replacing anger with love.

Ya know the times that you can just feel Satan creeping into your body and trying to take over?
I feel that right now. I literally feel him trying to fill my soul with negative, "bad" things, if you will.
I feel anger. rage. frustration. annoyance. defensiveness. and more. And I've gotten to the point where  I can recognize it. I recognize the feeling and I do not like it. Every time I feel it, recognize it and hate it. When I feel those things, I feel like satan is winning. But then I have to stop and remind myself that the Lord has already won! And I ask the Lord to replace those feelings with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, grace, mercy, forgiveness and so much more. I stop in my tracks and no longer let Satan feel as though he has ANY power whatsoever. The Lord calls us to be slow to anger, quick to love. And that's in every circumstance. It's so, so hard at times but I long to reflect Jesus! I really do. I long to be more like him. So as I'm feeling these things right now and I KNOW Satan just wants to creep in, I ask you, Jesus, "would you replace the negative with positive? the instant defense with acknowledging and accepting my wrongs. and most importantly, the anger with love?"

In Jesus' name,
Amen.