Hymn Workouts: 100 Exercises to Set Your Heart Ablaze

By Joe Barnard

Book Overview

Spiritual fitness for Christians whose growth has stagnated

Many of us feel like our spiritual growth has stalled. Our routines have hardened into ruts. Around us, we see other Christians with the same struggles and we start to think that treading water is the basic rhythm of the Christian life. Often the problem of stagnating faith is down to one simple fact - we all have a bias towards ease. Our spiritual routines involve passively reading our Bibles, not lingering long enough to comprehend or retain what was read, and a few distracted minutes spent in prayer.

This book of spiritual workouts is meant to push complacent souls back out into the space of exertion and discovery. It will engage and sharpen the faculties of the mind - memory, imagination, intellect, conscience and will.

Each workout, thematically grouped, features a hymn, richly steeped in scripture. There is a Bible passage to read, a list of the scripture references made in the hymn, and three reflection questions to meditate on.

The 100 exercises are grouped into these themes:

The Holiness of God The Mystery of the GospelIncarnation and LifeDeathResurrection and AscensionFinal Judgement and New Creation Spiritual Fellowship The FatherThe SonThe Holy SpiritThe Church Spiritual Transformation Inward MotivationMature Character Spiritual Disciplines Bible ReadingPrayerRepentance and MortificationPracticing the Presence of GodWhole-Life Discipleship Spiritual Trials Suffering and AfflictionTemptation and Spiritual WarfareFacing Death

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1527108929
• ISBN13: 9781527108929
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Christian Focus Publications
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.6"