How to Live for God, Not Your Feelings

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Becky216

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People live by their feelings more than anything else much of the time. If you listen, you’ll hear people talk about how they feel more than just about anything else. I wonder sometimes if we’re serving the god of our feelings more than the God of the Bible.

For example, someone says, “I don’t feel God loves me.” Well, He does. Or “I don’t feel I have a fu...
ture.” Well, you can. The Bible clearly says God loves us and that He has good plans for us. But when we believe the lies the enemy puts in our mind over the Word of God, we will feel like the lies are true and then live like it.

Emotional people make big mistakes when they base decisions on how they feel rather than obeying God and what they know is the right thing to do. We have to learn how to live beyond our feelings and do what’s right even when we feel wrong.

How often do you say, “I feel like…” or “I don’t feel like…” and then do what you feel? Do your feelings dictate how you treat people? Or what you say? Do feelings run your life?

You may be thinking, Well, I can’t help how I feel! I agree. I can’t help how I feel at times and I’m not going to pretend I don’t feel anything. Emotions won’t go away – we must learn how to manage them and not let them manage us.

The key here is refusing to be passive and making a conscious decision to do what’s right. Being passive means you wait for an outside force to move you or to feel like doing something. Use your will to choose what’s right. And pray for God’s grace to give you the ability to do it.



“ We have to learn how to live beyond our feelings and do what's right even when we feel wrong.”
 
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kenisyes

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Follow the facts of faith and the feelings will follow.
 
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Relena7

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It's important to note that emotional baggage can cloud our intuition. Doesn't mean that following your feelings is always a bad thing. God blesses everyone with special gifts. But when the gifts are blended with lies and old thinking they can become tainted and not be so clear anymore.

If the sensitive people remember to allow God to clear out their minds and hearts, I believe that their (often overlooked) gifts can shine through too.

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OFM

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very much alot well written well shared faith 1st all else falls and lines up within its proper place amen.
 
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Trax

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Becky216 said:
People live by their feelings more than anything else much of the time. If you listen, you’ll hear people talk about how they feel more than just about anything else. I wonder sometimes if we’re serving the god of our feelings more than the God of the Bible.

For example, someone says, “I don’t feel God loves me.” Well, He does. Or “I don’t feel I have a fu...
ture.” Well, you can. The Bible clearly says God loves us and that He has good plans for us. But when we believe the lies the enemy puts in our mind over the Word of God, we will feel like the lies are true and then live like it.

Emotional people make big mistakes when they base decisions on how they feel rather than obeying God and what they know is the right thing to do. We have to learn how to live beyond our feelings and do what’s right even when we feel wrong.

How often do you say, “I feel like…” or “I don’t feel like…” and then do what you feel? Do your feelings dictate how you treat people? Or what you say? Do feelings run your life?

You may be thinking, Well, I can’t help how I feel! I agree. I can’t help how I feel at times and I’m not going to pretend I don’t feel anything. Emotions won’t go away – we must learn how to manage them and not let them manage us.

The key here is refusing to be passive and making a conscious decision to do what’s right. Being passive means you wait for an outside force to move you or to feel like doing something. Use your will to choose what’s right. And pray for God’s grace to give you the ability to do it.



“ We have to learn how to live beyond our feelings and do what's right even when we feel wrong.”
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The more of these boat rides, the Christian takes, the more faith is used, and less feelings.
Drawing on past boat rides, builds faith of the current boat ride, and fades the feelings of perishing.

Mat 8:23-26 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. (24) And, behold, there
arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was
asleep. (25) And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. (26) And
he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and
the sea; and there was a great calm.
 
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