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Donald S. Whitney

Donald S. Whitney is a Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life.

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Maintaining Pastoral Resilience through the Spiritual Disciplines

Amid turmoil, how can a pastor avoid joining the unusually high number of pastors voluntarily leaving the ministry? This final article in our series about personal spiritual disciplines speaks to perseverance in those disciplines to maintain in stressful times. It’s what the Barna Group referred to as “pastoral resilience.”

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Family Worship as a Spiritual Discipline for Pastors

This article is part 7 in a series about pastors and their practice of the personal spiritual disciplines. While the practice of family worship involves at least one other person, it usually relies primarily on the discipline of one individual for it to happen. Pastor, in your home, this would be you.

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The Blessings of Fasting as a Spiritual Discipline

This is the sixth in a series of articles on pastors and the spiritual disciplines. One of the disciplines we can practice either alone or with others is fasting. As with prayer, we fast in the hope that by His grace, God will bless us.

Praying the Psalms as a Spiritual Discipline

George Müller, one of the most prayerful and faith-filled men in Christian history, prayed the Psalms. The Lord Jesus Christ himself and the apostles of the early church prayed the Psalms. Why not you and your church?

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Solutions to Common Problems in Prayer as a Spiritual Discipline

In our focus on the personal spiritual disciplines, we have said the two most important disciplines are the intake of the Word and prayer.

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Reading and Meditating on the Bible as Spiritual Disciplines for Pastors

Pastors must care for their own souls before they can care for the souls of others. This looks like reading the Bible and meditating on it.

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The Importance of Personal Spiritual Disciplines for Pastors

Brother, don’t let the ministry keep you from Jesus. Spiritual discipline as a means to godliness will help you maintain perseverance and joy in ministry and keep you in Jesus.