{"id":13309,"date":"2015-06-10T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=13309"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:55:08","slug":"spiritual-disciplines-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-purpose.htm","title":{"rendered":"Why Engage in Spiritual Disciplines?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To engage in that which could cause us some inconvenience or discomfort, we need a pretty good reason to do so. We humans don’t like to give up our personal agendas and interests for something we don’t perceive as worth the time and effort.<\/p>\n

Soldiers undergo vigorous discipline so they are fit to win the battle. Athletes train themselves to win a prize. Farmers endure hardship for a crop. See 2 Timothy 2:3-6.<\/span><\/p>\n

For us to be motivated to regularly and persistently spend time in the Word and prayer, for example, we need to sense the value. So, why engage in spiritual disciplines<\/a>?<\/p>\n

A Motivation that Should Make Us Want to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines<\/h2>\n
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The Apostle Paul said, “I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord<\/strong>, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ – the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ …” (Phil. 3:8-11).<\/p>\n

Is your heart\u2019s desire to more fully know and love this God?<\/p>\n

The Getting Spiritually Fit Discipleship Tool<\/strong><\/a> will help you further reflect on what will and will not tend to motivate you to engage in spiritual disciplines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To engage in that which could cause us some inconvenience or discomfort, we need a pretty good reason to do so. We humans don\u2019t like to give up our personal agendas and interests for something we don\u2019t perceive as worth the time and effort. . . . Continue reading Why Engage in Spiritual Disciplines?<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-disciplines-growth"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t