City On A Hill
The Good Life: Self-Control
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https://www.thelogicaltheological.com/Proverbs 16:32 - Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 25:28 - A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Galatians 5:22-23
2 Timothy 1:7 - For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Proverbs 25:28 - A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Galatians 5:22-23
2 Timothy 1:7 - For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
I. YOU MUST MANAGE YOUR MOUTH
Proverbs 13:3 - Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue.
James 3:6 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
James 3:8 - It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Proverbs 13:3 - Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue.
James 3:6 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
James 3:8 - It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:8 - No human being can tame the tongue.
A. Speak Slowly
Proverbs 21:23 - He who guards his mouth and tongue guards his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 12:18 -There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
James 1:19 - Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
Proverbs 21:23 - He who guards his mouth and tongue guards his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 12:18 -There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
James 1:19 - Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
B. Speak Specifically
Proverbs 17:9 - He who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
Principle: Keep the circle of knowledge only as large as the circle of need.
Principle: If they can’t be a part of the solution, then don’t make them a part of the problem.
Principle:
“If they can be a part of the solution, it doesn’t necessarily mean they SHOULD be.”
Proverbs 17:9 - He who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
Principle: Keep the circle of knowledge only as large as the circle of need.
Principle: If they can’t be a part of the solution, then don’t make them a part of the problem.
Principle:
“If they can be a part of the solution, it doesn’t necessarily mean they SHOULD be.”
C. Speak Selectively
Proverbs 15:23 - A man has joy in an apt answer, and how delightful is a timely word.
Proverbs 25:11 - Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances.
Luke 6:45 - For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Proverbs 15:23 - A man has joy in an apt answer, and how delightful is a timely word.
Proverbs 25:11 - Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances.
Luke 6:45 - For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
II. MANAGE YOUR EMOTIONS
Matthew 12:34
Proverbs 25:28
James 1:19
Ephesians 4:26 "Be angry but do not sin. don't let the sun go down on your anger."
Three Expressions:
1 Potshot Anger
2. Powering Up
3. Passive-Aggressive
Matthew 12:34
Proverbs 25:28
James 1:19
Ephesians 4:26 "Be angry but do not sin. don't let the sun go down on your anger."
Three Expressions:
1 Potshot Anger
2. Powering Up
3. Passive-Aggressive
Three Approaches:
1. Don't Repress It
2. Don't Suppress It
C. Address It's Cause
1. Don't Repress It
2. Don't Suppress It
C. Address It's Cause
III. MANAGE YOUR MIND
Line of Scrimmage in life==The Mind
"As a man thinks within himself so is he"
Question: Is it possible to act contrary to what you believe"
Question: Can you change your behavior without changing your belief?
Romans 12:2. ...be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
Step 1 Admitted we were powerless...our lives had become unmanageable
Line of Scrimmage in life==The Mind
"As a man thinks within himself so is he"
Question: Is it possible to act contrary to what you believe"
Question: Can you change your behavior without changing your belief?
Romans 12:2. ...be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
Step 1 Admitted we were powerless...our lives had become unmanageable