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I really felt from the Lord that this is what I was supposed to teach here.

Not just here for you, but I'm sure for a lot of people that will get this on television at just the right time. I've just been thinking

a lot about discipline and self-control, and I can tell you that every day of our lives, we have to

say no to something that we would like to do and yes to something that we would prefer not to do.

Amen?

And it's not ever going to stop.

It's going to be that way every day, the rest of your life.

But discipline and self-control are actually good friends that God has given us.

Self-control is a fruit of the spirit.

And it's actually last on the list.

The list starts with love and joy, peace, patience, goodness ends up with self-control and i think

that's interesting i i call them like the two book ends of the fruit of the spirit all the fruit of

the spirit come out of love but they're all held in place by self-control you can't be kind if you

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