SELF DISCIPLINE
By
self discipline, I mean being able to control the way you behave or respond to
a given situation and make yourself dot things that you believe you should do
without being compelled. It is the capital price that must be paid to
obtain the price (greatness) it is doing what is demanded and not what is convenient,
it is the key to success, the gateway to distinction, the guarantee for dignity
and the key to relevance. When you are not disciplined, you can as well forget
about success. As a student, you should be able to go extra mils by studying
hard while others are fast asleep. As a worker or a business man, you should be
diligent, dedicated and be punctual at the place of your work and be ready to
put in extra time and efforts, if necessary. As a minister of the gospel, you
must discipline yourself not o live to the way others do. You must be
disciplined enough to put in extra effort in fasting, prayer and in studying of
the word. You must go at least a step higher than the laities. Remember
success in life and ministry do not come by chance, neither is it meant for the
wreck less; otherwise Samson, Esau and Judas Iscariot won’t have missed
it. Put on the virtue of self discipline.
Don’t Look Back! Luke 9:62 – And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Have you answered the call to serve God as His son and daughter? Have you totally chosen Jehovah as your God? Have you decided to leave your old ways and cleave unto God? If yes! Beloved I congratulate you. But hope you took the cost of your choice?? [Please refer to yesterday’s sermon] God doesn’t want us to look back when we have answered the call, why? This is because of the following: Firstly, it brings shame to the body of Christ and makes people to despise Christ. Looking back is to be lukewarm and to depart from the first love! [Revelation 2:4, Revelation 3:16] Secondly, looking back makes the believer to suffer backwardness spiritually and physical. The faith of the believer suffers and takes a longer time to be rebuilt. [Hebrews 6:4]. Thirdly, looking back will make the person not to complete whatever he or she has started. This is w...
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