Emotions are behind almost everything that we do

Emotions are the reason people get married

Emotions are also the reason people get divorced

Emotions are the reason people commit suicide

Emotions are the reason people sit in a solitary place and cry out their eyes

Emotions are the reason some people are doing body enhancement surgeries Because they don't feel right in their own body

Emotions are the reason some people have become blind drunkards Because they feel such emptiness within them And they are trying to drown the emotion by filling their stomach

Friends, emotions are not just a part of who we are For a lot of people, emotions dictate who they are and what they do

And the introduction of sin into the human race Reduced man to being a person controlled by his emotions Rather than the spirit of God

But at salvation, Jesus restored the order Now one of the shocking things I've come to know from a clinical psychologist's point of view Is that the goal of any treatment for any mental disorder Is not to eradicate the emotion It is not to remove the disorder It is merely to make it treatable enough that the person can function well enough in society

So in our current society that is so modern, so advanced, so progressive This is the best that you can get So when someone says I can't control my emotions The best the world can offer is to make it manageable enough so that you don't kill yourself

Friends, it is wrong to believe that emotions are a strong force within us that cannot be controlled Because you see, the devil hides behind uncontrolled emotions to carry out dark activities So that the result can be blamed on a man or a woman Who will face the consequences while the devil can move on to the next victim freely

And guess what? It says there's a time to love and a time to hate It says there's a right time to wage war And another time to make peace

Interestingly enough, Ecclesiastes chapter 3 puts the good and the bad emotions together And says the difference is the right time

Ephesians 4:26,27 - Be angry and do not sin..

Now for some people, you need the first two words Be angry Yes, be angry

Life and death is in the power of the tongue Do not just speak life, speak death too When demonic thoughts pop up in your head Kill them with words

When things start popping up in your life that the Father has not planted And are not aligned with God's word concerning you Speak death

It says life and death is in the power of the tongue It says the power of life and death is in the tongue So use it Use the power But use it constructively

There's a time to be angry When we see babies being butchered When we see the way the enemy is trying to corrupt our children With an unsettled identity and sexual dysfunctions And a lot more What should be your response? When you see the poor being oppressed Should you leap for joy? Be angry And maybe your lack of anger can be as sinful as your outburst of anger Just maybe your silence can just be as sinful as your short temper

God doesn't condemn your anger

Every emotion that God gave you is supposed to work for you and for his kingdom

God actually wants to redirect your anger So that you don't give an unrighteous response to an unrighteous situation or action

So God wants to take Peter's anger When he cut the ears of the soldier And converted to a passionate preacher Who stood on the day of Pentecost and declared boldly the gospel

God wants to take the anger of Moses When he killed the Egyptian and converted to courage To stand before Pharaoh and declare to him the word of the Lord Let my people go

So God doesn't want to take away your emotions He wants to use them He wants to choose when you should be angry The direction of your anger The duration of your anger And the intensity of it

Because if he leaves it to you You'll most likely let your flesh decide

We live in the light And we are children of the light So therefore we respond with light

Have a blessed day friends!