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In 2010 my plan is to strive ahead in two major areas:

1. Spiritual Training for my family. Renee and I will be beefing-up our family devotions both in depth and regularity. I reckon this is the key change we need to make this year. The commitment and conviction have never been lacking, but the execution has. So far, we’re flying-high and God is blessing us as we draw close to Him.

2. The other thing I’m striving for is physical fitness. Renee led the way in this department in 2009; committing to run 90 mins every day as I have sat at home working on my beer gut… NO MORE! Running each day gives me a great sense of accomplishment, and (when we can make it happen between two crazy work schedules) running together makes the experience all the more enjoyable.

So, there you have it. The Smith’s are taking it up a few notches in PhysiSpiritual Discipline!

In this short video Matt highlights two main elements of a personal walk with God:

1. Answer the questions “how will I do this?” and “when will I do this?” when it comes to Bible reading, prayer, & solitude. Most men never get that far, never make a plan, and their walk with Jesus is sporadic at best.

2. Keep a watch on what stirs or stifles your affections for Jesus. Matt carefully watches his heart to see what increases his affection for Jesus – and he makes more room for these things (for example, getting up early and going to bed early are personally important for him). He also looks for those things that steal his affection from Christ or deaden it, and intentionally removes those from his life (his example was that he has to not follow sports closely because he starts caring too much).

(via Acts 29)

Interesting insights from John Piper on reading and studying the Bible

(via Desiring God)