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<v Speaker 1>Hey, friends, thanks so much for joining us today on

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible Teaching ministry of Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 2>We're so glad to have you with us.

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<v Speaker 1>And today, Rick continues in his series called Transformed. Together,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll dive into God's word and discover powerful principles that

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<v Speaker 1>can truly change our lives from the inside out spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, financially,

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<v Speaker 1>and vocationally. You'll experience how God's truth brings real transformation

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<v Speaker 1>to every part.

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<v Speaker 2>Of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>So excited to hear what Rick has to say today

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<v Speaker 1>in part one of a message called how to Deal

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<v Speaker 1>with How You Feel.

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<v Speaker 3>We've been looking during fifty days of Transformation, first at

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<v Speaker 3>spiritual health and then at physical help. Last week we

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<v Speaker 3>looked at mental health, and this week I want us

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<v Speaker 3>to look at emotional health, and that is how to

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<v Speaker 3>deal with how you feel. Last week we talked about

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<v Speaker 3>how to manage your mind, your thoughts, and this week

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<v Speaker 3>I want us to look at what the Bible says

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<v Speaker 3>about how to manage your emotions, how to deal with

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<v Speaker 3>how you feel, Mark twelfth, twenty nine to thirty. Jesus

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<v Speaker 3>says this the most important commandment is this. You must

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<v Speaker 3>love the Lord your God with all your heart and

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<v Speaker 3>all your soul, and all your mind and all your strength.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you hear the emotion in these words of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus is saying, I don't want you to just kind

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<v Speaker 3>of love me. I don't want you to kind of

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<v Speaker 3>love God. I want you to love God passionately, with

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<v Speaker 3>all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and

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<v Speaker 3>all your strength. God wants an emotional relationship with you.

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't want to head knowledgey. I know, Jesus, I

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<v Speaker 3>know God, blah blah blah blah blah blah. I want

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<v Speaker 3>an emotional, passionate relationship that is full of feelings. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>let me give you some facts about your emotions before

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<v Speaker 3>we get into this. First, God has emotions. Many people

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<v Speaker 3>don't realize this. God has feelings. God is an emotional God.

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<v Speaker 3>God feels joy, he feels grief, he feels pain, he

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<v Speaker 3>feels hatred towards sin. He has frustration with the people

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<v Speaker 3>around him, just like you do. And God has emotions.

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<v Speaker 3>The only reason you have emotions is because you're made

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<v Speaker 3>in God's image. If God wasn't an emotional god, you

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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't have any emotions.

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<v Speaker 2>If God wasn't a God of love, there would be

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<v Speaker 2>no love on this planet.

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<v Speaker 3>God is love. God created romance. God created emotions, created feelings.

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<v Speaker 3>So God is an emotional god. Number two, My ability

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<v Speaker 3>to feel is a gift from God. Your emotions are

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<v Speaker 3>a gift from God. And now they may not always

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<v Speaker 3>seem that way, but even the negative ones have a

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<v Speaker 3>role in your life. Emotions are a great asset, the

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<v Speaker 3>one thing that make you human. If you didn't have emotion,

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<v Speaker 3>you just you'd be a robot. You wouldn't be a

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<v Speaker 3>human being. It is your emotional ability that allows you

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<v Speaker 3>to love and create, and to be faithful and loyal

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<v Speaker 3>and kind and generous, and all of the emotions that

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<v Speaker 3>are attached to the good things in life. One of

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<v Speaker 3>the most astounding verses in the Bible is Genesis one

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<v Speaker 3>twenty six. God said, let us make man in our image,

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<v Speaker 3>in our likeness. And as I said, the only reason

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<v Speaker 3>you have emotions is because God gave them to you

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<v Speaker 3>and you were made in His image. Now, number three,

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<v Speaker 3>there are two extremes that you need to avoid in

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<v Speaker 3>dealing with emotions, and one is called emotionalism and the

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<v Speaker 3>other is called stoicism.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me explain these to you.

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<v Speaker 3>Emotionalism means all that matters is how I feel. Emotionalism

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<v Speaker 3>is that the extreme is saying the only thing that

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<v Speaker 3>matters in life it is how I feel. Doesn't matter,

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<v Speaker 3>what I think, doesn't matter, what's right or wrong, doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>matter what's popular or unpopular, good or bad, And what

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<v Speaker 3>only matters is do what you feel, and if it feels.

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<v Speaker 2>Good, do it.

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<v Speaker 3>And that extreme of emotionalism means everything I do in

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<v Speaker 3>life is based on my emotions. They control my life,

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<v Speaker 3>they dominate my life, they run my life, and I'm

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<v Speaker 3>a very emotional person. Then stoicism is the exact opposite,

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<v Speaker 3>and it basically says feelings aren't important at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Feelings are not important at all.

