At a football game in Los Angeles, some spectators became ill with food poisoning. It was discovered that all had consumed soft drinks from the same machine. This was announced to the crowd. Within a short time dozens of people were vomiting and fainting. Two hundred people were hospitalized. It was then determined that the food poisoning had nothing to do with the soft drink machine. When this was announced, people’s symptoms began to disappear.

Negative thoughts can affect your physical health. King Solomon wrote, “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22).

The most important lesson in learning to control your emotions is to learn to control your thoughts. As Solomon wrote, “For [as a person] thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). Get your Bible and read the wisdom of Proverbs. It will change the way you think and the way you feel.