Dimension Three Disciplining Our Limits

disciplining your attention is nonnegotiable.

those with a melancholy disposition, we’ll claim words like sad but rarely enthusiastic,

paying attention to what your body is telling you.

We fill loneliness with pornography, insecurity with dependence, a failing marriage with idolizing children, or overperforming at work to avoid pain at home. This forms an identity out of seeking to cope rather than receiving our identity by seeking God’s wisdom in His Word and among His people.

four affirmations that help him focus his attention on what matters most: There is no place I would rather be. There is nothing I would rather do. There is no one I would rather be with. This I will remember well.

1. Gather locally and regularly with the people of God.

1. Join a class, book club, or discussion group.

At what crucial moments might you be present in body but gone mentally or emotionally, living in some other moment? What could help you return to right now and savor it?