Experience the Joy of Lent
Try this simple, inspiring discipline to live with the cross of Christ and empty tomb in your mind. It helps us turn from sin to Jesus. It's great for Lent.
Soul Shepherding
Following Jesus for deeper life and greater influence.
Tag: Self-Denial
Bless My Enemies, O Lord
How do you respond when a family member speaks harshly to you? When you’re publicly criticized or slandered? When you’re vandalized or abused? Often it’s…
Notes From “An Unhurried Life”
Readers of our Soul Shepherding Devotionals will know that being unhurried with Jesus is a theme I often write about. That's because hurry is such a problem for many of us. So I was thankful to have Alan Fadling, a friend and colleague of mine, give a talk for a group of pastors and leaders on his new book, An Unhurried Life: Following Jesus’ Rhythms of Work and Rest. Here are my notes.
My Rhythm of Life with Jesus
Planning to Be More Like Jesus Jesus lived in the Easy Yoke he offers us. He didn’t push, press, or strain. He didn’t try to make…
The Cross and the Kingdom
Jesus Christ's death on the cross provides not only our forgiveness of sins but also our eternal living in the Kingdom of the Heavens. The Bible text for this sermon is Luke's account of Jesus' death on the cross (Luke 23:26-49).
Submission to God
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand that he may lift you up in due time” (1 Peter 5:6). I consider submission to God a…
Sabbath
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy” (Exodus 20:8). Keeping a Sabbath day is more than a discipline, it’s also one of the Ten…
Fasting
While fasting Jesus said, “My food, is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work” (John 4:34). Fasting as a discipline for the spiritual…
Spiritual Disciplines List
Insights and Applications From The Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard This Spiritual Disciplines List features some main disciplines for life in Christ with concise definitions…
Follow Jesus on the Stations of the Cross
This Stations of the Cross devotional booklet of Scriptures and prayers will help you to connect with Jesus and his cross in ways that heal and transform.