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Goodliness
Self-Discipline
Lord Joseph Duveen
American head of the art firm that bore his name
planned in 1915 to send one
of his experts to England to examine some ancient pottery. He booked passage on
the
“Don’t worry
” said the
man
“I’m a strong swimmer
and when I read what was happening in the Atlantic
I began hardening myself by spending time every day in a tub of ice water. At
first I could sit only a few minutes
but this morning
I stayed in that tub
nearly two hours.”
Naturally
Duveen laughed.
It sounded preposterous. But his expert sailed
and the
Just as this young man did
so Christians should condition themselves by practicing devotional discipline
behavioral discipline
and discipline in doing good.— Christian Today
Self-Discipline
Self-discipline is when
your conscience tells you something and you don’t talk back. ── Michael P. Green《Illustrations
for Biblical Preaching》
Success
and Discipline
”Why
are men so great?” some ask. Well…
The heights by great men
reached and kept
Were not attained by
sudden flight;
But they
while their
companions slept
Were toiling upward in the
night.
── Michael P. Green《Illustrations for Biblical Preaching》
In the 1880s a young man
who was an earnest Christian found employment in a pawnshop. Although he
disliked the work
he did it faithfully "as unto the Lord" until a
more desirable opportunity opened for him. To prepare himself for a life of
Christian service
he wrote on a scrap of paper the following resolutions:
"I do promise God that I will rise early every morning to have a few
minutes--not less than five--in private prayer. I will endeavor to conduct
myself as a humble
meek
and zealous follower of Jesus
and by serious witness
and warning I will try to lead others to think of the needs of their immortal
souls. I hereby vow to read no less than four chapters in God's Word every day.
I will cultivate a spirit of self-denial and will yield myself a prisoner of
love to the Redeemer of the world." That young man was William Booth
who
later led thousands to Christ and founded the Salvation Army. Daily Bread
June
28
1989.
Source Unknown.