When God Disciplines You, You Discipline Yourself (Hebrews 12:1-13)

"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however..." (Heb 12:11).

Overview: What do you do when you are disciplined? 3 verbs + a few more:

1. FIX (Heb 12:1-3), "throw off," "run" (Heb 12:1) and "consider" (Heb 12:3).
2. ENDURE (Heb 12:4-10).
3. WAIT (Heb 12:11-13), "strengthen" (Heb 12:12), and "make level paths" (Heb 12:13).

Caveat: If the discipline is tolerable, bearable, not too bad, and not that painful, it's NOT discipline.

1. How do you fix your "eyes on Jesus" (Heb 12:2)? 
• Why do you need to "throw off," "run" (Heb 12:1), and "consider" (Heb 12:3)?
• Who were the "great cloud of witnesses" (Heb 12:1a; 11:39-40)?
• What was Jesus' "joy" (Heb 12:2)? What is your joy?
2. How do you "endure hardship as discipline" (Heb 12:7)?
• How should you struggle and resist sin (Heb 12:4)?
• What should you not forget (Heb 12:5-6; Prov 3:11-12)?
• Why should you endure hardship (Heb 12:7-8)?
• What's the difference between our father's discipline and God's discipline (Heb 12:9-10)?
3. 
   How do you wait during God's painful discipline until "later on" (Heb 12:11)?
• How do you "strengthen" your weakness (Heb 12:12) and "make level paths" in your unsteadiness (Heb 12:13a)? Why should you (Heb 12:13b)?
4. How and why does discipline and suffering help you to know God intimately and to obey Him (Heb 5:8; 12:14-15; Ps 66:10; Mal 3:3; Ac 5:41; Rom 5:3-5; Jas 1:2-4; 1 Pet 4:13-14)?

• 1. What may be hindering progress in your life (Heb 12:1)?
• 1. Do you compare your life with others (Heb 12:2)?
• 2. Do you feel punished or loved by God during a time of painful discipline (Heb 12:6)?
• 3. Have you experienced peace after a period of pain (Heb 12:11)?
• 3. Have you allowed yourself to feel pulverized and paralyzed (Heb 12:12-13)?