Comments on: Self Control/Temperance http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:48:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Naomi A. http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-235699 Naomi A. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:29:53 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-235699 Thank you, Mrs. Wilson. I appreciate the wisdom God has entrusted to you. Thank you, Mrs. Wilson. I appreciate the wisdom God has entrusted to you.

]]> By: AK http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-146646 AK Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:01:15 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-146646 Hi I cannot say thank you enough for these posts on the fruit of the Spirit. They are helping me in my Christian life as a wife and mother of 6. I have been challenged, soooo challenged, recently about two things - my attitude to my husband and the use of my tongue. Basically, I thought I was a respectful, reverent, submissive wife. But I wasn't. I was sometimes disrespectful, unfaithful in my thought life, and kidding myself about being submissive. And my tongue was not bridled. I was using the excuse that my life is so difficult being the mother of so many, I would simply run out of self-control. The truth is, I wasn't dying. And here is the answer to your question I think Valerie - you have to choose to die. That is, you acknowledge the lack of self-control and then you decide to put it to death. You do not allow it to rule you. You put your emotion/desire under your will and you do not let it rule you. You confess your sin to God and you pray for the help and strength of the Holy Spirit to live the life you know God wants you to live. I have made a conscious decision to say only what I have to say. I have made a conscious decision to think about my attitude towards my husband before I speak to him and to choose words that are respectful. Thank you for your encouragement as I seek to do this Nancy. May God bless you - and you too Valerie. Hi
I cannot say thank you enough for these posts on the fruit of the Spirit. They are helping me in my Christian life as a wife and mother of 6.
I have been challenged, soooo challenged, recently about two things – my attitude to my husband and the use of my tongue. Basically, I thought I was a respectful, reverent, submissive wife. But I wasn’t. I was sometimes disrespectful, unfaithful in my thought life, and kidding myself about being submissive.
And my tongue was not bridled.
I was using the excuse that my life is so difficult being the mother of so many, I would simply run out of self-control. The truth is, I wasn’t dying.
And here is the answer to your question I think Valerie – you have to choose to die. That is, you acknowledge the lack of self-control and then you decide to put it to death. You do not allow it to rule you.
You put your emotion/desire under your will and you do not let it rule you. You confess your sin to God and you pray for the help and strength of the Holy Spirit to live the life you know God wants you to live.
I have made a conscious decision to say only what I have to say. I have made a conscious decision to think about my attitude towards my husband before I speak to him and to choose words that are respectful.
Thank you for your encouragement as I seek to do this Nancy.
May God bless you – and you too Valerie.

]]> By: Valerie (Kyriosity) http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-1427 Valerie (Kyriosity) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:51:50 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-1427 I started to write a big, long comment, but decided it was TMI, so I'll cut to the vaguer bottom line: how does one grow and develop self-control? The answer always seems to be, "Just do it," which I find singularly unhelpful. God designed things so parents would train up their children to be self-controlled. Of course if that didn't happen, that's no excuse for sin. But how does one train oneself in self-control...pull oneself up by the bootstraps? I have made so little progress in 20 years of praying and striving in this area. What am I doing wrong? What have I missed? I started to write a big, long comment, but decided it was TMI, so I’ll cut to the vaguer bottom line: how does one grow and develop self-control? The answer always seems to be, “Just do it,” which I find singularly unhelpful. God designed things so parents would train up their children to be self-controlled. Of course if that didn’t happen, that’s no excuse for sin. But how does one train oneself in self-control…pull oneself up by the bootstraps? I have made so little progress in 20 years of praying and striving in this area. What am I doing wrong? What have I missed?

]]> By: nancyann http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-1424 nancyann Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:49:44 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-1424 Valerie, if you could come up with a more specific question, I would be happy to try to answer it with another post. And I'll dust around for some of that cheap cherry flavoring. Valerie, if you could come up with a more specific question, I would be happy to try to answer it with another post. And I’ll dust around for some of that cheap cherry flavoring.

]]> By: Jen http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-1417 Jen Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:32:58 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-1417 When I first saw this, ooo- I decided to come back to it later. When I started reading later, I thought, ouch, I'll come back to it later. Now that I've finished it, can I ask if the medicine can have some of that cheap cherry flavoring to go down easier? Thanks for the tough encouragement. When I first saw this, ooo- I decided to come back to it later. When I started reading later, I thought, ouch, I’ll come back to it later. Now that I’ve finished it, can I ask if the medicine can have some of that cheap cherry flavoring to go down easier? Thanks for the tough encouragement.

]]> By: Valerie (Kyriosity) http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-1413 Valerie (Kyriosity) Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:40:20 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/07/31/self-controltemperance/#comment-1413 One word: <i>How?</i> Okay, two words: <i>How...please?</i> ;-) One word: How?

Okay, two words: How…please? ;-)

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