2. Psalm 86:10-11 For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God. Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. Songs

5. People who wait for two marshmallows: more thriving marriages greater career satisfaction higher incomes better health

6. People who did not wait: unsuccessful marriages low job satisfaction low income bad health all around frustration with life

7. The Marshmallow Principle

9. God & the Bible LOVE self control Galatians 5:22-23 2 Peter 1:5-8 Titus 1:6-9 Godly people LEARN self control Hebrews 11:24-26

10. The world HATES self control II Timothy 3:1-5 Worldly people FEAR self control Acts 24:25

11. How do we learn self control?

12. A “Trinity” of the World The World: The Physical Earth The earth is the LORD'S, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein. Psalm 24:1

13. A “Trinity” of the World The World: The Physical Earth The World: The Human Race "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:17

14. A “Trinity” of the World The World: The Physical Earth The World: The Human Race The World: Carnal mindedness For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. 1 John 2:16

15. A “Trinity” of the World The World: The Physical Earth The World: The Human Race The World: Carnal mindedness These three are “one”