00admon, we might feel com\u00adpelled to con\u00adfess a sin. If you prac\u00adtice these three reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly the oth\u00aders will come over time, but you can prac\u00adtice soli\u00adtude and sim\u00adplic\u00adi\u00adty for a life\u00adtime and nev\u00ader move beyond that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So keep those front and cen\u00adter as you explore oth\u00ader spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal dis\u00adci\u00adplines. And remem\u00adber why you are doing them. It\u2019s not because they feel good (although some\u00adtimes they will). You do the dis\u00adci\u00adplines because you want the out\u00adcome: god\u00adli\u00adness. In 1 Tim\u00ado\u00adthy 4:7b Paul says, \u201ctrain your\u00adself to be god\u00adly.\u201d Peter like\u00adwise teach\u00ades that we should there\u00adfore \u201cmake every effort\u201d in our pur\u00adsuit of a god\u00adly life (2 Peter 1:3\u20138). We make every effort \u2014 we train our\u00adselves \u2014 by means of the dis\u00adci\u00adplines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nFinal\u00adly, remem\u00adber this phrase:  \u201ctry\u00ading with\u00adout train\u00ading leads to \nfrus\u00adtra\u00adtion.\u201d  May these next few months be fruit\u00adful as you train for \ngod\u00adli\u00adness! \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P.S. Here are the results of my sur\u00advey about which chap\u00adter peo\u00adple found most help\u00adful: tied for first place were the chap\u00adters on <strong>prayer <\/strong>and <strong>fast\u00ading<\/strong>, hon\u00ador\u00adable men\u00adtion goes to the chap\u00adter on <strong>soli\u00adtude <\/strong>which was only one vote shy. Oth\u00ader chap\u00adters received some love as well, but those three were far ahead. So if you\u2019re behind on the read\u00ading, maybe jump straight to those chap\u00adters for max\u00adi\u00admum ben\u00ade\u00adfit. And don\u2019t for\u00adget that I\u2019ve post\u00aded my com\u00admen\u00adtary on each chap\u00adter at <a href=\"https:\/\/xastanford.org\/summer-reading\">https:\/\/xastanford.org\/summer-reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our adven\u00adture through Cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion of Dis\u00adci\u00adpline the book is over. Now it\u2019s time for Cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion of Dis\u00adci\u00adpline the real\u00adi\u00adty TV show. We\u2019ve got to live it or we wast\u00aded many hours this sum\u00admer. \ud83d\ude42 Fos\u00adter cov\u00adered twelve dis\u00adci\u00adplines which are all help\u00adful, but remem\u00adber that three dis\u00adci\u00adplines are core: pray\u00ading to God med\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading upon Scrip\u00adture \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/18\/celebration-of-discipline-concluding-thoughts\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cCel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion of Dis\u00adci\u00adpline: Con\u00adclud\u00ading Thoughts\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Some concluding thoughts on Celebration of Discipline. 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