Richard Foster Inward Discipline

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In Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster, Foster breaks the path to spiritual growth up into three parts: The Inward Disciplines, The Outward Disciplines, and The Corporate Disciplines. Each disciplines helps us grow closer to God. The first discipline Foster gives us is in the Inward Disciplines which helps improves our spiritual life. This discipline is also broken down into four parts which are meditation, prayer, fasting, and study. meditation helps us get closer to God by listening. Also, daily meditation is overcome the obstacles of life. The next discipline is prayer. Prayer is our communion with God, just as meditation is our way of listening. Fasting is the next inward discipline. Fasting is for “Spiritual purposes” (Foster

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