According to the Bible, “self-control is like a muscle, like a person” (Proverbs 7:5). In other words, it’s a little muscle that gets in the way of our bad habits, and if we don’t get it under control, we won’t be able to continue the good ones as well.
Well, actually, it’s not like a muscle. It’s like a muscle that gets in the way of a bad habit. For most of us, the muscle in the back of our neck that helps us control our bad habits is just a little bit more than we need to be able to use to stay on the right track. It’s a muscle that gets in the way of the bad habits we need to stop.
I believe that the bible is actually pretty clear about the importance of self-control. Self-control is what keeps us from doing things that might cause us to injure ourselves or others, and not having it keeps us from doing the things that might cause us to injure ourselves or others. I think our modern culture has made it more difficult to understand this truth. In fact, I think that modern culture has made it even harder to understand and maintain the truth.
We talk about self-control a lot. It’s one of our big ideas about the world. It’s one of the biggest ideas in our society. It’s one of the oldest ideas in our society. But the truth is, we are really just people who want to be free from the control we feel we need to be in order to live a meaningful life.
So, for example, most people are told they have to control their environment to live a meaningful life and feel free from things like stress, frustration, or anxiety. But a lot of people don’t actually have control over their environment. They just keep doing things that make them feel bad about their environment or lack control over their environment. So, for instance, if you are constantly talking to your roommate on the phone, you will probably get a lot of anxiety.
This is called the “social anxiety” hypothesis. It says that the problem with anxiety is not that it is difficult to deal with, but that the problem is that it is socially acceptable. The social anxiety hypothesis tries to make sense out of people’s anxiety by positing that people feel bad because they think it is “normal” for others to talk to them on the phone.
And as the social anxiety hypothesis is not proven, there is still a lot of people who do not seem to want to stop talking to their friends. They are still quite anxious. So while the hypothesis is not proven, it still explains many people’s anxiety.
So, while social anxiety may be an explanation for some people, it is clearly not the answer. It is a question, not an answer. The social anxiety hypothesis provides little reason for people to stop talking to their friends. We all have a tendency to over-rely on our friends and family. Even though this may be good for us socially, it is bad for our relationship with God, the self, and the world.
There is a long tradition in Christian thought that people are not to be overly concerned with what others think, or what anyone else thinks. We are to be concerned only with what God has commanded. The command for a person to “be subject” to God (Ephesians 6:5) is a command to be “free” to think about God and the world.
The command for a person to be subject to God Ephesians 65 is a command to be free to think about God and the world. The command in the Bible for a person to be subject to God is also a command for a person to be free to sin and be tempted.