DISCIPLINE YOURSELF

To discipline yourself means to control yourself, to instruct and educate yourself, to dedicate yourself to a certain purpose. To be disciplined requires commitment from you, and requires that you make choices from moment to moment AND keep them. As Christians we want to make decisions and choices according to God's will and according to His word. We do not live to satisfy our own desires, but we live according to the Spirit of God who lives in us.

We have to discipline ourselves to say no to our own desires (Rom 8:12,13), to put to death our earthly desires (Col 3:5), and to let the Holy Spirit control and direct us.

START YOUR DAY THE DISCIPLINED WAY

To get up every morning is a disciplined decision! What is the first thing you do when you open your eyes? Do you think just another day? It is so easy to just let go, and when you neglect the smallest thing it gets easier to neglect the more important things too, and eventually nothing matters anymore.

Why must I get up, why must I brush my teeth, why must I put make-up on or do my hair? To be disciplined is to do all these things anyway, even if there is no reason to do it today. To do it because you want to, not because you have to.

To let go of things is to open a door to depression in you life. Soon this big black hole will take over and you won't be able to see the miracles God creates in your life everyday, and you won't be able to hear His voice anymore. To get up in the morning and brush your teeth, do your hair and put your make-up on, is a start to live disciplined. You start with positive thoughts because to look good is to feel good.

Part of your disciplined acts will also be to read your Bible and pray - by doing this you can start your day God's way the right way! Then you will start seeing God in everything around you, wherever you are, whoever you are. Never let go of the small things because the bigger, more important things will soon follow. The result can be that you will forget who God is, what He is and how wonderful He is! That will be a miserable day don't you think?

Discipline your thoughts and discipline your acts and start your day the right way!

FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES TO A DISCIPLINED LIFE

Discipline your thoughts Self-discipline starts with a thought. Behind everything you do there is a thought. If you change the way you think, you will be able to change your life.