God has given us the ability to feel emotions. It is what makes us feel alive. However, we must not allow our emotions to control us. Rather, we must submit our emotions to the Lordship of Christ and let the truth of God’s Word be our guide.
God created humanity with an amazing emotional capacity. The Book of Psalms records the emotional rollercoaster ride of King David, the man after God’s own heart. He feels deeply. And at times, his feelings lead him astray. But somewhere along this journey, David discovered that his emotions where only part of his total being. The emotional aspect of our being coexists with our intellectual, physical and spiritual aspects. Every person will build the foundation of his or her life upon one of these four foundations: the emotional, the intellectual, the physical, or the spiritual. And among those foundations, feelings are important but they are not the most important because you are not your feelings. But you are a spiritual being. The Apostle Paul tells us in the Word of God; "I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law" (Gal. 5:16-18).
The dangers of building our lives on our feelings is; feelings can be distorted. The enemy likes to manipulate our circumstances and our senses in an attempt to throw us off balance. Also, feelings can be imported. Sometimes we have a way of feeling what has been forced on us rather what is truly within us. And, feelings can be aborted; they can change in a moment. The danger of building our lives on our feelings is that we may not feel the same way about a situation tomorrow as we feel today. That is why it's so import for us to guard our hearts and minds. We must renew our minds with the Word of God daily, and keep our emotions from running away and conforming us to this world?
Feelings come and go. As Christians, the way we must deal with our feelings is by choosing to believe God’s Word over what we hear, feel, or even experience. The only way to know if an emotion is healthy or unhealthy is if it lines up with the Word of God. We must take our thoughts and emotions captive, because emotions will lie! But the truth of God's Word speaks to those unhealthy issues and areas in life.
Meditate on:
Philippians 4:6-9
Romans 12:2
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
Ephesians 6:13-18
The Word of God sheds light on all darkness. Walk in the light (the truth) of God's Word.
Be Blessed!
God created humanity with an amazing emotional capacity. The Book of Psalms records the emotional rollercoaster ride of King David, the man after God’s own heart. He feels deeply. And at times, his feelings lead him astray. But somewhere along this journey, David discovered that his emotions where only part of his total being. The emotional aspect of our being coexists with our intellectual, physical and spiritual aspects. Every person will build the foundation of his or her life upon one of these four foundations: the emotional, the intellectual, the physical, or the spiritual. And among those foundations, feelings are important but they are not the most important because you are not your feelings. But you are a spiritual being. The Apostle Paul tells us in the Word of God; "I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law" (Gal. 5:16-18).
The dangers of building our lives on our feelings is; feelings can be distorted. The enemy likes to manipulate our circumstances and our senses in an attempt to throw us off balance. Also, feelings can be imported. Sometimes we have a way of feeling what has been forced on us rather what is truly within us. And, feelings can be aborted; they can change in a moment. The danger of building our lives on our feelings is that we may not feel the same way about a situation tomorrow as we feel today. That is why it's so import for us to guard our hearts and minds. We must renew our minds with the Word of God daily, and keep our emotions from running away and conforming us to this world?
Feelings come and go. As Christians, the way we must deal with our feelings is by choosing to believe God’s Word over what we hear, feel, or even experience. The only way to know if an emotion is healthy or unhealthy is if it lines up with the Word of God. We must take our thoughts and emotions captive, because emotions will lie! But the truth of God's Word speaks to those unhealthy issues and areas in life.
Meditate on:
Philippians 4:6-9
Romans 12:2
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
Ephesians 6:13-18
The Word of God sheds light on all darkness. Walk in the light (the truth) of God's Word.
Be Blessed!
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