It takes discipline to not understand, but do something anyway. We live in a world where we strive to understanding things that don't make sense. We see information as power, and seek to understand everything from large to small details of this world. Yet, God's ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:9), and we cannot... Continue Reading →
Waiting. It's never an easy thing to do. Waiting patiently is even harder. Yet, the scriptures are filled with waiting. Moses waited in the wilderness. The Israelites waited for the Promise land. The world waited on a Savior. The disciples waited on the Holy Spirit. Noah worked while he waited for rain. Joseph waited with... Continue Reading →
God desires a relationship with you. Yes, you. He loves you. He wants to have quality and quantity time with you. Just as a beloved friend desires to speak with you daily, so does He. God says "Come and talk with me." To many people think of prayer as a religious duty. For some reason... Continue Reading →
It's easy to read this scripture and think, we don't have slaves anymore and read right over it. The word whether means whichever one of the two. It is often used in comparison. Comparison is a deadly thing when it comes to discipline. We are each will be rewarded based on the good we are called to... Continue Reading →
We are saved by grace, not by works. My pastor recently made a comment that just really drove home this scripture. He said "Faith makes possible what grace makes available." Everything that we need is available through the grace of God in Christ Jesus. But the works of our faith appropriate what Christ died for... Continue Reading →
I wish that I could say I was a runner in the natural, far from it. I don't have endurance to go more than a few meters. I never learned the discipline involved with physically running. In the spiritual though, I know what it means to run with endurance the race God set before me. ... Continue Reading →
Above all the disciplines, seeking God is the most beneficial thing that we can do in life. There is nothing to be found outside of Him, and everything to be found in Him. It is easy to be distracted by the things in the life. We get distracted by all that we have to do... Continue Reading →
As we build our faith, we must be disciplined to add to our faith virtue. Virtue is behavior showing high moral standards. See, it's not enough to just believe, our actions must turn into behaviors. God accepts us where we are in faith, but then He helps us to grow into the unique person that we... Continue Reading →
Staying disciplined in faith can be the most difficult walk for a Christian. By pure virtue of having to believe in something that you can't see, regardless of what is going on in the circumstances you can see. Having stood in faith for over fifteen years for the same promise, I know what it is... Continue Reading →
As a Christian, it is our responsibility to be fruitful. It takes much discipline of self to abide with God so that we can produce the fruit that comes naturally through our connection with Him. Unlike natural branches, we have to choose to remain in Him. Our responsibility in the growth of fruit is to... Continue Reading →
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