March/05/ 2017 Filed in:
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Part 4
Emotions
1. How I feel affects my decisions.
2. How I feel affects my relationships.
3. How I feel affects my work.
4. How I feel affects my health.
I Kings 19:3-5 “Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. 4 Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”
Stats: An estimated 1 out of every 10 Americans will deal with some form of depression.
40 million adults or 18% of the adult American population deals with some kind of anxiety disorder.
How did Elijah go from devotion to depression?
1. Wear yourself out
2. Shut others out
verse 3-4a “he left his servant there. 4 Then he went on alone into the wilderness”
3. Stress yourself out
verse 5 “I’ve had enough. I’m no better than my ancestors.”
verse 10 “I’m the only one left who is serving you”
Pastor Gerald Brooks “Never add doom to your gloom.”
What do you do when you find yourself struggling with the dark side of emotions?
1. Remind
Jude 1:20 “But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.”
2. Refuel
verse 5 “Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!” 6 He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again. 7 Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched him and said, “Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you.”
Psalm 34:17 “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.”
Psalm 40:2-3 “2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.”
Psalm 3:3 “But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.”
Psalm 42:11 “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God…”
Romans 8:31 “if God is for us who can be against us.”
3. Reengage
Verse 15 “The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet.”
80% of the word emotion is motion. Your motions can change your emotions.