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How to Control Emotions

Your Feelings Don't Have To Control You

Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city. ~ Proverbs 16:32 (NLT)

Controlling Emotions
Are you fed up with letting your emotions get the best of you? Feel like learning how to control emotions is an impossible struggle.

Well, "Nothing is impossible with God!" (Luke 1:37 NLT). With His help, you can finally learn how to control your negative emotions, and stop letting them control you.

I used to think that if I were a mature Christian, I wouldn't have any more negative emotions. I thought that I'd never have a feeling of fear or an emotion of anger once I reached a certain point in my Christian walk.

But, God revealed something to me through His Word that I want to share with you today - The goal is not to be free from emotions. The goal is to be free from their control.

And, truly learning how to control emotions is only possible when you enlist the help of God's Holy Spirit.

God Wants You Emotionally Stable

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
- 3 John 2

There are two parts to this scripture. The first half talks about life prosperity and health. But, the second half talks about the prosperity of your soul.

Many Christians get confused about what the Bible means when it talks about our souls. But, your soul is actually made up of three parts.

1. Your mind
2. Your will and
3. Your emotions.

When God says that He wants you to be prosperous in your soul, your emotional stability is included. Controlling emotions is a part of God's plan for your life.

God says that:

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city. Proverbs 16:32 (AMP)

Controlling Emotions

God does not want you to be ruled by your emotions. He loves you and wants you to have the peace and joy that comes with knowing how to control emotions.

Sometimes we fall into the trap of thinking that we have no control over how we feel.
We hit a challenging situation, a wave of emotions sweep over us, and we feel powerless to change them. But, just because our emotions feel powerful, does not mean that they are ALL powerful.

You have the power to overcome your emotions. Just because you feel them does not mean you have to act on them.