Toxic emotions are a large problem in our world. Our emotions are not wrong; they are God given. Every emotion that we have is a direct relations of the creation of God. The problem is that our world has changed these emotions from the original creation. Love and Hate are the primary of these. Research indicate that these emotions can cause the body to stop fighting disease. When our emotions get out of check, they can cause us physical problems. Emotions have a purpose. Love is the strongest of all emotions. It has the power to heal and change. It is love that gives us the ability to let others affect our life. Sometimes we are hurt by relationships with people that we love. This can lead to negative emotions of depression and anger. All of us can take control of our emotions, but our world does not encourage this. Fear has a purpose, but if we allow it to be changed into something that can do us great harm. We have become adrenaline addicts and taught our brains to crave the thrill of dangerous situations. This applies to not only roller coasters and haunted house rides, but into our relationships. Our brains know better, but we override them. We let things in our life that have the potential to destroy us get in. Things do not just happen. There is a series of events that lead to things. Cheating in a marriage relationship does not happen with out a series of events taking place. The brain has checks and balances to protect us from these choices, but too often the we over ride that conscious. Related to fear is anger. Anger produces a more powerful reaction than fear. When we let fear become our source of excitement, it is too easy for anger to take its place. Fear and anger can cause us to do and say things that we would never have imagined. Our flesh will lead us down a path we should not go. God has forgiven us, and erased the record of our sin, but our flesh has not. It keeps a record to remind us of our failure. We can control what our brain does if we want to. Children cannot control their emotions. The world encourages us to continue to live as if we are children. Some people are addicted to the drama and conflict that not controlling their emotions brings. We can change our lives. We do not have to live with these toxic emotions. Our life does not have to be toxic. God’s desire is that we have the best life possible. The secret is joy.