“NEVER LOSE YOUR COOL”
“You can lose everything, except your temper.” I remember that saying from long ago and I hope I have quoted it correctly.
KEEP YOUR TEMPER. NEVER LOSE YOUR TEMPER. NEVER LOSE YOUR COOL.
With other words don’t lose your composure. Be self-controlled.
Let us see, what the Bible, the word of God, has to say about self- control.
In his first letter to the church of the Thessalonians Paul says to the believers “….let us be alert and self- controlled.” (First Thessalonians 5:6,8)
Self-control is also a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23).
In the book of Acts we are reading about a man called Felix. Paul spoke to him about three things: Righteousness, self-control and judgment. And the BIBLE says “….Felix was afraid…” (Acts 24:25)
Do you want to be effective in your knowledge of Jesus? Do you want to be productive in your knowledge of Jesus? Be self-controlled (Second Peter 1:6)
The following people are told to be self-controlled: Overseers (bishops), older men, older women, young men (Titus chapter one and two)
In Titus 2:12 we read that the grace of God teaches us to live self-controlled.
Second Timothy 3:3 warns us about the “Godlessness in the Last Days” and we are told that people will be without self-control.
Being clear minded and self-controlled helps us also to pray (First Peter 4:7).
Being alert and self-controlled helps us also not to be devoured by our enemy, the devil (First Peter 5:8)
Proverbs 25:28 compares a man who lacks self-control with a city whose walls are broken down.
We have feelings. We have emotions. We have reactions.
Let us keep control over our feelings, emotions and reactions!
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