ascetic style

If you have any negative feelings toward the ascetic style or toward people who have that style, right now, spend a few moments in prayer asking God's forgiveness and for him to renew your mind. Ask God to help you separate the perils from the strengths of that style so that you might one day fully embrace the strengths.

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If your embracing of the ascetic style has in any way been oppressed by other people or a particular church tradition, right now, spend a moment praying for those people. Also, ask God to heal your heart and help you to stand firm in the ascetic style as a God-honouring expression of Christian spirituality.

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