10, Emotions versus Emotionalism Seed Faith For Seekers 10, Emotions versus Emotionalism

Jesus in the temple Elijah in the cave Jacob losing Joseph [2Co 2:11 ESV] 11 so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs (schemes). Job beset by Satan

Emotions are Motivators [Mat 21:12-13 ESV] 12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers." What emotions might have been present? Love Respect Loyalty Anger Righteous indignation

Emotions are Motivators [Mar 3:1-5 ESV] 1 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, "Come here." 4 And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent. 5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. Natural feelings are not always wrong

Emotions Can Be Warning Signs PSYCHOLOGY Website, 8 Signs of clinical depression 1. Escapism, little interest in previous activities [1Ki 19:1-3 ESV] 1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." 3 Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

Emotions Can Be Warning Signs PSYCHOLOGY Website, 8 Signs of clinical depression 2. Irritable, grouchy becomes the new normal [1Ki 19:3 ESV] 3 Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

Emotions Can Be Warning Signs PSYCHOLOGY Website, 8 Signs of clinical depression 3. Thoughts of death [1Ki 19:4 ESV] 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."

Emotions Can Be Warning Signs PSYCHOLOGY Website, 8 Signs of clinical depression 4. fatigue [1Ki 19:5-6 ESV] 5 And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat." 6 And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again.

Emotions Can Be Warning Signs PSYCHOLOGY Website, 8 Signs of clinical depression 5. Gain in or loss of appetite (Elijah had to be fed) [1Ki 19:5-6 ESV] 5 And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat." 6 And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again.

Emotions Can Be Warning Signs PSYCHOLOGY Website, 8 Signs of clinical depression 6. Feeling hopeless (Elijah hid out in a hole) [1Ki 19:8-9 ESV] 8 And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God. 9 There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

Emotions Can Be Warning Signs PSYCHOLOGY Website, 8 Signs of clinical depression 7. Difficulty concentrating (Elijah had his excuses rehearsed) [1Ki 19:10, 14 ESV] 10 He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." …14 He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."

Emotions Can Be Warning Signs PSYCHOLOGY Website, 8 Signs of clinical depression 8. Feeling helpless… having a pity party [1Ki 19:10, 14 ESV] 10 He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." …14 He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."

Emotions Can Be Warning Signs God’s cure for Elijah’s depression? V. 15-16, see the value in your efforts V. 16-17, see the value in your future Get going and get busy, mind off self V. 18, know that your thinking is suspect

Emotions Are Not Emotionalism Defined; strong or excess appeal to the emotions, a tendency to display or respond with undue emotion [Jer 17:9 ESV] 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? [Jer 10:23 ESV] 23 I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

Emotions Are Not Emotionalism [1Co 2:14 ESV] 14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. [Phl 4:6 ESV] 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Emotions CAN Glorify God [2Pe 1:5-6 ESV] 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self- control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

Emotions CAN Glorify God [Tit 2:1-8 ESV] 1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self- controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self- controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. 7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

Emotions CAN Glorify God [1Th 4:13 ESV] 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

Emotions are motivators Emotions can be warning signs Emotions are not emotionalism Emotions CAN Glorify God when controlled