Building or rebuilding our emotional lives will allow us to grow our character as we walk with God and develop our strength from the inside out.
When we get our happiness from God, we want to share that happiness with others.
Trusting God helps me lower my defenses and listen to him as he helps me become the person I’m meant to be.
The Psalms are a collection of prayers from people who felt strong emotions and let God turn their darkness into light.
God wants to give us the help we need, but we have to be willing to be vulnerable enough to ask him for it.
Understanding the way we handle the storms of life can help us recognize what we’re building our lives on, and learn how to trust God and his way instead.
What King Ahab can teach us about navigating the emotional disruptions that are necessary parts of the process of change.
By digging down deep, we start the process toward having a faith in God that is not easily shaken. However, depth takes work. It is not a personality trait or a natural talent, but rather a skill that must be worked at and developed over time.
The longer you do something, the easier it becomes to forget why you started doing it. This can happen to us with Christianity. If you have a seared conscience, these steps will help your heart heal.
God wants us to have friends we can be completely ourselves with, but this can only happen if we let go of control.
The key to turning our emotion into action is trusting God.
How do you respond when you go through storms in life? Emotional storms? Do they drive you closer to God and make you stronger in your convictions? Or do storms leave you shaken and weakened in your faith?