God Discipline us as a good Parent

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: God Discipline us as a good Parent

Hebrews 12

Yoruba adage says. You can't hate your child as bad as given him to be eaten up by a lion.

God's discipline is a sign of a personal relationship
"For the Lord disciplines the one He loves . . . God is dealing with you as sons" (Heb. 12:6-7). God's discipline is compared to a parent's discipline of a child.

A parent only has jurisdiction over his or her own children. Because of the relationship, the parent has an intimate concern and understanding of that child. As a result, a loving parent administers the discipline with an eye on helping the child become all that they can become.

God's discipline flows out of his love for us. We are his children. Unlike human parents, he never disciplines in anger.
If he did he would destroy us, reducing us to nothing
(Jeremiah 10:24).

He may have to discipline us severely at times, but he would never kill us (Psalm 118:18).

When faced with the hardship of God's discipline, we should accept it as God's method of training and as a token that we are beloved children of God.
God loves us just the way we are, but he refuses to let us stay that way. He wants us to be just like Jesus. Don't take his discipline as anger toward you, take it as affirmation that you are his child, that he believes in you, and that he wants nothing but the best for you. He's a loving parent that refuses to give up on you.

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Today, this week and this month God will smile on you for a change of life in Jesus Name.

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