“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a] 7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what ...
God was so patient with Jonah, and so merciful to him. God shows us here how He is the perfect parent who shows disciplineandmercy to those “who cannot tell their right hand from their left,” and for those who know better. I am so thankful that His ways are not my ways, and tha...
They are the most likely to effectively discipline their children, while also displaying affection and responding to their needs. Liberal parents score the lowest, even worse than very liberal parents, largely because they are the least likely to successfully discipline their children. By contrast, ...
In the context here, Jesus says that those disciples who fail to abide in Him and produce fruit will bethrown into the fireand burned. This does not refer to eternal punishment in the flames of hell, but to some sort of temporal discipline in the life. Their life will be full of empti...
And even says of himself, " I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." 1 Corinthians 9:27 So do as Paul says, examine yourselves. I do and I am in constant prayer and study and repentance before God, ...
But there is a warning here also: let us not be the adversary to someone else and let us not cause adversity for others. God is on the side of his children, but he will not stand by us when we harm his other children. God expects us to emulate him, by standing up for people and...
Let us trust in the Lord’s strength and love to take care of his own.But there is a warning here also: let us not be the adversary to someone else and let us not cause adversity for others. God is on the side of his children, but he will not stand by us when we harm his ...
where God is said to have predestined believers to be His children in Christ, and forward to the end of time when their true condition will be revealed in a glory and fulfillment to be shared by the entire natural order. Paul calls this in one breath the redemption of our bodies and ...
Early in the lecture, Barrie defines ‘courage’ as ‘the lovely virtue—the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children’ (Barrie 1922a, p. 7). He goes on to reassure the listening undergraduates: There are glorious years lying ahead of you if you choose to make them glorious....
In our most difficult to painful times in life, we can crawl up into the lap of our heavenly Father, and know that He is for us, and His arms will hold us secure. “Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, ...