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What's in us will come out of us.

So we have to start by controlling what's in us with God's help.

I'm Joyce Meyer, and I believe that God can heal you everywhere you hurt.

Thank you for joining me today on enjoying everyday life.

We care about you, we pray for you,

and I hope you pray for us too because I need all the prayer help that I can get.

Today I'm going to talk about,

still talking about the fruit of the spirit. This will be the last one. Just save the best for the last. The fruit of self-control.

Now, they didn't moan this time because I already told them before what I was going to teach them,

but the first time I said it, they went, uh-uh.

Well, you know, any time you mention self-control, I mean, it is kind of funny.

It's like everybody like, uh-uh, we don't like anything that's hard or anything that hurts. But the first thing I want you to remember is that

self-control is not your enemy, it is your friend.

God has given us the ability.

God has given us the ability to control ourselves.

We don't have others control.

We have self-control.

Galatians 522 and 23 tell us what the fruit of the spirit is.

Fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness, and self-control. The fruit of the spirit is very important because it's not having a bumper sticker on our car

that's going to impress the lost world.

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