God Disciplines Us in Love
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🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Discipline can be a tricky subject. Many of us have not seen discipline done well, and no one really loves being disciplined or having something they’ve done wrong pointed out. But something we must keep in mind with our heavenly Father is that he loves perfectly, so discipline must be a part of his perfect love. As we wrap up our week of looking at who God is, this is a crucial topic we have to look at to engage with all the ways God loves us. As we dig deeper today, may our hearts be open to God’s loving perspective on correction for our good.
Our Scripture for today comes from Hebrews 12:6, and today's worship is Feeling Low by United Pursuit.
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| 0:00.0 | Discipline can be a tricky subject. |
| 0:07.0 | Many of us have not seen discipline done well, and no one really loves being disciplined |
| 0:12.0 | or having something they've done wrong pointed out. |
| 0:15.0 | But something we must keep in mind with our Heavenly Father is that he loves perfectly, so discipline must be a part of his perfect love. |
| 0:23.6 | As we wrap up our week of looking at who God is, this is a crucial topic we have to look at to engage with all the ways that God loves us. |
| 0:32.6 | As we dig deeper today, may our hearts be open to God's loving perspective on correction for our good. |
| 0:39.7 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 1:00.0 | Our verse today comes from Hebrews 12 and reads, My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by Him. |
| 1:08.0 | For the Lord disciplines the one He loves and chastises every son whom he receives. |
| 1:16.8 | Our world despises discipline. We view correction as an attempt to keep us from doing what we really |
| 1:23.8 | want, rather than as an act of love to guide us toward a more abundant life. |
| 1:30.1 | If we're ever going to live the incredible life that God longs to give us, we need renewal |
| 1:35.8 | in the area of discipline. We must allow God to correct and shape us as the potter molds |
| 1:42.3 | the clay so that we can live the life to which we've been called. |
| 1:47.0 | Our Heavenly Father never disciplines out of anger or frustration, but only out of love. |
| 1:54.0 | Hebrews 12, 7 through 14 says, |
| 1:57.0 | It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son |
| 2:03.6 | is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline in which |
| 2:09.2 | all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have |
| 2:16.5 | had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. |
| 2:21.2 | Shall we not much more be subject to the father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short |
| 2:28.0 | time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good that we may share in His Holiness. |
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