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Control Your Emotions

    In many situations that we may encounter, it’ll bring out of us a reaction or response either good or bad. A very common way this generation reacts and responds to things is through emotions. Sometimes when we think that a situation is too much for us, it can cause us to feel stressed, angry, sad, unbalanced, etc. When these feelings come about, we start to handle things our way (through our flesh) and use our emotions to justify our internal being.

    For example, at one point in my life, I was hurt, disappointed, neglected, sad, confused, unhappy, and felt the need to seek others for validation. I had so many things I had bottled up inside me that was hard for me to let go. It then later on caused me to react and respond through my emotions and caused turmoil in my relationships with friends and sometimes family. There were many things I’ve said that I wanted to take back and the guilt of my actions and choices made me feel even worse about who I was. I only did damage to myself by not putting God in the equation and letting him take the situation into His own hands. I used to pray over and over asking God to help me with myself and help me get back to who I was, but He revealed to me that I had to give up some stuff for me to move on and get to where he wanted me to be. And that’s what we have to do! 

     Instead of trying to fight through things with how you feel and through the flesh, fight it through God and let whatever you’re going through remain with him. Once you learn to control your emotions, peace will follow. See…God sees your hurt and pain, and he knows your desires. God is telling you to give it all to him. Let him handle your situation and fight your battles. Ever since I had given my situation to God and finally surrendered all the things I couldn’t change to him, my life has been filled with happiness, peace, joy, and fulfillment more than it’s ever been. There are some times that we want to go off on somebody or show people that you don’t have to be who you are to them, but we can’t change ourselves because we are resistant to addressing our true feelings to God. Controlling your emotions is a mental action that requires God in the midst of it. If you replace your flesh with God's overflowing spirit, the way you respond and react to things will then show your true character.





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