Posts Tagged ‘self-control’
Rebuilding Broken-down Walls
Proverbs 25;28 says “A person without self-control is like a city with broken down walls.” There’s something about the simplicity and power of this verse that deeply resonates with me. I’ve always loved the idea that we as believers are referred to, several times, as a city in the Bible. That symbol of fortified…
Read MoreThe Self in Self-Control
But the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and … If you’re like me, you are inspired by the of the Fruit of the Spirit because they float on the tongue and leave a sweet fragrance. Who does not want to be more loving, more joyful, more kind, and more faithful? However,…
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