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The Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer

The Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer. Counting the Cost. Counting the Cost. Counting the Cost. Counting the Cost. Counting the Cost. Character Transformation. Character Transformation. A Holistic Salvation. A Holistic Salvation. Spiritual Life - Willard.

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The Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer

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  1. The Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer

  2. Counting the Cost

  3. Counting the Cost

  4. Counting the Cost

  5. Counting the Cost

  6. Counting the Cost

  7. Character Transformation

  8. Character Transformation

  9. A Holistic Salvation

  10. A Holistic Salvation

  11. Spiritual Life - Willard That range of activities in which people cooperatively interact with God and with the spiritual order, which flows from and through God’s personality and action.

  12. Spiritual Person - Willard One whose life is correctly integrated into and dominated by God’s Kingdom.

  13. What spirituality is not • A lifestyle

  14. What spirituality is not • A lifestyle • A commitment

  15. What spirituality is not • A lifestyle • A commitment • A social or political stance

  16. What spirituality is not • A lifestyle • An attempt to correct social and political injustice • A commitment • A social or political stance

  17. Christian spirituality includes…

  18. Christian spirituality includes…

  19. Christian spirituality includes…

  20. Elton Trueblood What we are beginning to learn is that asceticism is a valid part of religion or of any other important enterprise.

  21. Prayer • What is prayer? • An attempt to define (Calhoun) • Relationship with God • Attention to God • Divine dialogue through intentional encounter with God

  22. Prayer • Why should disciples pray? • Prayer catapults disciples into the frontier of the spiritual life (Foster) • To pray is to descend with the mind into the heart and there stand before the face of the Lord, ever-present, all seeing, within you (Nouwen) • Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform his disciples (Foster)

  23. Prayer • Something to be learned (Foster) • Prayer disciplines provide ways to enter into prayer (Calhoun) • Breath – God becomes the “oxygen to the soul” • Centering – the act of quieting the spirit • Contemplative – the act of waiting with an awake heart • Conversational – natural dialogue with God

  24. Prayer • The practices of prayer • Spiritual Practices (204-18) • Spiritual Classics (31-2,48ff) • Small Group Exercise – “Breath Prayer”

  25. Prayer • Additional prayer disciplines • Fixed-hour • Inner Healing • Intercessory • Labyrinth • Liturgical • Prayer Partners • Praying Scripture • Prayer of Recollection • Prayer Walking

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