temperance Archives - Steps to Life

Bible Study Guides – “The End of Your Faith”

March 6, 2020 by Gordon Anderson

January 30 – February 5, 2000 – “Add to Your Faith Virtue” What will be the effect in the life of the one who truly lives by the faith of Jesus? 2 Peter 1:5.

Food for Life – Excessive Indulgence

February 28, 2020 by Marjorie Coulson

Now this encircles a wide range of activities, right? On the top of the same page we read, “Excessive indulgence in eating, drinking, sleeping, or seeing, is sin.”

Restoring the Temple – Temperance: A New Look At Self-Control

February 7, 2020 by Sheryle Beaudry-RN,C

Temperance covers virtually every aspect of human life, relating to moderation in necessary functions such as eating and our interactions with others, and in abstinence in areas like smoking, alcohol and drug use.

Restoring the Temple – Activating Principles of a Changed Life

January 30, 2020 by Ellen G. White

Men will never be truly temperate until the grace of Christ is an abiding principle in the heart. . . . Circumstances cannot work reform. Christianity proposes a reformation in the heart.

The Consecrated Way, Part III

January 30, 2020 by Mike Baugher

“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance . . . .” 11 Peter 1:4–6.

Appetite

November 4, 2019 by John J. Grosboll

We are told in Testimonies, vol. 3, 492, that “those who are slaves to appetite will fail in perfecting Christian character.” Does perfecting of Christian character have to do with standing in the last days? If we are slaves to appetite, we are going to fail.

Bible Study Guides – Patience

February 25, 2019 by Reformation Herald Publishing

September 28, 2008 – October 4, 2008 – Patience pours the balm of peace and love into the experiences of the home life. … Patience will seek for unity in the church, in the family, and in the community. This grace must be woven into our lives.

Restoring the Temple – Control of Appetite

October 3, 2018 by Ellen G. White

The appetite and passions should be restricted and under the control of enlightened conscience, that the intellect may be unimpaired, the perceptive powers clear, so that the workings of Satan and his snares may not be interpreted to be the providence of God.

Pen of Inspiration – The Precious Promises

March 26, 2018 by Ellen G. White

If we escape the contaminating influences of this degenerate age, we have earnest work before us, and we must have a living connection with Christ. We must have a knowledge of his life and character, and a desire to be like him. Then we must seek earnestly to overcome the temptations that are around us, and have faith to believe that his promises will be verified unto us.

Food – Temperance

March 16, 2018 by Jana Wagner

Temperance is a big word. Merriam Webster Dictionary defines it as moderation in action, thought, or feeling; restraint; habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions; or as moderation in or abstinence from the use of intoxicating drinks.