{"id":13316,"date":"2015-06-17T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=13316"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T20:07:55","slug":"spiritual-disciplines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines.htm","title":{"rendered":"What are Examples of the Spiritual Disciplines?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the Bible does not use the term “spiritual disciplines”<\/a> we can’t point to an activity or practice and say “God says this is a spiritual discipline.” Rather, we can only look at that which He says will help us get to know and love Him better<\/a>, to grow in our relationship with Him.<\/p>\n

Examples of Spiritual Disciplines Could be That to Which Scripture Exhorts Us to Be Devoted:<\/h2>\n

A good starting place could be Acts 2:42-47 where we read of the early church not only engaging in certain practices but being devoted to them. Acts 2:42<\/span> begins, “They devoted themselves to” and then lists the following activities:<\/p>\n

1) God’s Word<\/strong>\u00a0(Matt. 4:4; 2 Tim. 3:16-17)<\/em><\/p>\n

2) Fellowship <\/strong>(Rom. 12:10; Heb. 10:24-25)<\/em><\/p>\n

3) Prayer<\/strong> (Col. 4:2)<\/em><\/p>\n

4) Worship<\/strong> (Jn. 4:23- 24; Rom. 12:1)<\/em><\/p>\n

5) Benevolence <\/strong>(Titus 3:8, 14)<\/em><\/p>\n

Are there other spiritual disciplines?<\/h2>\n

Some authors on books about spiritual disciplines<\/a> add even more spiritual activities to the list. Since we don\u2019t even find the term \u201cspiritual disciplines\u201d mentioned in the Bible, we must guard against getting dogmatic about what to include. We do, however, need to find a biblical basis for it. If our objective in practicing spiritual disciplines is to foster and deepen our love relationship with the Lord, we must approach it through means He endorses in accordance with His Word.<\/p>\n

\"Getting<\/a>The Getting Spiritually Fit Discipleship Tool<\/strong><\/a> provides some instruction on each of the above listed examples of what might be considered to be spiritual disciplines, as well as a list in chart form of other possibilities indicating how them might lead to, be a part of, or result from time spent in the Word, fellowship, prayer, worship, or benevolence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since the Bible does not use the term \u201cspiritual disciplines\u201d we can\u2019t point to an activity or practice and say \u201cGod says this is a spiritual discipline.\u201d Rather, we can only look at that which He says will help us get to know and love Him better, to grow in our relationship with Him. . . . Continue reading What are Examples of the 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-13316","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