Discipline – The Arnold Journey

Unfair Discipline

Psalm 38:1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. I remember as a child getting disciplined. Do you? I remember sometimes feeling as thought the punishment wasn’t fair, that it was too harsh. (I can’t ever remember thinking it was too lenient!) But sometimes the punishment was completelyContinue reading “Unfair Discipline”

A Good Spanking

Hebrews 12:8-10 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 They disciplined us for aContinue reading “A Good Spanking”

The Dirty Word

Hebrews 12:7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? For many people, pain and discomfort is avoided at all costs. Anytime there is the least bit of resistance or the need to push through something, they just give up and retreat. IContinue reading “The Dirty Word”

Perspective – Hebrews 12:7

Hebrews 12:7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? The way we view an event makes a big difference in how we deal with it. We have seen multiple events in the last couple of years that are seen very differently byContinue reading “Perspective – Hebrews 12:7”

Learn from Others – Deuteronomy 8:3

Deuteronomy 8:3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Some lessons are harder than others to learn. SometimesContinue reading “Learn from Others – Deuteronomy 8:3”

Trust Questioned

1 Chronicles 21:2 2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.” It can often be hard in life to determine what trust looks like in everyday situations. Making decisionsContinue reading “Trust Questioned”

Leadership Models

Proverbs 28:2 When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order. When I read this Proverb this morning, I was struck with the applicability to Seattle, Washington where anarchists have seized the city center and banned the police. The riots and destruction across our country andContinue reading “Leadership Models”

Hear the Lesson

2 Kings 7:2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it!” It can be easy toContinue reading “Hear the Lesson”

Silly Soldiers

Mark 15:16-20 Soldiers sometimes do silly things. They are, after all, people just like us, and we do silly things sometimes! We think of soldiers being disciplined and regimented, and they are. They train to win wars. The practice what they will do in hundreds of situations until their actions and reactions become almostContinue reading “Silly Soldiers”