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Self-Discipline “The fruit of the Spirit is…temperance (self-control)” (Galatians 5:22-23). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word discipline in the following way: Discipline (verb): To train or develop by instruction and exercise especially in self-control…to bring under control. Another online site states, “When you have discipline you have self-control.” The Bible says, “He that hath no rule over his own spirit (self-control) is like a city that is broken down, and without walls” (Proverbs 25:28). I read recently of a group of students at a private school who wrote the headmaster the following: “We want more freedom, less homework, more TV and entertainment time, and no curfew limit.” They wanted to have what they thought was true liberty, and exemption from rules and regulations. But freedom is not the right to do what I want but the power to do what I ought. As believers we need, in the power of the Spirit and the divine life we have in Christ, to practice self-discipline…self-control. This in itself is a great testimony to a world where self-indulgence is constantly preached and practiced.
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