Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,But he who hates correction is stupid.
Discipline and Correction
Proverbs 16:18 NKJV
Pride goes before destruction,And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Discipline and Correction
2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Discipline and Correction
Loving Discipline & Correction
Hebrews 12:11 NKJV
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Loving Discipline & Correction
2 Timothy 3:16–17 NKJV
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Loving Discipline & Correction
Psalm 139:23–24 NKJV
Search me, O God, and know my heart;Try me, and know my anxieties;And see if there is any wicked way in me,And lead me in the way everlasting.
Loving Discipline & Correction
Misunderstanding Discipline & Correction
Proverbs 3:11–12 NKJV
My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,Nor detest His correction;For whom the Lord loves He corrects,Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
Misunderstanding Discipline & Correction
Romans 8:28 NKJV
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Misunderstanding Discipline & Correction
Hebrews 11:16 NKJV
But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Misunderstanding Discipline & Correction
The Importance of Self Discipline
1 Corinthians 9:27 NKJV
But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Hebrews 12:11 NKJV
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
