The power of will

1. The Power of Will-Power
Christian discipline 101
Prov 4
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my
mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my
words: keep my commandments, and live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the
words of my mouth. (Ps 104)
Solomon’s Advice: Listen to what my Dad taught me.
Ps 101
1 A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will
walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it
shall not cleave to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look
and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that
walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not
tarry in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from
the city of the LORD.
I. I will sing
Ps 101
1 A Psalmof David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD,
will I sing.

2. Ps 13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully
with me.
Ps 59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence,
and the God of my mercy.
Heb 2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the
midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
Rev 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and
the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works,
Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Ps 137:3-4 3 For there they that carriedus away captive requiredof
us a song; and they that wasted us requiredof us mirth, saying, Sing
us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song
in a strange land?
II. I will [Compose] behave
Ps 101
2 I will behave myself wiselyin a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto
me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
1Sam 18:14-15 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways;
and the LORD was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he
behaved himself very wisely, he was afraidof him.
1Chr 19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly
for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do
that which is good in his sight.
Ps 131:2 SurelyI have behaved and quieted myself, as a childthat is
weanedof his mother: my soul is even as a weanedchild.
Isa 3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and
every one by his neighbour: the childshall behave himself proudly
againstthe ancient, and the base againstthe honourable.
Mic 3:4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them:
he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have
behaved themselves ill in their doings.

3. 1Tim 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou
oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God,which is the
church of the living God,the pillar and ground of the truth.
1Tim 1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, accordingto
the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them
mightest war a good warfare;
1Tim 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1Tim 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in
modest apparel, with shamefacedness andsobriety; not with broided
hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
1Tim 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husbandof one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1Tim 4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things,
thou shaltbe a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourishedup in the
words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
1Tim 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of
the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in
purity.
1Tim 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a
pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
1Sam 21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and
feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbledon the doors
of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
III. I will set no wicked thing before mineeyes
Ps 101
3 I will set no wickedthing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that
turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
and that it was pleasantto the eyes, and a tree to be desiredto make

4. one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Num 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land
from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their
molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
Job 31:1 I made a covenantwith mine eyes; why then should I think
upon a maid?
Eccl 2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in
darkness: and I myself perceivedalso that one event happeneth to
them all.
Prov 17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the
eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. [Not all wisdom is good
1Cor. 1:19, 21, 27 Rom 16:19]
Ezek 8:7-12
Matt 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of
darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great
is that darkness!
IV. I will [Separate] notknow a wicked person
Ps 101:4,6-7
4 A frowardheartshall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with
me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth
lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Ps 119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the
commandments of my God.
Matt 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
2Cor 6:14-16 14 Be ye not unequallyyoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowshiphath righteousness with
unrighteousness? andwhat communion hath light with darkness?

5. 15 And what concord hath Christwith Belial? or what part hath he
that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye
are the temple of the livingGod; as God hath said, I will dwell in
them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my
people.
2Tim 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having
this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that
nameth the name of Christdepart from iniquity.
V. I will [Sever] cutoff
Ps 101:5,8
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath
an high look and a proud heartwill not I suffer.
8 I will earlydestroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked
doers from the city of the LORD.
Prov 25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry
countenancea backbiting tongue.
Hab 3:12-13 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation,
thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 13 Thou wentest forth for the
salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou
woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering
the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on
them which fell, severity; but towardthee, goodness, if thou continue
in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
1Cor 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if
any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an
idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an
one no not to eat.

6. 2Cor 11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion
from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may
be found even as we.
Gal 5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye shouldnot obey
the truth?
Gal 5:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
[Prov 25:28]
My Friend, have you heard of the town of No-good
On the banks of the River Slow,
Where blooms the Wait-a-while flower fair
Where the Some-Time-or-other scents the air,
And the soft Go-easies grow?
It stands at the bottom of Lazy-hill,
And is easy to reach, I declare;
You’ve only to fold up your hands and glide
Down the slope of Weak-will’s toboggan slide
To be landed quickly there.
The town is as old as the human race
And grows with the flight of years.
It is wrapped in the fog of idlers’ dreams,
Its streets are paved with selfish schemes,
And sprinkled with useless tears.
The town of No-good is all hedged about
By the mountains of Despair.
No sentinel stands on its gloomy walls,
No trumpet to battle and triumph calls,
For cowards alone are there.
My friend, from the dead-alive town of No-good
If you would keep far away,
Just follow your duty through good and ill,
Take this for your motto, “I will, I will,”

7. Prov 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is
broken down, and withoutwalls.
The Power of Will-Power
1) Sing,
2) Compose
3) Set
4) Separate
5) Sever