In control
Part 9 of the series
“Stairway to Heaven”
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As you build this step of knowledge, you will find that it
becomes the foundation for divine temperance, the control of Self that comes
from knowing God’s Word.
to knowledge self-control…58
to virtue knowledge,
…add
to your faith virtue,
Through your experiences with God in building His
Stairway to Heaven, you will find over time that your mind has transformed to
the mind of Christ.59 You will find yourself behaving differently,
responding to the situations in your life with a resolve not of your own heart,
but from the Spirit that lives within you, the Spirit of God.60
Divine temperance is not
taught; it is embodied within you when you give up control of your life to
Christ. You inherently cannot create
self-control, for the self cannot create something to control itself, for how
could a man modify and transform his own mind?
The thought itself creates an endless loop of thought achieving nothing,
but thought consumption. If you feel
that you can create self-control, reconsider what you may be doing, that is,
controlling others who affect you. If
you lack self-control or if you are attempting to achieve a state of balance by
creating a system of self-control, how much of its success is dependent upon
how others respond to you? If you find
that your balance of control is achieved only when you can control your
environment, then all that you have accomplished is to build fences around
others so that you may roam freely around them without boundary.
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Praise
to Our Father for the words He has given me. ~Jeff Cambridge
Written
June 10, 2004
Copyright
© 2004, 2005, 2016 by Jeff Cambridge, Stellar Rhema Ministry
Footnotes
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King James Version, copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc.,
Publishers.
Verses
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Stairway to Heaven - 9
58.
2 Peter 1:6
59.
Romans 12:2, 1 Corinthians 2:16, 1 Peter 4:1-2
60.
Ephesians 4:20-24, 1 Corinthians 2:11 NLT
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