Post on 16-Jan-2017
• 1Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of GOD I am
what I am, and HIS GRACE to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them- yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
KEY FACTORS TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON IN 2015:
• 1. CLEAR GOALS• 2. TIME-MANAGEMENT • 3. HABITS• 4. DISCIPLINE• 5. PASSION
1. SET AND WRITE YOUR CLEAR IMPORTANT GOALS
2. DEVELOP DAILY WISE TIME-MANAGEMENT TO BECOME
A BETTER PERSON
3. ESTABLISH AND STRENGTHEN GOOD HABITS THAT MAKE YOU
A BETTER PERSON
4. EXERCISE STRONG SELF-DISCIPLINE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU.
MOTTO: • SA KAUNLARAN NG BAYAN,
DISIPLINA ANG KAILANGAN
• SA KAUNLARAN NG BUHAY, DISIPLINA ANG KAILANGAN
•2Timothy 1:7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
• (AMP) For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
• (CEV) God's Spirit doesn't make cowards out of us. The Spirit gives us power, love, and self-control.
Proverbs 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.
1Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Galatians 5:1 (NIV)
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm,
then, and do not let yourselves be burdened
again by a yoke of slavery.
ILLUS: EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT IS NECESSARY IN SUCCESS
1.) EXERT GOD-GIVEN SELF-CONTROL ON TEMPER ESPECIALLY MOOD AND ANGER IN BECOMING A BETTER PERSON.
(GNB) Stupid people express their anger openly, but sensible people are patient and hold it back.
(CEV) Don't be a fool and quickly lose your temper-- be sensible and patient.
Proverbs 29:11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.
• James 1:26 If anyone considers himself religious
and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.
2.) EXERT GOD-GIVEN SELF-CONTROL ON SPEAKING AND USE OF WORDS IN BECOMING A BETTER PERSON.
(NLT) If you claim to be religious but don't
control your tongue, you are just fooling yourself, and your
religion is worthless.
James 3:8 but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.
James 3:10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
Proverbs 12:18 Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 10:19 When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.
Proverbs 21:23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.
(AMP) He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles.
3.) EXERT GOD-GIVEN SELF-CONTROL ON EMOTIONAL DECEPTIONS IN BECOMING A BETTER PERSON.
PROVERBS 29:11(GW) A fool expresses all his
emotions, but a wise person controls them.
1. UNTIMELY "LOVE FEELINGS" FOR YOUTH
2. FEELINGS OF " WRONG AFFECTIONS OR LOVE " TOWARDS A WRONG A PERSON
3. FEELINGS OF LINGERING SADNESS
4.) EXERT GOD-GIVEN SELF-CONTROL ON STRONG DESIRES OF EARTHLY AND TEMPORAL SUCCESSES IN BECOMING A BETTER PERSON.Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the
Teacher, [1] son of David, king in Jerusalem:
Ecclesiastes 1:2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the things
that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
a.) ACQUISITION OF MORE AND MORE WEALTHb.) FAME AND POPULARITYc.) AUTHORITY AND POWER d.) ACHIEVEMENTS AND
RECOGNITIONSe.) EARTHLY GREAT
KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION
5.) EXERT GOD-GIVEN SELF-CONTROL ON PHYSICAL APPETITES IN BECOMING A BETTER PERSON
Titus 2:12 It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
1Corinthians 6:12 "Everything is
permissible for me"--but not everything is
beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--
but I will not be mastered by anything.