Warrior For The Cross

                                                          SELF-CONTROL Self-control... helps us to resist temptation and avoid conforming to the things of this world. It guides our decisions and correlates with her how we show the other fruits in our lives. Jesus Christ gives us the perfect example of self control, because He lived a sinless life and possessed every fruit of the spirit. Self-control is the last fruit, it is certainly not the least. In fact,  it takes a great deal of self control to exercise the eight other vitures. We will all face temptation to sin in our own lives. People often lack self restraint to stop when they should. Many of us find ourselves tempted to overeat, over drink, over spend, over indulge. Some people mistake self control with patience, however, they are different. Self control allows you to keep your mind focused on God while avoiding temptation of your desires. Worldly temptations can be strong, but our spiritual self control can be stronger with th

                                                                      Gentleness                               T he quality of being kind, tender or mild mannered Gentleness, showing care and respect for others in the way that you act and speak.                                                     What is the Spirit of Gentleness? Gentleness comes from a state of humility.  Therefore, someone who lacks Gentleness is often prideful and easily angered, or feels the need for revenge. In order to be gentle we must not view ourselves as better than someone else. The fruit of the Spirit is essentially  the character of Jesus, the quality of Gentleness is the opposite of harshness with others. It is the power over one's  Spirit that exudes a meek and mild person like Jesus. The Lord's  my Shepherd    Psalm 23 God guides me with His gentle love, Psalm 23 might be the most famous Psalm in the Bible! It also gives us a beautiful picture of how God is so gentle with us. " He makes me