conscious of what is happening to me. Together with this, I covet a greater degree of personal discipline in my life, so God’s grace will have ample opportunity to work through my life.” Next, I searched the Bible for an appropriate Scripture passage to use to begin this practice. I took these words from the Gospel of Luke: “Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men” (Luke 2:52 NIV). The observation I made was that as the Father had sent Jesus into the world, so he was sending