In this lesson, we discuss, Building Spiritual Muscled the Secret Way. Scripture teaches three spiritual disciplines that should be done in secret. God rewards these openly. They are; Praying, fasting and giving. The motives of many religious people of the day, especially the Pharisees, were not pure. Jesus devoted much of Matthew 6 to teaching on the correct motives behind spiritual disciplines. Our attitude determines whether we succeed or fail. When we pray, fast, and/or give for public show rather than to please God, we have a problem. It makes us look spiritual. It does not necessarily mean we are. We like to be noticed, appreciated, and complimented. It is part of human nature, our fallen nature. However, our spiritual nature desires to give all glory to God. “Spend your time and energy in the exercise of keeping spiritually fit. Bodily exercise is all right, but spiritual exercise is much more important and is a tonic for all you do. So exercise yourself spiritually, and practice being a better Christian because that will help you not only now in this life, but in the next life too” (1 Timothy 4:7-9 TLB).