LIVING STREAMS DEVOTIONAL
By Pst. Ezekiel Atang
APRIL 2025
WISDOM FROM ABOVE
(James 3:17)
Thursday, 24th April
WISDOM FOR MANAGING YOUR TEMPERAMENT
(Galatians 5:16, 19-23 KJV)
“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
Temperament talks of all the unique features and character traits that define you. There are two major character headings; they are extroverts and introverts. In further studies these two temperament types can be further broken into four other sub groups. And they are:
– Sanguines
They are very outgoing, jovial, friendly and sometimes loud people. It is said that they are known for indiscipline as a downside of their temperament type.
– Melancholics
They are known for being very creative, extremely organized and excellent in execution. But they have a downside of being over-analytical and critical.
– Cholerics
They are people of focus, vision, strong leadership abilities and goal getting spirit. But they are also known for intolerance and easy anger outburst.
– Phlegmatics
They are very easy-going people, not easily provoked, very friendly and very introverted. But they can be very laid back and unwilling to take responsibilities. They are also known to be a people of low self esteem as well.
Many people with all these temperament types have accepted their strengths and unfortunately also accepted the weaknesses as well, and this is not supposed to be so. My way of looking at this is very simple; your temperament strengths are the fruit of the Spirit, while the weaknesses are the works of the flesh as recorded in our text. If you walk in the spirit, you will not fulfill the works of the flesh which happens to be the ‘so called weaknesses’.
Connect to God on a daily basis through prayer fellowship, and study of the word; when you do these, the nature of God in you increases and you will only manifest the strengths and not the weaknesses. BE WISE IN JESUS NAME!
Action Points
i. Determine your temperament from the list above and with further studies.
ii. Write down the strengths and praise God for them, then write down the associated weaknesses and pray against them.
Prayer
-Sweet HolySpirit, please fill my life with God and let there be no room for the flesh in Jesus Name.
-I reject all works of the flesh on my life in Jesus Name.
Nugget
Your temperament strengths are the fruit of the Spirit, while the weaknesses are the works of the flesh. If you walk in the spirit, you will not fulfill the works of the flesh.
For Further Reading and Meditation
MORNING
Genesis 2; Matthew 16
EVENING
Proverbs 3
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