Temperance

Definition Temperance referred not specially to drink, but to all pleasures; and it meant not abstaining, but going the right length and no further.

C.S. Lewis

In the garden of Eden, Eve was tricked by a snake to eat the apple.

Compare the apple to something bad that somebody told you not to eat.

Is she having temperance ? I hope not.

Yum Yum Yum!!!!

Did you see this food?

Do you know if you don’t have temperance, you might gain another 3840 calories from this food and you must walk for about 1065 minutes a DAY!!

The Keg Carrot cake a la mode has about 2344 calories

17 piece of chicken rings from white Castle has about

1496 calories

The adult stomach will comfortably accommodate only one quart of food and drinks. If you eat more than this, you will feel lazy and want to sleep.

DrugsIn 2012, about 200 million people takes illegal drug every year not including the legal drugs.

This could tell that their temperance are very low.

ScopolamineThe most dangerous drug in the world is called scopolamine or The Devil’s Breath.

When you make it into a powder and blow it to the face of somebody, within a minute, that somebody will be under your spell.

It is grow in some part of south America but mostly in Colombia.

Benefits

Temperance provide balance

Temperance provide peace of mind

Temperance Provide Stability

Temperance Provide security

Temperance Provide Serenity

God will be happy that what he gives to us is still perfect.

We don’t get stress easily

Temperance gives New Life

Temperance Saves Your Money

Nothing can hurt you

Counter Effects

Bad smell Your mouth will have a bad smell.

you will have a bad smell when you fart.

your body will smell.

obesity Fast Food can cause you to have high cholesterol.

It will cause you to have poor performance.

Cause of disease The disease that you will get from eating fast food are:

Diabetes

Arthritis

Heart disease

And more

School work and job drugs affects the ability to concentrate at work.

You will not have the responsibilities.

It cause you to have poor performance.

violence Drug will make you to loose control.

It increases your temper.

You can hurt others and yourself.

Bible reference

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Our spirit is made from God’s image. We must protect it by obeying His word, and if we deny him, we are destroying it.

Bible Reference

Proverbs 25:16 ESV

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

God has made honey to be sweet and healthy, but too much can make you sick and ended up hating it.

Conclusion

Think before you put something into your mouth, because what you eat and what you do is who you are.