How does God discipline?
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According to Hebrew 12:5-13 & 1 Corinthians 11:32\n\nA “Christian” who is not disciplined by God is not a true Disciple... but are rather illegitimate children.  God only disciplines and rebuke those who love him.  The destruction that comes upon the ungodly is God’s wrath.  Sometimes discipline comes in the form of a trial... other times sickness or weakness... it varies... but God disciplines his children so that they will not be condemned with the rest of the world.
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God is the creator.HE expects glory and praise.God gets glorified and gets praise and prayer from HIS creation.PRAISE THE LORD.
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God doesn't follow his own teachings.  It is lust, and greed.  His first commandment shows that he would be envious if you worshiped anyone else.  He also killed babies in Egypt breaking his thou shall not kill commandment.  He also broke his commandment of not coveting your neighbors wife when he knocked up Mary.  If God went by his own rules, he'd be in hell!
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God is a mentalistic representation of rules.\nOur behavior is rule-governed.  People who believe in God are told that you should be good so you can go to heaven (another mentalistic notation).  If you are not good, you will go to hell (also a mentalistic notation).  We follow rules because if we don't there are consequences.  The long-term consequence of following rules are related to health, relationship, reproduction, and resources.\nPeople who believe in God, follow the rules, so they will be accepted by others (the relationship aspect).  They also receive resources from the church.\n\nOur behavior can also be contingency shaped.  For example, if the rule is to treat others as you would like to be treated.  One day you were bad, and you got beat up, your bike was stolen, and you were dumped by your girlfriend.  You may attribute these consequences to your behavior of being bad.  You came in contact with the consequences of your "rule-breaking" so you now have learned that following the rules is a good idea.  You learn from your history.
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God has it under control
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Punishment?  Are you referring to the results of one's own actions?  If so, the punishment if of one's ownself, rather than from God.   However, if one should seek God's  guidance before making choices then there may not be a 'punishment' to be considered.  God is very real!
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Fate is not a Christian teaching. God does have a plan and a way God would like us to choose and give instructions in the Bible and through sermons and religious study but God does not force us to make any decission and does not impose God's will on us. We are the master of our own destiny but with God and following God's direction we can achieve great and wounderous things and have God's assistance in doing so. If we choose another way we loose God's help and God may try to steer us in a different direction especially if the road we are on is truly dangerous. Even then we choose to follow the path we are on or change course.\n\nIt is all our choice.
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look at the story. Jebhthah never ask God what to do so in a macho way he delivers up this prayer. since you do not seem to mind reading the old testament how many leaders ask God how to overcome their enemies?but Jebhthah never takes the time to find out what God wants to do and does it his own why. is that what God wanted (His Will) very much doubt it since He destroys nations for sacrificing their children. but Jephthah never took time to find out Gods will.if you do not seek Gods will in your life you can justified every sin, such as this one.
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Turn to God and leave it all to Him. He knows what to do. But keep talking to Him. Don't ever forget Him.\n\nAs the saying goes, "You take one step towards God, God runs to you"
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God is love, if you are one of His children, He chastizes you if you do not obey His Word, same as an earthly father.\n\nGod's love is not the same as the way we love, we can love money, material wealth, love of self. there are many different kinds of love.
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Work very hard, learn from everybody, ignore mistakes and learn from them, never take no for an answer, and ask god for help everyday
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be loyal to the pastor if he or she is loyal to the gospel of jesus christ. what does jesus teach? love god and love your neighbor as yourself. if not, forget it. imho. he/she is just a person; it is only through his or her call to preach the love of god that he/she has any authority anyway. go w/god, my friend.
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God works in misterious ways - pray to him...
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no one can control god's anger\nbut he is slow to be angry it is on us wether we make him angry with our wrong deeds and sins.
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Self-discipline.\n\nYou simply have to want to resist temptation.  If you want to give in, you will give in.  If you want to resist more than you want to give in, you can resist.\n\nMany people turn to religion for this, relying on faith in a higher being to help guide them away from what is bad.  Others will punish themselves when they give in to temptation, which often leads to feeling bad, and a cycle of giving in to temptation more to feel better.\n\nIf you know it is bad for you, tell yourself "No!"  When you listen, you resist.
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God has a raison in everything\nMaybe he needs to give us a notice\nOr punish the family\nOr make it as an example for other
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We don't change the mind of God rather He changes us. Every good parent gives what is good for their child and withholds what is bad. But even though we plan to give them something good we teach them to say please and thank you so that they are trained to politeness and character. God would have us acknowledge him by asking as it is only the right thing to do. He may withhold things from us till we learn but yes He did know all along how we would react. We are still responsible creatures created in His image. He is not interested in mindless robots but people who know and love Him. He does not hold anything back needlessly as in the case of one who cannot pray. He even sends us His Spirit who intercedes for us. His carrying out His plan of benevolence and justice goes on irregardless of us. He is sovereign and is able to incorporate our prayers into things so that they are not in any way useless or an insult. He even teaches us to pray. We know we have the things He has promised and for the rest we pray "not my will but thy will be done" "God will not despise any prayer from even the least of His children. \nHebrews 7:25\nTherefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.