Chastening is something you feel as emotional anxiety or distress. What used to bring you joy now does not. Pressures increase in your work, at home, in your health, or in your finances. Many Christians move along at this chastening level of discipline, yet fail to read the signs. They feel unfulfilled at church. They feel critical of their Christian friends, and they feel “on the outs” with God. When they pick up their Bible, it feels like a lead weight instead of a welcome relief. Their relationship with the Lord is seemingly blighted by lethargy or sadness.
Chastening is when God removes from us the joy of our salvation. If any of these symptoms sound familiar, you do not need to go to church more; you do not need to read your Bible with a better attitude. You need to look for any ongoing sin in your life and repent.
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