I think most people would agree that the opposite of the term self-control is losing control. Having a meltdown, losing your temper. This meaning stems from the ‘control’ segment of the term ‘self-control’. But if we focus on the ‘self’ segment of the term ‘self-control’ another opposite emerges: ‘other’. Other-control. Controlling people and circumstances. (For…
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Stop! Put your pencils down
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together… (Colossians 1:17) …if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. (Colossians 1:23) Where does your mind go? What do you think about when you’re bored? Or worried about something? If you can’t sleep at…
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