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1. Never Let Them See You Sweat (Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control)

Galatians 5:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... our lowest depth. Prov. 25:28 says in the NIV, "Like a city whose walls are broken down, is a man who lacks self-control." Now in Solomon's day, every city was fortified by a thick or stone wall. Cities were usually built on hills with fortifications that ... far-away heathendom, if only its life can be spared. I believe there is one verse in the Bible that gives the real key to self-control. It is Gal. 2:20 where Paul said, "I (referring to the self) have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live ...

2. Living In The Spirit Of Gentleness and Self Control

Galatians 5:22-25, Colossians 3:12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the innkeeper, opened the door and said, "Sorry, there's no room in the inn," but then he added, "if you want to come in, you can rest awhile and have some milk and cookies." (1) Today our focus is Living In The Spirit Of Gentleness and Self Control. I think that little boy qualified. Let's look at the quote from Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse concerning the Fruit of the Spirit. "Love is the key. Joy is love singing. Peace is love resting. Patience is love enduring. Kindness is love's touch. Generosity is love ...

3. Electric Drlls and Self-Control

1 Corinthians 9:25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... control" means. Can anyone tell me what it means? [Wait for reply.] St. Paul teaches us that athletes must have good self-control. When you control something, it means that you must be able to handle it in just the right way so that it never gets out of hand. ... Do you remember that I said that St. Paul talked about athletes having self-control? If an athlete wanted to win a race, he would have to make sure that his arms and legs and the rest of his ...

4. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... is known at once, but the prudent man ignores an insult.”12 Don’t let the unkind remarks divert you from your purpose. “He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.”13 Self-control is real power. “Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.”14 Anger is a contagious disease, so monitor your companions. Most of Jesus’ followers came from villages ...

5. Exercising Self-control

Illustration

Orien Johnson

... tries to instill this thought in the minds of the athletes he works with. He can set rules about getting enough sleep and the proper diet, but a coach cannot possibly oversee every minute of a person’s life. Any would-be-athlete has to exercise self-control and cannot depend on the coach to supervise every detail of his life. Yet in spite of what should be common knowledge to all of us, there are great numbers of athletes who operate on the assumption that they will somehow be the one and only exception ...

6. Three Words America Needs to Hear

Acts 24:1-27

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... that you may be able to endure it," and that truth, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," or that truth, "I say walk by the spirit and do not gratify the desires of the flesh for the fruit of the Spirit is self-control." That word of self-control is one that we in the United States desperately need to hear, that we as individual Americans need to hear and to heed. We also need to hear the good news that there is a power, the power released through the living Christ, to help us exercise ...

7. Epiphany 6

2 Kings 5:1-27, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Word brings cleansing. Lesson 2 Cleansing results from the discipline of obedience. The theme of cleansing is clear in the Gospel and Lesson 1. But we may have a problem of fitting Lesson 2 into the theme. The theme of Lesson 2 is self-discipline and self-control. Naaman would not have been cleansed if he had continued in his rage of protest (v. 12); and only when he controlled himself by dipping himself seven times in the Jordan was he healed. Likewise, in the Gospel, we see self-discipline in the leper's ...

8. Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... 9. Paul is not discussing right and wrong or good and bad, but good and better from a point of view he expounds later in this chapter. 7:9 Paul’s reference to “self-control” (Gk. egkrateia) uses the form of a verb (Gk. egkrateuomai, “to practice self-control”), control themselves. Outside the NT in general, “self-control” was considered a virtue in Greco-Roman culture, although Paul’s usage in Gal. 5:23 and here shows that he understood this “virtue” to be an endowment of God’s Spirit ...

9. What Must Be Taught to Various Groups

Titus 2:1-15

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... Hence it is not surprising that the qualities urged on them correspond to what is said of the overseers and deacons in 1 Timothy 3:2, 8. They are to be temperate (cf. 1 Tim. 3:2), worthy of respect (cf. 1 Tim. 3:8, “have a good character”), and self-controlled (cf. 1:8; 1 Tim. 3:2). This last word, sōphronas, which is a favorite in the PE, is repeated below of the younger women (v. 5) and younger men (v. 6). It has especially to do with being “sensible” or “sound-minded” (see disc. on 2 Tim. 1 ...

10. Positive Living

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... only from having the Spirit of the living God within us. That’s the 101% Christ can give us. Pray for his Spirit to dwell in your heart and focus on the fruit of the Spirit love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. As you do those two things, you will find your life transformed. You will find the joy that you seek. 1. Quiet Moments With God (Tulsa, OK:Honor Books, 2002, pp. 32-33). 2. Daily Grace Devotional Reflections to Nourish Your Soul (Colorado Springs ...

11. Sexual Discharges

Leviticus 15:1-33

Teach the Text

Joe M. Sprinkle

... . The study tracked the lives of the children and found that those willing to practice delayed gratification were more successful in life. Our culture is filled with powerful marketing and easy credit. The results can damage much more than our bank account. Our capacity for self-control, a fruit of the Spirit and a virtue of the Christian life, will impact all our life before God. If you have the capacity to show video, you might want to provide a taped example of this kind of test with children. Go online ...

12. Every Person’s Great Possessions

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... walking in our own shoes. When we are self-willed, we must win if we are to feel justified before life. But Christ, whether to the world we win or lose, justifies the deep needs of our spirits. With Christ, we always win. To be self-controlling, we must exercise power, or life is a failure. However, if we choose Christ, we become strong even in our weakness. Scripture promises that in our weakness we are made strong, insofar as our weakness grounds us in Christ. With Christ, we are always strong. Self ...

