Mutual Instruction God’s people were expected to remind one another of His Word. “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the ...

Assemble to the Lord Assembling as one people to the Lord is of the utmost importance. “Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths….” Exodus 31:13 Central to the maintenance of a vital covenant relationship with God was the spiritual discipline of assembling as one before the Lord. Of only one of the Ten ...

Seek the Lord The Word of God teaches us to seek Him. The LORD called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD….” Leviticus 1:1 The Covenant between God ...

Hear the Word of the Lord Active engagement with spiritual disciplines begins with the Word of God. “Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of ...

Passive Disciplines God is actively involved in disciplining His people. “For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deuteronomy 13:3 God knows that active disciplines alone will not be sufficient to lead us into the ...

All of Life Spiritual All of life is spiritual because it is lived before God. The Law of God presents a worldview, a way of understanding our lives in the world and living them according to the eternal plan of God. The worldview communicated in the Law of God is the seed ...

Active Disciplines The work of spiritual discipline has two aspects. “See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them….” Deuteronomy 4:5 We have seen that God is the source to Whom we look for guidance in disciplining our lives to know Him ...

Love the Lord When we fear God as we ought, we will love Him as He desires. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with ...

Fear the Lord Spiritual discipline begins in the soul’s attitude toward God. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with ...

The Source of Spiritual Disciplines Even the discipline we need is a gift of God’s grace. “Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight.” Exodus 33:13 Where would the people of Israel learn ...