Hebrews 12:4-13
1. We all experience

and suffering
2. Jesus said satan was a

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from the beginning
3. A misconception some people have is, “Now that I have accepted Christ, everything is going to be

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.”
4. Jesus tells us that in this world we will have trouble. But then he tells us to take heart – to be courageous because He has overcome the

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!”
5. The truth is, if you are a follower of Christ,

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will play a significant role in your life
6. The question we need to ask: “Is there a

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in my pain?”
7. In the Karate Kid, Daniel underwent strategic

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to develop the skills he needed to be successful
8. And Jesus replied to him, “You don’t realize now what I am doing. But

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you will

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.” ~John 13:7 NIrV
9. Tonight’s study will cover the

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of God’s discipline, the

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of God’s discipline, and our

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during God’s discipline
10. God’s discipline – when it is rightly understood, is a thing to be

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and to be

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for
11. Hebrews was written to 1st Century

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Christians who were under

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to fall away from Christ
12. Hebrews 12:4 “You have not yet

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to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; 12:4
13. Jesus is our example for running the race. “If Jesus, in his race endured through the shedding of

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, then they could endure in the lesser persecution they were facing in their race
14. Do not regard lightly the

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of the Lord
15. For those whom the Lord loves He

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16. God loves to

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with us but we have to tune the ear of our hearts to

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His voice
17. When it comes to receiving their inheritance from God, women are not only cherished daughters, but they are also

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. They have all the rights and privileges of the firstborn
18. Don’t treat the

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of the Lord as if it were an insignificant thing
19. Discipline means: Instruction;

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; correction; admonition (strong warning); and chastisement.
20. The Discipline of the LORD is “The method by which God, in His infinite wisdom and love educates and trains His children with a specific end in mind.
21. The discipline of the Lord is NOT

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22. When it comes to discipline we don’t want to be stubborn. We want to be sensitive the voice of the Lord - correctable and

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23. Is God the source of all the pain we go through?

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24. Hebrews 12:7-10 “It is for discipline that you

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; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and

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sons. Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His

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.”
25. A

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embraces

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because it is by discipline that you become a fully developed disciple
26. God’s training is

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of your salvation
27. God wants us to share in His

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28. God’s discipline develops Self-

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, known in the Bible as the fruit of the Spirit called Self-

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29. Hebrews 12:12-13 “Therefore,

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the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight

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for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.