Teaching Summary
• The Practices are disciplines based on the lifestyle of Jesus that create time and space for us to access the presence and power of the Spirit and, in doing so, be transformed from the inside out.
• Practices are a means to an end: to live and love like Jesus. We approach deeper changes in our life indirectly, not directly, by practicing ancient disciplines that open us up to God to change us at the deepest level.
• Practices are not the whole of the spiritual life, they are just one part of it.
• They are essential for those who desire to be transformed to become more like Jesus.
• One of the most important practices for our age of exhaustion is Sabbath — a full day set aside to stop, rest, delight, and worship.