Watchman’s Daily Devotional: Exercise Self-Control. Exercising Discipline Is a Result of Spiritual Growth. May the Fruit of Your Labor Come to Fruition in Your Life. Once You Understand the Significant Tasks That Are Meant for You, You Will Feel Motivated To Be Disciplined in How You Prepare for Them

1 Peter 1:13-16 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” Thanks to the God plan of salvation through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, get ready to take action! If someone put in so much effort to rescue you, there must be a purpose for you. Certainly, establishing a connection with you is His primary focus, but this connection leads to tangible outcomes. Get ready to prepare your mind for the mission of spreading God teachings throughout…

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Sinful Pleasures, The Price Tag “HIGH”

“Homosexuality” among animals in nature is not a lifestyle choice. Animals do not operate within any moral context and do not “sin.” However, human beings are not the same as animals. Self-discipline is essentially the same as self-control, one of the nine fruits of the Spirit listed by Paul in Galatians 5:22-23. The KJV translation uses the word temperance in place of “self-control” which, like self-discipline, generally refers to our ability to control or restrain ourselves from all kinds of feelings, impulses, and desires, which includes the desire for physical and material comfort. Now, even though self-control is the last of the spiritual fruits mentioned by Paul, and even though it is a term not used extensively in the Bible, self-control is clearly an indispensable attribute of the Christian life, especially as our unredeemed flesh sometimes causes us to succumb to the persistent tug of our sinful…

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