Word of the day - Discipline. Moreover, self-discipline.

To discipline means to teach, or instruct a person to follow a particular code of conduct, or to adhere to a certain order.

We often cringe when we hear the word discipline, but discipline is an act of love, an act of kindness and mercy. Just as we discipline our children to teach them the way they should go, and to protect them, God disciplines us (Deuteronomy 8:5). Scripture says that if we are not disciplined, then we are illegitimate children, not true children of God (Hebrews 12:8).

Self-discipline means training one's self to accomplish a certain task or to adopt a particular pattern of behavior, even though one would really rather be doing something different or behave in a different manner.

When we are self-disciplined, we deny the flesh, or the sinful nature. We walk according to the Spirit, and not according to the flesh. Those who are not self-disciplined can not please God (Romans 8:1-17).

Todays society is an undisciplined one. Even many Christians are living undisciplined lives. Eating too much, drinking too much, spending too much, gossip too much, and so on. Without God's discipline we are like unruly children with no direction. We are lost.

Ask God today, in what area of my life am I undisciplined? Psalm 139:23-24 says, 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

When we walk in the way everlasting, with Yeshua the Messiah as King, we experience the fullness of God's peace.

BREAST PLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

I am appalled and dismayed each time I read an article about a school that blatantly disregards the right of a students freedom of religious expression.  Of course, this only applies to Christians. Read this article at    http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=74297.

God bless those students who have put on the breast plate of righteousness, and are bold for our precious Messiah, Yeshua!  God have mercy on those who persecute His Saints, for they know not what they do.  Remove the scales from their eyes, so that they may see your Truth.

Our youth is so troubled today because of this kind of non-thinking.  Over the past 30 years, as basic Christian principles have been removed from the classroom, it has become a battle ground. Our kids are suffering.  They are killing each other...and themselves.  The destroyer is working overtime on our children as they become future, Godless teachers, leaders, and parents raising up a new, Godless generation...that is if they haven't murdered their classmates and then taken their own lives first.

It pays to be an activist!

While I was waiting in the check-out line at Bi-Lo, perusing the magazines, I noticed, at child's eye level, the swim suit (or not) edition of Sports Illustrated. The girl on the cover was not. Her bottoms were barely covering her private parts, and her top was nil. Her breasts were bare with only a string of beads covering her nipples...and not doing a very good job of it.

Being the big mouth that I am, I told the cashier that the check-out line is no place for Sports Illustrated. She agreed. I wasn't satisfied, so when I got home I emailed Bi-Lo's corporate office, and today I received an email from Susan Laws, administrative assistant for Bi-Lo, stating that the magazine has been removed from the shelves. Awesome!