Love

Proverbs 4:23; 2 Peter 1:5–7

Peter’s list of virtues, one added upon the other, ends up with love. Practicing self-control, along with faithfulness, joy, peace, gentleness, kindness, goodness and patience, will make us better people and better Christians, for sure, but Jesus is interested above all in the shape of our hearts. Without love, even with discipline, we are clanging gongs.


Questions for further thought:
1. How does self-control make us better at loving people?

2. How does self-control make us better at loving God?  


​Challenge: Ask God for His love to infuse your heart, making it easier for you to exercise self-control.