Parents, if your teens started Mark’s 2008 Bible Reading Plan, they may be starting to wonder what they got themselves into. Before long, they may wonder if a plate of pancakes in 2009 is worth reading two chapters of the Bible every day in 2008. If that’s the case, the following questions are designed to help you talk to them about the spiritual disciplines.

I’ve adapted these from Karl Graustein’s book, Growing Up Christian, p. 212:

• What are the spiritual disciplines? What is the purpose of practicing them?
• What hinders your from regularly practicing the spiritual disciplines. What can you do to overcome these hindrances?
• What is our role in our spiritual growth? What is the Holy Spirit’s role?
• What results do you see in your life for your faithful practice of the spiritual disciplines? And for your lack of practice of them?
• How often should a Christian teenager have a quiet time?
• What should a person do during a quiet time?

If you want to study this topic further with your teen, check out any of the following:

• Chapter 11 of Growing Up Christian, by Karl Graustein
• Living the Cross-Centered Life, by C.J. Mahaney
• Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, by Donald Whitney
• Disciplines of Grace, by Jerry Bridges

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