July 20, 2008 ~ Discipline from the Inside Out

Sermon Notes for Small Group Leaders
Pass It On: Discipline from the Inside Out
Teaching Pastor, Richard Johnson
July 20, 2008
Scripture Passage: 2 Timothy 1:14, Hebrews 12:5-11, Proverbs 3:1, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Romans 13:1, Ephesians 6:1,

Outline
I. Discipline is correction driven by love.
II. Discipline is God’s tool for teaching authority.
III. Discipline is short-term pain for long-term gain.

Content
1. Discipline is designed to be a close leveling relationship with betterment in mind.
2. Zig Ziglar said, “A child who has not been disciplined with love by his little world will be disciplined without love by the great big world.”
3. God uses authority like government to teach us submission.
4. Honor those in authority over you by:
5. Have an honest talk appealing for the relationship to be restored.
6. Choose to forgive, allowing God to help heal the relationship
7. Refuse to gossip by not encouraging or uplifting those who choose to do it.
8. Deny the urge to fight against them.

Aim
Discipline is something good and often difficult to go through that God ordains to help us ultimately become more like Himself.

Application Questions
I. Describe a time when God has taken you through a discipline process.
II. What was the outcome?
III. Recount how you felt at the time.
IV. How can you tangibly help someone who is going through discipline now or perhaps needs to go through it?