Disciplined Life, 2

~ The Importance of Discipline ~

 

Series Note ~ A constant reality is that it takes effort to develop and maintain good habits. Unfortunately; we effortlessly develop bad habits.

 

To combat this fact of mankind’s fallen nature requires consistent effort. This is why personal discipline is vitally important. Simply stated the bottom-line is that to fulfill our responsibility to become increasingly Christ-like we must exercise continual discipline.

 

Why is discipline important?

 

Scripture ~ “Bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come” (1 Timothy 4:8-9).

 

Comments ~ Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire.

 

Saying no to our impulses (even the ones that are not inherently sinful) puts us in control of our appetites rather than vice versa.

 

Quotes ~ It [discipline] deposes our lust and permits truth, virtue, and integrity to rule our minds instead. —John MacArthur

 

“Decision making is easy when your principles are clear.” —Roy Disney [Walt’s brother]

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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