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The Virtue of Self-control

Also known as: Discipline

Definition of Self-control:

Joyful mastery over one's passions and desires

Prayer for Self-control:

Dear Jesus, Thank You for all the desires You have given me, because they remind me of the desire in my heart that only You can fill! Help me to control my tongue when I am supposed to be silent; my hands when I am supposed to keep them to myself; my eyes when I am supposed to be focused on a particular person or thing; and my ears to listen to only those things I am supposed to hear.

Self-control Looks Like:

Raising your hand before talking in class
Walking in a straight line
Keeping your hands to yourself
Not taking an extra cookie
Listening to others while they speak; not interrupting them

Self-control Sounds Like:

I will raise my hand before I speak.
Silence
I will keep my hands to myself.
I will only take one cookie even if I want more than one.
Silence. I will listen while you are speaking.

LEARN ABOUT THIS VIRTUE

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FOR YOUTH

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Featured Scriptures

2 Timothy 1:6-7

Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands

Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control

Proverbs 25:28

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

Sirach 11:8

Do not answer before you have heard, nor interrupt a speaker in the midst of his words.

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