Self-Control Part 3

Let’s look at some scenarios and questions concerning the presence of self-control in your life.

1.How are you as a finisher of responsible actions? When it is your turn to do the dishes for instance, and you look over at the overflowing countertop, do you go to it and complete the task in a reliable manner, or are you more likely to end up being a slothful couch potato for the evening, or to go do something fun, and simply fail to do your fair part?

2. Do you control your temper? Proverbs 14:17 A quick-tempered man does foolish things”

3. When pornography pops up on the computer screen do you delete it every time, or do you tend to get drawn away by the lust of the eyes and the lust of the flesh?

4. Are you careful to not say negative things about people with whom you are upset, to third parties who are not involved in the situation?

5. When it is getting late, and you know that you need to be at your best at school or work early the next morning, do you shut off the TV, or put away the hobby and get the sleep God designed you to need, in order to be sharp.

6. When you need to finish your homework and also study for the quiz that’s coming at school tomorrow, do you shut of the video game and just do it, even though its no fun?

7. When you walk into the mall, and you have a pocket full of credit cards, what is likely to happen? Is your spending in control?

8. Is your eating in control? Do you take that extra biscuit?

There could be hundreds of scenarios suggested, and some of them are more drastic than these, but all self-control questions are important.