Introduction
This e-book resource is the culmination of a three-and-a-half-year journey of lessons that God has taught me. It was during this time I felt the Lord telling me to impart these lessons in the New Year, and I can only imagine what God is going to do! Some of these lessons involved being able to take correction. To be honest, without correction, you will never grow at all. Proverbs 10:17 says, The road to life is a disciplined life; ignore correction, and you’re lost for good. This resource, New Year, New Me, will take you on a journey to being a better you! Now with that in mind, take a deep breath, relax and come with me on this walk into a New Year, New Me! Let us now experience the growth and change that God intends for us. Blessings Always, Mike Signorelli The Love of Correction
Through hard times, God will often take those pruning shears to change your attitude as an ending result! Then, God will go even further than that. He will show you another level of love that you have never seen. This love is shown through correction. You may feel like it isn’t love, but it is one of the greatest things you could ever experience. The Lord can do amazing things in your life if you let Him. He knows how to make all the wrongs right. The Bible says, whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. In other words, the road to life is a disciplined life. The antithesis, the direct opposite of this Bible Scripture means, the road to death is an undisciplined life. Proverbs 12:1 says, Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. You may be intellectual, but because you hate correction, by a biblical standard, you're actually stupid. Isn’t that a lot to take in? On the other hand, you can often watch people in life who are intellectually inferior to you, but by a biblical standard, they're wise because they're disciplined. Because you lack understanding, you think I can preach so much better than that Pastor. Why am I not the pastor of that church? You also might think…. Why am I not succeeding in business like my coworker? I'm a mastermind! Again, it is because you are undisciplined. The biblical standard for loving knowledge isn't how many Ted Talks you listen to or how many books you’ve read. It's how you receive correction, and that determines if you really love knowledge. A lot of people want you to think they love knowledge but, in all actuality, they really love themselves. They're truthfully arrogant. They don’t love knowledge because they don't love correction. Hebrews 10:10 says, but God disciplines us for our good in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Do you need more peace in your life? The more discipline you have, the Bible says, the more peace it will produce. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, And the saints know this. For the spirit God gives does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and selfdiscipline. NIV Wow! Wait a second. Self-discipline comes through a sound mind? The answer is yes. The question is: Are you racked with fear, anxiety, apprehension, dread or worry? Do you turn to alcohol to relieve your pain? If so, did you know that the more alcohol you drink can turn off your frontal lobe and that can impair your decision making? This will lead you to do things you would not usually do if you were in your right mind. Why would you want to ingest alcohol when you can swallow something far better? You can ingest the spirit of God with a side effect of producing life through self-discipline. Now for the next point. When people say they are holy but have
received too much of God, their self-discipline will reveal the reality of that. Only a new discipline will birth a new vision. Your life, health, marriage, and business is all a reflection of your current level of discipline. Discipline does not mean for you to get busier. Sometimes it means saying No. Many times, we say yes to too many people and things. We need to know that the power of extraction will be the discipline that births a new vision. © 2018 by Mike Signorelli
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