Self-control, also known as self-discipline, is one of the nine fruits of the Spirit (see Galatians 5:22-23).  It is something that humans have struggled with since Adam and Eve couldn’t exercise it in the garden.  This everything-at-your-fingertips-immediately, me-first culture we now live in makes it harder and harder to exercise self-control.  We are constantly being bombarded with “do what makes YOU happy”.  But this is so contrary to how God calls us to live.