Self-Control

Anchor Passage:
Galatians 5:22,23
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Passage 2
Proverbs 25:28 English Standard Version ( ESV )
28A man(A) without self-control
is like(B) a city broken into and left without walls.
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Definition:
• SELF-CONTROL (noun)
The noun SELF-CONTROL has 2 senses:

1. the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
2. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
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Illustrations:

1. British statesman Edmund Burke argued, "men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains on their own appetites. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there is without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters."

Imprimis, Vol. 20, No. 9.

2. During his term as President of the U.S., Lyndon Johnson was somewhat overweight. One day his wife challenged him with this blunt assertion: "You can't run the country if you can't run yourself." Respecting Mrs. Johnson's wise observation, the President lost 23 pounds.


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Links for Further Readings

1. http://www.swartzcreek.net/assets/sermons/SelfControl.pdf
2. http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/TasteAndSee/ByDate/2001/1172_The_Fierce_Fruit_of_SelfControl/
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Prayer

Dear Lord, thanks for your word today on Self-Control. Help me to be self-controlled in all matters of life. May I not be slave to sinful desires, but with the help of the Holy Spirit, may I learn each day to master them. This I pray in Jesus Name. Amen.