CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK

Connecting Deeply with God
In this track you will learn how to do life with God and then develop and practice some private spiritual disciplines in order to grow deeper with God and experience new ways to connect with Him.

Bible Verse
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.  John 15:5 [NIV]
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CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #2
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE OVERVIEW

Spiritual Disciplines Overview
Optional Additional Resources:
Spotify Podcasts: Round Table - Jesus and Spiritual Disciplines
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #3
STUDY SCRIPTURE

Spotify Podcast:  Beginner's Guide to Studying the Bible | How to Study the Bible | Part 1

Optional Additional Resources:
Spotify Podcasts: Round Table - Spiritual Disciplines - Bible Reading
Spotify Podcasts: Heartland - Deconstructing Together Jon McNary 
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #4
STUDY SCRIPTURE

Spotify Podcast: Mastering the Art of Studying the Bible | How to Study the Bible | Part 2

Optional Additional Resources
Spotify Podcasts: Thankful Homemaker - Ep 55 Bible Study [Spiritual Discipline Series]
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #5 
SELF-EXAMINATION PRAYER  [INWARD PRAYER]

Self-Examination Prayer Experience #1
Self-Examination Prayer Experience #2

Optional Additional Resources
The Bible Project | Passage Insight: Speck in the Eye
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #6
LISTENING PRAYER [UPWARD PRAYER]

Listening Prayer Experience #1
Listening Prayer Experience #2

Optional Additional Resources
The Bible Project | Word Study Shema/Listen
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #7
INTERCESSORY PRAYER [OUTWARD PRAYER] 

Intercessory Prayer Experience #1
Intercessory Prayer Experience #2

Optional Additional Resources
Spotify Podcasts: Better Together | What is Intercessory Prayer?
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #8
FASTING
Spotify Podcast: John Mark Comer Teachings | Offering | Fasting E1

Optional Additional Resources
The Bible Project | Passage Insight: Purpose of Fasting
Spotify Podcast: That Sounds Fun | Discipleship and Fasting with Dr. Jackie Greene [Listen to Minute 29:20-36:10]
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #9
FASTING
Spotify Podcast: John Mark Comer Teachings | Amplify Prayers | Fasting E3

Optional Additional Resources
Spotify Podcast: John Mark Comer Teachings | Holiness | Fasting E2
Spotify Podcast: John Mark Comer Teachings | Stand with the Poor | Fasting E4
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #10
SABBATH | REST
The Bible Project Podcast | The Restless Craving for Rest

Optional Additional Resources
The Bible Project | Sabbath
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #11
GENEROSITY
Spotify Podcast: Round Table - Spiritual Disciplines | Generosity

Optional Additional Resources
The Bible Project Video - Generosity
The Bible Project Podcast | Generosity E1 Abundance or Scarcity 
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #12
GRATITUDE
Spotify Podcast: Wild at Heart - Gratitude

Optional Additional Resources
Spotify Podcast: Made For This - S2: BONUS - Radical Gratitude with Ann Voskamp
Spotify Podcast: Made for This - S3: 13 - Victimhood vs. Gratitude
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #13
MEMORIZATION
Spotify Podcast: The Daily Grace Podcast: How Scripture Memory Changes How we Think/Dwell Differently

Optional Additional Resources
Spotify Podcast: Thankful Homemaker - Ep 54 Meditation on God's Word + Scripture Memory
Spotify Podcast: Becoming Something - Episode 63: How to Memorize Scripture
CONNECTING GROWTH TRACK  - SESSION 2 | WEEK #14
WRAP-UP | RULE OF LIFE
Spotify Podcast: Practicing the Way - Episode 05: How? A Rule of Life