Discipline

Article: Because He Loves You

Photo courtesy of CreationSwap/MarianTrinidad Hebrews 12:6-13 (KJV) - For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but...

Article: Breaking the Rod

Photo courtesy of Stock.XCHNG.com/kvquang22 Proverbs 13:24 (KJV) - He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. When it comes to discipline/punishment, many of us live on the 'spare the rod, spoil the child' premise (Proverbs 13:24), and many of us take every opportunity to use it! However, the issue of sparing the rod (and of discipline) goes a lot further. Our understanding of the purpose behind discipline must take on a different approach. For many people disciplining their children, they react based on emotions. Many discipline...

Article: The Discipline of Self

Photo courtesy of CreationSwap/paulcarlson 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (KJV) - Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. Many of us do not overcome in certain...