Tag Archives: discipline

Self-Control

Self-Control
While self-control may come easier to some people than to others, it is not a personality trait. It is learned behavior, forged by exercising the discipline muscle. No matter our personal bent toward unruliness or sloth, we can all grow towards getting our desires under control. Paul talks about taming his body so that he…
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Patience

Patience
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23 Patience is characterized by the ability to tolerate hardships and delays. Sometimes it is exhibited by refraining from moving forward until the proper time. Sometimes it is evident inwardly by remaining at peace while awaiting things that are beyond…
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Get your groove on

Get your groove on
When we make a decision and act, it builds a muscle. When we make it several times, we start to create a habit. After awhile, our decisions aren’t even conscious any more - they come naturally. Those habits become well-worn grooves on our path, helping to guide which way we go. Athletes develop grooves, being…
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Add to your Faith

Add to your Faith
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective…
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