Getting Emotions Under Control

[Guest morejesus]

Thought is a very powerful thing. It is because of our thought process that we react to things the way we do. I have heard people say, I acted before i thought. This is a false statment. They may have acted before they had control of their thought but you cannot act on somthing unless you thought to do it before hand. It is our thought that triggers our emotions. If I was to put my hand over a fire I would pull it back out very quickly. I may not have felt any heat from the flame, but my thought was, Hay thats hot! It was the thought of it being hot that made me pull my hand out. This thought occurred so fast and I reacted to it so fast that I did not control my thought. Thus the saying I did it without thinking. Now if I was to control my thought and concentrate, I could put my hand into that same fire and leave it for a few seconds before I had to pull it out because of pain. By doing this I have just controlled my thoughts for a few seconds. This is how our emotions work. We can look at our emotions simply as the reaction of our thought. My defination of Uncontrolled emotion: A reaction to a thought without the evaluation of thought before the reaction; or to react to our thought before thinking them threw. I know this is deep but stay with me for a sec. Read Genesis 4:3-8. Cain and Abel both bring offerings to God. Abel is blessed can is not. Cain has a thought of anger. Cain goes to speak to Abel with this thought of anger still in his heart. Cain slays Abel because of this thought of anger. Read Matthew 14:28-31.

Peter's thought is if it is really Jesus walking on water, if he says come I can go meet him. Jesus says come and Peter starts to walk on the water to meet him. The wind picks up and Peter's thought proccess changes. Hes thinking what am I doing out here im going to drowned. He starts to sink. His thoughts are no longer on Jesus but on fear and doubt. Read Galations 5:17 Our flesh thoughts and Spirit thoughts are at war all the time. Thoughts are running through our heads at incredible speeds. Our thoughts are being influnced by the World around us. Our uncontrolled emotions are the result of walking in the flesh. It is because of our reaction to a thought brought on by our surroundings that we recieve an uncrontrolled emotion. My defination of controlling emotion: Stopping the thought process before reacting to the though. Read Romans 6:14. Because we are under the grace of God sin does not control us. Read Romans 6:18 Because we have been set free from sin we become the servants of righteousness. We are to walk in the righteousness of God. We are not to continue in sin but overcome it. Read Revelation 3:21. Ok, so how do we do this. Read 2 Corinthians 10:4 When we get a sinful thought we are to cast it down. Try this experiment. Start saying your ABC's in your mind. At some point before you finish your ABC's have some give the command to say your name out loud and then say it. What happend? You stopped saying your ABC's didnt you. When a thought comes that is against the knowledge of God, speak the Word of God to that thought. Cast it down before we react to it. This is what Paul is saying when he says to capture our thoughts. Peter goes through the whole experince in Matthew 14:28-31. Hes thought was if Jesus says come he can walk on the water. The wind blows hes thoughts are now doubt and fear. Notice in the last verse though he recaptures his thoughts. If i call out to Jesus to save me I will be saved. Read 2 Cor 10:6 be ready to revenge our disobedent thoughts. How? By the fulfillment of obedence. Just like Peter did get our thoughts back in line with Gods Word. When Peter was sinking his thoughts went right back to Jesus and he was saved. The Spirit of God showed this to me and i just felt led to share it with everyone. I love you all and God bless you.

Edited September 3, 2004 by morejesus

[ted]

Very good, and welcome to Worthy.

This lesson can be applied here in the threads, as well as in the rest of our lives.

t.

[Guest LCPGUY]

Good post

[Guest morejesus]

Thank you for your imput.