Defined as ... Creating healthy habits and cultivating a state of mind that stays in control of my passions, emotions and desires.
“He who conquers others is mighty among the world; he who conquers himself has already conquered the world.”
~ Author Unknown ~
“Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.”
~ Author Unknown ~
“Self-discovery and self-identification are not found; they are made.”
~ Thomas Szasz ~
1. Daniel Praying three times a day
(Daniel 6:1-16)
2. Daniel's Diet
(Daniel 1)
3. Jesus' Temptation in the Wilderness
(Matthew 4:1-11)
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“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
Galatians 5:22-23
“All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.”
1 Corinthians 6:12
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”
Proverbs 25:28
“I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”
Job 31:1