Self- Control

by | Jan 9, 2023 | Empowerment, Mental & Emotional

Self-Control is the ability of individuals to put themselves in check or put their bodies in subjection. Self-control can be likened to self-discipline.
Apostle Paul in 1 Cor 9:24-27 says 24 You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don’t you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious. 25 Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that[a] never fades. 26 That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadowboxing. 27 No, I keep on disciplining my body, making it serve me so that after I have preached to others, I will not somehow be disqualified.
Lack of self-control can manifest itself in several ways; some people lack the ability to control their emotions. The moment they get angry or excited about something, it is going to be like heaven is going to fall. They can say anything that comes to their mind, and they cannot just stop.
Some lack self-control when it comes to the opposite sex, eating habits, drinking, and time management- forgetting that time is so precious, it is only time that you cannot buy back; the moment time is wasted you cannot buy it back.
How do you know you lack self-Control?
• Difficulty to commit to positive habits
• Inability to regulate your feelings or actions
• Inability to reach goals
• Get distracted easily
How to acquire self-control:
• Prayer Ask for strength from God
• Be conscious of your actions
• Remove enticement; things that can draw you to what you do not want to do.
• Self-control is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit Gal 5:23
• Focus on things you want to do and have a to-do list.
• Measure your progress.
• Eradicate procrastination.

In conclusion Proverbs 25 vs 28 says; Like a city with broken walls
is a man without self-control. Control yourself as you are proceeding this year. Not everything that glitters is gold neither is everything red fire.
Prayer: Father Lord give me the grace to control myself in every area.
Remained blessed!

Psalm 91 Personalized

by | Jan 19, 2022 | Empowerment, Spiritual

Psalm 91 Personalized
1) I that dwell in the secret place of the Most High will abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2) I will say to the LORD, You are “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in Whom I trust”.
3) For He will deliver me from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
4) God will cover me with His feathers, and under His wings, I will find refuge; His truth shall be my shield and buckler.
5) I will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day
6) Nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7) A thousand may fall at my side, ten thousand at my right hand, but it will not come near me.
8) I will only look with my eyes and see the reward of the wicked.
9) Because I have made the LORD my dwelling place- the Most High, my refuge-
10) No evil shall be allowed to befall me; no plague will come near my tent.
11) For the LORD will command His angels to guard me in all my ways.
12) On their hands they will bear me up, lest I strike my foot against a stone.
13) I will tread on the lion and the cobra; the young lion and the serpent I will trample under my foot.
14) Because I hold fast to the Almighty God in love, The Lord will deliver me, He will protect me because I know His name.
15) When I call to God, He will answer me, the LORD will be with me in trouble; the LORD Almighty will rescue me and honor me.
16) “With Long life, the LORD will satisfy me and show me HIs Salvation”.
AMEN!
By Olufunmilola Catherine Adedipe.
Camp of God Family, Houston Texas.

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