{"id":7705,"date":"2025-07-20T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satchurch.lv\/?p=7705"},"modified":"2015-06-30T00:27:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T21:27:32","slug":"what-kind-spiritual-habits-jesus-exhibit-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/what-kind-spiritual-habits-jesus-exhibit-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"What kind of spiritual habits did Jesus exhibit while on earth"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n\r\nWelcome, dear children of God to the column of our \u00abDaily word for spiritual strength\u00bb! I pray that your life today be filled with the mercy of God today as never before. Yesterday we began the conversation about the importance of spiritual discipline in the life of God’s children. We clarified that spiritual discipline is a set of habits (personal and corporate) that help us to develop in our spiritual growth, especially in the areas of full consecration of your life to God, fellowship with Him and daily practical Christian life. Spiritual discipline is something that makes us sensitive to God and His voice. We also concluded that God uses spiritual discipline to do His inward works inside of us first, so that he can transform us outwardly. Through spiritual discipline God works from inside outward. Jesus Himself calls us to spiritual discipline:\r\n
\u00ab… Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me\u00bb\u00a0(Matthew 11:29).<\/h6>\r\n \r\n
\u00abHe said to all, \u201cIf anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me\u201d\u00bb.\u00a0(Luke 9:23).<\/h6>\r\n \r\n\r\nThese verses from the Scriptures explain what it means to be called a disciple of Jesus; – it means learning from Him and following His examples. To do this discipline is an absolutely necessity. You can’t call someone a true disciple if he or she only learns from his master sometimes or irregularly. We are called to follow Jesus consistently:\r\n\r\n \r\n
\u00a0\u00abA disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.\u00bb.\u00a0(Luke 6:40).<\/h6>\r\nJust as Jesus Himself was always learning to become more and more perfect (see Hebrews 5:7-10), He is also calling us to seek perfection. we do not attain to perfection automatically, but through constant training. Godliness \u2013 is not a result of frequent attempts, but something that can be achieved as a result of serious and consistent training. We are not called to do some religious activities, but to train ourselves for the purpose of godliness. For example, it is possible to always be learning, yet never coming to the knowledge of the truth.\r\n\r\n \r\n
\u00a0\u00abalways learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth\u00bb.\u00a0(2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Timothy 3:7).<\/h6>\r\n \r\n\r\nWe don’t need to learn for the sake of learning,that is religion. Rather, we are to learn, study the Bible and pray for the purpose of transformation. Discipline is something that helps us to transform and acquire all the necessary skills and qualities of character that it takes to mature and grow into the image of our Lord Jesus Christ.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Lord, Jesus Christ does not just expect spiritual discipline from us, but He also set a model of it before us through His life. Jesus submitted Himself to discipline for the purpose of godliness. If we have the intention to become like Him, we have to live the way Jesus lived on this Earth. It’s possible for us to be like Jesus only if we will choose the same way of life that He chosed for Himself. If we believe in Jesus, we have to trust Him that He knows how we should live and then follow after His examples. What kind of spiritual habits did Jesus exhibit while on earth or how did He disciplined Himself?\r\n