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MANAGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS

2 CORINTHIANS 10:5

Emotions are part of your human design

You were created in God’s image. You therefore experience the same kind of feelings as He does, for example:

• Joy,  

Zephaniah 3:17

• anger,

Deuteronomy 7:4

• and rejection.

1 Samuel 8:7

God wants people to live pure lives filled with love and, as a result, experience positive emotions daily. Psalm 16:11 In contrast, sin always leads to negative emotions such as fear, guilt, hate, anger, aggression, and sorrow.

Thoughts and emotions

Every thought you think causes a chemical reaction in your brain. Positive thoughts make you feel good and negative thoughts make you feel bad. What happens around you daily also affects how you feel—either good or bad.

Thoughts straight from the devil

Satan is a destroyer of the well-being of people. John 10:10

He can plant thoughts in your mind to:

• degrade you with dirty ideas,
• accuse you to feel guilt and shame over past sins,
• remind you of bad treatment or insults from people,
• make you feel jealous, hateful, judgmental, fearful or discouraged,
• disturb you with twisted thinking e.g. homosexuality, pornography, casual sex, rebellion against God,
• make you feel suicidal, hopeless.

Counter evil thoughts

Reject thoughts from the devil by following James 4:7:

• Tell God you submit to Him and reject these evil thoughts. Repeat this until you find peace. 
• Renew your thoughts positively by reading, memorizing, and believing scriptures declaring who you are in Christ and how much God loves you (DAY 10 & 3).

Romans 12:2 

• When you catch yourself thinking negatively about something, decide to stop and think about positive things.

Philippians 4:18

Stay in victory!

• Never make an important decision when you are very emotional or under peer pressure. Consult God and wait for His guidance.

Proverbs 3:5-6 

• Positive emotions (joy, peace, love, appreciation, respect, contentment, etc.) are a strong desire of man. It’s a wonderful blessing from God that money can’t buy.

Galatians 5:22 

• As you walk closer with God, He will renew your thoughts and influence your feelings positively.

1 Corinthians 2:16

Write down the thoughts and feelings you struggle with. How will you deal with those in the future?

Lord Jesus, please renew the way I think and help me to manage emotions and thoughts under the guidance of your Holy Spirit—in Jesus’s Name, amen.

PHILIPPIANS 4:8