Ahh, yes. Self-control. It’s that virtue we find so admirable in another, yet so elusive in one’s own life. And yet, the Bible tells us that the Spirit produces it in us–that it is a fruit of the Spirit’s work in our lives! Self-control is elusive when we seek to muscle our way into righteous living. Instead, it is obtainable when we, by Grace, “keep in step with the Spirit.” “Therefore, if Scripture requires self-control from every Christian, it is obviously attainable by every Christian…whenever God gives a command, He also provides this grace to obey it.” (p. 64) This 4th chapter in Feminine Appeal, by Carolyn Mahaney, was once again a call to a biblical perspective, one where self-control is welcomed as safety rather than loathed as restricting. “A man without self-control is like a city broken and left without walls.” (Proverbs 25:28) “When we recognize self-control as the […]