The year 2008 is history! Our successes and failures can only serve as tools for our instructions in the future. Are there pages in the 2008 chapter in the book of heaven you would like to modify? 2009 opens a new chapter in heaven’s record and by the grace of God, its pages will record victories gained through Jesus! One victory which we must gained, which is dismissed by most, is victory over intemperance. With physical and mental illnesses on the rise, victory in this area is imperative! Remember, if we have taken the name Christian then we should have the Spirit of God and exhibit the Fruits of the Spirit in our lives; one of which is temperance. (See Gal. 5:22, 23) “Through appetite Satan controls the mind and the whole being. Thousands who might have lived have passed into the grave, physical, mental, and moral wrecks, because they sacrificed all their powers to the indulgence of appetite.” (Vol.2, Mind, character & Personality p. 387) During the month of January, practical pearls will be shared to assist you in winning the war with this deadly foe. But always remember, “Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee. (Jer. 32:17)