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<v Speaker 3>The only thing that matters is your intellect and your will,

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<v Speaker 3>your volition and your intelligence. And so the stoics said,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, emotions are not a part of life. Feelings

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<v Speaker 3>really don't matter. That's really funny because stoics often marry

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<v Speaker 3>emotional people, and emotional people often marry stoics and a

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<v Speaker 3>typically often in a marriage you have one who's a

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<v Speaker 3>stuffer and one who's a gusher. Okay, stuffers and gushers

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<v Speaker 3>marry now. Stuffers always get frustrated with gushers because they

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<v Speaker 3>think they're too emotional, and gushers always get matter with

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<v Speaker 3>stuffers because they think they're too uptight and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>close down and shut down. Stuffers think you really shouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>be sharing your emotions, and gushers think if you're not

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<v Speaker 3>sharing your emotions, you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Not being authentic.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, Actually both of these are extreme positions, and the

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<v Speaker 3>happy medium is where you really want to be. It's

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<v Speaker 3>not emotionalism or stoicism. It's interesting there are entire Christian

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<v Speaker 3>denominations built on these two approaches to emotions. You probably

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<v Speaker 3>know some Christians who have decided that it doesn't really

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<v Speaker 3>matter how you feel. The only thing that matters is

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<v Speaker 3>the truth of the Word of God, and they downplay emotion.

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<v Speaker 3>They say, you know what, that's like the caboose. The

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<v Speaker 3>train can run with or without the emotion.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not important. Well, that's not right, that's not right.

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<v Speaker 3>God gave you your emotions for a reason, and God

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<v Speaker 3>wants you to worship him emotionally. He wants you to

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<v Speaker 3>feel it. In fact, God complains in the scripture many

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<v Speaker 3>times about you're just worshiping with your lips, but not

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<v Speaker 3>with your emotion, not with your heart. You don't really

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<v Speaker 3>feel it. And by the way, the word emotion isn't

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<v Speaker 3>used that often in the Bible because instead the word

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<v Speaker 3>uses the Bible uses the word passions or affections, or

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<v Speaker 3>the number one term for emotions is heart. Heart is

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<v Speaker 3>a symbol of love and emotions. And even today I

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<v Speaker 3>say I love you with all my heart. And of

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<v Speaker 3>course in the Bible this is the metaphor that the

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<v Speaker 3>mind represents the intellect and the heart represents the emotions.

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<v Speaker 3>We now know that those are actually two different circuit

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<v Speaker 3>systems in your brain, that your emotions have an amazing

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<v Speaker 3>system as well as your thoughts do, and some things

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<v Speaker 3>you just react emotionally without even thinking about it. But

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<v Speaker 3>some Christians they just say emotions aren't important. And then

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<v Speaker 3>there are other Christians who say emotions are all that matters,

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<v Speaker 3>and when they come to church, they're looking for an emotion,

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<v Speaker 3>and when they worship, they want an ocean of emotion

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<v Speaker 3>and they want.

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<v Speaker 2>To quiver in the liver.

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<v Speaker 3>And if I haven't been enraptured in a moment of worship,

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<v Speaker 3>then I haven't worshiped.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's wrong too, And a lot of.

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<v Speaker 3>People are actually seeking an emotion, not seeking God when

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<v Speaker 3>they worship, and it becomes an idol too. So you

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<v Speaker 3>can make your mind an idol and make doctrine and

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<v Speaker 3>theology and intellectual an exercise of theology of God, or

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<v Speaker 3>you can make your emotion and your experience a God.

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<v Speaker 2>And both of those are wrong. Does that make sense?

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<v Speaker 3>And so God gave you both a mind and an emotion,

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<v Speaker 3>and they're both important to you now. Number four, The

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<v Speaker 3>Bible tells us that God gave us the Book of

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<v Speaker 3>Psalms in order to understand our emotions. And if you

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<v Speaker 3>have a hard time with some emotions in your life,

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<v Speaker 3>to spend a lot of time in the book of Psalms.

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<v Speaker 3>Psalms has every emotion known to man in it, the

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<v Speaker 3>good ones and the bad ones, the positive and the negative.

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<v Speaker 3>You read some of those psalms, you think, why is

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<v Speaker 3>this chapter in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>It's there to teach you about.

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<v Speaker 3>Even those negative emotions, because not all psalms are about

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<v Speaker 3>praise and thanksgiving. There are psalms of anger, there are

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<v Speaker 3>psalms of complaining, There are songs of lament and sorrow,

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<v Speaker 3>there are psalms.

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<v Speaker 2>Of arguing with God.

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<v Speaker 3>Every emotion known to mand is in the psalms, and

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<v Speaker 3>God is saying all of these are legitimate.

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<v Speaker 2>I gave these things to you.

