Summary Of Richard J. Foster's Celebration Of Discipline

Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster is an eye-opening book to how a Christian can enhance their relationship with the Lord. He conveys this topic by bringing attention the disciplines all Christians should incorporate into their lives. Foster does an excellent job organizing the 12 disciplines in sections of inward, outward and corporate. The first section Foster brings attention to is the inward section. The disciplines in this section focus on the inward being of a person. The first discipline discussed is the discipline of meditation. Meditation gives a person time to reflect on things that we have experienced and gives us time to focus on the Lord. Prayer should be done daily it gives us the chance to speak to the Lord. Prayer and meditation are both very similar, but prayer gives us the opportunity to express ourselves aloud to the Lord. Foster talks about the importance of fasting and doing it for the right reasons. When fasting an individual is giving up physical needs to get closer to the Lord. Foster …show more content…
Foster discusses the importance of living with simplicity. We should focus on the usefulness of things such as cars, clothes, and home items rather than how they may impress others. The discipline of solitude opens a door for us to be able to listen to God, with such silence and solitude it opens our heart to be present with the Lord. The discipline of submission is as the word says. Foster states that there are 7 acts of submission we should follow; Triune God, scripture, family, neighbors, believing community, and the broken and despised. It is important to be like Jesus who submitted to all, we should be a servant. This applies to the last discipline in this section the act of service. We should serve the Lord; we should serve each other in many ways from physically serving and being hospitable to sharing God’s word with