Have you ever woke up and didn’t feel like yourself? You don’t feel like talking to anyone, everything annoys you, and it seems like it hurts to smile. Or, what about the times when everything is going well, but then someone treats you poorly or you receive some unfortunate news. In an instant, we go from the nice person to Mr./Ms. Moody.

These are negative emotions. The enemy uses negative emotions to affect those around us. How can we show the love of Christ if we’re full of negative emotions? How can we let our lights shine when they’re clouded with moodiness? Some may think they’re justified in being negative based on their situation. What those people don’t realize is they become slaves to their emotions. Whatever their emotions feel, they express.

Anytime negative emotions arise, we need to recognize what the enemy is doing to our minds and adjust. We adjust by asking God to help us with our emotions, be intentional about smiling or being nice in spite of how we feel, and receive the joy of the Lord because the joy of the Lord will be our strength to overcome these negative emotions.

Resist the urge to be negatively affected by negative emotions.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.