Self-Control is our capacity to set aside the immediate gratification of our personal desires for the sake of long-term or higher goals. This message explores the questions: why is Self-Control so important? How do we get more of it in our lives?

Proverbs 25
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a person who lacks self-control.

1 Corinthians 9
Remember that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize. You also must run in such a way that you will win. All athletes practice strict self-control. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step.

James 1
So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.

Proverbs 14 & 16
There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

2 Timothy 4
Keep your head in all things.

Luke 6
A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart.

Galatians 5
What happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard. We find ourselves…able to marshal
and direct our energies wisely.