Tag: discipline
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Be Kind
Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another.” Are you kind? I can assure you, sometimes I’m not! But I really want to be. It’s something I pray about and ask God to help me with. This morning as I was thinking about this, it occurred to me that one way in which such prayers have…
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Father
1 Peter 1:17 “And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile.” One of the ways that God relates to us in His Word is through words that reflect relationships that we are very familiar with. In the…
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Running the Race
Hebrews 12:10-12 “He disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees” You do realize, don’t you, that the ultimate…
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Consistency
1 Samuel 27:1-2 “Then David said in his heart, ‘Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape…
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That Knock at the Door
Revelation 3:19-20 “Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” Have you ever noticed how interrupting a knock on the door is? You…
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The Blessing of Children
1 Samuel 1:20 “And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, ‘I have asked for him from the Lord.’” One of the things to look for in the study of the Bible is repeated words. If we see a word that is repeated over and…
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Goads
Acts 26:14 “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” Have you ever wondered why the Bible often speaks to us in metaphors? So often, rather than speaking in a direct way, it uses figures of speech. Well, since the source of the Bible is God,…
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Failure
2 Thessalonians 3:3-5 “But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness…
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The Rebuke of a Friend
Hebrews 12:6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” Have you ever been “slapped upside the head,” spiritually speaking? Have you ever been going along, happily doing your thing, and someone said something that stopped you in your tracks and made you think – really think? I…
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Enduring suffering
Colossians 1:24 “Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.” Is there anything going on in your life right now that you wish was otherwise? I just…
To Encourage You 