I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.
Romans 7:15

And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t.
Romans 7:18

• You need self-control to

doing things you shouldn’t — and to

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the things you should.

A person without self-control is as defenseless as a city with broken-down walls.
Proverbs 25:28

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. ¹² It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
Titus 2:11,12

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Galatians 5:22–23

So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.
Galatians 5:16

• Self-control is not about trying

, but about

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control and letting His Spirit guide my life.

“Self-control for God’s person does not imply that with severe self-discipline I can control my conduct. No, no, no! The answer does not lie there. Self-control for the Christian means that my “self,” my whole person, my whole being, body, soul, spirit comes under the control of Christ. It means that I am an individual governed by God.”… I am a “man under authority.” —Phillip Keller, Author

Live In Sync with the Spirit

1.

before you have to

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.

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.
Daniel 1:8

“Habits eat willpower for breakfast.” —John Ortberg

2.

your eyes and ears.

…we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:5b

3.

don’t

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.

She came and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding, “Come on, sleep with me!” Joseph tore himself away, but he left his cloak in her hand as he ran from the house.
Genesis 39:12

No temptation has seized you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
I Corinthians 10:13

• The

will come.

So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
Galatians 6:9