Celebration of Discipline

SYNOPSIS

Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the spirit, Foster shows how each movement contributes to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditations, prayer, fasting, and study offer avenues for personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service prepare us to help make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration bring us nearer to one another and to God.

Foster provides a wealth of examples demonstrating how the Disciplines can become part of our daily activities - and how they can help us shed our superficial habits and “bring the abundance of God into our lives.” He offers crucial new insights, demonstrating how the biblical view of simplicity, properly understood and applied, bring joy and balance to our inward and outward lives and “sets us free to enjoy the provision of God as a gift that can be shared with others.” Celebration, often the most neglected to the Disciplines, is revealed as critically important, for it stands at the heart of the way to Christ. Featuring an introduction in which Foster shares the story of how this beloved and enduring guidebook for the soul came to be, Celebration of Discipline will help motivate Christians everywhere to embark on a journey of prayer and spiritual growth.

QUICK FACTS

Author | Richard J. Foster

Category | Prayer & Spiritual Formation

Secondary Category | Discipleship

Audience | Adults; Small Groups

Book Copies | 6

Participant’s Guide | 2

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