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God, Your Emotions, and the Path to Wholeness (3-Part Series)

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Pastor Sandy Edwards
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God cares about your emotions. He never intended them to govern you.

Thirst With Hunger Institute exists to help believers move from emotional reaction to spiritual formation—anchored, grounded, and whole.

PART 1

God Created Your Emotions — Not to Control You, But to Serve You

Your emotions are not sinful. They are signals.

When emotions are given authority they were never meant to have, confusion follows. God invites you to bring emotions into truth, not to silence them.

Reflection (Swipe Left)

What emotions most often influence your decisions?
Where have feelings replaced discernment in your spiritual life?
What would it look like to bring those emotions under God’s truth?

PART 2

Jesus Felt Deeply — But He Never Let Emotions Lead

Jesus acknowledged emotion without surrendering obedience. He models emotional honesty anchored in submission to the Father.

Feeling is human. Being ruled by feeling is spiritual immaturity.

Reflection (Swipe Left)

How do you usually respond when emotions are intense?
Where might God be inviting you to submit emotion instead of suppress it?
What does obedience look like for you in emotional moments?

PART 3

Emotional Maturity Is Learning What to Agree With

Emotions speak—but not everything they say is true. Maturity is learning which voice gets agreement.

Scripture calls believers to test thoughts, renew the mind, and anchor the soul in truth.

Reflection (Swipe Left)

Which emotions speak most loudly in your inner life?
What lies have you unknowingly agreed with?
What truth do you need to actively agree with this week?

You are not weak because you feel deeply.
You become whole when you learn to feel deeply without losing truth.

Interested in Going Deeper?

If what you’ve read here has unsettled you in a good way, that’s not an accident. Discipleship always begins with awareness—and awareness creates hunger. Holy Yearning: A Sacred Pursuit of Wholeness in Christ is for those who are ready to stop circling the surface of emotional understanding and begin the deeper work of spiritual alignment.

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