Humility isn’t an easy virtue to exercise, it takes courage, discipline and faith to put humility into daily practice. But humility is animportant characteristic to developas a follower of Christ. The Bible gives us guidance and words that inspire us to keep practicing humility. ...
Romans 6:23 ESV "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." Ephesians 6:4 ESV "“Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the Lord, Three things I offer you. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’”" 2...
Discipline is something each of us must learn and as a parent, it is a tool we must use. Discipline is not about delivering pain or punishment so much as it is about teaching right from wrong. It may seem painful to the child when you scold them for not following the rules but is b...
It is related to the noun אֱוִּיל (ʾevvil,“fool”), one who is morally bad because he despises wisdom and discipline, mocks at guilt, is licentious and quarrelsome, and is almost impossible to rebuke. W. McKane says that the more one speaks, the less he is ...
1 John 5:1-3 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him.By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments.For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandm...
Psalm 88:14-18 OLord, why do You reject my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me? I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome. Your burning anger has passed over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. ...
"Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so, do not despise the discipline of the Almighty." Ways to increase moments of joy in your life If you struggle to feel happy, you might not know how to start changing your life to better suit your needs. The Bible talks about how being obedien...
and to that discipline — patient, accurate, and resolute — I owe, not only a knowledge of the book, which I find occasionally serviceable, but much of my general power of taking pains, and the best part of my taste in literature. ... [O]nce knowing the 32nd of Deuteronomy, the ...
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power,loveand self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7) But whenthe kindness and love of God our Saviorappeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the wash...
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self – discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 19. 2 Peter 1:3“By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the...