August 25, 2025 – Discipline

We had a nice weekend eating out, stocking up on groceries (and medical supplies), and learning about new series to watch. Yesterday morning Carrie treated me to a facial…ahhhh!

Power – “A disciplined person will maintain the correct mental attitude toward issues that arise. Though difficult, it is still easier to maintain a right attitude than to regain it once it’s lost.”  2Timothy 1:7 – “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity…but of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

Utmost – “Have I ever yielded in absolute submission to Jesus Christ?…when the sacrifice is made with eyes on Him, slowly and surely the moulding influence begins to tell.”

Streams – “Our natures, our circumstances, trials, disappointments, all serve to shut us up and keep us inward til we see that the only way out is God’s way of faith….God had to shut [Moses] up forty years in the wilderness before he was prepared for God’s work.”

Joyce’s online devotion adapted from Trusting God Day By Day: “Knowing God loves us unconditionally is an absolute necessity in order to make progress in our walk with Him….It is vital that you learn how to separate how important you are to God from the right or wrong things you do.”

In Touch – “Our Father wants His children to be living examples of Him. However, He doesn’t expect perfection….His Spirit will give guidance about how to think and act….”