Onward, Upward, and Further In

One of the Most Important Disciplines for My Life and Godliness is RE-ORIENTATION. There are many spiritual disciplines that are vital for maturity in our relationship with God. Some of these are: prayer, bible reading, bible study, bible memorisation, meditation, silence and solitude, and fasting. However, the most important spiritual discipline for my ability to keep my eyes on Christ is not something I learned in my spirituality classes! I learned it in my Psalms class with Dr. David Barker! Granted, it involves Bible reading and prayer and meditation! But it's a different approach to these things.   We can be re-oriented through our daily Bible reading plan.  But we might need more, we might need ‘spot checks’.  We can be re-oriented through general prayer, but we might need to learn a different kind of praying.  We can be re-oriented through meditation, but again – we might need ‘spot checks’. Dr. Barker, in our Psalms class, taught us about ...