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Proverbs chapter 12 verse 1 says whoever loves discipline loves knowledge but he who hates reproof is stupid.

I've got to mention this. One of my children, we, our older boys, read through the Bible with us and one of them said,

hey, did you know dad that there's like a bad word in the Bible. I said what are you talking about and he pointed to

this proverb and said you know it says stupid which we don't say around our house so so that's a strong word in

scriptural language this led to a great conversation with my son

specifically on this issue of discipline so whoever loves discipline loves knowledge but he

hates reproof is stupid, is dumb, is not smart. So there's a picture here if we want to

be wise then we actually love discipline

which sounds pretty counterintuitive to us right like who of us really loves

discipline my son my kids I don't think would say they love discipline.

I don't think I would say my heart is inclined to love discipline.

But we need discipline.

All of us do. We are so prone to wander from the Lord we're so prone to live in a way that

pleases ourselves instead of pleasing him in a way that looks out for us instead of looking out for

others and so we need discipline we need to be brought back to him we need to be brought

back to the life he has intended us to live.

But if we hate discipline, we won't experience that life.

In fact, that's why it says, he hates reproof is stupid if we hate discipline and

Avoid reproof then we will live lives of foolishness in this world. So I would encourage us to think about areas of our lives

where we need to grow in discipline, where we need to grow in our pursuit of God,

and to pray for one another that we would have the humility to love

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