Celebration
Celebration is central to the disciplines because joy in God gives energy to persevere in all the ot...
Guidance
Guidance is discerning God’s will together, not just individually. Foster highlights the role of the...
Confession
True confession is possible only because of Jesus' death on the cross, where he took on the sins of ...
Service
"If serving is below you, then leadership is beyond you." Jesus turns the world's idea of greatness ...
Submission
The word "submission" has often been misused to control or hurt people, and many of us react to it f...
Solitude
Solitude is not loneliness. It means choosing to spend time alone with God, often in silence. Jesus ...
Simplicity
Richard Foster describes simplicity as "an inward reality that results in an outward life-style." In...
Study
Study may come easier for some than for others, but all of us are called to be students of God's Wor...
Fasting
Jesus expected his followers to fast, but not for show. Fasting is meant to stay between us and God....
Prayer
Richard Foster calls prayer the most central of the spiritual disciplines because it brings us into ...