Episode 17 - Disciplines: Mind Over Mattress & Journalling

Jake and Brett talk about two actions of disciples (disciplines), “mind over mattress” and journalling and how these disciplines are valuable on the way of the heart. 

Key Points

  • Disciplines are actions of a disciple

  • A great omission is that Christians aren’t becoming and making disciples of all nations (see Matthew 28:18-20)

  • “Jesus is taking students in the masterclass of life.” (Dallas Willard)

  • Mind over mattress - get up each day when you say you are going to get up

  • "Conquer yourself each day from the very first moment, getting up on the dot, at a set time, without granting a single minute to laziness. If with the help of God, you conquer yourself in the moment, you have accomplished a great deal for the rest of the day. It's so discouraging to find yourself beaten in the first skirmish." (St. Josemaría Escrivá)

  • Journalling is a valuable way to remember what the Lord has done in our lives

  • The content in your journal can be very simple, even bullet points, themes of what’s happening in your heart

  • It’s ideal to journal to the Lord and not simply to yourself

  • Journalling allows you to remember what the Lord has done if we will go back and review what’s happened in the past

  • You can’t try a discipline once or twice and expect it to change everything - our hearts change much slower than that

  • Over time a discipline repeated actually develops virtue

  • Try it for two weeks and evaluate at the end of the two weeks if the discipline is bearing fruit

  • Daily, meaningful connection with our spouse is another important discipline

  • Worship music can help our emotions and our thinking

  • Other disciplines include scripture, fasting, repentance, and regular confession

 Discussion Questions:

  • What struck you from this episode?

  • How might “mind over mattress” positively impact your life?

  • How might journalling positively impact your life?

  • What are one or two disciplines that you find helpful on the way of the heart?

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