00:00you must distinguish between what you feel and what is real many times our feelings and our
00:10emotions deceive us because they are influenced by many factors around us many things influence
00:20our emotions our feelings so as a christian the question is not how do i feel the question is
00:29what is real what is true what is the truth
00:42hi brother chris i have a question like my emotions have led me to resentment which later led to sinning
00:50and now i'm coming against it i'm overcoming it and the message that i heard as i answered my
00:57questions but i want more clarity on the matter how do you handle emotions because i don't want
01:04it to affect my heart nor the hearts of others okay one of our challenges is the elevation of feelings
01:17and emotions above truth that's a symptom unfortunately of the world we are living in today
01:31so many times when i i speak to people they will use this language i feel like this
01:40but i feel like god does not love me i feel like i cannot get out of this problem i
01:50feel that
01:53the world is against me okay you must distinguish between what you feel and what is real many times
02:07things our feelings our feelings and our emotions
02:14deceive us because they are influenced by many factors around us many things influence our emotions our
02:23feelings so as a christian the question is not how do i feel the question is what is real what
02:34is
02:34true what is the truth so let me give an example i don't know i have forgiven someone because i
02:43feel i have
02:44forgiven them i know i have forgiven someone because i act on that forgiveness
02:53the feelings may follow
02:57i hope you understand that point people of god
03:00it's not a feeling it's not an emotion when someone has done wrong to you and you focused a lot
03:07on it it will produce a lot of negative feelings you may not feel like you have forgiven them
03:15forgiveness is an act of faith not feeling so i choose to not relive the past in the presence in
03:26my
03:26relationship with this person it's a choice it's a decision backed up by truth it's because it's what
03:37is right it's not because it's what you like you don't forgive because you feel like it's you forgive
03:44because your faith demands it because the person most hurt by unforgiveness is you
03:51because harboring a grudge and holding on forgiveness is only a self-inflicted wound
03:59that's why you forgive so if you understand spiritually the importance of forgiveness
04:08your feelings will not play a key role in that decision
04:14let's be careful not to elevate our feelings and our emotions to a place of importance
04:24whereby we are swayed by them in decisions oh i feel like this oh i feel this way let me
04:32put it like
04:33this you may feel great today you may feel bad tomorrow you may feel terrible next week
04:40but god's word stays the same yesterday today and forever so your decisions
04:49on what to do and how to do it must be founded on the solid rock of god's word not
04:56the shifting sand of
04:58emotions and feelings they will change they will shift they will move up and down
05:04sometimes influenced by factors beyond our control sometimes influenced by what we focus on
05:13like i said if you focus on the wrong done to you you will feel resentment so
05:23change your focus
05:26you are what you give attention to many of the problems we face today are as a result of giving
05:35attention to the wrong things
05:41we're giving attention to things not worthy of our hearts we're giving attention to things that have no
05:48lasting value and significance we're giving attention to things that fade in the lights of eternity
05:53we're giving attention to things that cause an overflow of negative emotions and feelings
06:02so that would be my advice to you brother i'm not saying this is easy because what i'm saying
06:09contradicts a lot of what is happening in the world today
06:15you elevate your own feelings but i feel this okay your feelings are not a standard to live by
06:23the standard to live by is the word of god so take that feeling and examine it in the lights
06:28of god's word
06:30that's your be your standard that should be your stand
06:48the antidote to the lies of condemnation is the truth and the truth of god's word is that you can't
06:55change
06:55change no matter how bad you have fallen you can't get back up as long as in the present we
07:02recognize
07:03and run to god and don't justify don't make excuses don't don't try to minimize the sin
07:15but we'll see you soon
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