Self-control:
1Corintians 7:3-5
The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise, also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
1Co 7:9
But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
1Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize?
Run in such a way that you may win.
Everyone who competes in the game’s exercises self-control in all things.
They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim;
I box in such a way, as not beating the air;
but I discipline my body and make it my slave,
so that, after I have preached to others,
I myself will not be disqualified.
Galatians 5:16-26
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh;
for these are in opposition to one another,
so that you may not do the things that you please.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are:
immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these,
of which I forewarn you,
just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;
against such things there is no law.
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.
2Timothy 3:1
But realize this,
that in the last days difficult times will come.
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.
For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.
2Peter 1:11
Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Now for this very reason also,
applying all diligence,
in your faith supply moral excellence,
and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
and in your knowledge, self-control,
and in your self-control, perseverance,
and in your perseverance, godliness,
and in your godliness, brotherly kindness,
and in your brotherly kindness, love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing,
they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you;
for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
1Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails
Mathew 22:37-39
And He said to him,
“ YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.
This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it,
‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
Joy:
Deuteronomy 28:47-4 “Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
Psalm 51:10-13
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.
{{{ when we give in to our will instead of obeying the words of Father God and out Lord Christ Jesus we deceive our selves in to believing that all is good because we say we are of Christ, attending church, going to church and making an appearance, saying and acting the part but in the heart desiring to fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Do to lack of self-control,
Putting self-first rather than loving the Lord your God and fellow believers, your neighbor.
With joy and a glad heart.
Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, when you came to or come to and except the Lord Jesus, Christ Jesus goes to the Father;
Father God and askes Him to send, to dwell in you the Holy Spirit,
to teach you and direct you through life.
When you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit you then have the recived the fruit of the Spirit;
love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control
Love,
Joy,
Pease,
Patience,
Kindness,
Goodness,
Faithfulness,
Gentleness,
Self-control
And just like with excepting Christ Jesus by faith, and intern you receive the Holy Spirit from Father God, And by faith in Father God, Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit, allowing the Spirit of GOD to have power in and over your life, you receive the fruit of the Holy Spirit and by the power and authority of GOD you can live by the fruit of the Holy Spirit in your life.
And having self-control;
You can know and live with true Love, Joy, Pease, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness.
Just like salvation these are gifts from GOD, it is up to us to except them just as it is up to us to except the Love Father God and Christ Jesus have offered to us.
To have knowledge of if different then having position of it in your life, to have position of something in your life will cause your life to reflect it out to others.
Aging we need to remember
2Timothy 3:1
Realize this,
that in the last days difficult times will come.
For men will be lovers of self,
lovers of money,
boastful,
arrogant,
revilers,
disobedient to parents,
ungrateful,
unholy,
unloving,
irreconcilable,
malicious gossips,
without self-control,
brutal,
haters of good,
treacherous,
reckless,
conceited,
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
holding to a form of godliness,
although they have denied its power;
Avoid such men as these.
Do you go by the title Christian?
Do you associate with people who live by the above list out of 2Timothy 3:1?
Do you choose to listen to and follow after the attributes they desire to install in your life?
Or do you choose to obey the Lord your GOD and avoid such people?
Living by the attributes, lifestyle of the world and such as these, we are told
Are you one who is always learning but yet never able to come to the knowledge of the truth,
never able to grasp and live by the commandments of GOD?
Christ Jesus said
John 14:15
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments”
Matthew 6:33
“But seek first His kingdom (Father God’s kingdom) and His righteousness (Father God’s righteousness), and all these things will be added to you.”
John 14:12-17 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.
Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper,
that He may be with you forever;
that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,
because it does not see Him or know Him,
but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.”
“No one can serve two masters;
for either he will hate the one and love the other,
or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.”
You can not serve God and this world.
f you choose to serve GOD you have the opportunity to live in and with;
Love,
Joy,
Pease,
Patience,
Kindness,
Goodness,
Faithfulness,
Gentleness,
Self-control
And to be accepted in to eternal life with Christ Jesus, adopted in to the family of Father God.
Chose to live with the world and partake in their way of life and influence;
You will live in and with.
lovers of self,
lovers of money,
boastful,
arrogant,
revilers,
disobedient to parents,
ungrateful,
unholy,
unloving,
irreconcilable,
malicious gossips,
without self-control,
brutal,
haters of good,
treacherous,
reckless,
conceited,
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
holding to a form of godliness,
although denying its power
As always, the choice is yours.
No one can make it for you.
Christ is waiting for you to accept Him in to your life,
He is offering you the free gift of salvation.
And all you have to do is ask.
Want to except Christ as your savior,
want to be lead by the Spirit of GOD,
Then say this little prayer out loud to the Lord, say it from your heart,
not just words, for GOD knows your heart and your sincerity.
( Lord Jesus, i humbly come before you asking that you would forgive me of my sins, i acknowledge You as the Son of the only living GOD, i accept You into my life acknowledging you as my Lord i give my life back to you, my desire is to live with in your commandments, to obey and live out Your words.
i come to you and ask to lead by Your Spirit.
i acknowledge and except Your authority over my spirit my life asking to be filled and lead by Your Spirit,
teach me Your ways O Lord. )
now read the book of John and learn who you are in CHrist Jesus.
read Matthew 5,6 and 7 to know how you are to live in Christ.
Now go in peace, GOD loves you.