2. 1.Baby 2.Little Child 3.Children 4.Young Man 5.Father 6.Elder 7.Aged 7 Levels o f …... Spiritual Growth

3. Baby… VIRTUE Little Child… KNOWLEDGE Children… TEMPERANCE Young Man…PATIENCE Father…GODLINESS Elder…BROTHERLY KINDNESS Aged…CHARITY Want to G row? Add to your faith…

4. Baby… VIRTUE Little Child… KNOWLEDGE Children… TEMPERANCE Young Man…PATIENCE Father…GODLINESS Elder…BROTHERLY KINDNESS Aged…CHARITY

5.  The word Tempera nce Temperanc e

6. that is, in my flesh no good thingRomans 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

7.  The word Temperanc e  The act of Temperanc e Temperanc e

8.  The word Temperance  The act of Temperance  The concept of Temperance Temperanc e

9.  The concept of Temperance SUBJECTING SUBJECTING Temperanc e

10. forgetting those things which are behind reaching forth unto those things which are beforeI press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ JesusPhilippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

11. let us lay aside every weightHebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

12.  The concept of Temperance SUBJECTING SUBJECTING STRENGTHENING STRENGTHENING Temperanc e

13. overcome the wicked one overcome the wicked one1 John 2:13-14 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

14. 2 Timothy 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

15.  The concept of Temperance SUBJECTING SUBJECTING STRENGTHENING STRENGTHENING STREAMLINING STREAMLINING Temperanc e

16.  The concept of Temperance SUBJECTING SUBJECTING STRENGTHENING STRENGTHENING STREAMLINING STREAMLINING SHAPING SHAPING Temperanc e

17. SHAPING SHAPING  Spiritual Gifts Temperanc e

18. SHAPING SHAPING  Spiritual Gifts  Heart Temperanc e

19. SHAPING SHAPING  Spiritual Gifts  Heart  Ability Temperanc e

20. SHAPING SHAPING  Spiritual Gifts  Heart  Ability  Personality Temperanc e

21. SHAPING SHAPING  Spiritual Gifts  Heart  Ability  Personality  Experiences Temperanc e

22.  The concept of Temperance SUBJECTING SUBJECTING STRENGTHENING STRENGTHENING STREAMLINING STREAMLINING SHAPING SHAPING STEWARDING STEWARDING Temperanc e

23. ye are not your own thereforeglorify God in your bodyand in your spiritwhich are God's1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

24. Christ in you, the hope of gloryColossians 1:27(b) …Christ in you, the hope of glory Christ, who is our lifeColossians 3:3-4 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

25.  The concept of Temperance SUBJECTING SUBJECTING STRENGTHENING STRENGTHENING STREAMLINING STREAMLINING SHAPING SHAPING STEWARDING STEWARDING Temperanc e