When I think of the word Discipline I tend to think of something I used for my children's sake long ago. Well, now that they are gone and I study God's word... I realize that it is sooooooo much more.
This is one of the area's of my life that needs serious attention. Confession is the first step to healing so I must confess... I am undiscliplined in the area of (alphabetical list not priority or importance) bible study, eating, finances, prayer, and task organization.
I believe in order to work on these I must first confess (which I have done) then pray. This is the step I am working on now. Listen to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Move into action.
I am currently looking up and reading scriptures related to discipline.
Here is a couple...
Job 36:10: He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Luke 9:23 “And Jesus said to them all, ‘If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me’”
I am also currently reading an article about "The Disciplined Life" This one paragraph jumped out at me for a couple of reasons. One my new Christian friends at church call me "Whop" (a story for another post) so the misspelling of the word "who" as "whop" caught my attention right off. Then the content... well here it is...
"“Disciplined Character” belongs to the person whop achieves balance, by bringing all his
faculties under control. There then will be order, consistency, and purpose in his life. The end
result is poise and grace that will not panic, nor indulge in “self-pity” when tossed into
crosscurrents. A disciplined person rises courageously, heroically, to meet life and to conquer it.
He has inward resources and personal reserves that brings adversity under control and compels it
to serve him."
http://www.netbiblestudy.com/00_cartimages/The_Disciplined_Life.pdf
I have much more to ponder and pray about.
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