(remember: I am growing toward Christian maturity - and this is one of the excellent things I am blessed to pursue)
self-control (as in Gal 5:23)
mastery within, self-restraint
but not by or of myself, it is accomplished by the power of the Lord
it is a fruit (outcome, result) of the Holy Spirit's influence on me
which I am responsible to exercise
it is AS I exercise self-control that God ENABLES me to do it
self-control is a temperance in my thoughts, words, actions
(in particular drinking, eating, and all bodily desires, lusts)
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