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A prayer for self-control, written by Dr. Charles Stanley, read by Alyssa Forsberg.

Heavenly Father, we live in a world which encourages us to indulge in every whim, but you are calling us to rise above us.

Please teach us the virtue of self-control.

But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5. 22 to 23.

The book of judges tells of a man named Sampson, who was so strong he could kill a lion

with his bare hands.

Chapter 14, verse 5 through 6.

He possessed physical strength unequaled by any human being, but this could not compensate

for his inner weakness.

All of us have areas of weakness. God wants these character flaws to show us how totally dependent we are upon him.

When we handle them properly, they drive us into a deeper, more intimate relationship with the Lord. But uncontrolled weakness wrecks havoc in a person's life.

Samson's Achilles heel was uncontrollable lust.

Although he was raised in a godly home and had a clear calling in life,

he gave into his desires and deliberately violated the truth he knew so well.

Despite Nazarite law forbidding involvement with foreign women,

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