Embracing Spiritual Disciplines for Deeper Connection with God
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "The gospel of Jesus Christ puts out this invitation to leave the old life behind and to take up a new life. It is not talking about when we die and go to heaven and go where God is. It's not talking about that. It's talking very specifically about the life we live now. And there are two different rhythms or kingdoms that are at work. There is the kingdom of this world, what Paul says to the Galatians in Galatians 1-4, this present evil age. And then there is the kingdom of heaven." [41:33]
2. "Whenever you see the finger of God heal someone, the kingdom of heaven has come on the earth in that moment, in that situation, in that circumstance. Whenever someone bends their knee and surrenders their life to Christ, whenever they accept the invitation of the gospel, the kingdom of heaven has come near in that moment." [42:22]
3. "The early followers in the church were not called Christians until a little bit later. At first, they were called followers of the way. Because Jesus had taught in John's Gospel that he was the way. And so they were known as followers of the way. And he was the way to the Father. His teaching, his doctrine, his instruction was what led them to the Father." [35:10]
4. "The purpose of knowledge is action, not knowledge. If we're honest, the western world is really, really good about gaining information. We live in what some are calling the technology age or the information age. We can know anything about a subject. By going online, now we have artificial intelligence that will tell us stuff if we just ask it questions." [51:54]
5. "The disciplines that we're going to talk about are those acts of the door. They are the doorways into the space of God. They are the practices that are antithetical to the practices of this world. And they are the things that lead us into the presence of God. That the church has been practicing for over 2,000 years." [44:27]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The ways in which we're going to talk about that we are able to move into the presence of God is through what's known as the spiritual disciplines. The spiritual disciplines. And what you will find is as you begin to practice these, they will get in the way. They will get in the way of your normal rhythm. They will be inconvenient. They will affect different things in your life. They will push other things out. They will be inconvenient and maybe a little frustrating." [36:16]
2. "What Paul is writing about, concerning what all the writers in the New Testament are talking about, is that the gospel of Jesus Christ puts out this invitation to leave the old life behind and to take up a new life. It is not talking about when we die and go to heaven and go where God is. It's not talking about that. It's talking very specifically about the life we live now. And there are two different rhythms or kingdoms that are at work." [41:33]
3. "The spiritual disciplines do is they help you to do what Paul tells the Philippians in chapter 2, verse 5, to have the same mindset of Christ by giving you actions to undertake that will bring that about in your life. If knowledge alone were sufficient, then the entire United States would probably be disciples. But knowledge alone is insufficient. That's what Paul is saying. Work out your salvation. There's an aspect that we play a part in and that we work. We deliberately practice these things in order to be more in the kingdom of God and have access to the divine presence." [46:51]
4. "The goal is this in this series, we're going to introduce different spiritual disciplines. They are the means by which we enter in to the divine presence. And as we go through this, I'm going to invite you to to actually practice them. I had somebody after the first service tell me, Hey, buddy, go easy on the fasting one. OK, I get it. I don't even call it fasting. I call it slowing because when you're fasting, everything slows down. It seems like time stops. It's inconvenient." [54:10]
5. "If you want to grow in your faith, if you want to be spiritually formed, if you want to enter into the presence of God, then these are the ways that you do that. And they're deliberate. We all know that simply wishing for a thing to kind of happen won't make it happen. If you have a yard that is out of control, simply wishing or hoping that it somehow might come under control and be properly cared for is not enough. Even knowing how to properly bring it under control and manicure it and maintain it, is not enough. In the end, you have to act, right?" [45:13]
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1. "The gospel of Jesus Christ puts out this invitation to leave the old life behind and to take up a new life. It is not talking about when we die and go to heaven and go where God is. It's not talking about that. It's talking very specifically about the life we live now. And there are two different rhythms or kingdoms that are at work. There is the kingdom of this world, what Paul says to the Galatians in Galatians 1-4, this present evil age. And then there is the kingdom of heaven." [41:33]
2. "Whenever you see the finger of God heal someone, the kingdom of heaven has come on the earth in that moment, in that situation, in that circumstance. Whenever someone bends their knee and surrenders their life to Christ, whenever they accept the invitation of the gospel, the kingdom of heaven has come near in that moment." [42:22]
3. "The early followers in the church were not called Christians until a little bit later. At first, they were called followers of the way. Because Jesus had taught in John's Gospel that he was the way. And so they were known as followers of the way. And he was the way to the Father. His teaching, his doctrine, his instruction was what led them to the Father." [35:10]
4. "The purpose of knowledge is action, not knowledge. If we're honest, the western world is really, really good about gaining information. We live in what some are calling the technology age or the information age. We can know anything about a subject. By going online, now we have artificial intelligence that will tell us stuff if we just ask it questions." [51:54]
5. "The disciplines that we're going to talk about are those acts of the door. They are the doorways into the space of God. They are the practices that are antithetical to the practices of this world. And they are the things that lead us into the presence of God. That the church has been practicing for over 2,000 years." [44:27]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The ways in which we're going to talk about that we are able to move into the presence of God is through what's known as the spiritual disciplines. The spiritual disciplines. And what you will find is as you begin to practice these, they will get in the way. They will get in the way of your normal rhythm. They will be inconvenient. They will affect different things in your life. They will push other things out. They will be inconvenient and maybe a little frustrating." [36:16]
2. "What Paul is writing about, concerning what all the writers in the New Testament are talking about, is that the gospel of Jesus Christ puts out this invitation to leave the old life behind and to take up a new life. It is not talking about when we die and go to heaven and go where God is. It's not talking about that. It's talking very specifically about the life we live now. And there are two different rhythms or kingdoms that are at work." [41:33]
3. "The spiritual disciplines do is they help you to do what Paul tells the Philippians in chapter 2, verse 5, to have the same mindset of Christ by giving you actions to undertake that will bring that about in your life. If knowledge alone were sufficient, then the entire United States would probably be disciples. But knowledge alone is insufficient. That's what Paul is saying. Work out your salvation. There's an aspect that we play a part in and that we work. We deliberately practice these things in order to be more in the kingdom of God and have access to the divine presence." [46:51]
4. "The goal is this in this series, we're going to introduce different spiritual disciplines. They are the means by which we enter in to the divine presence. And as we go through this, I'm going to invite you to to actually practice them. I had somebody after the first service tell me, Hey, buddy, go easy on the fasting one. OK, I get it. I don't even call it fasting. I call it slowing because when you're fasting, everything slows down. It seems like time stops. It's inconvenient." [54:10]
5. "If you want to grow in your faith, if you want to be spiritually formed, if you want to enter into the presence of God, then these are the ways that you do that. And they're deliberate. We all know that simply wishing for a thing to kind of happen won't make it happen. If you have a yard that is out of control, simply wishing or hoping that it somehow might come under control and be properly cared for is not enough. Even knowing how to properly bring it under control and manicure it and maintain it, is not enough. In the end, you have to act, right?" [45:13]
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