Are the spiritual disciplines really important? - Spiritual Disciplines - TouchPoints

Matthew 4:2For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.

Mark 1:35Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.

Luke 5:16Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.

The spiritual disciplines were central to Jesus’ earthly life. Because he accepted the limitations of humanity in becoming one of us, Jesus had to maintain a healthy relationship with his Father and a dependence on the Holy Spirit’s power. If the Son of God needed spiritual practices to stay connected to God, they must be important.