The ability to deal with feeling and emotions in our Life!

[Wired 4 Fishen]

It depends on the emotion. Replace the word "emotions" in your sentence with a specific emotion and the outcome is very different - "Allowing hatred to lead us or direct us...", sure I can agree with that. "Allowing love to lead us or direct us...", what is the problem with that?

Jesus showed emotion all throughout his life. Suppressing our emotions and denying them is flat out unhealthy, and a very typical male response (somehow showing emotions is considered "unmasculine" by some). Look at some of the responses in this very thread, James - "I was beat if I displayed any emotion as a kid". And you want to perpetuate this myth that emotions are bad for us?

All I can think of is that the word "emotion" is being used incorrectly here and really referring to "thoughts", which is what the Bible verses you presented are talking about. One should be guarding their thoughts and actions, but their emotions? No, I'm sorry, there is nothing biblical or healthy about that.

john,
You are talking about people having emotions and this is right and I am very emotional - however showing emotions and being controlled by them are two different things. Dont get compassion mixed up in there as simple raw emotions.

We walk by Faith and not sight or you can change sight for emotions or feelings. Feelings and or emotions if gone un-governed will begin to dictate how one thinks. Emotions must be kept under control but this does NOT say in any way shape or form that showing emotions is wrong.
God Bless
James W

 

[Wired 4 Fishen]

@JohnP
Hello John,
I wanted to add something to what I said in my last reply to you.
Love is a fruit of the spirit -
God is LOVE
We LOVE God
We LOVE the things of God
We LOVE People
Everything else we love not. We can enjoy or like or dislike or hate but Not Love.

Now then emotions would be a by product of Love
Example........you here a noise out side and then the wind chimes start making their beautiful music and you say ah it is only the wind, No it is the result of the wind.
God Bless
James W

 

[Bendito]

Brother Benito you can be rid of all controlling emotions. Truth is we are required to do just that.
The scriptures below outline how this can be done. Once then fruit of the following is being produced no emotion can ever control you again.

Galatians 5:16 and Romans 12:2 and 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

Romans 12:2 ....

And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God

(( Get His word in you each and every day and speak His word each and every day ))

2 Corinthians 10:4-5
4... For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to pulling down strong holds
5... Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

(( Begin to practice the words you speak and thoughts you think for our thoughts and words to control how we act or react and believe. Our own words do more do influence our thinking then most of everything else. ))

Galatians 5:16
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh

(( The more you do the first two the more you will begin to walk in the Spirit and you will be amazed to say the least. ))

All done through the Grace of God who maketh all grace abound to me. ( 2 Corinthians 9:8 )

Blessings and love in Christ
James W

AAaaarghh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There, Now I feel better...LOL

I agree....Though I still don't understand emotion, I can agree that they only can be controlled by walking in LOVE

 

[Julie.S]

Come down off that fence right now fightingwrmwood!!! ROFLOLLLLL Your feeling are to high!! LOLLLL Here is the point! A person who wants a pet should only have the pet you may one day for whatever reason have to put down, and can do it! Feeling can be good, but also hurt us when bad times come,because the high energy used to have good feeling will also be the same when bad feeling look to run us! And if that happens feeling can indeed overcome us!Hence the danger I speak of hehe

I remember when we got our dog I was thinking about the fact that I would one day have to face her death. That day came not long ago and even though it has been months since she has passed it still hurts. It hurts though because I loved her. If I did not love her I would have felt nothing.