Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

Emotions Vs. The Holy Spirit

8 Apr 2026 · 2 min

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In this sermon, the speaker warns believers against allowing emotions and fleshly impulses—such as lust, greed, anger, and self‑pity—to dominate their lives. He describes how each impulse manifests in everyday behavior (e.g., inappropriate searching, hoarding, outbursts toward family, chronic self‑pity) and explains that these are expressions of the sinful nature. The core message is a call to be led instead by the Holy Spirit, citing Galatians 5:16 as the scriptural mandate for walking in the Spirit rather than gratifying sinful cravings. The speaker urges immediate, decisive commitment to let the Holy Spirit guide daily decisions, promising that doing so will prevent the fulfillment of sinful desires.

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Don't allow your emotions to control your life. Don't allow your flesh's impulse to control your life. What do I mean by impulse? Well, the flesh's impulse comes with different cravings. Maybe you have an impulse for lust and you catch yourself looking when you shouldn't be looking. You catch yourself typing things into the search bar that you shouldn't be typing. Maybe you have an impulse of greed and your impulse is to hoard and not be generous. Your impulse is to prioritize material gain Above spiritual gain. Maybe you're dealing with emotional stirring, and you come to the place where you're so angry that you have outbursts of anger. You lash out on your family, on your spouse, on your children, on your parents. Maybe in those emotional outbursts, you say things you know you shouldn't say. Or maybe you're overcome by some heavy weight of sadness, and you allow yourself to fall into the impulse, the emotionalism of self-pity. Constantly feeling sorry for yourself, telling yourself nothing ever goes right for you, interpreting every interaction as an attack against you. These are just simple ways that we are led by the flesh, simple ways that we are led by our impulses or by our emotions. But we as believers are not led by the sin nature. We ought to be led by the Holy Spirit, and you need to make that determination now. You are gonna live today as we see instructed in Galatians 5:16. So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives, then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.