Your Feelings are not to be ignored but examined in light of Scripture!

Ask, is what I am feeling “whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell {ponder} on these things.“-Philippians 4:8. using  as the “referee?” Read Philippians 4:8 and seek to use as the deciding factor in examining your emotions which at times are so strong, domineering, but can be so, so…wrong!

Don’t ignore your feelings examine them, and if they do not meet the criteria of Philippians 4:8 then REPLACE your THINKING by speaking the TRUTH of God’s Word to yourself and as you do, the Holy Spirit will strengthen and enable you to overcome those lying, disheartening, prideful, lustful,anxious, fearful, bitter emotions, or whatever way they are manifesting themselves to you! The TRUTH sets us free. God uses His Word to transform our lives. -“Sanctify them in the truth [set them apart for Your purposes, make them holy]; Your word is truth. “- {John 17:17 Amplified Bible}.

It’s a matter of who you will believe, rely on trust in, either your emotions or God!

  • Don’t allow your feelings to DICTATE your mood to influence your actions!
  • To Continue to THINK wrongly is to FEED THOSE DESTRUCTIVE EMOTIONS AND have a DISTORTED view of God and His Word!
  • Not only do they DAMAGE your emotions but are a DIRECT ATTACK on THE CHARACTER AMD WORD OF GOD as being uncaring and insufficient!

You are NOT a Slave to destructive emotions!

For the followers of Christ, you, by the truth of Scripture and Power of the Holy Spirit -“God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.”-{Philippians 2:13 NLT)… can bring those damaging emotions under the SPIRIT OF GOD’S Control as you …

1.- RECOGNIZE; Don’t ignore your emotions EXAMINE them in light of Scriptures

2.- REPLACE them with SPEAKING TRUTH to yourself and THINKING ON TRUTH and APPLYING the truth to your citcumstances and THOUGHT life.

.3.-RELY on; KNOW that the HOLY SPIRIT will help you to win over those feelings as you apply the Scriptures to your thinking.

4.- REJOICE; What seeks to trip you up the LORD can use to BUILD YOU UP by strengthening your faith in teaching you HOW TO GROW in your faith by overcoming harmful emotions! You can REJOICE in this opportunity for the Holy Spirit to strengthen you, that you are not on your own and that you can grow stronger knowing how to overcome destructive emotions!

Perhaps this outline can help as a reminder;

1.- Recognize them

2.- Replace them with thinking on Scripture

3.-Rely on the Scripture and Holy Spirit

4.-Rejoice- God will use this to build you up by training you how to win over destructive emotions … and so that you can help OTHERS…

God bless

Aidan