Category: Love-Love & Self-Control
Control the Tongue
Reduce harmful speech. Scripture: James 3:5-10. Workshop exercises: Track one day of complaining, gossip, insults, and encouragement; choose one speech habit to change; practice a replacement.
Avoid turning the exercise into obsessive self-monitoring.
Think Before You Respond
Slow impulsive reactions. Scripture: Proverbs 17:27. Workshop exercises: Use STOP: stop, take a breath, observe, proceed wisely; role-play three scenarios; choose a reminder cue.
A short pause can protect relationships.
Love Under Pressure
Maintain character during stress. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:7. Workshop exercises: Identify a stressful situation; write your usual response; choose a Christlike alternative; rehearse it before the next occurrence.
Bearing and enduring do not mean accepting abuse or danger.
Mastering Anger