Hebrews 12:12-13

Once again – what is our writer up to?He has given us an athletic metaphor,– and reminded us of the importance of training• the serious athlete must learn discipline• learning discipline requires athletes to endure their training◦ endure those cravings to eat something they know should not◦ endure getting out of bed in the morning or off the couch to workout– the beauty of discipline is that once you learn it,• you can use it to give structure to your whole life◦ not a rigid structure, imposed on you by someone else,◦ but you can structure the life you desire to live• the writer’s main idea: we use discipline to structure our spiritual lives