Responsible parenting (II)
... about building up her household! In Gen. 44:30, Moses wrote that a good father’s life is “bound up” with his son. “Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights ...
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Self-control made easy
... So it needs to be controlled by a more disciplined system which is the human mind. The concept of self-control appears here: the moment the mind denies the heart the fulfillment of its sweet but unprofitable ...
Christianity must cost you something
... you should lose for being a Christian. We have been summoned to a life of sacrifice.
We should be prepared to discipline the heathen cravings of the flesh for the sake of righteousness. We should be ...
Pursue righteousness
... era, righteousness is revealed in the gospel. It is faith through Jesus that we became righteous. In like manner, we must discipline ourselves to attain righteousness. The gift of righteousness comes only ...
Fasting along prayer
... In times of scarcity, fasting deepens our dependence on God's provision and strengthens our connection with Him.
In the journey of faith, fasting and prayer stand as intertwined disciplines, each amplifying ...
Death before life
... ourselves.
Our bodies desire a lot of untoward stuff. We need to discipline our bodies to make sure that they do not have their way. Some people assume that being born again means being rid of one' ...
Resist him
... from the evil one. At times, we do not need the so-called “deliverance” when we go through hard times. Godly discipline is the remedy. From 1 Corinthians 9:27, Paul, the apostle emphasizes how he brings ...
Train to Win
... discipline and dedication which many try to avoid in their lives. Training should be done regularly and consistently like Christianity.
Sports entails competing against individuals or a group of opponents. ...
Respect for authority
... abused him with their words, it caused God’s anger to ignite against them. Miriam was stricken with terrible leprosy as a result of that but after the discipline, there was also a pardon and restoration ...
True Success (II)
... succeed, you cannot lead your commander. “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” (Eph. 3:20).
Self-control or discipline ...
Secure your family
... whom God will place in our ways.
After consulting God, we need to take firm decisions and try to live by them. We need to be firm and disciplined on certain issues and insist we do right as a family ...
Responsible parenting III
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” (KJV) Proverbs 22:6
Continuation of Responsible parenting (II)
3. Parents must teach their children to ...
Responsible parenting (II)
... about building up her household! In Gen. 44:30, Moses wrote that a good father’s life is “bound up” with his son. “Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights ...
Who do you listen to?
... yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” (NAS) 1 Kings 12: 13-14
Every day of our lives, we all have decisions to make. ...
The fruit of the Spirit - Self-control
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” (NIV) Galatians 5:22-23
The spiritual behavior ...
Godly Exercise
... the present life and the life to come."(NIV) 1 Timothy 4:7-8
It's really amazing what one can achieve through consistent self-discipline. How many times do we observe some of our athletes like Usain Bolt, ...
The Power Therein
God of the Storm
“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline” (NIV) 2 Tim 1:7
I started a Bible reading plan entitled “Embracing Grace”. A bible ...
What comes naturally
... more in line with the example of Jesus life. We still must deal with sinful desires, so we need to discipline ourselves to be the kind of person God wants us to be. Like a soldier or athlete in training ...
A Meaningful Life: Death is not final
... defined it in the essence of strength and discipline which characterize our military systems today.
Judaism defined meaningful life in the essence of holiness and conforming to oneself.
None of these ...
Life without God
... know and acknowledge God, sin and disobedience reign. No wonder the world is now full of various social vices like domestic abuses, broken homes, indiscipline, drug and substances abuses, fornication, ...