Discipline Not Drift | 1 Corinthians 9:23-27

Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:23-27

Key Takeaways:

“It was in 1980, that the legendary boxing trainer Cus D’amato discovered the young juvenile delinquent, Mike Tyson. 6 years later as a 20 year old kid, Tyson would destroy Trevor Berbick in 6 minutes to take the crown to initiate the start of his heavyweight reign. For those 6 years, Mike Tyson's daily workout involved getting up at 4am for a 5-mile jog, sparring for 3 hours, doing 2000 sit-ups, 500 pushups, 500 dips, 500 shrugs and about 30 minutes of neck bridges. He repeated this regiment 6 days a week. In short, despite training for ‘only’ six years, the quality and consistency of the work he was doing was enough to match the quantity of work that other fighters do.” ― Reemus Boxing

+ The Purpose of Discipline

“Every action you take is a vote for the person you want to become.” - James Clear, Atomic Habits

1 Corinthians 9:23

+ The Pain of Discipline

Hebrews 12:11

1 Timothy 4:7-10

“People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.” ― D.A. Carson

+ The Prize of Discipline

James 1:12

Romans 6:22

1 Corinthians 1:8-9

+ Set your highest joy on Jesus.

+ Set your heart to honor Jesus.

+ Train your mind, body, and soul with grace-driven effort as you wait for Jesus.