It is never fun to be corrected. In fact, at the time it is always painful. But if we learn to obey by being corrected, we will do right and live at peace.
Hebrews 12:11
_i can't forget how my mom had spanked me and explained to me why she did it. i did not cried, she did. i was hurt back then, and now i understand how it hurt her much than i was. discipline is hurtful yet it confronts us with our sin, correct us and prevents us from sinning the same sin again. at least we knew we were wrong and that we would not commit it again. God used discipline through the church, nowadays, to restore His sinning saints and not to ruin their faith by putting them to shame. it is pointing to them that their wrong consistent action is inconsistent with their faith. God uses discipline in His owned children to awake them from their sins, make them see they are sinning and that they should repent and be forgiven.
_if without a plan, people perish, without discipline, you lack several P's. one is purity. as you continue sinning and thinking that sinning is okay, you are continuously paiting yourself with mud, dirt and shame. a Christian should try his very best to stay clean and always be cleaned as if he's not sinning. purity in thought in not with those whose hearts are comfty with sin. as Christians, we cannot remove ourselves from the world but we can try to remove the world in us.
_a Christian continuing without being disciplined, lacks power! when Achan stole goods from Israelites' enemy's camp, their whole army was defeated by an army of a small town of Ai. and not until Achan was stoned to death and burned, they did not regain their strength. God is not pleased with us when we sin. He departs form us and it makes us weak, more vulnerable to temptations and sinning. without discipline, we could not see how sin is destroying us.
_lack of discipline makes one lack progress. a carburator that has plaques in its hollows makes a motor accelerates slow. it steals power from its original potential strenght. when not cleaned, dirt will deposit more and eventually occlude the gasoline flow. same in our human blood flow. fats will accumulate when we do not have a healthy eating habit and would cause us serious health problems even death when not addressed. we cannot go on and move on unless we care enough to be disciplined.
_disciplines cares. care to be disciplined?
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