THE POWER OF SELF CONTROL

1 Peter 1:⁵ In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, ⁶ and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, ⁷ and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.    

Of all the Justice League superheros, Atom is the only one that has total control of his entire body.   He in the comics has been able to shrink himself to be able to into the bloodstream of Superman to heal and issue, as well as been able to magnify himself big enough or strong enough to punch through a wall.  But what does ATOM have to do with us as believers?  Simply this....ATOM was able to be all things to all people simply due to his abilities...and the question for you is.....ARE YOU DO YOU EVEN ATTEMPT TO BE  all things to all people in hopes of winning more for CHRIST (1Cor.9)?   Our scripture context is in regards to the FACT that GOD has provided us with the abilities needed to live a GODLY LIFE (and our response to HIS GIFT to us) if we would supplement our faith with........................                     

                               KNOWLEDGE WITH SELF CONTROL

                              SELF CONTROL WITH PATIENCE ENDURANCE

                              PATIENCE ENDURACE WITH GODLINESS

                              GODLINESS WITH BROTHERLY AFFECTION

                               BROTHERLY AFFECTION WITH LOVE FOR EVERYONE

See the end result is that we'd have LOVE FOR EVERYONE!   Just in case you didn't know EVERYONE includes your boss, your co-workers, your neighbors (all of them), the homeless, the sick, the bad kid on your block, the drug dealer, the drug addict, the drunk, the pedifile and if you truly LOVE EVERYONE your LOVE will MOVE YOU to DO something...even if that something is praying eanestly.......SO  I WONDER WHAT THE CHALLENGE IS TODAY???????????  LGLP