HEBREWS 12:1-3 // THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD // DWIGHT OLNEY

Written By Lydia Terpstra

July 26, 2026

READ HEBREWS 12:1-13
Consider these questions when reflecting on this message:

  1. What “weights” or sins are slowing my spiritual endurance right now, and what step could I take this week to lay them aside so I can run the race set before me with greater freedom?

  2. How might fixing my eyes more intentionally on Jesus—the One who endured the cross— reshape the way I respond to the hardships or discouragements I’m facing?

  3. Where do I sense God’s loving discipline in my life, and how can I receive it as training meant to produce holiness and maturity rather than as rejection or punishment?

  4. How is God using present hardships to “train” me (v. 11), and what fruit of righteousness might he be cultivating in me through this season?

  5. In what area do I need to “strengthen my tired hands and weakened knees” (v. 12) and walk a straighter path, so that my life becomes a source of healing rather than stumbling for myself or others?

Lydia Terpstra
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