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Emotions · First15 Devotional

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[SPEAKER_01]: Today we'll explore how emotional health and trust are linked.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We are all emotional beings and how we're doing emotionally affects us all on a regular basis.
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[SPEAKER_01]: God has something to say about your emotional health and it is my hope you are encouraged and feel a fresh how deeply you're loved by the Lord as we focus in on this truth.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to the first fifteen podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm thirty three verse twenty one Scripture says, for our heart is glad in him because we trust in his holy name.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Do you know that God cares deeply about your emotions?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Your heavenly Father, longs for your life to be marked by emotional joy, fulfillment, satisfaction, and peace.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He longs for your emotions to be rooted and grounded in his steadfast love and goodness.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Our God is an emotional God.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He is not void of feelings.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We feel because He feels.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We have emotions because we are made in His image.
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[SPEAKER_01]: For much of my Christian life, I thought my emotions had to be based on my circumstances.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I felt happy or sad based on others' opinions, the pressures of life, and opportunities I had were didn't have.
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[SPEAKER_01]: As a result, I was on a constant emotional roller coaster following the ups and downs of this shaky world.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I found myself controlled by the things of the world, rather than the foundation of love laid before me by the sacrificial love of Jesus.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Scripture continually describes a link between emotional health and trust.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Isaiah twenty six verses three and four says, you keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Trust in the Lord forever.
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[SPEAKER_01]: For the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Psalm fifty six verses three and four says, When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In God whose word I praise, in God I trust, I shall not be afraid.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What can flesh do to me?
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[SPEAKER_01]: In Psalm thirty three verse twenty one says, For our heart is glad in him because we trust in his holy name.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We are robbed of having our emotions rooted in God whenever we take on more pressure than we are meant to carry.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Our emotional health is directly linked to our level of trust.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We feel pressure at work when we look to our job and co-workers for our provision, identity, purpose, and fulfillment.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We feel pressure in our relationships when our worth isn't based on God's perspective, but the opinion of others.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We are robbed of peace when we try and plan our own steps rather than following our good shepherd into the green pastures and still waters.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In John, fourteen, twenty-seven, Jesus says, peace, I leave with you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: My peace, I give to you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not as the world gives, do I give to you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
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[SPEAKER_01]: God's heart is to fill you with peace.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He longs for you to have all the fruit of the Spirit dwelling within you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He has consistent, constant peace available to you, but you must trust him in every area of your life.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You must hand over the reigns of your relationships, job, identity, and plans to your good shepherd.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You must trust that He will guide you perfectly into an abundant life.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Look to your Heavenly Father for peace.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Find rest in His abundant love.
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[SPEAKER_01]: find yourself worth in the fact that God so desired relationship with you, that He laid down His own life to have it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Your father counts you worthy of the death of his only son.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Trust him today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Place your entire life in his capable hands and experience abundant life in the area of your emotions, rooting and grounding yourself in his unconditional, available love.
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[SPEAKER_01]: May your life be marked by increasing emotional health as you grow and trust.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Take time to practice these truths in guided prayer.
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[SPEAKER_01]: as we begin, meditate on the link between trust and emotional health, allow scripture to stir up your desire and willingness to trust God with every area of your life.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Psalm thirty three verse twenty one says, for our heart is glad in him because we trust in his holy name.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And next, where are you not experiencing abundant life in your emotions?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Where are you void of peace, joy, passion, and purpose?
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[SPEAKER_01]: and last.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Ask God to help you discern what part of your life you are not trusting to Him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hand over that area to Him and find peace and rest in His trustworthiness.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Don't settle for less than Jesus died to give you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Your life can be completely wrapped up in God's presence, unconditional love, and ability to guide you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You can be filled with the emotions of God.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Don't settle for pressure, stress, anger, and frustration.
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[SPEAKER_01]: don't settle for sadness, insecurity, or depression.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Place your trust in God.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Open your heart and receive the peace that can only come from your life being hidden in the heart of your perfect heavenly Father.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for listening to today's podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm Josh Miller with verse sixteen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If your emotions start to get the best of you today, one thing that helps is stopping and taking a few deep breaths for a moment.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There's a long tradition of using breathing as a form of prayer, allowing it to be a way to center your heart back on the reality of God, His nearness and His goodness.
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[SPEAKER_01]: May God lead you to a lifestyle of healthy abundant emotions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And may he bless you today as you see Kim.