Dealing With Emotions - the Jesus WaySample

From John 11:44, symbolically, Lazarus is like many Christians. The Bible speaks of us passing from death unto new life when we get born again. But it is also true that in the physical and emotional realm, we bring our 'graveclothes' from our old life with us (i.e., habits, attitudes, etc.), and we need to be 'loosed' to enjoy our new life fully.

Our emotions and attitudes follow what we think. When we focus our attention on our problems, they are magnified out of proportion. When we neglect our problems and think about God's provision, the answer is magnified, and the problem shrinks. Whatever we think upon is going to dominate us. If we think about depressing things, we'll be depressed. If we think about uplifting things, it will uplift us. If we think, 'by His stripes, we are healed,' we'll be healed. If we think on sickness, we'll be sick.

Godly contentment isn't dependent upon circumstances. That is totally the opposite way most people think today. No one desires depression, but very few feel any responsibility or authority to maintain positive emotions in the face of negative circumstances. They think emotions follow circumstances. That's not true. Emotions follow the way we think, and we can choose to think about things that are lovely, true, good reports, and so forth regardless of our circumstances. How we think determines how we respond emotionally.

Focus your attention on the invisible truths of the spiritual realm that are eternal instead of the visible things of this physical world that will pass away.

Thank you to Andrew Wommack for providing this plan. For more information email info@awmi.net.