Dear KKIM/KARS Family,
May we rise today and serve our Father and be about HIS Business today not ours!
I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified. 1 Cor 9:27 Holman CSB
Discipline pays dividends, whether you’re playing baseball or doing anything else. God doesn’t reward laziness, misbehavior, or apathy. To the contrary, He expects us to behave with dignity, and discipline. But ours is a world in which dignity and discipline are often in short supply.
We live in a world in which leisure is glorified and indifference is often glamorized. But God has other plans. God gives us talents, and He expects us to use them. But it is not always easy to cultivate those talents. Sometimes, we must invest countless hours (or, in some cases, many years) honing our skills. And that’s perfectly okay with God, because He understands that self-discipline is a blessing, not a burden.
Proverbs 23:12 advises: “Apply your heart to discipline and your ears to words of knowledge” (NASB). And, 2 Peter 1: 5-6 teaches, “make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness” (Holman CSB) Thus, God’s Word is clear: we must exercise self-discipline in all matters.
Life’s greatest victories seldom fall into our laps, to the contrary, our greatest accomplishments usually require work, perseverance, and discipline. may we, as disciplined believers, be willing to work the rewards we so earnestly desire.
AMEN AMEN PRAISE GOD!!!!!
But as for you, be strong, don’t be discouraged, for your work has a reward. 2 Cor 15:7 Holman CSB
Taken from “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” baseball Devotionals.
I am out the door here at 5:30 am to heard to the NM Worldview Biblical Conference…….Hope to see you there……may God be with you………
Let us pray….Lord we thank you for this day and this time to serve YOU. In the name of Jesus, AMEN!
In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family
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