As Christians, we know that pain can come to us in the form of discipline by our Lord. Hebrews 12:5-13 tells us that God disciplines all of His children and He disciplines us because He loves us. It is important to remember that His discipline is painful for a while but in the end we share in His holiness. We can share in His righteousness if we are trained by the discipline.During the class, we discussed how our motives, our attitude, and our actions can be renewed by our training. We shared how we had complained about having to go to work on Mondays. Some of us lost our job and experienced great difficulty in finding new work that would pay close to our previous salaries. Many have found new work and now we are thankful and our attitude is different and our words express "Thanksgiving" for His blessing. We now thank God for Mondays.Let me share a word of caution. Please note that the enemy may attack you and try to counterfeit God's discipline. Please note that Satan's attack never yields sharing of God's holiness. Satan is only about condemnation. You must pray and ask for God's wisdom about what you may be going through.
How about you? If you are going through a painful time and you are Christian, God has “holy” results planned for you. We are told to be encouraged although it is painful. Your relationship with Him will be stronger.
Please feel free to share your experiences of how your relationship has been strengthened or how you have been trained as a result of God's discipline. Please add them to our comments section. You are an encouragement!
God's blessings to you,
Theresa
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