{"id":13324,"date":"2015-06-25T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=13324"},"modified":"2022-07-27T15:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T19:07:13","slug":"spiritual-disciplines-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm","title":{"rendered":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve defined <a title=\"What are spiritual disciplines?\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-defined.htm\">what spiritual disciplines are<\/a>. We&#8217;ve determined the <a title=\"Why Engage in Spiritual Disciplines?\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-purpose.htm\">purpose<\/a> for them. We&#8217;ve given <a title=\"Examples of Spiritual Disciplines\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines.htm\">examples<\/a>. That&#8217;s helpful but are we practicing them consistently?<\/p>\n<h2>How do we get to the point where we consistently engage in the spiritual disciplines?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>First,<\/strong> we need to understand the spiritual battle behind a struggle to engage in the spiritual disciplines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second,<\/strong> we need to understand how natural tendencies, like <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/personality.htm\">our personalities<\/a>, can affect our practice of the spiritual disciplines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third,<\/strong> we need to grab hold of God&#8217;s resources that will enable us to engage in spiritual disciplines.\u00a0 &#8212; <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t take the spiritual out of the spiritual disciplines because then all you are left with are disciplines.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/getting-spiritually-fit-discipleship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26139 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/spiritually-fit-samples.jpg\" alt=\"Getting Spiritually Fit by Consistently Engaging in Spiritual Disciplines\" width=\"180\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/getting-spiritually-fit-discipleship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Getting Spiritually Fit Discipleship Tool<\/strong><\/a> briefly expounds on each of the above points along with some helpful Scripture. It also challenges you to think through what might be keeping you from consistently engaging in spiritual disciplines.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve defined what spiritual disciplines are. We&#8217;ve determined the purpose for them. We&#8217;ve given examples. That\u2019s helpful but how do we get to the point where we consistently engage in the spiritual disciplines? <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-13324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-disciplines-growth"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s helpful to define spiritual disciplines, know their purpose and examples, but it can still be hard to practice spiritual disciplines consistently.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ministry Tools Resource Center\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"p:domain_verify\" content=\"90e23fc3015278d53ab46bdc8f3dfa06\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"spiritual disciplines,spiritual practices,spiritual battle,struggle,natural tendencies,god\\&#039;s resources,god\\&#039;s power,god\\&#039;s strength,holy spirit\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n  (function(c,l,a,r,i,t,y){\n    c[a]=c[a]||function(){(c[a].q=c[a].q||[]).push(arguments)};\n    t=l.createElement(r);t.async=1;t.src=\"https:\/\/www.clarity.ms\/tag\/\"+i;\n    y=l.getElementsByTagName(r)[0];y.parentNode.insertBefore(t,y);\n  })(window, document, \"clarity\", \"script\", \"b8r91co17u\");\n<\/script>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Christian Ministry Training Blog | Equipping to Enhance Church Life, Ministry, &amp; Walk with God\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#039;s helpful to define spiritual disciplines, know their purpose and examples, but it can still be hard to practice spiritual disciplines consistently.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"fb:app_id\" content=\"1861972540977086\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/spiritually-fit-samples.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/spiritually-fit-samples.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"180\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"188\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-25T12:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-27T19:07:13+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MinTools\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/MinTools\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MinistryToolsRC\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"It&#039;s helpful to define spiritual disciplines, know their purpose and examples, but it can still be hard to practice spiritual disciplines consistently.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MinistryToolsRC\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/spiritually-fit-samples.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#article\",\"name\":\"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently\",\"headline\":\"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mtadmin#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/spiritually-fit-samples.