Walking the Passage: Desiring the Disciplines Registration Now Available

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Desiring the Disciplines Registration Now Available

For months now I have taken step after step into the heart beat of what it means to search out the disciplines of the Christian faith. The benefits and the dangers of putting them into practice. Yes, my friends... dangers as well as benefits. They certainly aren't something to perform nor are they ever to become a litmus test to prove faithfulness. But searched after and put into practice, within the spirit in which they are intended, what emerges is a depth of life and inner strength that is liken to the building upon a wise foundation, and the wise virgins filling their lamps with oil.

Thinking of it as a dance, to watch professionals waltz or do an intricate dance one stands in awe of the beauty. What we don't see is the secret hours of disciplined practice day after day after day. The work that happens in the studio, the discipline that happens within the dancers home... diet, exercise, focus.... The depth of understanding of what it is going to take to live the life they desire.

A beautiful balance between freedom and grace and order and structure and discipline.

Hebrews 12:6 The Lord disciplines those He loves.. discipline... equals to train and instruct. To be trained in the ways of the Lord... to be instructed into the pathway of life. There are ruts on each side of the road but the journey is incredible! The wealth of spiritual strength immeasurable!

The ministry my husband and I lead, Stir The Water, is launching a year long study on the disciplines of the faith. The details of this emerging time together is going to be released this week.

The months together will include stepping into the practices of prayer, solitude, worship, study, fasting, meditation and many more. The times together will include weekly online meetings with a group of no more than 20 and monthly meetings with a group no more than 5. We will organize the weekly meetings around two different times, one group will meet Saturday mornings at 7am(est) and the other group will meet Wednesday nights at 11pm (est).

As one who grew in the faith through Charismatic circles I have so appreciated the wealth that has been added to me through my most recent church experience in Charlotte. Renovatus church came into my life July 11, 2010 and began to transform and strengthen my heart, adding a component that had been long missing and much needed.

I look forward to the anticipated growth and desired strengthening of my being by seeking out the very practices that are foundational to our faith.

What does it mean to build upon the right foundation so that when the storms of this life come we aren't shaken? Yes! It is Christ... but what does that mean practically and on a daily basis! What does it mean to be one liken to the wise virgins, who keep the lamps filled with oil? What brings about the filling? How do we do those things?

I haven't been as full of the reality of the spirit as I am when I contemplate the reality of the disciplines that undergird the Faith, and as I apply them more and more to my daily living. I truly look forward to walking alongside a community of people as we search out these matters together.

Public Registration Information is Now Available!!!

Follow the Link:

http://stirthewater.com/beta/content/desiring-disciplines-group-mentoring-year-community-and-spiritual-growth

If you run into an issue with registration you can email Julie at support@stirthewater.com and she will personally get you registered...

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One of my Favorite Narnian Quotes...

“One word, Ma’am,” he said, coming back from the fire; limping because of the pain. “One word. All you’ve been saying is quite right, I shouldn’t wonder. I’m a chap who always liked to know the worst and then put the best face I can on it. So I won’t deny any of what you said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things – trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world that makes you real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play-world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Narnia. So, thanking you kindly for our supper, if these two gentlemen and the young lady are ready, we’re leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for the Overland.

A Brilliant Quote from Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,

but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?"

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking

so that others won't feel unsure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us; it is in every one.

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.