Category Archives: 40 Days of discipline

Giving Discipline

  Proverbs 3:9 (NIV) Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops.   All too often, I offer God my leftovers. Day 21 – my first and best, not my last and least.

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Group Discipline

  Hebrews 10:24-25a (VOICE) Let us consider how to inspire each other to greater love and to righteous deeds, not forgetting to gather as a community.   God doesn’t plan for faith to be a solo journey. Yes, there’s a … Continue reading

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Timely Discipline

“I have talents; help me to extol thee by spending them for thee; I have time; Lord, help me to redeem it, that I may serve thee . . . thou hast put me in this world for something; Lord, … Continue reading

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Prayerful Discipline

  Ephesians 6:18a (VOICE) Pray always. Pray in the Spirit. Pray about everything in every way you know how!   There’s no such thing as too much prayer. Day 18 – Pray. Then pray some more.

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Study Discipline

  More what? Bible study.     2 Timothy 2:15 (AMP) Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth. Sometimes … Continue reading

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Worship Discipline

  More discipline in worship. This isn’t about whispering during prayer time or daydreaming during the sermon.   It’s about truth. John 4:23b (CEV) Even now the true worshipers are being led by the Spirit to worship the Father according … Continue reading

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More Discipline

  Last week I focused on disciplines of less. This week will be about more:     More time in the Bible More prayer More service More forgiveness John the Baptist got it right. John 3:30 (NIV) He must become … Continue reading

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Discipline at Rest

  summer + social isolation = long, lazy naps     Proverbs 6:10-11a (NCV) You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest. So you will be as poor as if you … Continue reading

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Simple Discipline

  Day 13 – As I think about the discipline of simplicity, threads of a song drift through my memory:     “Tis a gift to be simple, ’tis a gift to be free ‘Tis a gift to come down … Continue reading

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Sharing Discipline

  I retired from my office job. I have a closet filled with clothes I no longer wear.     My daily Bible study took me to the book of Luke and John the Baptist’s message: Luke 3:10-11 (NIV) “What … Continue reading

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