February 6th, 2026
Friday, February 6th
Disciplines Over Desires
By: Pastor Adam Munshaw
January has come and gone - along with many of our resolutions for the year ahead. Dreams and expectations for something that might be different are met with the realities of winter - days that feel darker, shorter, and colder. Not to be dramatic - but we just fought our way through the snowpocalypse!
Even with good intentions, our desires can quietly undermine the disciplines we’re trying to form in us.
Whether it was building our habits of doing our Immerse reading every day, moving our body through exercise more regularly in our weeks, or setting aside more time for rest and worship of God in sabbath, our desires only start to develop when we turn them into disciplines that we follow, regardless of the season.
Paul opens his second letter to the Corinthians giving praise to God for how He delivered them through a place of immense pressure.
2 Corinthians 1:12 NLT says, “12 We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.”
Jocko Willink in his book, Extreme Ownership, uses the phrase “Discipline equals freedom.” Paul reminds us that the Christian life is not powered by human wisdom—it is dependent upon God’s grace.
A “clear conscience” doesn’t mean a life without mistakes. It means a life in the pursuit of God’s best for you. A God-given holiness is developed not through your desires, but through the sincere seeking of God’s disciplines.
Disciplines Over Desires
By: Pastor Adam Munshaw
January has come and gone - along with many of our resolutions for the year ahead. Dreams and expectations for something that might be different are met with the realities of winter - days that feel darker, shorter, and colder. Not to be dramatic - but we just fought our way through the snowpocalypse!
Even with good intentions, our desires can quietly undermine the disciplines we’re trying to form in us.
Whether it was building our habits of doing our Immerse reading every day, moving our body through exercise more regularly in our weeks, or setting aside more time for rest and worship of God in sabbath, our desires only start to develop when we turn them into disciplines that we follow, regardless of the season.
Paul opens his second letter to the Corinthians giving praise to God for how He delivered them through a place of immense pressure.
2 Corinthians 1:12 NLT says, “12 We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.”
Jocko Willink in his book, Extreme Ownership, uses the phrase “Discipline equals freedom.” Paul reminds us that the Christian life is not powered by human wisdom—it is dependent upon God’s grace.
A “clear conscience” doesn’t mean a life without mistakes. It means a life in the pursuit of God’s best for you. A God-given holiness is developed not through your desires, but through the sincere seeking of God’s disciplines.
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