Let’s Explore Self-Control
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September 1st, 2009
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Matthew 7:15-20
A Tree and Its Fruit
15"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
17Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
What Are The Fruits Of The Spirit?
Lets Memorize these today!
1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Longsuffering
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self-control
Let’s Explore Self-Control
Last, but not certainly least, is the quality of self-control.
This one is huge, and I mean huge!
Once we start to enter into a true sanctification process with the Lord.
Expect the Holy Spirit to move in on us very early with this specific quality.
The reason for this is that we all have a certain amount of character flaws operating in our personalities.
There are some bad and negative qualities that will have to go.
The Bible tells us that our spirits and our flesh will war against each other in this life.
Our flesh wants immediate self-gratification at all costs and will stop at nothing to try and get it.
Our spirits know that some of our fleshly desires are not right for us.
As a result, there will be a tug of war between the two - and sometimes it will be a major tug of war.
And the only thing that will be able to curb and control some of the desires of our flesh is the quality of self-control.
Since we all live in a very self-centered and materialistic type world today,
many people have very poor impulse control.
If they see something they immediately want, they will do anything they can to try and get it.
They will not be denied until they get what they are going after.
These people are obviously very weak in the quality of self-control.
They are ruled by their own flesh rather than by the Holy Spirit.
That is why the Bible tells us that if we learn how to really walk in the Holy Spirit, then we will not fulfill the lusts of our flesh.
Due to our fallen and sinful natures, all of us are weak to some degree in the quality of self-control.
This is why God the Father made sure to have this fruit listed as one of the 9 fruits of His Holy Spirit.
We all need God's self-control operating in our lives and in our personalities,
if we are going to have any hope in getting cleaned up and properly sanctified to the degree that He would like to get us to in this life.
If you don't have God's self-control operating through you.
We will have very little victory over such things as bad tempers, judgmental and critical spirits,
an unforgiving spirit, and vices such as smoking and the abuse of alcohol.
Once the Holy Spirit starts this sanctification process with you.
So be prepared for some major battles and tug of wars with Him,
once He starts coming after some of the negative qualities operating in your personality.
But if you are willing to yield to Him,
and allow Him to start to work all 9 of these fruits into your personality.
We will find yourself starting to grow in ways and in areas that you never thought were possible in this life.
His supernatural power in this area will blow you away!
Then we will see how far He can really take us to become the person that God would like us to become in Him in this lifetime.
Here are some of the definitions of what the quality of self-control is all about:
September 1st, 2009
Please share our website with your friends and family
http://www.faithitout.com/blog.html
Will you please take a few minutes to sign our guestbook
www.faithitout.com
Matthew 7:15-20
A Tree and Its Fruit
15"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
17Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
What Are The Fruits Of The Spirit?
Lets Memorize these today!
1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Longsuffering
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self-control
Let’s Explore Self-Control
Last, but not certainly least, is the quality of self-control.
This one is huge, and I mean huge!
Once we start to enter into a true sanctification process with the Lord.
Expect the Holy Spirit to move in on us very early with this specific quality.
The reason for this is that we all have a certain amount of character flaws operating in our personalities.
There are some bad and negative qualities that will have to go.
The Bible tells us that our spirits and our flesh will war against each other in this life.
Our flesh wants immediate self-gratification at all costs and will stop at nothing to try and get it.
Our spirits know that some of our fleshly desires are not right for us.
As a result, there will be a tug of war between the two - and sometimes it will be a major tug of war.
And the only thing that will be able to curb and control some of the desires of our flesh is the quality of self-control.
Since we all live in a very self-centered and materialistic type world today,
many people have very poor impulse control.
If they see something they immediately want, they will do anything they can to try and get it.
They will not be denied until they get what they are going after.
These people are obviously very weak in the quality of self-control.
They are ruled by their own flesh rather than by the Holy Spirit.
That is why the Bible tells us that if we learn how to really walk in the Holy Spirit, then we will not fulfill the lusts of our flesh.
Due to our fallen and sinful natures, all of us are weak to some degree in the quality of self-control.
This is why God the Father made sure to have this fruit listed as one of the 9 fruits of His Holy Spirit.
We all need God's self-control operating in our lives and in our personalities,
if we are going to have any hope in getting cleaned up and properly sanctified to the degree that He would like to get us to in this life.
If you don't have God's self-control operating through you.
We will have very little victory over such things as bad tempers, judgmental and critical spirits,
an unforgiving spirit, and vices such as smoking and the abuse of alcohol.
Once the Holy Spirit starts this sanctification process with you.
So be prepared for some major battles and tug of wars with Him,
once He starts coming after some of the negative qualities operating in your personality.
But if you are willing to yield to Him,
and allow Him to start to work all 9 of these fruits into your personality.
We will find yourself starting to grow in ways and in areas that you never thought were possible in this life.
His supernatural power in this area will blow you away!
Then we will see how far He can really take us to become the person that God would like us to become in Him in this lifetime.
Here are some of the definitions of what the quality of self-control is all about:
• Temperance, rational restraint of natural impulses
• Sober, temperate, calm and dispassionate approach to life, having mastered personal desires and passions
• Calls for a self-disciplined life following Christ's example of being in the world but not of the world
• Restraint or discipline exercised over one's behavior
The above definitions perfectly describe what God is looking for once He starts to work and transmit this quality up into our personalities.
This specific quality is one of the major keys in being able to get any kind of victory over some of the lusts and desires of our flesh.
Now Show Your Fruit and Live in Victory!
May He Bless You and Keep You Today!
With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie
Please click below to see something Jesus left for your Spirit !:
This one below is a HOOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn7xlodeCvw&feature=related
This specific quality is one of the major keys in being able to get any kind of victory over some of the lusts and desires of our flesh.
Now Show Your Fruit and Live in Victory!
May He Bless You and Keep You Today!
With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie
Please click below to see something Jesus left for your Spirit !:
This one below is a HOOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn7xlodeCvw&feature=related
posted by Pastor Connie Ciccone | 11:50 AM
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