Discipline Is On YOU!

Scripture Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives’ tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly. ~1 Timothy 4:7, NLT Quote All believers should have a ever increasing desire to know Christ better and to be like Him as much as possible. ~Donald S. Whitney For most of my life I was…

Samson’s Incredible Weakness

Scripture If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding. ~Proverbs 15:31, NLT Quote Discipline is the choice between what you want now and what you want in the future. ~Source Unknown Samson was known for his incredible strength but his story is one with a…

Suppliment Your Faith

Scripture For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. ~2 Peter 1:5-7, NET Quote If you are an unhappy and depressed Christian it is more than likely due to…

Discipline

Scripture I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. ~1 Corinthians 1:27, NKJV Quote Good athletes are disciplined. Jerry Rice, a wide receiver for the 49ers back in the old days, didn’t just run out on the fields each Sunday evening and…

The Process

Scripture It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes. ~Psalm 119:71, NASB Quote “Healing is a matter of time.” ~Hippocrates Hippocrates was a Greek physician and considered by many to be the Father of Medicine. He lived some 400 years before Christ and was a contemporary with Socrates,…

The School of Discipline

Scripture Correction and punishment make children wise, but those left alone will disgrace their mother. Correct your children, and you will be proud; they will give you satisfaction.  ~Proverbs 29:15,17, NLT Quote Discipline is the basic tool set for solving life’s problems. ~M. S. Peck Solomon says a lot about discipline in Proverbs: Proverbs 3:10-11– My child,…