Sermons on lenten disciplines: showing 76-90 of 21,911

Parental Discipline Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 11, 2012

The end result of all discipline's good benefits is children that have the learned ability to control themselves. A loving parent inflicts temporary discomfort on his children to spare them the long range disaster of an undisciplined life.

PROVERBS 13:24 PARENTAL DISCIPLINE / INSTRUCTION [Hebrews 12:6-11] Affection is not enough. Love must also discipline. Good Christians or even good citizens cannot be produced in homes where children have good reason not to respect their own parents. Permissive homes (those where effective ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 13:24

Denomination: Baptist

The Discipline Of Celebration

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jun 14, 2012

The Sabbath is meant to be a day to celebrate God and enjoy life.

The Discipline of Celebration June 10, 2012 Intro: I’d like for you to think for a moment of one of the great celebrations you have been a part of. One of the ones you look back on very fondly, that brings a smile to your face even in the remembrance of it. Take a moment or two and ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 23:1-44

Denomination: Baptist

Discipline By Admoniton Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Sep 16, 2012

A study of church discipline by admonition.

Introduction It is time for discipline! Are you ready? For those of you who are church members, you have already vowed to submit yourselves to the discipline of the Church. That was covered under question number five of the membership questions that you affirmed before the church session: Do ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:14-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Discipline For Restoration Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Sep 22, 2012

The primary reason for discipline in the church is to restore the offender both in his fellowship with God and with the church

Introduction “How Not to Attract Visitors to the Church” would make a fine essay title critiquing the three part sermon series we are in. Consider the titles: Discipline by Admonition, Discipline for Restoration, and Discipline for Purity. It is doubtful that people looking up our ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-5

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Discipline For Purity Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Sep 22, 2012

Discipline is also for the purpose of protecting the purity of the church. How does one person's sin harm the purity of a whole congregation?

Introduction This is the last of three sermons on the subject of discipline; you just have to get through this one more sermon. Then we can relax a bit as we go into chapter 6 and only deal with conflict between Christians and Christians engaged in sexual immorality! What is with these people? ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Church Discipline Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Mar 6, 2010

In many churches around the world today, the subject of church discipline is marginalised, downplayed or ignored. Many modern churches worried about the excesses in church discipline that have occurred throughout history, have regrettably allowed a severe

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. Hebrews 12:11 In many churches around the world today, the subject of church discipline is marginalised, downplayed or ignored. Many ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Discipline And Faith

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Mar 10, 2010

In order to become the person Christ calls us to be, we must discipline ourselves.

1 Corinthians 9:25-27 November 8, 2008 DISCIPLINE For the past 6 Saturdays, we had a lot of fun in the NETS volleyball program. We learned what Jesus meant when He said to love God with all of your heart, soul, mind and body; and to love your neighbor as yourself. We also played lots of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:25-27

Denomination: Baptist

Church Discipline Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Mar 10, 2010

The 10th in our series on the Baptist Faith and Message

Church Discipline (BFM # 10 ) Text: 1st Corinthians 5:1 – 11 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) Now if you remember last time we talked about article six of the BFM – The Church and I told you all that there were certain essential ministries that the church does. The first one was the preaching of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

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

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

The Discipline Of Prayer Series

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007

describes the disciple’s discipline of prayer.

, The Discipline of Prayer At the end of Matthew chapter 28, one of the last things Jesus told His disciples before going to be with His Father, was to go and make disciples. That is one of the primary responsibilities Jesus has given us. We are to be disciple makers. Now, before we can make ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

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

The Discipline Of God

Contributed by Clarence Clough on Nov 2, 2008

It is the child God loves that he disciplines; the child he embraces, he also corrects

The Discipline of God Define discipline: Training expected to produce a specific type or pattern of behavior- ___Websters II New Riverside University Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984, ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:11-12

Denomination: Church Of God

The Discipline Of Celebration Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 16, 2008

Sermon #1 in a two sermon series on my favorite disciplines deals with celebration and how to maintain joy in everyday life

(sermon #1 in the My Favorite Disciplines) The Discipline of CELEBRATION Nehemiah 8:10; Philippians 4:4; Psalm 118:24 CHCC: December 7, 2008 INTRODUCTION: This fall some of our Pueblo groups studied a book called The Life You Always Wanted by John Ortberg. It’s a book about Spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spiritual Discipline

Contributed by James Thibodeaux on Oct 29, 2021

Have you ever wondered whether it was talent or sustained systematic training that makes athletes so good. When this question comes to mind, how do those so called athletes get to a point of being good at what they do?.

Intro: Have you ever wondered whether it was talent or sustained systematic training that makes athletes so good. When this question comes to mind, how do those so called athletes get to a point of being good at what they do?. Well the reason why so many are good at what they do comes down to how ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:9

Denomination: Baptist