{"id":2114,"date":"2024-05-24T18:50:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/discipline-self-control-empowering-prayers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T08:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:58:15","slug":"discipline-self-control-empowering-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/discipline-self-control-empowering-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u81ea\u5236\u3068\u898f\u5f8b\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306e\u7948\u308a\uff1a\u8a98\u60d1\u3001\u6012\u308a\u3001\u7fd2\u6163\u3001\u305d\u3057\u3066\u4ed5\u4e8b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>\u201cLord, I cannot master myself on my own. Give me your Spirit of self-control today: in what I say, eat, watch and spend, and in the work I keep putting off. Amen.\u201d Christians pray for self-control as well as work at it, because Scripture lists it among the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23). The King James Version calls this virtue \u201ctemperance.\u201d The Greek word behind it, enkrateia, means self-control, and it appears in only three verses of the New\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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