The focal point of your discipline and correction must be your children seeing their utter inability to do the things which God requires unless they know the help and strength of God. Your correction must hold the standard of righteousness as high as God holds it… The alternative is to reduce the standard to what may be fairly expected of your children without the grace of God. The alternative is to give them a law they can keep. The alternative is a lesser standard that does not require grace and does not cast them on Christ, but rather on their own resources. Dependence on their own resources moves them away from the cross. It moves them away from any self-assessment that would force them to conclude that they desperately need Jesus’ forgiveness and power.
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} Issue No.006 1/12/05 Attempt Great Things; The blessing or happiness that transcends all other human joy! etc

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#1 · December 1, 2005, 5:50 am
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Perspective:-
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Attempt great things 
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Sixty seven year old Vijaypat singhania’s record breaking balloon ride is a challenge to both young and old.  On 26th November this industrialist-aviator climbed to 69,852 ft in hot air balloon, breaking the 17 year record of 64,997 ft by U.K. based Per Lindstrand.
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See the adventurous and competitive spirit of these men, that too when they are even advanced in years.
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mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">            That doesn’t mean that we should avoid any effort to excel and climb to a higher level in our life and service.  Sad to note that though we do every thing to get to the top in the secular field we do little to grow in spiritual life. We are not bold enough to take steps of faith to grow. As a result often our life and service remains average or even below that. We have failed to make an impact, failed to inspire, set an example or a challenge for others in relation to spiritual life.
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BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">            Consider the exhortation of Paul, “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep you spiritual fervour serving the Lord”. Rom.12:11. We should always desire and labour to go up even breaking records!   The Lord hates complacency in a Christian’s life.  To the luke-warm Laodiceans He commands, “Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.”Rev.3:19
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solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">            Growth in any area demands change. For change to take place one should dream, desire and courageously take innovative steps by faith. Break the status quo.