Feelings are actually part of man's emotional make up, given to him as a gift from God. Therefore, to clear the air, feelings are not actually bad, because it's a gift from God.
Furthermore, having feelings for a guy or a lady as they would want to be called, is not actually bad, after all that's how we were created, we are living things and one of our characteristics is to 'feel.' Even if one claims to be a child of God, or a prayerful man of God, you can't child of God your feelings, for a guy or a lady, away, you can't pray away the feelings that you have for a guy or a lady. Feelings are natural phenomenon, in-built in man.
However, the fact that we have feelings for a guy or a lady, does not necessarily mean that we should give in to our feelings and let it have the best of us. No! We all need to possess the Spirit of Self Control, if there is anyone who do not have the Spirit of Self Control, let him ask and my Father who is in heaven would gladly give it to him generously. Is there anyone of you who lacks wisdom, let him ask of the Lord who gives generously.
Possessing the Spirit of Self Control actually helps us to control our feelings, preventing it from blowing out into something else, other than the plan of God for it. It is important for us not to let our feelings persuade us to do something wrong, because most at times these feelings come at a time when we do not really need them and they tend to persuade us to act on them.
My advice is:
Don't act on them when the time is not right, next time when that feeling comes, and it's the wrong time, take your mind off the person you have that feeling for, and focus on something else, and please don't tell me that you cannot, because as far as I'm concerned, you have control over your mind, what it thinks, imagines, and reasons. I know it may not be easy, the feeling might be so strong that you want to express it, you want to let it fly, let it free, but I want you to remember this, "which is more important, your feelings expression at the wrong time or fulfillment of your purpose at the right time." Ponder on this, because sometimes the wrong time for our feelings expression is actually the right time for the fulfillment of the purpose for that moment.
Furthermore, having feelings for a guy or a lady as they would want to be called, is not actually bad, after all that's how we were created, we are living things and one of our characteristics is to 'feel.' Even if one claims to be a child of God, or a prayerful man of God, you can't child of God your feelings, for a guy or a lady, away, you can't pray away the feelings that you have for a guy or a lady. Feelings are natural phenomenon, in-built in man.
However, the fact that we have feelings for a guy or a lady, does not necessarily mean that we should give in to our feelings and let it have the best of us. No! We all need to possess the Spirit of Self Control, if there is anyone who do not have the Spirit of Self Control, let him ask and my Father who is in heaven would gladly give it to him generously. Is there anyone of you who lacks wisdom, let him ask of the Lord who gives generously.
Possessing the Spirit of Self Control actually helps us to control our feelings, preventing it from blowing out into something else, other than the plan of God for it. It is important for us not to let our feelings persuade us to do something wrong, because most at times these feelings come at a time when we do not really need them and they tend to persuade us to act on them.
My advice is:
Don't act on them when the time is not right, next time when that feeling comes, and it's the wrong time, take your mind off the person you have that feeling for, and focus on something else, and please don't tell me that you cannot, because as far as I'm concerned, you have control over your mind, what it thinks, imagines, and reasons. I know it may not be easy, the feeling might be so strong that you want to express it, you want to let it fly, let it free, but I want you to remember this, "which is more important, your feelings expression at the wrong time or fulfillment of your purpose at the right time." Ponder on this, because sometimes the wrong time for our feelings expression is actually the right time for the fulfillment of the purpose for that moment.