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EMOTIONS
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Crossroads Full Gospel
International Ministries
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CONTENTS
EMOTIONS...............................................................................1
EMOTIONS – DO THEY DEFINE WHO WE ARE ?.........1
EMOTIONAL STABILITY..................................................5
DEALING WITH THE DEMANDS OF EMOTIONS........9
EMOTIONS
EMOTIONS – DO THEY DEFINE WHO WE ARE ?
Society, infested with human psychology, has taught man to
own his emotional thoughts because our emotions, it is said, reflect
and even define, who we are.
Many are bewildered, hurting or a little confused, having not
quite worked out their reason for living.
Our modern society has a
mechanism in place that deals with those we have just mentioned.
The answer is to send the hurting and confused to a therapist,
psychologist or counsellor, etc., so that they can help such people
make sense of their scattered negative emotions.
Like a painter, the
professional will try to piece together from the palette of emotions
they are presented with, a picture of the real person, the “real you.”
However if one bothers to look at the Book of Life, to seek the
opinion of the Creator, a different picture emerges.
If you turn to
Isaiah 55:8 and 9, you can see what the Creator says about these
counsellors and even our own thoughts in the absence of the saving,
energizing Light of truth in our minds and hearts.
ISAIAH 55:8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
The distinction, as revealed by the next verse, is great indeed!
ISAIAH 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My
thoughts than your thoughts.”
All the wrongs of this world are a direct result of the Fall which
introduced sin into the world and the power thereof.
This would
include such mental problems as confusion, for man remains in a
confused state in regard to righteousness and his place in the world
until God enters his life in a relational sense.
Only through Christ
and the power of the Spirit can this take place.
Man deals with sin and its consequences in a totally different
way than he should.
Sin and its consequences should not be dealt
with at an intellectual level or an emotional level, but rather at a
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spiritual level.
In this the Blood of Jesus Christ must be applied to
man’s sin in order that forgiveness from the One Who matters will
come.
Many also need to forgive others in order to be released from
hurt and bondage.
Some people who harbour sins of resentment and
unforgiveness need God’s power to help them forgive so they can be
liberated from the effects of the past.
To find himself, however, and
get right with himself and his fellowman, a man must first get right
with his Creator.
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