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Proverbs chapter 25, verse 28.

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

Self-control is really significant. To not have self-control is to expose your life to all kinds of

temptations and danger. Think about my life. I've shared this in some different settings before, but there was a period of my life, a long period of my life as a pastor,

where I would describe my life as a total lack of self-control.

Lack of self-control when it comes to time with the Lord.

Like I was busy doing so many things in the church and so many things in ministry.

Like I wasn't lazy. I wasn't just sitting around doing nothing. I was doing a ton, but I was not. I was

hardly ever pausing and just being with God. I was out of control. I lacked control in the way I ate,

the way I drank. I mean, not getting drunk by any means, but just drinking things that were not

healthy. I was totally out of control when it came to my health. When it came to sleeping,

I was staying up all night and getting up early in the morning, running, doing this and that,

no self-control. And I praise God for His grace in my life. Because I was a city

broken into and left without walls, and he protected me. There are so many different ways that

season in my life could have gone. It could have ruined my life. I praise God for my

wife. I asked her one day, try to periodically ask her how I can love her better. And this day,

she usually is like, oh, you know, you can work on this or that, but you're doing great.

This day there wasn't any you're doing great.

Like, she said, you don't eat well.

You don't sleep.

Don't exercise.

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