Emotional Preparation, Being Intentional
Hey There! As I feast on the Bread of Life, the Bible, the Holy Spirit continues to teach me and draw me further in. A bite here, a snippet there, and more and more truth is growing everywhere. This morning another bit came to me that seemed to fit in with our journey towards wholeness perfectly. So here it is: Emotional preparedness.
An important part of emotional health is learning to recognize seasonal patterns of thought and desire which lead to behaviors that can be dangerous or foolish at best. Don't consider foolish behavior that big of a deal? Think that obeying God and/or those He sends to instruct us isn't as important as our parents make it out to be? Perhaps a trip through the book of Proverbs and the rest of the Bible will be an enlightening read. Recognizing these seasonal patterns and deliberately choosing godly ways of walking through them can be intentionally determined in advance, before they are needed.
May none of us get caught in the snare of the enemy and fail to take God and His instructions seriously. May we follow God's wisdom as we learn to be alert and aware of the emotional weaknesses everyone faces.
Scriptures:
Proverbs 22: 3 - "A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering]. "
"Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God] For whatever a man sows that and that only is what he will reap. For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally] to all people [not only being useful and profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God's family with you, the believers]." Galatians 6:7-9
Galatians 5:25 - "If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]"
An important part of emotional health is learning to recognize seasonal patterns of thought and desire which lead to behaviors that can be dangerous or foolish at best. Don't consider foolish behavior that big of a deal? Think that obeying God and/or those He sends to instruct us isn't as important as our parents make it out to be? Perhaps a trip through the book of Proverbs and the rest of the Bible will be an enlightening read. Recognizing these seasonal patterns and deliberately choosing godly ways of walking through them can be intentionally determined in advance, before they are needed.
May none of us get caught in the snare of the enemy and fail to take God and His instructions seriously. May we follow God's wisdom as we learn to be alert and aware of the emotional weaknesses everyone faces.
Scriptures:
Proverbs 22: 3 - "A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering]. "
"Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God] For whatever a man sows that and that only is what he will reap. For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally] to all people [not only being useful and profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God's family with you, the believers]." Galatians 6:7-9
Galatians 5:25 - "If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]"