Self-Control

Control has a bad reputation, doesn’t it? Perhaps you’ve heard people say things like, “That person needs to stop being so controlling.” “He destroyed his relationship with her because he was too controlling.” “I have a problem with being controlling.” There is most assuredly a negative form of control that is sin against God because our flesh tries to exert control over others instead of submitting ourselves to God and loving and serving others instead. But there is a vitally important type of ...