A call to move deeper

Beneficial for all types of

Christians
Spiritual Life giving and not drudgery
Disciplines SDs open the door to greater
transformation
It is an intentional movement
against the tides
 DISCIPLINES OF DISCIPLINES OF
ENGAGEMENT ABSTINENCE
Worship Celebration Solitude
Confession Silence
Guidance Fasting
Fellowship Secrecy
Journaling Simplicity
Meditation Frugality
Mourning Chastity
Prayer Sacrifice
Service Submission
Study
 INWARD OUTWARD
Meditation Prayer Simplicity
Fasting Solitude
Study Silence
Submission
Service

CORPORATE
Confession
Worship
Guidance
Celebration
Fellowship
Lectio Divina
How did your time go?
Lectio Divina
Steps
Silencio (silence) Preparation. Quite yourself. Sit in silence for a time. Ask God to speak to you. Make
yourself willing to be addressed by God.
Lectio (read) Find the text that you would like to focus on. Read it out loud a few times. Place
yourself within the text. Read sections of it and then pause.
Meditatio (meditate) Ponder the text and open yourself to the Holy Spirit. What is God saying? What
is he saying to you? Write some of your thoughts down. How is the passage moving from knowing to
action?
Oratio (pray) Slowly read the passage aloud again and let it be a prayer, allow the words to be a
response to God for the particular situations in your life. Remain in silence again.
Contemplatio (contemplation) What is God saying to you? What does he want to see happen next?
How does he want you to respond? How will you remain transformed by this word, what will you do
to not so quickly forget what God just said and what he wants you to do regarding it?
 Meditation

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Not This!
Eastern meditation
seeks to empty the
mind.
Christian mediation
seeks to fill the mind
with the things of the
Lord.

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Meditation
Grounds us to God
Teaches us to focus
It is us stopping and ceasing to do things our way and turning
things over to God
Produces a calm that sustains us in turbulent times
It is a physical way for us to indicate to God that we are listening
Produces an atmosphere where we can hear God’s voice
God’s word
Joshua 1:8
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may
be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

God’s word and ways

Psalm 119:27
Help me understand the meaning of your commandments, and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds.

God’s ways and wonders

Psalm 145:5
I will meditate on your majestic, glorious splendor and your wonderful miracles.

God’s values
Philippians 4:8
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable,
and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of
praise.
One method
PALMS UP PALMS DOWN PALMS UP
“God speak to me” Release anything that “God fill me what you
you need to turn over have for me”
to him
Second method
Dwell on the words
Be silent and ask the
Sit in silence Read a short portion Holy Spirit to apply
Preparing yourself of scripture a few his truth to your life.
to hear from God times Consider next steps
 Third method
Read scripture that
related to his wonder
Marvel at his Praise God for his
Sit in nature creation works