God teaches us discipline in all things. He allows us room to grow and to be the best we can be; and when we go astray, He has means for getting us back on track. In all cases, we have the ability for growth and blessings.
John 15:1-2 I am the true vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Think about that for a moment in light of The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30). We are the many member body (branches) of Christ, and if we are not producing good fruit, God will take away and trim us. Even when we produce good fruit, we get harvested so as to produce more fruit. Being tested and growing stronger and more productive in Christ is a blessing in and of itself. Jeremiah 6:26-30 If our metal (silver) isn't up to snuff, then we will be rejected or refined.
Deuteronomy 8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
Hebrews 12:5-6 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, "My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him: For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth."
I Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
God allows us to be tested and tempted by Satan and the world. The tools for which we succeed are in the discipline we gain through His Word and growth from having our metal tested/proofed. James 1:12-18 / I Thessalonians 2:11
Psalms 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 94:12-14 and Proverbs 3:11-12
John 15:1-2 I am the true vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Think about that for a moment in light of The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30). We are the many member body (branches) of Christ, and if we are not producing good fruit, God will take away and trim us. Even when we produce good fruit, we get harvested so as to produce more fruit. Being tested and growing stronger and more productive in Christ is a blessing in and of itself. Jeremiah 6:26-30 If our metal (silver) isn't up to snuff, then we will be rejected or refined.
Deuteronomy 8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
Hebrews 12:5-6 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, "My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him: For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth."
I Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
God allows us to be tested and tempted by Satan and the world. The tools for which we succeed are in the discipline we gain through His Word and growth from having our metal tested/proofed. James 1:12-18 / I Thessalonians 2:11
Psalms 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 94:12-14 and Proverbs 3:11-12
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