Day 10 Biblical Womanhood " How to have Self Control"

    So today we are looking at  "How to Have Self Control". Yesterday we learned that self control is a fruit of the spirit.  We basically must yield our hearts to the Holy Spirit and obey Him when He speaks to us. By doing so it will produce the fruits of the Spirit in our lives.  You ask, "How do I know when He is speaking to me?"  Bill Jones and Terry Powell include the following chart in their book, Walking in the Spirit. (Camp Hill: Christian Publications, 2001. p. 81): 

       Characteristics of the Holy Spirit's Promptings 
       

They Will Always	They Will Never
Confirm Scripture	Contradict Scripture
Be Specific	Be General
Convict	Condemn
Lead you	Push or drive you
Be Simple	Be Complicated
Motivate you to faith	Create fear in you
Focus primarily on changing you inwardly	Focus primarily on changing you outwardly
Emphasize character	Emphasize circumstances
Be True	Be False
Be Clear	Be Confusing
Restore Relationships	Destroy Relationships
Major on your faults, others’ needs	Major on others’ faults, your needs
Lead you to do something	Lead you to overdo something

       

 This list should help us to discern when the Holy Spirit is prompting us. 

"And how does the Spirit produce this fruit of self-control in us? By instructing us in the superior preciousness of grace, and enabling us to see and savor (that is, "trust") all that God is for us in Jesus. "The grace of God has appeared . . . instructing us to deny . . . worldly desires . . . in the present age" (Titus 2:11).     When we really see and believe what God is for us by grace through Jesus Christ, the power of wrong desires is broken. Therefore the fight for self-control is a fight of faith. "Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called" (1 Timothy 6:12).*

* http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-fierce-fruit-of-self-control
 See you tomorrow!