Let God's Discipline Shape Your Heart | Guided Prayers

Today's thought may be a hard truth for some of us, possibly a healthy convicting thought.

In order to convey the heart of what we are focusing on, let's go to Scripture.

Hebrews 12 6 says, The Lord disciplines the one he loves.

God's love as a father includes correction, not to harm you, but rather to shape you.

His discipline is not rejection.

It is care that leads you toward growth and maturity.

He is invested in who you are becoming.

Let's start this next moment by giving thanks to God that he cares enough to guide and correct you.

Answer this question honestly.

How has his guidance shaped your life?

Tell God where you may be resisting his correction.

Ask him to give you a teachable and open heart.

Invite him to help you see his discipline as love and not rejection.

Ask him to shape your character through his guidance.

This is not always an easy subject to reflect on.

Let's take sixty seconds to sit quietly and allow your heart to become open and responsive.

Let humility replace resistance.

Amen.