13. The Meek

Sermon

John A. Terry

... in charge of our lives and to let God control and direct our lives just as a horse lets its owner take charge of the bridle. When God is in control, then the whole earth is ours. Meekness is not weakness. It is a word that denotes self-control. It is a gentle, controlled, disciplined spirit. To be meek does not mean we are without feeling. Aristotle spoke of meekness as the place between anger and indifference. The meek are permitted to be angry. It is not a selfish anger in which we become angry at wrong ...

14. The Meek

Psalm 37:1-40

Sermon

John A. Terry

15. Plea for Discipline

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... interpretations but we are not supposed to. Yet, the spirit of the law is available and it does not take a brilliant theologian to lay before us all of the help desired. The Father's mercy abounds! Summary And Conclusion It is imperative there is authenticity in our self-control. We can celebrate our freedom with Paul but can we also lift up the need for discipline in our lives? Time is not on our side, in fact, it is on no one's side! Again and again we discover from others and ourselves we are to be ...

16. When Self-esteem is Snake Oil

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the stress of having to fire longtime employees. He wanted help dealing with his guilt and quieting his conscience." (Mary Pipher, The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families [New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996], 124). In a world where self-control and self-restraint are seen as cover-ups they're disguises to the real you Paul isn't saying accept yourself. Paul is saying to transform yourself; improve yourself; control yourself; transcend yourself; behave your self. Psychologist Mary Pipher is right ...

17. Don't Lose Your Marbles!

2 Timothy 1:7

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... ," I affirm. "When we don't feel courageous or strong enough to make the right choice on our own, we can call on our family and friends for help and we can turn to Jesus and God in prayer. Well, I want to give you an opportunity to practice self-control right here in church this morning. I want every one of you to take a marble." At this suggestion, there is a noticeable intake of breath from some of the adults in the sanctuary. "Now, this is VERY important ..." I stop speaking until I have made eye contact ...

18. Step One - Honesty

Luke 8:26-39 · Proverbs 23:29-35

Sermon

John A. Terry

... . The good news is that reaching the bottom, we are stripped of our illusions about ourselves and our strength. Knowing that I am not able to manage my life by myself, I am ready to receive help that I would not have if I still had illusions about self-control. It is often only when we find ourselves crying out as did Paul, with life out of control, that we become ready to receive the One who makes life manageable. Then there is the rather strange gospel story. I am not going to explain how Jesus sent the ...

19. Bedlam or Bethleham?

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... at last become like his ideal. In similar fashion, whoever thinks long enough in terms of Christ, acts long enough in terms of Christ, lives long enough in terms of Christ will in the end become like Christ. Our text again, "Live lives that are self-controlled, upright and godly -- or Christ-like." Noble behavior attributes, indeed. May the Divine Artist paint them boldly on the canvass of your life and mine. In the third, and final, of our ABC's we remove bedlam from Bethlehem when we realize who is coming ...

20. Leaders and Rebels

Titus 1:1-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... and realization. The Cretan prophet’s saying provides the keynote for Paul’s message to Crete’s Christians. This becomes clear when we get to Titus 2:11–12: “The grace of God . . . has appeared. . . . It teaches us . . . to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives.” Christ came to teach, and his followers are called to embody, the opposite of the Cretan prophet’s three phrases. Christ and his followers promote godliness, not religious lies. Christ and his followers display justice, not ...

21. Using the Best Materials

Galatians 5:16-26

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the house. “One, it’s Sunday. We always go to church. Two, people will be there who are expecting you, and three, you are the pastor. You are paid to go.” There are good reasons we do not always do what we sometimes feel like doing. It’s called self-control. Rollo May called it a matter of the will. The will is the capacity to organize one’s self so that movement in a certain direction or toward a certain goal can take place. During the time I pastored a church in Lexington, KY, Jeb McGruder was a ...

22. True Freedom

John 8:31-41

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... represent its convictions about truth and justice. They are the expression, not the oppression, of the nation’s freedom. It is lawlessness that endangers this freedom. So we pray: "America, America, God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law." On the occasion of the shooting of Governor Wallace of Alabama, a London newspaper, The Guardian, carried an editorial which said, "America is a society so deeply divided, so politically frustrated, so infected with violence ...

23. The Maybe Moment

2 Samuel 11:1-15

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... I was beside you."5 It is important for us to hear that, believe that. No matter what wrong thing we may be tempted to do, those temptations can never separate us from God's love. Temptations can attack any one of us, and they can catch us when our self-control wells have gone dry. But Christ is not absent during those times. He says, "As soon as you turned to me again, you see I was beside you." We can thank God for the early warning systems he has placed within us, those internal sirens that alert us to ...

24. If You're Not Loving You're Not Living (Fruit of the Spirit: Love)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... to imagine what your marriage would be like, what your kids would be like, what your spouse would be like, what you would be like, if the tree of your home and your heart bore the fruit of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self -control. Now quite frankly, if a lot of us started bearing that kind of fruit in our lives, it would make us a stranger in our own home! The Bible compares every Christian to a tree. It is a tree that is to bear fruit. We have been ...

25. Marriage, Sexual Intimacy, and Spiritual Devotion

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... and purpose for this is to avoid satanic temptation. Unless sexual intimacy resumes, the renewed spiritual depth and fervor attained during the time of special devotion may be quashed and invalidated by Satan’s temptation. Since the Corinthians lack self-control, and some even have found arguments to spiritualize and sanction their incontinence (6:13), sexual intimacy between spouses functions as a guard against Satan’s attempt to devastate their unity with Christ by leading them into sexual immorality ...

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