1 Thess. 4: 3-8
The key to taking control of your life is taking control of your carnal emotions.
These carnal emotions are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, greed, filthiness, silly talk, covetousness, or coarse jesting. and things like these. Eph. 5:1-5
For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh.
For the mind set on the flesh is death because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God, for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Rom. 8:1-8
To take control over these carnal emotions you must practice spiritual emotions which are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and gentleness. Gal. 5:22-26
This is the new attitude in which you now respond in all situations. Like any discipline they must be practiced consistently with all diligence. This is how you establish your new life in Christ. Gal. 2:20
In other words, we must now get into the very character of God to think like He thinks. As the scriptures teach, a man is as he thinks. This is what we must do as children of God. God is love. Gal. 5: 16-25, Eph. 5:1,2
Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. 1 Cor. 13: 4-8
Now is your time to break free from pride and fear. You must possess and renew your mind in righteousness and holiness of the truth. (Eph. 4:23,24; Col.1:21; Rom. 7:21, 22, 24, 25)
However, getting into this new character requires becoming the mental and moral qualities that represent God.
So, how do I get here? Simple, God said that whatever you ask according to His will He will do.
Making these changes, becoming these mental and moral qualities that represent God, will lead you into the internal peace you were seeking when you decided you wanted to change your life to be right with God.
You must be aware of carnal behavior that wants to respond to your situations and talk to the Holy Spirit about how to overcome this influence on your body’s behavior.
It is here that the Holy Spirit will empower you and show you how to apply your knowledge of the word of righteousness that you have acquired as a way of escape when tempted to act outside of the will of God. (1 Cor. 10:13)
