7/8/2023 0 Comments Richard foster disciplines![]() ![]() The following definition from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia helps us to begin thinking rightly about this important discipline. We are not to rise up and demand what is coming to us but in love and humility voluntarily surrender our rights for the good and benefit of others. Yet the Scriptures present a much different ideal for those who would be disciples of Jesus Christ and it is expressed in the synonymous terms of surrender and submission. Instant gratification and exaltation of the individual’s rights and desires are societal norms that are never to be questioned. The cry of our culture is that we “deserve” to have our every need met, we should never be in pain, of any kind, and that we should never have to wait. The discipline of submission is another of the disciplines that seems to be so out of touch with the world in which we live. ![]()
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