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WEEK 45 – SELF-CONTROL WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE
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WEEK 45 – “SELF-CONTROL Will Save Your Life”
Whether you’re over eating, over spending, getting bent out of shape, or giving into temptation, SELF-CONTROL is THE THING that will save your life.
It will help keep you from over eating & getting so unhealthy and overweight that your body, mind, & emotions are affected.
It will help keep you from over spending to the point where your money is out of control and you are in tight financial situations that affect your peace & relationships.
It will help keep you from blowing up in rage and anger at your kids or spouse or anyone you are close to when you get frustrated, so that you can keep close relationships life-giving.
It will help keep you out of sin and separation from God & your loved ones because you won’t be giving into temptation when it comes your way.
SELF-CONTROL is so crucial. And it comes from the Lord. He empowers you & gives you His Spirit of power, love & self-discipline (self-control)(2 Timothy 1:7).
The problem is that SELF-CONTROL goes against all of our natural sinful fleshly desires.
THAT’S why it’s so hard.
THAT’S why most of us get into all this trouble, because we don’t spend enough time developing SELF-CONTROL.
Let’s chat about SELF-CONTROL in this video, and finally start walking in the SELF-CONTROL Jesus has for us & that represents Him.
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF (or your groups)
- What are some of the things in your life SPECIFICALLY that come against your SELF-CONTROL?
- What is your biggest struggle area when it comes to SELF-CONTROL?
- Have you ever experienced the SELF-CONTROL of the LORD come over you in a circumstance where you would normally not represent His SELF-CONTROL? What was that like?
SCRIPTURE
Galatians 5:22-23 / 2 Timothy 1:7 / Titus 2:11-14 / James 1:13-15 / 1 Corinthians 9:25 / 1 Corinthians 10:13 / 1 Thessalonians 5:6 / Proverbs 16:32 / Proverbs 18:21 / Proverbs 25:28 / Titus 1:8 / Romans 12:1-2 / Philippians 4:8-9 / James 1:19-21
WEEKLY FOCUS
This week, read through these Scriptures each morning.
Think about this idea of INCREASING IN THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT OF SELF-CONTROL.
Ask God if there are any areas you need to surrender or change in order to WALK IN HIS SELF-CONTROL.
Let this theme guide your God time all week, and even your thoughts and conversation with Him through out your days, all week long.
Let Him speak to you about this idea of REPRESENTING GOD’S SELF-CONTROL TO OTHERS, and see what He says.
We’d love to hear your feedback, so hop into the devos conversation thread in SLACK & we’re excited to see what the Lord speaks to you this week.
BLESSINGS!
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