What are the skills needed to practice the Discipline of Innocence?

Spiritual Skills

• Daily live in the presence of Abba, Jesus and the Holy Counselor.
• Talk to Abba about everything. And I mean about every thought that crosses your mind, good and bad.
• Read your Bible daily. Serve others. And be prepared to tell others how Jesus, grace and truth have changed you.

Emotional Skills

• Recognize that you are in charge of running your brain. No more shaming, blaming, criticizing, negativity or self condemnation is allowed.
• The focus will be things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and praiseworthy.
• Your fears will rise and trigger old, angry responses. Slow down. Learn better responses.
• Learn to enjoy solitude.
• Daily remember, you are Abba’s kid.

Sexual Skills

• In your youth you had real emotional and spiritual needs.
• In place of poor answers and youthful confusion you found a way to salve the pain. It was sexual pleasure.
• Today your emotional, spiritual, and sexual systems are all twisted together. Work to untwist them.

Prayer

Father, help me walk in innocence. Please help all my systems work towards that end. Amen.

Bible

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. – Matthew 5:8 (KJV)