Tag: self control
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Strength Under Control – 2 Peter 1:6
2 Peter 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness. Peter keeps building carefully here. He is showing us that spiritual growth is not random. One grace prepares the way for the next, and each one protects the one before it. That matters. Because even good things can become dangerous…
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The Mouth You Cannot Master Alone – James 3:7–8
James 3:7–8 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James says something here that is almost humbling enough to make you laugh.…
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A Loose Tongue Makes Empty Religion – James 1:26
James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. James has a way of taking a man right past his image and down to what is real. A person may appear religious. He may know the language, attend…
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Hot Anger Never Builds Anything Right – James 1:20
James 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. James could hardly say it more plainly. Human anger does not produce God’s kind of result. That is worth underlining, circling, and remembering, because most of us still act at times as though being worked up, irritated, and hot under the collar…