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<v Speaker 3>So we're gonna look today at how to deal with

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<v Speaker 3>how you feel. But what I want to do this

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<v Speaker 3>weekend is.

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<v Speaker 2>Do two things. Talk to you about why.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says it's important to learn how to manage

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<v Speaker 3>your emotions, and that's a skill and you can get

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<v Speaker 3>good at it. Most people are not good at managing

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<v Speaker 3>their emotions. They're not good at at all. But you can,

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<v Speaker 3>and if you do, you will have enormous advance over

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<v Speaker 3>the other people in your life. If you know how

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<v Speaker 3>to manage your emotions, it's key to peace of mind.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the key to success and a lot of other things.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's look at God's word now and look at why.

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<v Speaker 3>First I need to learn to manage my emotions, and

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<v Speaker 3>then get into.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you do it?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so quickly for important reasons why you need to

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<v Speaker 3>learn to deal with what you feel? Number one, because

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<v Speaker 3>my feelings are often unreliable. My feelings are often unreliable.

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<v Speaker 3>They can lead you in the wrong direction. How many

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<v Speaker 3>times have you thought, I know this is the right

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<v Speaker 3>thing to do. I just feel it in my gut,

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<v Speaker 3>and you do it, and it doesn't work out.

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<v Speaker 2>Every one of us have done it.

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<v Speaker 3>Your gut is often wrong, your intuition is often flawed.

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<v Speaker 3>Your emotions often lead you down a blind alley. You

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<v Speaker 3>can't depend on everything you feel.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Last week I said, you don't have to believe everything

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<v Speaker 3>you think, and you don't have to accept everything you feel,

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<v Speaker 3>because not everything you feel is right, not everything you

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<v Speaker 3>feel is authentic, and not everything you feel is reality.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of the things you feel about yourself are flat

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<v Speaker 3>out dead wrong, and some of the things you feel

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<v Speaker 3>about other people are dead wrong. You say, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 3>this is the right direction, but it's not. So you

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<v Speaker 3>need to manage your emotions. Proverbs fourteen twelve says this,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a way that seems circle seems there's a way

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<v Speaker 3>that seems right to a man, but in the end

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<v Speaker 3>it leads to death. So your emotions are not infallible.

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<v Speaker 3>Just because you feel it doesn't make it true. Our

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<v Speaker 3>feelings are often wrong, and they often guide us in

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<v Speaker 3>the wrong direction. Number two, I have to learn to

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<v Speaker 3>manage my emotion because I don't want to be manipulated.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't control your emotions, they will control you. And you

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<v Speaker 3>will be manipulated by your moods. And if you're always

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<v Speaker 3>guided by your feelings rather than by what's right, by

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<v Speaker 3>your commitments, by the truth. If you're always guided by

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<v Speaker 3>feelings other people, people are going to take advantage of you.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to they're going to take advantage of you.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, salesmen and advertisers are trained in how to

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<v Speaker 3>stir up your emotions because they know that if they

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<v Speaker 3>can get you hooked emotionally, they're going to buy the product.

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<v Speaker 3>And so the color of the packaging and the music

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<v Speaker 2>And if you make.

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<v Speaker 3>Decisions like what you buy based on emotion, that's called

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<v Speaker 3>really need or want. Has anybody ever done this? Could

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<v Speaker 3>I see your hands?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we all have. We've go why in the world

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<v Speaker 3>did I buy that? Because the guy got my emotions?

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<v Speaker 2>And oh I need to buy that, I really need that.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says in Proverbs twenty five twenty eight I

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<v Speaker 3>city with no defenses. Let me show you this verse

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<v Speaker 3>as a city with broken down walls. Not only are

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<v Speaker 3>And your old nature knows your moods, and it just

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<v Speaker 3>and all of a sudden, you don't want to do

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<v Speaker 3>what you need to do, what's right to do, what's

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<v Speaker 3>being manipulated by a mood. Worst of all, Satan's favorite tool.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen to this. Satan's favorite tool in your life is

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<v Speaker 3>of emotions. It's his favorite tool. He will use fear

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<v Speaker 3>Satan's favorite tool is to whip you around with negative emotions.

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<v Speaker 3>If you don't know how to manage your emotions, you

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<v Speaker 3>are helpless against Satan. You don't want to be manipulated,

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<v Speaker 3>so you want to learn the skill we're going to

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<v Speaker 3>look at this weekend, because he wrecks so much havoc

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<v Speaker 3>in our lives emotionally. First Peter five eight says this,

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<v Speaker 3>be self controlled and alert. Be self controlled and alert

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<v Speaker 3>your enemy. The devil prows around like a roaring line

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<v Speaker 3>looking for someone to vour. If you don't have self control,

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<v Speaker 3>number three, I need to manage my emotions because I

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<v Speaker 3>that my feelings are unreliable, and I know that I

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<v Speaker 3>don't want to be manipulated by other people, or by

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<v Speaker 3>my old nature or by the devil. But I also

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<v Speaker 3>want to please God. And God cannot be God in

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<v Speaker 3>my life. If emotions are God in my life, God

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<v Speaker 3>can't rule my life. If my emotions rule my life,

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus can't be lord of my life. If my emotions

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<v Speaker 3>are my lord of my life. If I make all

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<v Speaker 3>made my feelings God, and then God can't be God.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says in Romans eight six to eight, to

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<v Speaker 3>be controlled by the spirit results in life and peace.

