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Hebrews 12:4-10 (NLT)

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⁴ After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin. ⁵ And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said, "My child, don't make light of the Lord's discipline, and don't give up when he corrects you. ⁶ For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child." ⁷ As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father? ⁸ If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. ⁹ Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn't we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever? ¹⁰ For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God's discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 4) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Struggle against sin, you have not resisted to shedding your blood
(v. 7) Discipling / Correction - Endure hardship as discipline
(v. 7) Suffering / Hardship - Endure hardship as discipline

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 6) Is the Christian yoke easy or difficult? He punishes everyone he accepts as a son

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 4) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 4) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 5) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 5) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 5) Wild at Heart - False self (part 2) (2009-09-11)
(v. 5) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 5) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 5) Daughter Needs - Pushover Papa (2011-08-10)
(v. 5) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 6) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 6) Fearing God - Respect for His Discipline (2011-05-29)
(v. 6) Genesis 8 - The Flood (part III) (2011-10-08)
(v. 6) Wild at Heart - False self (part 2) (2009-09-11)
(v. 6) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 6) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 6) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 6) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 6) Daughter Needs - Pushover Papa (2011-08-10)
(v. 7) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 7) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 7) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 7) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 7) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 8) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 8) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 8) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 8) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 8) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 9) Disciplining Your Children (part I) (2014-04-04)
(v. 9) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 9) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 9) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 9) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 9) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 10) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 10) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 10) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 10) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 10) Promises of God - Produces a Harvest (2009-03-18)
(v. 10) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 10) Disciplining Your Children (part I) (2014-04-04)