Hymns and Choruses Related to Self-control
Have Thine Own Way, Lord (Adelaide A. Pollard, 1902) It Is Well with My Soul (IHoratio G. Spafford, 1873) Onward Christian Soldiers (Sabine Baring-Gould 1864) Footsteps of Jesus (Mary B.C. Slade, 1871)
View ArticleBible Verses Related to Self-control
Spend an evening (or several) looking at just one of these verses at a time. Don’t forget to ask your children the questions: Who? What? Where? Why? When?and How? Discuss with your family what each...
View ArticleBible Stories Related to Self-control
David’s refusal to harm Saul (I Samuel 24:1-14) Daniel who purposed ahead of time not to eat the King’s food (Daniel 1) Jesus when He was tempted by Satan in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11)
View ArticleCharacter Definitions of Self-control
Learning to quickly identify and obey the initial promptings of the Holy Spirit. Bringing my thoughts, words, and actions under the control of the Holy Spirit. (Character Clues Game) Rejecting wrong...
View ArticleHow to Demonstrate Self-control
at Home Refuse to allow other family members to provoke you to anger. Never discipline in anger. Look for ways to serve other family members rather than yourself. Purpose never to raise your voice in...
View ArticleThe “I Wills” of Self-Control
I will not act impulsively I will not equate desires with rights I will set my own limits I will see my anger as a sign that something is wrong in me I will walk away from things that aren’t right...
View ArticleSelf-Control in the Pulpit
What I’m about to describe has and is happening. In fact, it is exacerbating and complicating the problem of anger in our homes. A preacher gets angry in the pulpit, or uses anger in his preaching, or...
View ArticleSelf-Control on the Battlefield
“The battlefield is chaotic and deadly, and it is on the battlefield that we hold the responsibility of enormous destructive power in our hands. There, most of all, self-control is the premier ethical...
View ArticleSelf-Control in the home includes:
Family members controlling their tempers and resolving any anger they might have Being careful to speak words that would only encourage and not tear down one another, even when irritated Parents...
View ArticleYou Can’t Run the Country If…
With his six-foot, three-inch frame, and carrying over 210 pounds, former President Lyndon B. Johnson was given some weighty wisdom by his wife. Mrs. Johnson told the President: “You can’t run the...
View ArticleLike the Scrubbing of a Doctor’s Hands
Dr. Maltie Babcock was approached by a member of his congregation who was concerned about his health. Handing Dr. Babcock some theatre tickets he said, “Take these. You need the recreation of going to...
View ArticleFive Probing Questions Related to Self Control
Do you have any habits which you know grieve the Holy Spirit? Do you know how to discern a prompting of the Holy Spirit? Do you learn all the facts before answering a matter? Do you have regular times...
View ArticleTomato Juice for Penny
At a social function, J.C. Penny took ginger ale, and someone mistakenly reported that he drank a cocktail. So he said, “I am sure that a reputation that I value has been endangered by my drinking...
View ArticleTemperance/Intemperance
(A) TEMPERANCE (Select Readings) #Pr 23:1-35 Isa 5:1-30 28:1-29 Da 1:1-21 (1) General References to #Pr 21:17 23:1,2 25:16 Ac 24:25 1Co 9:25 Ga 5:23 #Tit 2:2 2Pe 1:6 (2) Total Abstinence from Strong...
View ArticleThe Impact of Negative Words
One speaker comments: Over the past decade, whenever I have lectured throughout the country on the powerful, and often negative, impact of words, I have asked audiences if they can go for twenty-four...
View ArticleDesires Are Not Rights
In teaching self-control it is important to understand the difference between desires and rights. Our children may desire an extra helping of dessert, but it is not a right. A young man may desire to...
View ArticleObserve with Care
If your lips would keep from slips, Five things observe with care; Of who you speak, to whom you speak, And how and when and where.
View ArticleGeorge Washington’s “Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and...
When George Washington – the first president of the United States – was just fifteen-years-old, he wrote the following Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation: 1 Every...
View ArticleThe Monkey’s Clenched Fist
In North Africa the natives have a very easy way to capture monkeys. A gourd, with a hole just sufficiently large so that a monkey can thrust his hand into it, is filled with nuts and fastened firmly...
View ArticleAct, Don’t React!
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13). How we respond when we have been hurt or wronged is an eloquent indication of the depth of our walk with God. As...
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