The purpose of the spiritual disciplines is to enjoy God and receive God’s grace. There are many spiritual disciplines but they all boil down to these three: Word, Prayer & Community. The most fundamental discipline is that of meditating and practicing God’s word. In order to be shaped by God’s word, we need to preach the gospel to ourselves, read the Scripture for breadth, study it for depth, meditate on it for warmth and apply it in astonishment.