Growth in godliness involves both right belief AND obedient action. Godly habits do not simply appear. Paul goes on to compare physical training with spiritual. Training our bodies has some benefit, but physical training is limited to just that—the physical dimensions of life. Godliness ​on the other hand, penetrates every aspect of life: our view of self, marriage, parenting, business, school, environmental outlook, relationships; Nothing escapes godliness; it pervades everything. It gives true life. If we take the scriptures as true, how do we go about this training? What are the means, the instruments of our exercise? Well God has given us tools, often referred to as Spiritual Disciplines, that help us to train ourselves for godliness. They help us to cultivate that newness God has worked in us.