Discipline

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Discipline
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Discipline

• Proverbs 311-12My Son, do not despise the
  Lords discipline and do not resent his rebuke,
  because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a
  father the son he delights in.

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We dont want to be disciplined
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We dont want to be disciplined

• Proverbs 17
• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
  knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and
  discipline.

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We dont want to be disciplined

• Proverbs 511-14
• At the end of your life you will groan, when
  your flesh and body are spent. You will say, How
  I hated discipline! How my heart spurned
  correction! I would not obey my teachers or
  listen to my instructors. I have come to the
  brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole
  assembly.

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We dont want to be disciplined

• Proverbs 521-23
• For a mans ways are in full view of the Lord,
  and he examines all his paths. The evil deeds of
  a wicked man ensnare him the cords of his sin
  hold him fast. He will die for lack of
  discipline led astray by his own great folly.

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God disciplines us because he wants us to be on
the right path
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God disciplines us because he wants us to be on
the right path

• Proverbs 620-23
• My son, keep your fathers commands and do not
  forsake your mothers teaching. Bind them upon
  your heart forever fasten them around your neck.
  When you walk, they will guide you

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God disciplines us because he wants us to be on
the right path

• Proverbs 620-23
• when you sleep, they will watch over you when
  you awake, they will speak to you. For these
  commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light,
  and the corrections of discipline are the way to
  life.

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God disciplines us because he wants us to be on
the right path

• Proverbs 1017
• He who heeds discipline shows the way to life,
  but whoever ignores correction leads others
  astray.

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God disciplines us because he loves us
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God disciplines us because he loves us

• Hebrews 125-6
• And you have forgotten that word of
  encouragement that addresses you as sons My
  son, do not make light of the Lords discipline,
  and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
  because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and
  punishes everyone he accepts as a son.

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God disciplines us because he loves us

• Hebrews 1211
• 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.

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Jonah
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Jonah

• God asks Jonah to go to Nineveh

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Jonah

• God asks Jonah to go to Nineveh
• Jonah tries to flee

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Jonah

• God asks Jonah to go to Nineveh
• Jonah tries to flee
• Great fish swallows Jonah

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Jonah

• God asks Jonah to go to Nineveh
• Jonah tries to flee
• Great fish swallows Jonah
• Jonah Prays

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Jonah

• God asks Jonah to go to Nineveh
• Jonah tries to flee
• Great fish swallows Jonah
• Jonah Prays
• Fish Spits Jonah out

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Jonah

• God asks Jonah to go to Nineveh
• Jonah tries to flee
• Great fish swallows Jonah
• Jonah Prays
• Fish Spits Jonah out
• God asks Jonah a 2nd time to go to Nineveh

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Nebuchadnezzar
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Nebuchadnezzar

• King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream

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Nebuchadnezzar

• King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream
• Daniel interprets the dream

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Nebuchadnezzar

• King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream
• Daniel interprets the dream
• Nebuchadnezzars dream was fulfilled twelve
  months later

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Nebuchadnezzar

• King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream
• Daniel interprets the dream
• Nebuchadnezzars dream was fulfilled twelve
  months later
• Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges God and his power

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Nebuchadnezzar

• King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream
• Daniel interprets the dream
• Nebuchadnezzars dream was fulfilled twelve
  months later
• Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges God and his power
• Nebuchadnezzars kingdom is restored to him again

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Are you allowing God to discipline you?