Tag Archives: discipline

Patience

Patience
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23 Patience is characterized by the ability to tolerate hardships and delays. Sometimes it is exhibited by refraining from moving forward until the proper time. Sometimes it is evident inwardly by remaining at peace while awaiting things that are beyond…
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Get your groove on

Get your groove on
When we make a decision and act, it builds a muscle. When we make it several times, we start to create a habit. After awhile, our decisions aren’t even conscious any more - they come naturally. Those habits become well-worn grooves on our path, helping to guide which way we go. Athletes develop grooves, being…
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Add to your Faith

Add to your Faith
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective…
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Running Off-Leash

Running Off-Leash
“We do not train a dog to make them a robot. We train so we can afford them freedom.” If you know me, you know I love dogs. And, well, by virtue of being on this site you’ve figured that the Bible and my relationship with God encompass my life. When I saw this quote…
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