Status Updates From Celebration of Discipline

Maybe I came into this with too high expectations, or maybe I've just read too many other books in this vein, but this hasn't really clicked for me. Not to say it's been without merit, and there's still plenty to go, but I haven't been blown away.

“‘You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free’ (John 8:32). Good feelings will not free us. Ecstatic experiences will not free us. Getting ‘high on Jesus’ will not free us. Without a knowledge of the truth, we will not be free.”

“It soon becomes obvious that study demands humility.… Arrogance and a teachable spirit are mutually exclusive.”

Not too much new info for me on fasting—unlike what Foster says is statistically the case within the Church, fasting is probably one of the disciplines I’m most familiar with. Guess that makes me an anomaly?! 🙃 A very encouraging chapter, with much in support of fasting as a regular practice that I would agree with, especially regarding our potentially selfish motivations to fast—so we can “bribe” God…