Spiritual Disciplines Resources
The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard is a great book on the overall subject of spiritual disciplines
Scripture Reading: there are so many resources like the Dwell app daily devotional, listening to or reading through the Psalms or the Gospels
Prayer: journal your prayers, pray through Scripture (Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney), praying out loud, short prayers throughout the day, pray in the car
Meditation: Lectio Divina in the Dwell app or check out a book: Meeting God In Scripture by Jan Johnson
Gratitude: Here are a couple of nice blog posts on gratitude
https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/behavior/spiritual-disciplines-gratitude/
https://lisaappelo.com/6-surprising-stories-of-gratitude-in-the-bible/
Release prayers: My good friend wrote a blog post about release prayers here: https://johnalbertthomas.substack.com/p/finding-peace-at-night?utm_source=substack&publication_id=2521246&post_id=144150656&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&isFreemail=true&r=2iqt8r&triedRedirect=true
Confession: (here is Richard Foster's brief description, a well respected author on spiritual disciplines):https://renovare.org/articles/understanding-confession#:~:text=Confession%20is%20the%20spiritual%20discipline%20that%20allows%20us,Both%20forgiveness%20and%20healing%20are%20involved%20in%20confession.
Silence & Solitude: a couple of blog posts on these disciplines: https://carlagasser.com/4-ways-to-practice-the-spiritual-discipline-of-silence-solitude/
https://renovare.org/articles/understanding-solitude
Worship: The Worship Initiative albums on Spotify are great to worship God through music; Here is a blog post on what worship is: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/what-does-it-mean-to-worship-god/
Fasting: https://national.cc/articles/all-about-fasting I often fast from other things as well such as tv or screens in general outside of what is necessary for work
Listening to Jesus: https://www.mrsmollywilcox.com/post/the-spiritual-discipline-of-listening
consider asking Jesus simple questions: How do you feel about being with me today? Is there anything you want to say to me?