A Life Well Lived -- Discipline

Intro

How many of you all have been disciplined

By your parents

By your teacher

By yourself

What is discipline

I think thats really essential for us to answer that question

Dictionary of Bible Themes 8230 discipline

Loving and corrective training that leads to maturity and responsibility on the part of those who experience it.

Discipline is essential to our lives

We must be disciplined

Probably a saying you all have heard over and over

This goes hand in hand with work

Like we talked about last week I tried to be carful to not carry us to discipline to quickly

We discipline ourselves in our walk and this is part of the work we must do

Do the Work

In all of this our hop our heart is that we think about these things on a deeper level

Paul Tripp book

this is not practical advice

I’m not trying to be like your teacher or your coach

I want yo all to understand that discipline is good something we work for something to attain

We want to be people who are disciplined

Discipline is

Something we receive

Something we Need

Something to grow us

Read Proverbs 3:11-12

Proverbs 3:11–12 ESV

11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, 12 for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

Something we receive

This is probably something you all already realize

We receive discipline

Like we talked about

Need it

Read Hebrews 12:5-11

Hebrews 12:5–11 ESV

5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” 7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Grow us

Read 2 Timothy 2:2-7

2 Timothy 2:2–6 ESV

2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. 3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. 5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.