1. Embracing Biblical Methods: The Rod What are the first words that come to your mind when you hear 'the rod'? What are the first words that come to your mind when you hear 'discipline'?
2. Negative Image: Rod = Oppression Isa 9:4 “ For as in the day of Midian's defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod ( shebet ) of their oppressor.” Psa 125:3 “ The scepter ( shebet ) of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil. ”
19. Prov 23:13―14 “Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod , he will not die. Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.”
23. Heb 12:11―12, “ No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.”
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26. Prov 29:15 “ The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother. ”
27. Wielding the Rod We cannot be indifferent to methodology. Biblically, the method is as important as the objectives. God speaks to both issues. He is concerned not only with what we do, but also with how we do it. Shepherding a Child's Heart, p. 80
47. The energy behind our discipline must be love for God and love for our children. Our motive in discipline should be restoration not retribution. Shepherding a Child's Heart Teacher Handbook , p. 97
