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Desire

do you ever feel the desire sinking into your fingers itching your very nerves to clean every space in the house sometimes our darkest desires impulses we cannot control feelings we wish to deny aren't the crazy ones but the embarrassing ones to clean out the tub 8/5/17

Spiritual Disciplines

Spiritual disciplines? What are those? A good question for anyone in the Christian faith and life. Many people, when they take a moment to think of spiritual disciples, think of things like prayer, bible reading or study, and going to church. While those are good spiritual disciplines, those are not the only ones out there. Far from it! In seminary one of my professors gave me a book which outlines 62 different spiritual disciplines: their practices, their functions, and their strengths and weaknesses. Sixty two different practices! That is a lot of different ways to connect to God! "Spiritual practices don't give us "spiritual brownie points" or help us "work the system" for a passing grade from God. They simply put us in a place where we can begin to notice God and respond to his word to us." (Spiritual Disciplines Handbook p. 19) Spiritual practices help us connect our desire for God in our lives with the work that God is doing in our lives...