I always stress to people in the body to not let their emotions override the voice of the Spirit in them. The problem with responding to a situation with your emotions is that it's leads to an "act first, think later" mentality. It comes with an "I just have to tell it like it is" mentality. Sure you may have "got it off your chest" but at what cost?
When you respond in the spirit, you give yourself the opportunity to handle the situation like Christ would. I think though that therein lies the problem. People like to feed their emotions because they become caught up in getting the last word in and being right. People like to fester on situations and justify the shots they throw because if they were to respond in the spirit that means they would respond in love.
When people respond from their emotions they are feeding this misguided need to do evil for evil. Hurt people hurt people.
Be humble and check with your spirit first. You will save yourself a lot of trouble in the long run and you will avoid a lot of regret.
How many times have we done or said something in a moment of anger and pain that led to ruin dreams and relationships? If we are truly to be an example of Christ we have to learn what to feed and what to starve.
This goes so much deeper than being advised to think before you speak or act. This is about adjusting your thoughts to match the thoughts of Christ. It is your thought process that determines your outward behavior and character.
God bless you all.
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