Thread by @scomarsh

On going to Church.
A pastoral 🧵:
Disciplines are simply rhythms you put in place in your schedule that move you in the direction you want to go. You set them, then they shape you.
Daily rhythms.
Weekly rhythms.
Quarterly/Annual rhythms
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If I want to move close to God and follow Jesus, these are key.
Daily, how do I connect with God?
A morning liturgy lights the fire of your soul.
Silence. Scripture. Prayer. Calendaring your day with Holy Spirit.
“Set it and forget it.” Do it when you don’t feel like it. 2/

It’s like working out. It does the work for you. Your commitment is to show up.
The Holy Spirit shows up every day and does the work in your soul. Your commitment is to show up too. This discipline alone will change your life and open you to God’s presence. 3/

Qtrly/Annually, get away from the ordinary. Whether that’s a day in the park or a retreat to the mountains. Change the scenery and listen to God by listening to your life. Calendar it. 4/

And then every week, show up to worship. Every. Week.

Doing these things is “calendaring the important.”
Cancel OTHER things (“Sorry, I’m @ Church then, I can’t play golf” “Oh, I’m out of town then on retreat”) because you don’t cancel your rhythms w/o ruining your momentum. 5/

Corporate worship puts you every week:
With other people
In front of the Scriptures
In a pause where you think about your life
Prioritizes what you say is priority if you are following Jesus: the triune God who wants to know you and transform you and through you His world. 6/

Plenty of other disciplines of course.
Community
Fasting
Service
Etc (Read Foster’s Celebration of Discipline or Willard’s Spirit of the Disciplines)

Weekly Corporate worship is key because it reminds you faith is a team sport and that we really do need each other.
#selah 7/