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":180,\"height\":188,\"caption\":\"Getting Spiritually Fit - Engaging in Spiritual Disciplines\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-25T08:00:50-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-27T15:07:13-04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/walk-with-god#listItem\",\"name\":\"Christian Walk with God\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/walk-with-god#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Christian Walk with God\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/walk-with-god\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/walk-with-god\\\/spiritual-disciplines-growth#listItem\",\"name\":\"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Blog Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/walk-with-god\\\/spiritual-disciplines-growth#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/walk-with-god\\\/spiritual-disciplines-growth\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#listItem\",\"name\":\"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/walk-with-god#listItem\",\"name\":\"Christian Walk with God\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/walk-with-god\\\/spiritual-disciplines-growth#listItem\",\"name\":\"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ministry Tools Resource Center\",\"description\":\"Ministry Tools Resource Center equips Christians to serve the Lord in a variety of capacities through training and resources, along with help identifying and using their spiritual gifts.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"foundingDate\":\"1999-01-01\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/logo-150.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":150,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Ministry Tools Resource Center - equipping for ministry\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/MinTools\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/MinistryToolsRC\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/mintools\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mtadmin#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mtadmin\",\"name\":\"Ministry Tools Resource Center\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/MinTools\",\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/MinistryToolsRC\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pinterest.com\\\/MinTools\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\",\"name\":\"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently\",\"description\":\"It's helpful to define spiritual disciplines, know their purpose and examples, but it can still be hard to practice spiritual disciplines consistently.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mtadmin#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mtadmin#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-25T08:00:50-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-27T15:07:13-04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"MinTools Blog\",\"description\":\"Equipping to Enhance Church Life, Ministry, & Walk with God\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mintools.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\t(function(c,l,a,r,i,t,y){\n\t\t\tc[a]=c[a]||function(){(c[a].q=c[a].q||[]).push(arguments)};t=l.createElement(r);t.async=1;\n\t\t\tt.src=\"https:\/\/www.clarity.ms\/tag\/\"+i+\"?ref=aioseo\";y=l.getElementsByTagName(r)[0];y.parentNode.insertBefore(t,y);\n\t\t})(window, document, \"clarity\", \"script\", \"MinToolsBlog\");\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently","description":"It's helpful to define spiritual disciplines, know their purpose and examples, but it can still be hard to practice spiritual disciplines consistently.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm","robots":"max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1","keywords":"spiritual disciplines,spiritual practices,spiritual battle,struggle,natural tendencies,god\\'s resources,god\\'s power,god\\'s strength,holy spirit","webmasterTools":{"p:domain_verify":"90e23fc3015278d53ab46bdc8f3dfa06","miscellaneous":"&lt;script type=\"text\/javascript\"&gt;\n  (function(c,l,a,r,i,t,y){\n    c[a]=c[a]||function(){(c[a].q=c[a].q||[]).push(arguments)};\n    t=l.createElement(r);t.async=1;t.src=\"https:\/\/www.clarity.ms\/tag\/\"+i;\n    y=l.getElementsByTagName(r)[0];y.parentNode.insertBefore(t,y);\n  })(window, document, \"clarity\", \"script\", \"b8r91co17u\");\n&lt;\/script&gt;"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#article","name":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently","headline":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/author\/mtadmin#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/spiritually-fit-samples.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\/#articleImage","width":180,"height":188,"caption":"Getting Spiritually Fit - Engaging in Spiritual Disciplines"},"datePublished":"2015-06-25T08:00:50-04:00","dateModified":"2022-07-27T15:07:13-04:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#webpage"},"articleSection":"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Blog Home","item":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god#listItem","name":"Christian Walk with God"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god#listItem","position":2,"name":"Christian Walk with God","item":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god\/spiritual-disciplines-growth#listItem","name":"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog#listItem","name":"Blog Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god\/spiritual-disciplines-growth#listItem","position":3,"name":"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth","item":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god\/spiritual-disciplines-growth","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#listItem","name":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god#listItem","name":"Christian Walk with God"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#listItem","position":4,"name":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god\/spiritual-disciplines-growth#listItem","name":"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Ministry Tools Resource Center","description":"Ministry Tools Resource Center equips Christians to serve the Lord in a variety of capacities through training and resources, along with help identifying and using their spiritual gifts.","url":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/","foundingDate":"1999-01-01","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/logo-150.