Christian maturity brings private thoughts, competing desires, and daily habits under the clear direction of Scripture.
Bringing Your Thoughts, Desires, and Habits Under Scriptural Direction
Correcting the Thoughts That Feed Anger and Resentment
Correcting anger requires truthful judgments, restrained speech, rejection of revenge, and deliberate action that resists resentment.
Bringing Your Desires and Habits Under the Direction of God’s Word
Bring desires and habits under God’s Word through honest examination, repentance, practical restraint, and consistent replacement with faithful conduct.
Helping Your Children Resist Peer Pressure and Moral Confusion
Harmful habits are confronted through honest repentance, changed circumstances, practiced obedience, and sustained resistance to temptation.
How to Deal with Temptation in the Christian Life
Learn how to resist temptation through Scripture, prayer, renewed thinking, wise boundaries, Christian fellowship, and faithful obedience.
Daily Devotional for Saturday, June 20, 2026
Proverbs 17:27 teaches that wisdom appears in restrained words, careful listening, accurate speech, and a calm spirit governed by Scripture.
Daily Devotional for Thursday, June 18, 2026
James 1:19 teaches Christians to listen carefully, speak thoughtfully, and restrain anger in every relationship and conversation.
Daily Devotional for Thursday, April 23, 2026
Proverbs 20:29 teaches that youthful strength is glorious only when it is governed by wisdom, purity, humility, and faithful service to Jehovah.
Daily Devotional for Friday, November 21, 2025
Psalm 39:1 calls believers to guard their words carefully, resisting sinful speech and honoring Jehovah through disciplined, Scripture-shaped self-control.
How Can I Keep My Mind off Sex? A Christian Teen’s Guide to Self-Control in a Sex-Saturated World
You’re not powerless over lust. With God’s Word, the Holy Spirit, and wise habits, you can keep your mind pure—even in a sex-saturated world.
