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To the disciplines of prayer, Scripture, and public worship we must also add the discipline of obedience in order to become mature in Christ. While each discipline is vitally important to our spiritual life, none drives a stake into the heart of temptation in quite the way the discipline of obedience does. Through the discipline of obedience, the Holy Spirit helps us deal directly with the roots of temptation by bringing our will into submission to the will of God.
“God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
— Hebrews 12:10 and 11 (NIV)
Father God help us to accept your discipline that we might be obedient in all things. Amen.