At the end of the previous session we just started into chapter 12 of Hebrews and we had considered the first two verses. I will simply read those two verses from the New American Standard and comment very briefly to bring you up to date, then [...]

John 8:28, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak these things as the father taught me". What I love about this is that Jesus did not live by his own [...]

If you've ever thought that more money would be the end of all your problems, consider the story of the man who made 200 million dollars when his company sold, and was bankrupt within five years. Owing 50 million dollars he did not have. One [...]

So, we need to learn how to parent in the world in which we live. You know what parenting today is like? It's like building a fire in the rain. You ever tried to build a fire in the rain? I have. It's tough, isn't it? Man, a lot of [...]

Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law; you grant him relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked. - Psalms 94:12-13, NIV God is the greatest of all teaching psychologists. For a number of [...]

One of the most important parts of parenting is discipline, loving parents discipline, lovingly; God is the same. In Deuteronomy 8 God speaks about leading Israel in the wilderness to reveal what was in their hearts, verse 5 says, "You should [...]

Well, do you ever wonder why you want to make significant changes in your life and you try and you try to change, but you can't? Anybody ever frustrated with that? What I want to do today is I want to show you what I really honestly believe is [...]

Joyce Meyer dives into the tough but vital topic of discipline and self-control, one of the fruits of the Spirit we all have in seed form. She stresses that self-control grows through practice, even when it's painful now, because it yields [...]

When our kids were young we had two rules on our home just two. Honor your mother and don't tell a lie. Honor your mother and don't tell a lie. Now, having observed a lot of families, we concluded that if our kids honored Sandra and I [...]

This sermon, based on 2 Peter 1:3-8, focuses on the vital role of discipline and self-control in the Christian life. The preacher teaches that self-control is a fruit of the Spirit that holds all other virtues in place, and that God has already [...]

In this sermon on Romans 12:2, the preacher emphasizes that true Christian transformation happens not by conforming to the world's pressures from the outside, but through the ongoing renewal of our minds by God's Word and Spirit, leading [...]

All right, greet at least three persons, and I mean you greet them, okay? Say something nice to them. Say something good to them. God is a good God, a wonderful God. And every time we come to God's presence, we never leave the same way, amen? [...]

In this message on self-control, the final fruit of the Spirit, David Jeremiah explains how this essential trait empowers all other Christian virtues like love, generosity, and compassion. Drawing from Galatians and Paul's athletic metaphors, [...]

In "The Disciplines of a Disciple," Pastor Greg Laurie stresses that real followers of Jesus must deeply engage with God's Word—reading, studying, meditating, and obeying it daily. Using John 8:31 and Psalm 19, he shows how Scripture [...]

Scripture tells us that the Lord disciplines those HE LOVES. God’s discipline is never to punish, humiliate or embarrass. It is part of His discipling unto alignment, empowerment, and protection. [...]

I’m in the Galilee and this is where Jesus said to many, “Come and follow Me.” He made it very clear though, what it would cost to follow Him: It would cost absolutely everything. One relationship would have to be supreme and that would be their [...]

We've been talking about the fact that there's an invisible reality waiting for you and I to discover. It's here and it's now. You don't have to wait to die to go to heaven to be there. I mean, some people believe, beloved, [...]

Dr. Stanley stresses that while we all desire to live our best and fulfill God's purpose, it's discipline—not mere desire—that determines our earthly destiny. Using 1 Corinthians 9, he shows how Paul compared the Christian life to a race [...]