Temperance in all

Temperance in all. In 1 Cor 9:25 our next thought is to have mastery in every part of our lives. Mind, body, soul, emotion, will and spirit. I believe the spirit is the most important. Whatever you feed your spirit determines the outcome. So whatever you feed your mind, body or emotions, all bear on your spirit's health. In our word study let's look at it from the Greek culture of athletics. (Thayer) says, ... "to be self-controlled, continent, conduct, in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence" Sounds like our world today...out of control. Sounds like our own lives as Christians, which don't look to much different than the world. We carry to much baggage and expect to win this race. Remember there are a lot of witnesses watching, there is eternity at stake. The Holy Spirit is running with you to finish. Hebrews 12:1 NKJV Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,