We have different thoughts come to mind when we hear the word discipline. This is also where you will see one of my biases come out. I dislike when we use terms without being specific about what we mean by them. So someone who just says, "I don't like discipline" without any further explanation irritates me because you don't really know what they mean when they say that.
That's why we will look at several different types of discipline over the next few posts. We use this word to mean a variety of things, and perhaps, as we think about what we mean by this word, we'll discover that not all discipline is what we think it is. We may even find that we practice certain kinds of discipline without even being aware of it. But overall, I hope to show how discipline finds its source and origin in God, and is a good thing that He puts into our lives.
So we will look at such things as physical discipline (after all, we are physical beings as God created us), spiritual discipline (since we also have a spirit, or spiritual component, to our existence), mental discipline (God has given us rational minds to think), and emotional discipline (God gave us emotions as part of our life in this world). We'll touch upon these, and my hope is that our look at discipline will help you more greatly appreciate this gift from God, as well as to put it in its proper place as we live life in this world as God's creation.
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