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<v Speaker 3>And those who obey their old human nature cannot please God.

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<v Speaker 3>Circle that so you can't please God if your emotions

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<v Speaker 3>dominate your life and they are running your life, and

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<v Speaker 3>your decisions are made based on how do I feel

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<v Speaker 3>rather than what does God say. Finally, number four, the

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<v Speaker 3>fourth reason I must manage my emotion is because I

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<v Speaker 3>want to succeed in life. This is one of the

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<v Speaker 3>number one predictors of success or failure in your life.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you know how to manage your moods? Do you

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<v Speaker 3>know how to deal with how you feel? Do you

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<v Speaker 3>know how to control your emotions? If you don't learn

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<v Speaker 3>how to do this, you will never be the success

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<v Speaker 3>in life that God wants you to be or that

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<v Speaker 3>you want to be. Study after study after study has

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<v Speaker 3>shown that your EQ is more important than your IQ.

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<v Speaker 3>That for success in business, emotional quotient is far more

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<v Speaker 3>important than your intelligence quotient. Your IQ isn't nearly a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of people don't have.

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<v Speaker 2>A high IQ.

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<v Speaker 3>Very successful in life, but they've got good smarts in

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<v Speaker 3>dealing with their emotions. They've got good smarts and deal

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<v Speaker 3>with how they feel, and as a result, they're people people.

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<v Speaker 3>They know how to how to get along with others.

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<v Speaker 3>We've all known people who live by their emotions and

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<v Speaker 3>waste their life. They get out in the morning and said,

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<v Speaker 3>what do I feel like doing today? Well, not much,

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<v Speaker 3>so they don't do it much. And if you deal don't.

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<v Speaker 3>If you only deal with how you feel and you

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<v Speaker 3>just go based on what you're feeling, you're not going

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<v Speaker 3>to succeed in life.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not going to make much of your life.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says in Proverbs Flight twenty three, people get lost.

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<v Speaker 3>You're talking about in life, people get lost and they

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<v Speaker 3>die because of their foolishness and their lack of self control.

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<v Speaker 3>How many people do you know who ruin the reputation

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<v Speaker 3>because of their lack of self control? How many people

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<v Speaker 3>do you know who ruined a job opportunity because of

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<v Speaker 3>something that happened on a stupid one night party and

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<v Speaker 3>foolishness and party and then all of a sudden boom

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<v Speaker 3>there you know, everything happened, from an unwanted pregnancy to

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<v Speaker 3>all kinds of different things. People get lost, people die,

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<v Speaker 3>that's the opposite of living because of their foolishness and

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<v Speaker 3>lack of self control. Now, when you give your heart

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<v Speaker 3>to Jesus, that includes your emotions. So when you say

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<v Speaker 3>I gave my heart to Jesus, you gave your emotions

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<v Speaker 3>to him to be managed by him. Because the heart

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<v Speaker 3>is the seat of your emotions. And Jesus wants to

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<v Speaker 3>be a lord of how you feel, not just what

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<v Speaker 3>you think and what you do. He wants to be

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<v Speaker 3>lord of your emotions.

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<v Speaker 1>Such a great message by Rick today and every day.

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<v Speaker 1>I sure hope you were just as encouraged as I was.

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<v Speaker 1>And now here's Rick with an important message.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi everybody, thanks so much for listening today. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>my hope is that God uses this broadcast to help

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<v Speaker 3>deepen your relationship with Jesus. Now, these daily Hope messages

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<v Speaker 3>are distributed on radio stations and digital platforms all across

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<v Speaker 3>the globe and listeners are writing and letting us know

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<v Speaker 3>that their lives are being changed. They're telling us that

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<v Speaker 3>they're walking with Jesus and that guilt and fear has

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<v Speaker 3>been chased from their lives by God's love. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>relationships are being restored and marriages are being healed, and

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<v Speaker 3>many people are saying that they've found their life purpose.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to say thank you to you, because we're

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<v Speaker 3>only able to carry the hope of Jesus to these

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<v Speaker 3>listeners like you. I just wanted to say I am

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>I understand in times like these, many of you are

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<v Speaker 2>Hear it from me.

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<v Speaker 3>not between you and me, but between you and God.

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<v Speaker 3>And your prayers are a continual and incredible contribution to

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