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2. 20 Bible Verses About Stress to Help Calm and Relax ... - AOL

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   In addition to reflecting on these Bible verses, you can also practice self-care, meditate, lean on friends and family for support, and seek out therapy if you're feeling stressed. We all need ...

3. Enkrateia - Wikipedia

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   In the New Testament of the Christian Bible, the term for self-control and temperance is enkrateia. In many of the verses, the term exclusively implies the careful restriction of indulgence into material and physical desires with an emphasis on dwelling upon and doing virtuous actions and thoughts.

4. Temperance (virtue) - Wikipedia

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   The first, sôphrosune, largely meant "self-restraint". The other, enkrateia ', was a word coined during the time of Aristotle, to mean "control over oneself", or "self-discipline". Enkrateia appears three times in the Bible, where it was translated as "temperance" in the King James translation. [citation needed]

5. Self-flagellation - Wikipedia

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   In Christianity, self-flagellation is practiced in the context of the doctrine of the mortification of the flesh and is seen as a spiritual discipline. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is often used as a form of penance and is intended to allow the flagellant to share in the sufferings of Jesus, bringing his or her focus to God.

6. The importance of self-discipline - AOL

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   Jan. 14—But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. — I Corinthians 9:27 Self-discipline is an important ...

7. Abundant life - Wikipedia

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   A form of self-discipline by which one distances oneself from distractions from God Testimony of simplicity A person's spiritual life and character are more important than monetary worth or the quantity of goods possessed Asceticism A lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures Simple living, or voluntary ...

8. Spiritual practice - Wikipedia

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   Many devout Christians have a home altar at which they (and their family members) pray and read Christian devotional literature, sometimes while kneeling at prie-dieu.. In Christianity, spiritual disciplines may include: prayer, fasting, reading through the Christian Bible along with a daily devotional, frequent church attendance, constant partaking of the sacraments, such as the Eucharist ...

9. God helps those who help themselves - Wikipedia

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   A poll in the late 1990s showed the majority (81%) believe the concept is taught by the Bible, [19] another stating 82%, [20] with "born-again" Christians less (68%) likely to agree than non "born-again" Christians (81%). [21] Despite not appearing in the Bible, the phrase topped a poll of the most widely known Bible verses.