THE SOUL AFTER DEATH
Text: Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after […]
NO SOUL IS WORTH LOSING
Text: Ezekiel 18:18–28 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. 19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which […]
THE SOUL OF A MAN
Text: Genesis 2:1–7 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: […]
THE ENDURING POWER OF SELF-CONTROL
Text: 2 Peter 1:5-7 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. THE ENDURING POWER OF SELF-CONTROL Memory verse: Proverbs 25:28 “Like a city whose walls […]
SELF-CONTROL AS A KEY TO LIVING A VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIFE
Text: Hebrews 12:1-2 1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our […]
SELF-CONTROL AND PERSEVERANCE IN TRIALS
Text: Romans 5:3-4 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: SELF-CONTROL AND PERSEVERANCE IN TRIALS Memory verse: James 1:12 ” Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life […]
SELF-CONTROL IN HANDLING CONFLICT AND ANGER
Text: Ephesians 4:26-27 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil. SELF-CONTROL IN HANDLING CONFLICT AND ANGER Memory verse: Proverbs 15:1 “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Self-control is like having strong brakes on your […]
SELF-CONTROL AND THE DISCIPLINE IN FASTING
Text: Joel 2:12–13 12 Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, […]