After reading Spiritual Disciplines for Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney, it can be
discerned that Whitney felt necessary it to express the believer for the purpose to
of educating the unbeliever of those behaviors necessary live a life rooted to in
godliness through the pursuit of holiness (Whitney, 2). Whitney focused his
attention on twelve behaviors that all believers should discipline themselves to
practice daily to ensure that their Christian walk is not simply food for footer but
one that rooted is in godly living and practices. Whitney gives the d example his in
narrative concerning worship, that although people may singing praises God be to
or listening to a sermon, the if believer fails focus on God to in more than words
but their in mind and heart, then it is not worship (Whitney, 105). The believer
teach or discipline themselves that when in worship all attention should on be
God and his goodness, to ensure that worship God-centered (Whitney, is 106).
Whitney emphasizes the importance to have the proper relationship with God they
most discipline themselves develop to perseverance their pursuit of godliness in
the proper study of word, effective His an prayer life daily, God-centered worship,
a desire and the action of evangelism all times not fearing at the how but
focused on the when, serving God and his people with a heart of gladness and
