Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus Through the Spiritual Disciplines, Study Guide

by David Mathis

Designed as a supplement to Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines by David Mathis, this study guide helps readers engage more deeply with the spiritual disciplines (Bible study, prayer, and fellowship) as channels of God's grace. Intended for individuals and small groups alike, this 31-day guide includes relevant Scripture readings, discussion questions tied to assigned readings from the book, and prompts for applying each lesson to daily life. Mathis rehearses key principles and practices outlined in the book, equipping readers to stay focused on the gospel as they cultivate habits that awaken their souls to the glory of God and stir their hearts for joyful service.

Genres: Christian Living, Christian, Faith

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2016

About the author

David Mathis (MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando) is executive editor at desiringGod.org and an elder at Bethlehem Baptist Church in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. His seminary experience includes Reformed Theological Seminary and Bethlehem College & Seminary, where he now serves as adjunct professor.

Reviews

[Ashleigh Stehr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a good practical book on the Bible, prayer, and fellowship and the importance of those three things. The chapter on meditation was especially helpful, since I can easily leave my quiet time to just the morning and not meditate on it or live it out throughout the day.

[Brandon Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books on spiritual discplines. While it doesn't go super deep into the disciplines, it keeps Jesus at the centre of doing these disciplines. Highly recommended.

[Rachelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

The study guide questions are real sort of questions that ask you to interact with the book itself and even more importantly with scripture. It's not merely content regurgitation or fluffy, feel good fill in the blank type answers. If you are completely honest with how you answer the questions; you are likely to be spurred on in a good way in your christian life.

I'm usually not a book and workbook combo type person, especially in a group setting, but this is actually good. If we were to go round robin and everyone give their answers to every question in the workbook, then that wouldn't be good. It's hard enough to be that open and honest to yourself on paper, but well-nigh impossible in a large group. But still, this is an excellent book and workbook combination. :)

[aiza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mathis asks reflective, practical, and thought-provoking questions that get to the heart of the matter. Thoroughly enjoyed this companion study guide.

[Sarah Gautam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book. An unusually good companion to your spirituality as an elder. Inspired by this book, I have also written a blog on Spiritual Habits. You must also read my blog, it is very interesting Visit Here

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical and easy to remember. Build habits that were established in the Bible to "get in the way of God's grace." Three main categories: listen to God's voice (word), have God's ear (prayer), be part of God's body (fellowship).

[Stephen Walls · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did enjoy the study guide. It was a good work book to review the book and have discussions with others who also read the book. Besides the Calvinistic leanings from the book, this was a good workbook.

[Daniel Markin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Chapter on journaling was a new insight. Most of the ideas were pretty generic.

[Emily Wachter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very palatable and well written. It was simple and easy to understand, got to the point quickly and effectively carried out its purpose.

I would recommend this book to any Christian.

[Doug Beswick]

excellent instructional book during Lent 2020

[Martha Lennon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great re-look at foundational spiritual disciplines.

[Bekah Lyts · Rating 4 out of 5]

An incredibly encouraging read!

[Donald Owens II · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfectly adequate. If you need instruction on the spiritual disciplines, you could do worse.

[Chloe Lawrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Practical questions for reflection

[Lynette Karg · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am glad I didn't get this for everyone in the study group. In an effort to make the book appeal to different learning types, something I may not appreciate as much as I ought, it tries to do/be too much. It was helpful to pull a few questions from to use as discussion starters but I think it is better to just customize the discussion to your own group.

[Elizabeth Turnage · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick read about an important topic. How do we grow in the love and knowledge of Christ? Mathis breaks the complex topic of spiritual disciplines into three main categories:
Hearing God
Having his ear
And
Belonging to his body.
A simple and encouraging introduction or refresher to spiritual disciplines.

[Aboere · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful companion to the book. Forced me to stop and think about what I was reading and what my views were.