{"id":46853,"date":"2022-10-01T02:35:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/5-steps-to-developing-more-discipline-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:35:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:35:18","slug":"5-steps-to-developing-more-discipline-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/5-steps-to-developing-more-discipline-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Steps To Developing More Discipline &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discipline is an integral part of a successful Christian life (1 Corinthians 9:24-27). This morning I&#8217;m posting a link to Michael Hyatt&#8217;s web site where he presents 5 Steps To Developing More Discipline. I&#8217;ve added some appropriate Scriptures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The five steps are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Determine your goal (Philippians 3:13-14).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> List your reasons (Philippians 3:7-12).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Identify likely obstacles (Matthew 10:34-39; 2 Corinthians 11:23-28).<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> Develop new behaviors (2 Corinthians 10:5-6; cf. Ephesians 4:21-32; Philippians 4:4-9; Colossians 3:1-15).<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong> Stay focused (Hebrews 12:2 NASB).<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hyatt concludes his article by saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Discipline is not really about will-power so much as it is focusing on what you really want. If you get clear on that, it suddenly becomes much easier.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What is the Christian&#8217;s main focus?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (Hebrews 12:2 NASB).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Running The Race Of Life Every Day<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated Spiritual Training<\/li>\n<li>Staying Spiritually Fit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discipline is an integral part of a successful Christian life (1 Corinthians 9:24-27). This morning I&#8217;m posting a link to Michael Hyatt&#8217;s web site where he presents 5 Steps To Developing More Discipline. I&#8217;ve added some appropriate Scriptures. The five steps are: 1) Determine your goal (Philippians 3:13-14). 2) List your reasons (Philippians 3:7-12). 3) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/5-steps-to-developing-more-discipline-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;5 Steps To Developing More Discipline &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}