Strong Wall of the City
Renungan Harian / 21 February 2015
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Yenny Kartika Official Writer
1939Proverbs
25:28
Whoever has no rule over his
own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.
Bible
Reading for a Year
[bible]psalm52[/bible]; [bible]0acts24[/bible]; [bible]levit14-15[/bible]
The word “self-control” in Greek “egkrateia”contains two words; en
inside) and kratos (power or
authority). So, self-control is power inside a man.
In the ancient times a Caesar
often used word egkrateia to show his
people not to be busy with their own concerns. Egkrateia also has meaning having authority to prohibit oneself to
hobbies, emotional desire, and ego.
When you become a leader with
whole power, but at the same you have egkrateia,
then you can control your every decision. So what the Bible says about
self-control? Matthew 26:41 says "Watch and pray, lest you enter into
temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
How can you control yourself?
1 Timothy 4:7-8 says “But
reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness. For
bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things,
having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.”
Remember that worldly
satisfaction at this moment is in vain. Yet you should train yourself and
replace it with godliness. Godliness contains a promise. Why does God command
us to reject profane and old wives’ fables? It is because God wants you to
follow Him totally. Believing in old fables leads us to destruction. Our God is
a jealous God.
When
you can control yourself, you maintain wall of the city in your life.
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Apakah Anda rindu menerima Yesus sebagai Tuhan dan Juruslamat pribadi dalam hidup Anda?
Ikuti doa ini sekarang:
“Tuhan, saya mengakui bahwa saya orang berdosa. Saya membutuhkan Engkau. Saya percaya bahwa darahMu sanggup menghapuskan segala dosa dan kesalahanku. Saat ini, saya mengundang Engkau, Yesus Kristus, masuk dalam hati dan hidupku menjadi Tuhan dan Juruslamatku. Saya menyerahkan hidupku bagiMu dan melayaniMu.
Dalam nama Yesus aku berdoa. Amin”
