As I’ve been led to talk about emotions, I realize
how broad and
difficult the
topic is. My purpose is to help and encourage all of
you—but even
more so—my
suffering
spiritual family
whom I truly
love and care
for.
We have been created in God’s image; therefore, we
are emotional
beings.
It can be very
confusing to
discern which
feelings and
emotions come
from the Spirit
of the Lord or
from
ourselves—or
from the enemy.
God has given
societies
ABSOLUTES to
abide by for
their right and
healthy
functioning as
well as specific
rules of conduct
for their well
being.
In our secular world, just about everything is
RELATIVE! Man
has made himself
the center of
the universe and
whatever “feels
good and right”
to him, is the
way to
go! Belonging to
the enemy, he
destroys himself
and all that God
has created and
ordained.
Emotions and feelings are inseparable. The Bible has
much to say
about the
emotions we
experience. Our
minds and bodies
are greatly
influenced by
the fall of man
into sin. Our
emotional world
is therefore
tainted by our
sin nature. Considering what life can throw at us, we need
guidelines to
make proper
decisions. Allowing
emotions to
control us can
be detrimental
to our
stability—if not
downright
dangerous. Acting
upon impulses
and desires can
lead to our
destruction.
Our salvation and faith should NEVER be based on
emotions. Our
minds and reason
must control our
emotions. WHO
then should be
in control of
our
emotions? Man
has proven to be
a poor manager
of his
inner-world.
Christ came to
deliver us from
our own
destructive ways
by taking upon
Himself our sin
that separates
us from Him.
In doing so, He reconciled us unto Himself so that
we can enjoy an
intimate
relationship
with Him. His
desire is to be
our great
Shepherd, to
lead each of us
in the right
direction. By
submitting our
bodies, MINDS
and souls to
Him, our
emotions become
His and the Lord
is free to take
us where He
believes we
should be.
He longs to guide and comfort us. He alone can
produce in each
of us the fruit
of His Spirit:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience,
kindness,
goodness,
faithfulness,
gentleness,
self-control;
against such
things there is
no law”
(Galatians 5:22,
23).
With our finite minds, we attempt to bring God down
to our own level
and we project
on Him our
warped
perceptions of
who we are, what
He should allow
us to do and
base our
decisions on
what we
think His will
should be for
us. We must then
suffer the
consequences of
our wrong
doings. We
should
acknowledge that
He knows us so
much better than
ourselves and
that His plans
for our lives
are perfect.
If there is one important fact to keep in mind, it’s
that the Spirit
along with His
Word wants to
bring about
APPROPRIATE
emotions in our
inner-beings
based on TRUTH
to avoid
out-of-control
wrong
feelings. By
themselves,
emotions are not
unbiblical. They
are INDICATIONS
of what is in
our hearts.
“The good person out of the good treasure of his
heart produces
good and the
evil person out
of his evil
treasure
produces evil,
for out of the
abundance of the
heart his mouth
speaks” (Luke
6:45)
Our entire life should be guided by the Lord and His
Word and our
prayers should
be said with the
acceptance of
His will as
being the best
thing for us. My greatest desire is that you will turn to Jesus
Christ to
receive
forgiveness of
your sins,
invite Him into
your heart not
only to be your
Savior but also
the Lord of your
life. Becoming a
child of His,
will assure you
a glorious
eternity in His
presence!
Hell exists and the Creator of the universe came to
make a way for
you and me to
escape it. Is
there GREATER
LOVE THAN THAT?
Go abide in His love, now, while there is still time
to avoid the
impending
judgments that
He is about to
send on His
earth. He is a
God of love but
also a God of
rightness. He is
the one, our
only true
shelter in this
world...not Man!
Lucie who cares! (Write to me - écrivez-moi.)
luciekirouac@sogetel.net