Articles Comments

The Practical Disciple » Uncategorized

Three Discipleship Essentials to Maintain Your Spiritual Health

Three Discipleship Essentials to Maintain Your Spiritual Health

The other day I was squeezing in a quick workout and I thought, “What are some essential movements I can do?” I settled on push-ups, crunches and jumping rope. I combined these into a 30 minute routine. If I did nothing but these exercises regularly, I would see a significant improvement in my physical health. Similarly, I have three discipleship essentials that I strive to maintain so that my baseline spiritual … Read entire article »

Filed under: Uncategorized

Seven Prayer Tips to Improve Your Prayer Life

Seven Prayer Tips to Improve Your Prayer Life

Photo by Ruth Arnold Any prayer discipline can be improved just by applying a few prayer tips. 1)  Schedule your prayer time. You can prayer at anytime and all the time, but have you set aside a time just to be with God?  We make time for what is important and having a daily time just for God improves your consistency. 2)  Pray outloud. I use to like to pray on long drives.  Unfortunately, I found that … Read entire article »

Filed under: Uncategorized, prayer

Do You Want to Save Time and Never Miss a Post?

Do You Want to Save Time and Never Miss a Post?

Many of my readers subscribe to The Practical Disciple. You can subscribe in two ways. You may subscribe by RSS or receive posts by email. I have noticed that most of my subscribers do so by mail. I suspect that many of my readers are unacquainted with using a reader so I have written an orientation to RSS. There is even a fun short video that explains RSS for those … Read entire article »

Filed under: Uncategorized

Upcoming Interview with Laurie Beth Jones

Upcoming Interview with Laurie Beth Jones

FYI–Monday, August 30th, 10 a.m. I will be on the Laurie Beth Jones internet radio show. I am very excited about this opportunity. Laurie Beth Jones is the best selling author of the book, Jesus CEO, and several other titles.  She is also a phenomenal christian motivational speaker. On her show we discuss common symptoms people show when they are trying to grow but resisting change. We will discuss why this … Read entire article »

Filed under: Uncategorized

A Prayer for Teachers

A Prayer for Teachers

Last night I was skimming Facebook status lines before I called it a day and noticed one in particular by my friend Angie S. in Missouri. She offered a prayer for teachers Her status read as follows… Angie S. has been saying prayers all day for all of her friends associated with educating children! I pray you have a great/fun school year, students willing to grow/learn, supportive/cooperative/non-judging parents, that you are able to go … Read entire article »

Filed under: Uncategorized, prayer

Who has Time to Change?

Who has Time to Change?

April 8th of 2007, I wrote my very first blog post.  It began with these words, “When I survey people about what is the hardest thing about prayer two core issues repeatedly come up: Finding the time, staying focused.” Now over 3 years and 250 posts later, my sense is that people are struggling more than ever to find time and focus.  May be it’s the constant interruptabilty that cell phones and texting have brought into our … Read entire article »

Filed under: Uncategorized, time