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Feelings Make Great Messengers, Terrible Leaders · High Level Wife Podcast with Chelsey Holm

• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: We're back with another espresso shot because it's been a busy week and I'm firing these off.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: These are quick ones, right?
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: Feelings make great messengers, but terrible leaders.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: God created your emotions.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: They are not the enemy.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: There are not good emotions and bad emotions.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: There are simply emotions that we are comfortable with and emotions that make us very uncomfortable.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: They were never meant to lead our lives.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: Feelings are messengers.
• 1:05
  SPEAKER_00: They tell us something is happening inside.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: They reveal, but they don't rule.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_00: The world tells you that they should be your authority and you should bow to them.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: But that's not the case with the Lord.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: Right?
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: And also, if if if we say I only obey God when I feel peaceful or patient or loving, we're going to spend the rest of our lives waiting to obey.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: And we're going to block our blessings and our growth.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: And we're going to stay stagnant and stuck.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_00: Instead, though, scripture calls us to walk by the spirit, not by emotions, right?
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: Not by sight, not by what we see with our physical, fleshly eyes.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: In Galatians 5, Paul contrasts the works of the flesh with the fruit of the spirit.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: Fruit grows when we keep in step with Him, not when we chase our feelings.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_00: So the next time you feel angry or anxious or rejected, don't suppress it.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: Don't let loose in careless expression.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: Instead, notice it, bring it to the Lord, ask what it's revealing, and then submit it to his truth, anchoring in truth.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: And then you're able to respond in a way that is honoring to the Lord, respectful to your husband, and those around you.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: Go read Galatians 5, 16 through 26 today.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: Ask the Holy Spirit to help you become someone who is led by Him instead of led by your emotions or the lack thereof, right?
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: Because that's also another way that we are actually bowing to the authority of our emotions while thinking we're doing the complete opposite.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_00: But remember, a high level wife doesn't deny her feelings, she surrenders them to Christ.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_00: I'll see you on the next episode.