Daily Dogged Discipline

(John Stott) Im a great believer in what I have sometimes called the daily dogged discipline of the Christian life. The greatest enemies of discipline are laziness and emotionalism. Lazy people cant be bothered to ac !ire disciplined habit s, and emotional or temperamental people prefer to live by their feelings. The Ill see what I feel like attit!de is "ertain to end in disaster. #e do not read $ods #ord and pray only on the days when we feel like it, b!t every day (better twi"e a day), whether we feel like it or not. #e do not %oin the &ords people for worship on those S!ndays when we feel like it or not, be"a!se it is the &ords 'ay. 'o we only "ome to work when we feel like it( Then why sho!ld we give o!r heavenly &ord a servi"e inferior to what we give o!r earthly employer( #e serve the &ord )hrist ()ol. *+,-). Then lets give .im better servi"e, greater faithf!lness, and more dis"ipline than to any h!man master. /0"erpts from+ $ods Treas!ry of 1irt!es (T!lsa, 23+ .onor 4ooks, In"., 5667), p. -*8 9!oted from+ $eorge, /li:abeth A Womans High Calling: 10 Essentials for Godly Living. 2regon+ .arvest .o!se ;!blishers, ",<<5, p. -7.