1. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life

2. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“7Do not waste time arguing over
godless ideas and old wives tales.
Spend your time and energy in training
yourself for spiritual fitness. 8Physical
exercise has some value, but spiritual
exercise is much more important, for it
promises a reward in both this life and
the next.”
1 Timothy 1:7,8

3. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“Know well that the enemy
laboureth in all wise to stay
thy desire in good and to
make thee void of all good
exercise.”
Thomas Kempis

4. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“29Take my yoke upon you. Let
me teach you, because I am
humble and gentle, and you will
find rest for your souls. 30For my
yoke fits perfectly, and the burden
I give is light.”
Matthew 11:29,30

5. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“Loving God means
keeping his
commandments, and
really, that isn’t difficult.”
1 John 5:3

6. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“14A wise person is hungry for
truth, while the fool feeds on
trash. 15For the poor, every
day brings trouble; for the
happy heart, life is a continual
feast.”
Proverbs 13:14,15

7. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“7 deadly sins”
pride – conceit, egotism, arrogance, feeling of superiority
envy – jealousy, grudging, resentful
anger – resentment, bad-tempered, irritation, rage, choleric, hostile
sloth – lazy, apathy, idleness, indolence, inert
avarice – greedy, covetous, grasping
gluttony – overindulgence, gratifying an appetite, excess, over-
abundance
lasciviousness - inappropriate sexual behavior

8. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“Do not let any part of your body
become a tool of wickedness, to
be used for sinning. Instead, give
yourselves completely to God
since you have been given new
life. And use your whole body as
a tool to do what is right for the
glory of God.”
Romans 6:13

9. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“5Those who are dominated by the sinful
nature think about sinful things, but those
who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think
about the things that please the Spirit. 6If
your sinful nature controls your mind, there
is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your
mind, there is life and peace.
Romans 8:5,6

10. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
7For the sinful nature is always
hostile to God. It never did obey
God’s laws, and it never will. 8That’s
why those who are still under the
control of their sinful nature can
never please God.”
Romans 8:7,8

11. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“5So make every effort to apply the
benefits of these promises to your life.
Then your faith will produce a life of moral
excellence. A life of moral excellence
leads to knowing God better. 6Knowing
God leads to self-control. Self-control
leads to patient endurance, and patient
endurance leads to godliness.
2 Peter 1:5,6

12. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
7Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and
finally you will grow to have genuine love for
everyone. 8The more you grow like this, the
more you will become productive and useful in
your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But
those who fail to develop these virtues are blind
or, at least, very shortsighted. They have already
forgotten that God has cleansed them from their
old life of sin.
2 Peter 1:7-9

13. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
10So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard
to prove that you really are among those
God has called and chosen. Doing this,
you will never stumble or fall away. 11And
God will open wide the gates of heaven
for you to enter into the eternal Kingdom
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
2 Peter 1:10,11

14. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
Disciplines of Abstinence Disciplines of Engagement
solitude study
silence worship
fasting celebration
frugality service
chasity prayer
secrecy fellowship
sacrifice confession
submission

15. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“ . . . So I warn you to keep
away from(or abstain from) evil
desires (or fleshly lusts) because
they fight against your very
souls.”
1 Peter 2:11b

16. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
“Stand up, take your mat,
and go on home, because
you are healed.”
Mark 2:11

17. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
The disciplines of abstinence
counteract tendencies to sins
of commission, and the
disciplines of engagement
counteract tendencies to sins
of omission.

18. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
Kansas City Mission Statement
“Wake up, sing up, preach up,
pray up, and pay up; but never
give up or let up, or back up or
shut up until the cause of Christ
in this church and in the world is
built up.”

19. :Spiritual Well Being:
the Disciplined life
The primary requirement to
practice the spiritual
disciplines is a longing after
God.