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Why Emotions Can Cloud Spiritual Discernment and How to Find God’s Wisdom | Walking in Spiritual Discernment · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Welcome to the divine five one five pod
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  - podcast. Here is this week's devotional.
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  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha. I'm your host, Valerie Rocha, and I'd
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  - like to welcome you to week number two's
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  - podcast series of walking in spiritual discernment.
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  - We're gonna be tackling
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  - why emotions can cloud spiritual discernment and how
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  - to find God's wisdom,
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  - in the process.
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  - Now we as believers
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  - often
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  - make decisions based on emotions rather than discernment.
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  - And because we're human,
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  - fear, frustration,
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  - excitement, disappointment, and anxiety,
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  - to name a few of the experiences and
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  - emotions
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  - that we experience can often distort how we
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  - interpret situations and how we hear God's direction.
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  - Now the beautiful thing
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  - here is that
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  - prayer creates that space between our emotions
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  - and our decisions.
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  - It's what allows God's wisdom to become greater
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  - than our feelings.
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  - And not that there's anything wrong with feelings.
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  - God gives them to us,
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  - to to get through whatever we're facing,
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  - but
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  - we shouldn't stay there.
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  - James one and five tells us that if
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  - any
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  - of you lack wisdom,
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  - you should ask God who gives generously
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  - to all without finding fault.
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  - Now one of the things I love here
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  - is that
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  - not only does God give us what we
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  - don't have,
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  - but he gives it to us above and
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  - beyond.
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  - I I totally love that because it means
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  - that whatever it is that God has placed
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  - before us, he will equip and
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  - provide for us
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  - so that we can finish the task.
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  - God created emotions,
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  - but
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  - he never intended
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  - them to lead our lives.
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  - They're indicators,
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  - not directors.
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  - They are there to reveal what is happening
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  - inside of us,
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  - but are not always reliable guides for decision
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  - making.
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  - I'm sure you can all attest
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  - to
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  - you were faced with something,
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  - and
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  - you felt this way or that way, and
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  - you followed that feeling
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  - only to find out that it led you
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  - down the path of
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  - disappointment
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  - or something
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  - less than desirable.
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  - And when emotions are high, discernment can become
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  - difficult.
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  - Fear can make us hesitate,
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  - whereas excitement
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  - can cause us to rush ahead.
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  - Discouragement,
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  - on the other hand, can make us quit
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  - all too soon. So
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  - pick a emotion,
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  - a situation,
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  - and without God's help, we're subject to fall
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  - off the cliff if you if you will.
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  - Prayer helps us slow down long enough to
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  - see God's wisdom.
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  - And instead of us reacting
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  - immediately,
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  - it helps us to learn how to pause
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  - and ask,
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  - heavenly father, what are you saying about this
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  - situation?
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  - I think one of the key points here
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  - is that
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  - in the world that we're living in,
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  - everything is I wanted the day before yesterday.
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  - But when we're working through all of this
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  - quick
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  - and
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  - overly
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  - sometimes
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  - emotionalized
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  - lifestyle or situations,
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  - it's always
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  - subject to air.
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  - The good thing, though, is that discernment grows
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  - when wisdom becomes louder than emotions.
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  - And just like anything else, it's a skill,
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  - and prayer is the way that we
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  - fine tune that skill.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray.
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  - Heavenly father,
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  - help us not to be led by fear,
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  - frustration, or anxiety,
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  - or any other emotion for that.
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  - Thank you for giving us the emotions.
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  - But, father, help us to not let the
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  - emotion
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  - be the leader, but rather allow the word
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  - and prayer
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  - to lead and guide us in all that
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  - we say and do.
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  - Give us wisdom
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  - that rises above our emotions
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  - and teach us to see your perspective before
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  - making any decisions.
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  - And all thy ways
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  - get an understanding.
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  - Father, we say thank you that not only
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  - do you give us the template, but you
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  - give us the ability
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  - to follow the template when we seek your
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  - face.
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  - In Jesus name, amen.
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  - If this episode encouraged you, share it with
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  - someone who may need wisdom for a decision
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  - they're facing.