Definition Of Rule Of Life

That is one of the areas of my life that I know God is really working on right now; the idea that I will probably never find time, but that I need to make time for these disciplines to happen in my life. With that being said, I have decided that I will start off by journaling once a week. My goal will be to work through the example questions that are offered on page 52 of Calhoun’s book Spiritual Disciplines Handbook. For example, the first two questions that I will aim to answer are: “For what moment today am I most grateful? For what moment today am I least grateful?.” Just because I know that Tuesdays, next semester, are filled with less activities than other days of the week, I am going to try very hard to journal every Tuesday. I would love to see the amount that I journal increase every few weeks, but I know that a goal like that would not be attainable for me. My ambition is to allow myself thirty minutes every Tuesday to analyze my walk with the Lord and others; however, I hope to allow the Spirt to lead me to think about other things in my journals. In other words, I hope that what I write when answering the predetermined questions will inspire me to begin writing other burdens that may be on my

"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." -Matthew 26:41

Carla the Carbon atom is a free spirit. She wanders through the atmosphere, moving with the wind. Carla floats from one cloud to the next, without a care on her mind. One day, she was floating in the air, and was joined by two oxygen companions, Oscar and Octavius. Her two companions transformed her into a carbon dioxide molecule. Her new status as a molecule allowed her new privileges, like the ability to enter plants and to take part in plant and animal respiration. Carla was now a part of an exclusive club.

Willard also mention in his book these discipline are known as beings discipline of ?Abstinence? which are like a person that is in trainings, all trainers know that there is a need to practice, develop a habit or pursuit, avoid harmlessness things are areas, do not allow yourself to sink deep into earthly things, give up those things that will come between me and God, abstinence is a great method to assist us in the discovery of the real value of being a part in God?s life. Why I am sharing this? After having the privileges? of attend a spiritual journey retreat having time to spend in solitude and silence being in the presence of God with no interruptions. I know it?s time for me to develop a planner with arrangements in each, months, weeks and times, that I can fast for particular things, situations or circumstances. In my discipline of fasting I recognize that it has some serious significant ways has taught how false self can be proven, humiliating remove, dependence can be active. I will set up a daily planner that will give me the privilege of petitioning, God for discipline of my prayer life, for particularly situations or

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In order for us to maintain our redeemed status, we are to live a holy life and this can be done by discipline ourselves, restricting our bodies, our speech, our moods, and in doing all the things of this life (Grider, p 9). We can also engage ourselves in prayer, meditation, Bible reading, the Lord's Supper, worship, hearing the Word of God through preaching, attending Christian conference, and fasting (Grider, p 1).

When I wake up and out of bed, it is usually at around 7:30am. Occasionally it is a few minutes later than that, but that is the time that I aim for. Then I attempt to have the puppy taken care of and breakfast eaten by 8:30am. Occasionally I turn on my tablet and play on it for a short while but not for too long, usually around 30 minutes or so. By 9:00am, I turn on the shower and try to take an hour to do everything that I need to do to be ready for the day. 10:00am cones by and then it’s time for the puppy and I to go outside for about 10 minutes to walk around the yard and let her potty if she needs to. Afterwards, we are back inside to take care of a few things such as getting a drink and giving her rewards if necessary and then we go upstairs to my room to begin on any college work for the day. I tend to try and work on school from 10:30am to around 2:00pm, which gives me enough time to complete a lesson or two each day. Lunch comes after which I take about 30 minutes to fix something and eat, then I start reading the list of chores to do for the day. From 2:30pm is when I begin the chores and the amount of time it takes to do them varies, so one day it could only take 30 minutes while another day could take nearly 2 hours to finish everything. Despite the amount of time the chores take, I attempt to leave 4:00pm to 6:00pm dedicated to practicing my bass. Usually it’s to practice a couple of songs I’m trying to learn at that time. When my mom is home and cooks dinner, at times dinner is ready during this time in which I usually cut practicing time short. Whether or not dinner is ready and we are eating, from 6:00pm to 7:00pm I am on my laptop usually watching videos on YouTube. Every once in a while it takes longer than an hour depending on when dinner happens and the amount of videos I watch for that day. After all of

I decided that I would only weigh myself one time a week... the same day at the exact same time. I choose Sunday mornings.

11. What is a typical day for you? Do you have a routine that you follow?

The most important spiritual discipline in my eyes would have to be taking in the Bible each day. the importance of Bible intake is all throughout scripture. In my undergrad, I was a psychology major and I had to do a lot of work with statistics. Long story short, I became a big stats type of guy. Donald Whitney lists a few that almost make you do a double take. Whitney writes, “only 1 percent of American read the bible every day. More than half read it less than once a month or never at all.” In fairness, the poll may not have been directed at just Christians, so he finds another one that says 18 percent read it read it every day, while 23 percent do not read it at all. I think alarming is a great word here. My mind instantly goes to so many things that could happen if people just disciplined themselves to be in the Word of God. Let me clarify. If someone is not a Christian, I don’t expect them to read their bible, but the statistic regarding the Christians is

Fortunately, I decided two weeks ago, that on June 20, 2016 I was going embark on a deeper level of praying, meditating, and fasting. On Monday’s I participate in a group prayer at 5:15am, so after I finished I was able to go into silence and solitude mode. Whenever there is a call for stillness, I must partake in it as early as possible. The earlier the better, because if I try to do any activities after 7a.m., it is unlikely that it will get accomplished, because my kids are like raging bulls that have been let out of the stable, and they need my undivided attention to secure their safety. The only challenge I ran into was since I started the “Draw the Circle 40-Day Prayer Challenge” today, my phone was buzzing with inquiries with people that wanted to join. Therefore, that was a slight distraction.

What are the things you need to do in your everyday life? Pray and take care of self

4. How many days per week do you get 30+ minutes of physical activities. What are your favorite activities? What are your physical activity goals and how will you meet your goals (Minimum 1 goal)?

I plan on waking up at 8:30 A.M. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to participate in my program. My program consists a combination of walking, jogging, weightlifting, and occasionally riding a bike. I plan on walking and jogging into Pocahontas for 30 minutes doing 2 minute intervals of each exercise to keep my heart rate in the targeted zone. Then in the evenings I would participate in weightlifting with my father to relieve stress from the day. I want to participate in jogging and walking because it will be a great way to wake my body and mind up for my classes, and it is not devastating on my body. If it rains, I plan on going to the Annex and riding a bike for 30 minutes, and I choose the bike because I enjoy biking. I am a man of routine

Taking personal fitness has helped me to gain knowledge about goal setting, physical wellness, and the health related components of physical fitness. With that being said, I make an effort to include a daily workout plan. My workout plan will keep me from being unbalanced and sedentary. After running competitive track for seven years, I have found it hard to get back into my routine. My workouts will incorporate an ample amount of stretching, /strength and endurance type lifting, and some cardiorespiratory