🍲 *SHABACH YESHUA ENDLESS GOODNESS DAILY DEVOTIONAL* Thursday 11th May 2023 ____ *TOPIC:* *TRAIN HARD TO WIN THE PRIZE*

🔑 *KEY VERSE:* 

"But I discipline my body and bring it into the subject... " (Corinthians 9:27).

📖 *TODAY'S READING:* 

1 Corinthians 9:19-27

📜 *ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY PLAN* 

1 Samuel 18-20; Psalm 11, 59

*COMMENTARY*

Discipline is the force that removes the element that ruins a soul, and in its place instils a noble winning character. In an unruly and uncertain world such as ours, we cannot afford to depend on an undisciplined nature, the consequence is that when pressure comes, we crack and crash, and so goes our hope. The culture of discipline enables life to form habits along the lines of anticipated goals. If we keep practising, what we practice becomes our second nature, then in a crisis and the details of life, we shall find that not only will the grace of God stand by us, but also our nature. Whereas if we refuse to practice, it is not God's grace but our nature that fails when the crisis comes, because we have not been practising in actual life.

To win in the affairs of life we must develop the right character and overcome personal weaknesses. God does not make it easy for His children to develop character and overcome their weaknesses. A Royalty is often made to undergo the arduous and rigorous training that fit him for the throne, and our heavenly Father would not do less for the heirs of the Kingdom. He has so ordered the world that we must discipline ourselves in every area of life. To lose weight, we must discipline ourselves in matters of diet and exercise. If your goal is spiritual maturity, you achieve it through personal and corporate worship, fellowship with other believers, bible study and meditation, obedience, prayer, and worthwhile conversation and behaviour.

The Apostle Paul compared the Christian's life to that of an athlete who trains hard to win a prize. The coach tells the athlete what to do, but the athlete has to get out there and do it. Likewise, we must depend on God for His help and grace, but we must also do our part, and that is the difficult part of self-discipline.

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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS* 

 Resentment of any kind will wrap the whole life away from God's purpose.

🙏🏿 *PRAYER* 

Dear Lord, I know I will never be fit to do any great work for You if I do not gain strength by doing small things. Empower me now for greater things. In the name of Yeshua. Amen.

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