Topic: Galatians 5:22
So what is it you have resolved to do differently in the new year? We all have something we hope to do different or better or not at all. Even if we don't make official "resolutions" we still find our mind contemplating that fresh page of a new year.
Whatever area of life you hope to see change in, whether it is dropping a few pounds, improving the exercise component in your schedule, taking more time for loved ones, balancing your checkbook or any other self-improvement, it will primarily involve one thing: self-control!
Self-control is not easy to muster up. Some have more of it than others, but we all need a good dose of it when we take the challenge to change something in our lives.
There is a place you can get self-control. It is listed as one of the fruit of the Spirit that God can cultivate in your heart when you seek Him to provide it.
Whatever change you are hoping to accomplish in this New Year, ask God to give you His Spirit to help you. As you take the challenge of that area of your life to Him, He will empower you, by His Spirit, to have self-control.
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control" (Galatians 5:22).
Right now tell God what area of your life you need His help in changing. Ask Him to give you the strength to be disciplined as you make this choice to change. Ask Him to nudge your heart when you are tempted to slip back into old patterns. Ask Him to fill you afresh, every day, with His Holy Spirit so that your life will show the fruit that comes from Him...fruit that includes self-control.
by Gail Rodgers
Posted by Prophecies Of Revelation
at 2:07 PM CST
Updated: Friday, 29 February 2008 10:30 AM CST