INTRODUCTION

Many limit sobriety to the absence of alcohol , but scripturally speaking, the meaning is much broader. Sobriety is the opposite of being beside oneself (2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
See All...) or mad (Acts 26:25But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) No matter what we are doing, God should be in our thoughts. Situations will come up in which we need to pay attention to doing the correct thing (2 Corinthians 10:5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
  See All...b; Exodus 23:13And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
  See All...a). How could you be sober when playing with a selfish child; with a sibling who wants to keep playing when you're told it's bedtime?
• Why is it important to understand that sobriety is broader than the absence of alcohol? Is it possible for someone who has never had any alcohol to have a problem with sobriety?
• How would you define sobriety? Do you consider yourself to be a sober individual? In what areas of life do you find that the Devil attacks your sobriety?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord to help you find sobriety in every aspect of life.
• Ask God to teach you scriptural sobriety.

HYMN

Take Time to Be Holy

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