{"id":4554,"date":"2021-10-02T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2021-09-16T09:43:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T14:43:49","slug":"why-becoming-mature-will-make-you-develop-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2021\/10\/02\/why-becoming-mature-will-make-you-develop-discipline\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Becoming Mature Will Make You Develop Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Jeremiah 23-24 GW<\/a>; Hebrews 5 GW<\/a>; Psalms 110 GW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become mature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zig Ziglar<\/a> was a motivational speaker in the 1990s.  A man of God, his books and speeches still impact people\u2019s lives years after his death.  Listening to his presentation on his book, \u201cOver the Top<\/a>,\u201d he made an interesting point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the 1770s, 3 million Americans produced Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and James Monroe, among others.  In 1997, 266 million Americans produced?  You fill in the blank.  I can\u2019t think of one equal to any of our Founding Fathers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zig\u2019s reasoning for this reality is because of how we learn.  During the 1700s, children learned to read and write from the Bible.  In other words, the textbook was the scriptures.  Slowly, over time, that changed.  Zig\u2019s research to back up his point saddened me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccording to the Thomas Jefferson Research Institute, in the 1770s, over 90 percent of our educational thrust was of an ethical, moral, religious nature.  By 1926, the percentage was down to 6 percent, and by 1951, the percentage was so low it could not be measured.\u201d  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growth requires discipline.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years ago, the statistic for people who read scripture daily was 11%.  When I was looking for a Pew Research study to find a more current statistic, I couldn\u2019t find one.  Instead, I found statistics for weekly.  Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses were top of the list<\/a>, 88% according to the poll, they believe<\/a> Jesus is God\u2019s son, but not God and the Holy Spirit isn\u2019t a person.  Protestant\u2019s, people professing to follow Jesus, were at 63%.  In other words, people who don\u2019t believe in Jesus are reading the stories about Him more regularly than the people who do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growth can\u2019t come without intention.  Reading the stories written by 40 authors over 1400 years has to happen more than once a week.  If you want to experience life change, discipline yourself to read the scriptures daily.  Give up ten minutes of your morning to read what God\u2019s people have to say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Develop discipline, read the scriptures daily.\u00a0 Become mature one day at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord, thank You for the authors who penned the books of the Bible.\u00a0 Forgive us for forgetting the collection of books has individual writers who dedicated their lives to You.\u00a0 Help us become more mature by developing a daily discipline.\u00a0 Let us leave the milk behind and start eating solid food.\u00a0 IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question for reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you develop discipline today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 minute read. Daily Reading: Jeremiah 23-24 GW; Hebrews 5 GW; Psalms 110 GW Become mature. Zig Ziglar was a motivational speaker in the 1990s.  A man of God, his books and speeches still impact people\u2019s lives years after his death.  Listening to his presentation on his book, \u201cOver the Top,\u201d he made an interesting… Continue reading Why Becoming Mature Will Make You Develop Discipline<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4556,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554\/revisions\/4556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}