Discipline your emotions

DISCIPLINE YOUR EMOTIONS

Short-tempered people do foolish things, and schemers are hated.  (Proverbs 14:17 NLT)

Life is like an airplane going through turbulence. Sometimes there are rises and falls, but in all situations the pilot must remain calm in order to control the airplane. In the same way, we should learn to control ourselves during difficult situations. When we don’t have emotional discipline, we destroy marriages and relationships, and we can hurt, damage, and scar others. We say hurtful things and do reckless things for which we have to ask for forgiveness for later.
To have good emotional health: we need to develop the following abilities:

1.- Leave behind the pressure and act conforming to God’s will. When we confront a life crisis, we should first think about what God says in His Word, about his promises and then act. There are people who first shout, fight, insult, become depressed, get hurt and forget God’s promises. They lose control and their emotions win them over, and they react in a wrong way.

2.- Fix your eyes on God and trust in Him. Don’t grow resentful or fight with those who think differently than you. Don’t fight with your spouse, children, friends, and don’t let anything distance you from God. Don’t fix your eyes on the problem, but on God.

3.- Ask the Holy Spirit for help. Seek God in prayer daily, because the Holy Spirit helps us control our emotions and when a situation arises, we won’t act incorrectly.

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (Galatians 5:22-23 NLT)

Think about it:

Do you tend to lose control emotionally because of life problems?
Have you hurt people with your words or actions when you are in a crisis?
Have you asked the Holy Spirit to help you control your emotions?