SOAKED IN DISCIPLINES #6

RETREAT
August 3, 2008
with Adam Waters



INTRO
• How many of you are busy?
How many of you have every just wanted to "run away from it all?"
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT: Golf balls and corn… (you'll have to ask someone who was there)

As a swimmer, I will…
 SATISFY the Spirit’s leading.
 WIN the battles of the flesh.
 INHERIT the Kingdom.
 MANIFEST the character of God.

As swimmers, we should lead lives “Soaked in Discipline.” Being disciplined OR discipled means to follow the teacher. What disciplines have we learned from Jesus so far?
 Worship
 Giving
 Prayer
 Study
 Fasting
 Today?

Training Technique #6 ~ RETREAT
Luke 6:15 ~ “Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.”
 NIV: “lonely places”
 Mark 1 tells of Jesus going to “secluded” places away from crowds!
 Defining retreat à to withdraw from danger; to retire; to curve backwards; security;
 DAILY
 WEEKLY
 EXTENDED (Jeff called these intense and fulfilling)


WRAP IT UP
All of our disciplines have been about our relationship with Jesus…
1. Loving him on a personal level.
2. Loving him in your everyday life.
3. Loving him along with other disciples.
RETREAT is no different except that it incorporates almost all of the others into itself.