How to Survive an Attack by Roberts Liardon

Author:Roberts Liardon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Spiritual Warfare, Christian Life, Literature & the Arts, Evangelistic Work, Christianity, Religion, Inspirational, Self-Help, General
ISBN: 9781577781554
Publisher: Albury Pub.
Published: 1988-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

The Emotions Under Attack

Just as God has given us a will, He has also given us emotions. The emotional side of humankind is a world all its own.

In the past, due to lack of knowledge, the Church was widely led by their emotions. Because of this error, many were taught it was unscriptural to feel anything, or when we do, to lie about it and say we don't. This teaching is in as much error as the previous.

The fact is, we do feel things in our soul, good or bad. It is not wrong to have emotions; but it is wrong to have them out of control. Our emotions are out of balance when we base the decisions of our life around them.

God desires for you to have emotions. He gave them to you. But we are not to use them to manipulate or control another person. We are not to use them to find the will of God for our lives. We are not to use them to prove the Spirit of God is working in our lives. Our emotions are not the basis of true love, or the lack of it.

Just as color adds life to a black and white television show, so our emotions were created to do in our individual lives. Our emotions were not made to rule us; but to enhance us. They were made to show detail and depth. They were given to us to show the personality and character of God in the earth. They were not created to be the sole expression of our being; neither were they created to remain dormant.

Just as the rest of our soul, the emotions must be matured through the Word of God. When we feel something contrary to the will of God, it is wrong. If we don't stop it there, our emotions will literally lead our lives by wrong desires. Wrong emotions have the potential to steal your destiny for God.

The emotional side of man, by nature, is unruly. It is an unharnessed frontier that must be conquered by the inner man. Our emotions must be steered and guided. When emotions manifest, they must have purpose behind them. When our inner man guides our emotions, great results are produced.

When our emotions are led by our spirit, it opens the door for the mercy of God to be manifest in the earth. Our emotions can show the joy of God, the grievance of the Spirit, the urgency of the hour. The emotions can express the anger of the Lord or the peace He extends to the troubled mind.

Emotional Sources

When we break it down, our emotions come from two sources: the unregenerated man, or the born-again, spirit-filled man. Our emotions are an outburst from one of the two.

When emotions come from the unregenerated part of man, they are carnal. They feel opposite from the Word of God. They want to be in control. Because the world does not understand spirit-led living, they operate entirely by their emotions and intellect.

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