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\/#organizationLogo","width":150,"height":154,"caption":"Ministry Tools Resource Center - equipping for ministry"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MinTools","https:\/\/x.com\/MinistryToolsRC","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/mintools\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/author\/mtadmin#author","url":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/author\/mtadmin","name":"Ministry Tools Resource Center","sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/MinTools","https:\/\/twitter.com\/MinistryToolsRC","https:\/\/pinterest.com\/MinTools\/"]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#webpage","url":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm","name":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently","description":"It's helpful to define spiritual disciplines, know their purpose and examples, but it can still be hard to practice spiritual disciplines consistently.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/author\/mtadmin#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/author\/mtadmin#author"},"datePublished":"2015-06-25T08:00:50-04:00","dateModified":"2022-07-27T15:07:13-04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/","name":"MinTools Blog","description":"Equipping to Enhance Church Life, Ministry, & Walk with God","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Christian Ministry Training Blog | Equipping to Enhance Church Life, Ministry, &amp; Walk with God","og:type":"article","og:title":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently","og:description":"It's helpful to define spiritual disciplines, know their purpose and examples, but it can still be hard to practice spiritual disciplines consistently.","og:url":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm","fb:app_id":"1861972540977086","og:image":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/spiritually-fit-samples.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/spiritually-fit-samples.jpg","og:image:width":180,"og:image:height":188,"article:published_time":"2015-06-25T12:00:50+00:00","article:modified_time":"2022-07-27T19:07:13+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MinTools","article:author":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/MinTools","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@MinistryToolsRC","twitter:title":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently","twitter:description":"It's helpful to define spiritual disciplines, know their purpose and examples, but it can still be hard to practice spiritual disciplines consistently.","twitter:creator":"@MinistryToolsRC","twitter:image":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/spiritually-fit-samples.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"13324","title":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines Consistently","description":"It's helpful to define spiritual disciplines, know their purpose and examples, but it can still be hard to practice spiritual disciplines consistently.","keywords":[{"label":"spiritual disciplines","value":"spiritual disciplines"},{"label":"spiritual practices","value":"spiritual practices"},{"label":"spiritual battle","value":"spiritual battle"},{"label":"struggle","value":"struggle"},{"label":"natural tendencies","value":"natural tendencies"},{"label":"God's resources","value":"God's resources"},{"label":"God's power","value":"God's power"},{"label":"God's strength","value":"God's strength"},{"label":"Holy Spirit","value":"Holy Spirit"}],"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":null,"score":93,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"title":"Focus keyphrase in SEO title","description":"Focus keyphrase found in SEO title.","score":9,"maxScore":9,"error":0},"keyphraseInDescription":{"title":"Focus keyphrase in meta description","description":"Focus keyphrase found in meta description.","score":9,"maxScore":9,"error":0},"keyphraseLength":{"title":"Focus keyphrase length","description":"Good job!","score":9,"maxScore":9,"error":0,"length":1},"keyphraseInURL":{"title":"Focus keyphrase in URL","description":"Focus keyphrase not found in the URL.","score":1,"maxScore":5,"error":1},"keyphraseInIntroduction":{"title":"Focus keyphrase in introduction","description":"Your Focus keyphrase appears in the first paragraph. Well done!","score":9,"maxScore":9,"error":0},"keyphraseInSubHeadings":{"title":"Focus keyphrase in Subheadings","description":"Your H2 or H3 subheading reflects the topic of your copy. Good job!","score":9,"maxScore":9,"error":0},"keyphraseInImageAlt":{"title":"Focus keyphrase in image alt attributes","description":"Focus keyphrase found in image alt attribute(s).","score":9,"maxScore":9,"error":0}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":[],"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[],"defaultGraph":"","defaultPostTypeGraph":""},"schema_type":"none","schema_type_options":"{\"article\":{\"articleType\":\"BlogPosting\"},\"course\":{\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"provider\":\"\"},\"faq\":{\"pages\":[]},\"product\":{\"reviews\":[]},\"recipe\":{\"ingredients\":[],\"instructions\":[],\"keywords\":[]},\"software\":{\"reviews\":[],\"operatingSystems\":[]},\"webPage\":{\"webPageType\":\"WebPage\"},\"blockGraphs\":[],\"book\":[],\"event\":[],\"jobPosting\":[],\"music\":[],\"person\":[],\"restaurant\":[],\"service\":[],\"video\":[]}","pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-29 14:58:10","updated":"2025-06-11 13:07:30","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\" title=\"Blog Home\">Blog Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god\" title=\"Christian Walk with God\">Christian Walk with God<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god\/spiritual-disciplines-growth\" title=\"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth\">Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tHow to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Blog Home","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog"},{"label":"Christian Walk with God","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god"},{"label":"Spiritual Disciplines &amp; Growth","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/category\/walk-with-god\/spiritual-disciplines-growth"},{"label":"How to Engage in Spiritual Disciplines More Consistently","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-disciplines-how-to.htm"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}