Sermons on Discipline:

Disciplines For Godliness

Contributed by Dana Chau on Mar 18, 2002

Learn three disciplines for growing in godliness.

By way of review, we talked last Sunday about how to regain hope in life. The three steps were, 1) accept God’s forgiveness through Jesus Christ, 2) build your hopes on your relationship with God and 3) commit to living out the power of God’s Word, the Bible. You can get the message on tape if ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: *other

Faith And Discipline

Contributed by Stephen Schwartz on Dec 17, 2001

There is a close correlation between faith and the discipline necessary to grow great faith.

Faith and Discipline Have you ever noticed the close relationship between faith and discipline? How could we ever have real genuine faith without the discipline that makes faith? I am in favor of faith without discipline. Discipline is not one of my favorite occurrences. When it comes to ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Dare To Discipline

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000

Church discipline is a very unpleasant thing - But because we love God, because we love His church, because we love the people who are a part of it, it is something we need to be willing to do

Fifteen years ago, next week, I was called to become the pastor of Lakeside Baptist Church, Wentworth, Wisconsin. As I began my first full-time ministry position, my rookie season, I found myself facing a couple of situations which were probably as difficult as any that I have dealt with the last ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

God's Discipline

Contributed by Bobby O on Dec 5, 2000

This text bring out some truths about God’s discipline

“God’s Discipline” Isaiah 40:1-3 Introduction: We all can think about times in our life when we went against God’s will. Probably the most memorable part of being out of God’s will is the discipline we encountered as a result of disobeying God. When it comes to being out of God’s will and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Disciplined Freedom

Contributed by Edwin Amundson on Jul 30, 2002

Learning to be disciplined in the freedoms given to the Christian through the death, burial and ressurection of Jesus.

Free to Live a New Life Romans 6:1-14 Joke---A man left work one Friday afternoon. But instead of going home, he stayed out the entire weekend fishing with the boys and spending his entire paycheck. When he finally appeared at home Sunday night, he was confronted by his very angry wife and was ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

A Course Of Discipline Series

Contributed by Kyle Meador on Nov 16, 2001

We train ourselves to run the race ’marked out for us’ if our children are to run this race of faith!

What Parents Owe Their Children A Course of Discipline November 11, 2001 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Hebrews ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-6, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dare To Discipline Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003

The Life of Samuel, Part 2 of 5.

DARE TO DISCIPLINE (1 SAMUEL 2:12-36) In Virginia several years ago, Elisa Kelly made what she thought was a smart parenting decision. Her son Ryan asked her to buy beer and wine for his 16th-birthday party at the family's home, promising that no one would leave until morning. Kelly agreed, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:12-36

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Father's Discipline Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Sep 20, 2004

In Hebrews 11:1-12:4, we learn that all God¡¦s children go through trying times in life. God uses those trying times to make us more like Jesus. This passage uses three different words to describe God¡¦s discipline in his children.

THE FATHER¡¦S DISCIPLINE Hebrews 12:3-17 Why do persecution, testing, trial, sickness, pain, sorrow, and trouble come into the life of the believer? Are they a sign of God¡¦s anger or displeasure? Do they happen by chance? How should we react to them? Certainly some of our sufferings and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:3-17

Denomination: Baptist

Discipline Of A Champion Series

Contributed by John Harvey on Aug 12, 2004

Lessons from Paul comparing the Christian life to a race and how we must have discipline to win the race

Gold Medal Living “Discipline of a Champion” August 15, 2004 Intro: We have been looking at some characteristics of live a Gold Medal spiritual life. We looked at the need for determination and passion to help us reach the goal for our lives. Today we are looking at the discipline needed in life ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Discipline Of Meditation

Contributed by Maria Saunders on Nov 12, 2007

Everyone meditates at some point or another. What or whom are we meditating to is the question. Do we as believers in Christ Jesus truly comprehend the essence and necessity of meditation?

Our topic this morning is a subject that requires personal reflection. See, I have found myself doing this more than ever -- that is meditating. How many of you meditate? How many of you are consistent in your meditation? Don’t fool me now. I don’t know about you, but during my Christian walk, ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:8

Denomination: Baptist

Church Discipline

Contributed by Brian Menear on Mar 29, 2007

Sometimes a Church must discipline it’s members. The Bible gives us clear direction on handling this process.

Church Discipline At one time or another, a church may need to exercise discipline against a member who has sinned. Church discipline must always be handled carefully and lovingly, just as God discipline us. The Bible is clear on how this is to be handled. Situation Unintentional or private sin ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Disciplines Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jan 15, 2008

An introduction sermon for a 13 week series on exploring various Spiritual Disciplines, designed to help the church draw closer to Christ and grow in Christlikeness.

Spiritual Disciplines: Introduction January 6, 2008 1 Timothy 4:7-8 John 10:10 {Video of me shooting free throws and talking about spiritual disciplines} Not a bad basketball player, even when the camera is on me. I was hitting in crunch time, the pressure was on and there were no retakes. Just ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Baptist

Mental Discipline

Contributed by Rick Thiessen on Apr 7, 2008

Jesus called us to love God with all our MINDS... when we fall for mushy thinking about God, morals and religion, we’re not exercising mental discipline. Jesus called people to earnest seeking and intellectual honesty.

SE030208 THE D WORD 1. Mental Discipline Many of us, when we think of the “D” word, we think about physical discipline and what comes to mind is the epidemic of flabby bodies today. But the truth is there’s another flabbiness epidemic in our day – but it’s of the MIND. Flabbiness is being driven ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Church Discipline

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Aug 27, 2007

Short Bible study for church discipline

Church Discipline Woodlawn MBC August 26, 2007 I. The Meaning of Church Discipline A. Define what a church is. B. Discipline means to train, especially the mind and character. Training intended to elicit a specified pattern of behavior or character. C. Although most people think of church ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-20

Denomination: Baptist

Respecting Discipline Series

Contributed by David Flowers on May 18, 2006

In part five of a six-week series on the book of Colossians Dave considers chapter 2, verses 18-23. We are challenged to allow rules and disciplines in the spiritual life to guide us but not to forget that they are meant to point to Christ, not to serve

Respecting Discipline Colossians 2:18-23 May 21, 2006 David Flowers Wildwind Community Church My girls are taking final exams in school right now as the school year comes to a close. I got to thinking about tests this week. Most of the time on a test, for each item, there is one correct ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:18-23

Denomination: Free Methodist