1. What does it mean to rule your own spirit?
- Ruling our spirits simply means:
- Controlling your anger.
- Controlling your words.
- Controlling your minds and reactions.
We need to allow the word of God to direct us.
2. The danger of a life without walls.
- A person without self control becomes vulnerable to:
- Temptation.
- Wrong decisions.
- Broken relationships with people.
- They’ll be spiritually defeated.
3. Building strong walls.
- Solutions:
- Prayers.
- Studying God’s words - how much of God’s words do we understand? Are we practicing it?
- Obedience to God’s words.
- Daily self discipline.
4. Practical applications
- Speech – Thinking before speaking, we need to control our anger.
- Avoid pride and impulse actions.
- Patience and dignity.
- We need to guard our thought.
“The strongest person is not who conquers others but who conquers himself”