The way to become self-controlled is to become God-controlled.
“He was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
- Matthew 4:1
How do I develop self-control?
How do I develop self-control?
1) Create distance (between me and disaster)
“How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”
- Genesis 39:9
How do I develop self-control?
1) Create distance (between me and disaster)
2) Raise the threat level
“Day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.”
- v. 10
“In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, […] David remained at Jerusalem.”
- 2 Samuel 11:1
How do I develop self-control?
1) Create distance (between me and disaster)
2) Raise the threat level
3) Know the map