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Discipline determines destiny.

As followers of Jesus Christ, it's on the right that you and I would want to look our best, do our

best, be our best, and fulfill his purpose for our life. Reach the goals that he would have for us.

But that's not always easy, because there are always things out there to hinder us if we allow

them. But as you think about your life, it's not easy

either when you look at it. And God has a purpose and a plan for our life. It's the best plan

possible. And people who are willing to walk in that plan always come out better.

But as we said it's not easy, it demands something of us, it demands discipline. And so what I want us to talk about in this message is simply this.

That discipline, listen, determines destiny. Let me settle one thing right up front.

I'm not talking about your eternal destiny which

was settled the day you trust that Jesus Christ is your personal Savior. You

trust that Him is the atoning death for all your sins.

We're not talking about that.

You're saved, you're going to heaven.

But I'm talking about life here and now.

And that is life here and now is the life that demands discipline of us. If we're to fulfill God's purpose, do the things

that he would have us to do, achieve the goals that he's set for all of our lives.

So the issue is this. Where does discipline fit in your life?

Because discipline does determine your destiny, not your desires.

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