JOY of the LORD

     Last night I got an 86% on a paper I had worked many hours on. I was so discourage, confused, and then MAD! So mad that as I went to pray last night, I told God I didn't have the words to pray, due to being so upset.
     This morning when I awoke, in my spirit I heard, "Are you ready to talk now?" "Yes, Lord," I thought, feeling silly for my behavior from the night before. In that quiet time with God, I felt He was reminding me that emotions such as fear, anxiety, worry, and anger are not from Him. He said I needed to separate myself from such fleshly emotions and draw on Him in those times to give me Spirit-filled emotions and discernment instead.
      He reminded me, in my reading this morning from God Calling for June 8th, that the body and the spirit are not one. That often in this world, I desire to feed the body with things that are not godly, when I need to be feeding my soul with things of God. I need to be reading the Bible, praying, and most importantly praising and thanking God in all situations. My "go to" emotions should be joy, peace, patience and faithfulness, not impatience, spitefulness, and indignation.

Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.