Celebration of Discipline, Special Anniversary Edition: The Path to Spiritual Growth

Comprehension then is the third step in the Discipline of study.

the Bible stresses so forcefully the openness of our universe

“You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free”

The Bible pray-ers prayed as if their prayers could and would make an objective difference.

Concentration is the second step in study. If, in addition to bringing the mind repeatedly to the subject matter, the person will concentrate on what is being studied, learning is vastly increased.

There is a fourth form of meditation that is in some ways quite the opposite of the one just given. It is to meditate upon the events of our time and to seek to perceive their significance.

The first is repetition. Repetition regularly channels the mind in a specific direction, thus ingraining habits of thought.

They obviously believed that they knew what the will of God was before they prayed the prayer of faith.

Four Steps

The mind is renewed by applying it to those things that will transform it.