{"id":10617,"date":"2016-01-13T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/?p=10617"},"modified":"2016-01-12T16:12:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T21:12:49","slug":"wed-13-jan-800-pm-fruits-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/?p=10617","title":{"rendered":"Fruits of the Holy Spirit (010) &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SELF-CONTROL!<\/p>\n<p>What are the Fruits of the Spirit?<\/p>\n<p>What specifically is the ninth of the Fruits of the Spirit?<\/p>\n<p>What is SELF-CONTROL?<\/p>\n<p>What does SELF-CONTROL mean specifically?<\/p>\n<p>Self-control means temperance, which means \u201cpower over oneself\u201d or \u201cself-mastery over our emotions and passions.\u201d Self-control governs our rationality and conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps to describe self-control adequately, and help to show what things cost to a lack of self-control? Sin, iniquity, envy, jealousy, lust, greed, gluttony, alcohol and drug abuse, conceit, sexual immorality, anger, and contentiousness. <\/p>\n<p>In essence, self-control means self-restraint, self-discipline, and obedience to God\u2019s will, word, and desire; as well as an overwhelming concern for others. Thusly, we exercise self-control for others, in addition to doing so for our own best interests.<\/p>\n<p>This was written pertaining to the Fruits of the Spirit:<\/p>\n<p>22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,<br \/>\n23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.<br \/>\n24 And those who are Christ\u2019s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.<br \/>\n25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.<br \/>\n26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.<\/p>\n<p>Galatians 5:16-26<\/p>\n<p>These things sum up how we should govern our behavior and actions before the Lord God, but also men, as an example of Christ within us!<\/p>\n<p>Continued during tomorrow\u2019s posting at this same time \u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/BlogByGod.com\/?p=10617 target=_blank>http:\/\/BlogByGod.com\/?p=10617<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/MessageByGod.com target=_blank>http:\/\/MessageByGod.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/GodTheLord.com target=_blank>PORTAL  &#8212;  http:\/\/GodTheLord.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026 for more revelation and inspiration \u2026 go to these websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SELF-CONTROL! What are the Fruits of the Spirit? What specifically is the ninth of the Fruits of the Spirit? What is SELF-CONTROL? What does SELF-CONTROL mean specifically? Self-control means temperance, which means \u201cpower over oneself\u201d or \u201cself-mastery over our emotions and passions.\u201d Self-control governs our rationality and conduct. Perhaps to describe self-control adequately, and help &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/?p=10617\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fruits of the Holy Spirit (010) &#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gifts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogbygod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}