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All You Need Is Discipline and Not Prayers: The Biblical Power of Christian Discipline and Transformation

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“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…” — Romans 12:2 (KJV)   Many Christians pray sincerely for change, breakthrough, spiritual growth, success, self-control, a better marriage, victory over temptation, and a closer walk with God. Yet sometimes, after praying repeatedly, nothing seems to change.  Why?  One important answer is discipline .  D iscipline does not replace prayer; discipline helps us live out what we pray for .  Prayer is essential to the Christian life, but prayer must be followed by obedience, action, consistency, and self-control. You can pray for a stronger spiritual life, but you must also make time to study the Bible. You can pray to overcome temptation, but you must also learn to avoid situations that repeatedly lead you into temptation. You can pray for a better marriage, but you must discipline yourself to communicate with love, forgive, listen, and honour your spouse.  This is why the...

Spiritual Influence

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Spiritual Influence - Matthew 5:13–16   “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men” ( 5:13 ).  Introduction :  In the Beatitudes which we have just considered we have eight facets of the Christian character. Then the Master moves on to show that Christian character leads to Christian conduct. What a man is inwardly will be revealed outwardly in terms of influence— “You are the salt of the earth …” ( 5:13 ); and radiance — “You are the light of the world …” ( 5:14 —to be considered in our next study).  The Savior was ever using metaphors to illustrate deep spiritual principles. In the Sermon on the Mount alone He employs no less than forty-eight figures of speech. The one we are considering today is that of salt.  I. The Figure of the Salt  “You are the salt of the earth …” (5:13). Throughout Scripture the figure of salt...