Confessions of an Emotional person...

*Great! Just when I thought I had full control of my tongue & emotions- there I go again!

Isn't it the hardest thing to do- to control our emotions!? Especially as women, sometimes we lose control of our emotions. A problem, a comment, a dirty look and there we go- feeling sad,frustrated, & getting all "gangsta" on those who cause it (lol). Worst part is that we tend to let our emotions control the situation which in turn makes us react in an ungodly way. That then ruins relationships, makes us say/do things we later regret, or sends us to a depressive state of mind! 

What does the Bible say about learning to control our emotions? 

Scripture says in Proverbs 16:32, "Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city." 

1 Peter 5: 5-9 says, "For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins."

2 Timothy 3: 16-17 says, "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."

Romans 8:9-11 says, "You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you."

We need to learn to have self control over our emotions!

The definition of self control is: “restraint exercised over one’s own impulses, emotions, or desires.”  Scripture verses about our responsibility of building self-control: 

• “Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 1 Peter 1:13
• “But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.” 1 Thessalonians 5:8
  We need to learn to control our emotions; not let them control us. When Jesus becomes King of our heart, He guides, directs, comforts, and influences us. When Jesus controls our emotions, we then experience His emotions, and we begin to give fruits of the Spirit. We need to always saturate our hearts with Scripture to be able to control those "out-of-control" emotions. Our emotions are not evil, but they are indications of what is in our hearts.
  Are you in full control of your emotions? What can others tell about the Spiritual health of your heart? Does Jesus control your emotions? 
  If not....
  Let's renew our minds through Scripture. Let's be light and not blend in darkness!