Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Tough Love

A good father disciplines his children.

Don’t mistake My discipline for punishment.

Don’t think I have stopped blessing you or removed My hand of protection. My discipline is always for your advancement and growth. Grab hold of the training I am taking you through in this season. Look at what you have learnt instead of what went wrong. Don’t lose hope. Listen and gain understanding.

In the coming days, you may experience My care for you as tough love. This is not to be disregarded.

I am not depriving you, but know that I always have your ultimate good in mind.

Learn to respond maturely when I say no to your request. My no is for your protection. It is about awaiting the perfect timing. It is preventing you from stepping into isolation. It is to reign you in. It is in line with my perfect love and part of a much greater plan. Trust My reason and know that the outcome will be better than you first anticipated.

Activation: Study the scriptures below and ask the Father in what area you might need to mature. How do you respond when He says no to your request? Ask Him to grow your capacity to learn from the past. Ask for a humble heart that is willing to receive His discipline going forward.

5 and you have [a]forgotten the divine word of encouragement which is addressed to you as sons,

“My son, do not make light of the discipline of the Lord,
And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him;

6 For the Lord disciplines and corrects those whom He loves,
And He punishes every son whom He receives and welcomes [to His heart].”

7 You must submit to [correction for the purpose of] discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons; for [b]what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Hebrews 12:5-7 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Hebrews 12:5 Or have you forgotten.
[b] Hebrews 12:7 Or who is a son whom.

7 Let the wicked leave (behind) his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have compassion (mercy) on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:7-9 (AMP)

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