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HOW TO DEAL WITH HOW YOU FEEL. 50 Days of Transformation – Part 4 Emotional Health. Pastor Dave Martin ~ Cross Creek Community Church ~ March 23, 2014. Romans 12:2a Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind …. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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HOW TO DEAL WITH HOW YOU FEEL
50 Days of Transformation – Part 4Emotional Health
Pastor Dave Martin ~ Cross Creek Community Church ~ March 23, 2014
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Romans 12:2a Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…
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Mark 12:29-30 “The most important commandment is this: You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your SOUL, and all your MIND, and all your STRENGTH.”nlt
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UNDERSTAND MY EMOTIONS…
God has emotions
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UNDERSTAND MY EMOTIONS…
God has emotions My ability to feel is a gift from God, Gen 1:26
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UNDERSTAND MY EMOTIONS…
God has emotions My ability to feel is a gift from God, Gen 1:26
Two extremes to avoid:– Emotionalism: All that matters is how I feel
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UNDERSTAND MY EMOTIONS…
God has emotions My ability to feel is a gift from God, Gen 1:26
Two extremes to avoid:– Emotionalism: All that matters is how I feel– Stoicism: Feelings aren’t important at all
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UNDERSTAND MY EMOTIONS…
God has emotions My ability to feel is a gift from God, Gen 1:26
Two extremes to avoid:– Emotionalism: All that matters is how I feel– Stoicism: Feelings aren’t important at all
God gave us the book of Psalms to understand our emotions.
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WHY I MUST LEARN TO MANAGE MY EMOTIONS
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1. BECAUSE my feelings are often unreliable
Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that SEEMS right to a man, but in the end, it leads to death.”
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2. BECAUSE I don’t want to be manipulated
Proverbs 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken down [no defenses] is a man who lacks
self-control [no check on his feelings].
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2. BECAUSE I don’t want to be manipulated
1 Peter 5:8 “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
looking for someone to devour.”
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3. BECAUSE I want to please God
Romans 8:6-8 6 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and
peace; 7 the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8 Those
controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
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4. BECAUSE I want to succeed in life
Proverbs 5:23 He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly [lack of self-
control].
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4. BECAUSE I want to succeed in life
1 Peter 4:2 As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but
rather for the will of God.
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HOW TO MANAGE AN UNWANTED FEELING
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1. Name itAsk: What am I really feeling?
Psalms 55:2 hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
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2. Challenge itAsk: Is it true?
Psalms 26:2 Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;
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2. Challenge itAsk: Is it true?
Job 15:12 Eliphaz asked Job: “Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes
flash?”
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3. Tame itAsk: Is it helping or hurting?
Philippians 2:5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
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Be TRANSFORMED by the Renewing of
your mind…
Think differently about your emotions!
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Everyday: Ask God to fill me with His Spirit
Commanded to: “… be filled with the Spirit” Eph 5:18
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Everyday: Ask God to fill me with His Spirit
Galatians 5:22-23 “When the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of
fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
and self-control.” nlt
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Everyday:Ask God to help me manage my mouth
Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.
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Key: Make God’s Word my word
Psalms 119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
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Key: Make God’s Word my word
Psalm 19:14 “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your
sight, O Lord!”
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