Tag Archives: Chastening

Chastening or Discipline

Chastening. We have been brought into relationship with God as our Father. In that relationship, God is watching over us, taking care of our every need, and seeking to conform us to the image of His Son. Just as with natural fathers, discipline or chastening is needed often for our blessing. Discipline is not always […]

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Hebrews 12

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Exhortation to Run the Race of Faith Hebrews 12 Hebrews 12. Having turned aside in the previous chapter to show many wonderful examples of faith, the writer returns to his purpose of exhorting the saints to live by faith as Christians. He compares the life of faith to an endurance race. The […]

Psalm 38

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Psalm 38 The Remnant Under the Chastening Hand of Jehovah Psalm 38. This Psalm and the one following are a pair. This is also a penitential Psalm, meaning it has to do with the confession of sin. The inscription reads, “A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.” This Psalm may well have […]

Psalm 39

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Psalm 39 The Prayer of the Faithful in Their Extremity Psalm 39. This is a Psalm of David, and it written for Jeduthun, who was leader of praise in David’s time, and who directed his six sons, “who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah” (1 Chron. 25:3). His […]