WEBVTT 00:04.597 --> 00:08.878 [SPEAKER_01]: Today we'll explore how emotional health and trust are linked. 00:09.958 --> 00:16.980 [SPEAKER_01]: We are all emotional beings and how we're doing emotionally affects us all on a regular basis. 00:18.101 --> 00:30.944 [SPEAKER_01]: God has something to say about your emotional health and it is my hope you are encouraged and feel a fresh how deeply you're loved by the Lord as we focus in on this truth. 00:31.844 --> 00:33.985 [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to the first fifteen podcast. 00:57.000 --> 01:10.474 [SPEAKER_01]: Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm thirty three verse twenty one Scripture says, for our heart is glad in him because we trust in his holy name. 01:14.078 --> 01:17.861 [SPEAKER_01]: Do you know that God cares deeply about your emotions? 01:19.316 --> 01:27.925 [SPEAKER_01]: Your heavenly Father, longs for your life to be marked by emotional joy, fulfillment, satisfaction, and peace. 01:29.246 --> 01:36.093 [SPEAKER_01]: He longs for your emotions to be rooted and grounded in his steadfast love and goodness. 01:38.068 --> 01:40.169 [SPEAKER_01]: Our God is an emotional God. 01:41.190 --> 01:43.231 [SPEAKER_01]: He is not void of feelings. 01:44.472 --> 01:46.954 [SPEAKER_01]: We feel because He feels. 01:48.114 --> 01:51.797 [SPEAKER_01]: We have emotions because we are made in His image. 01:53.718 --> 01:59.522 [SPEAKER_01]: For much of my Christian life, I thought my emotions had to be based on my circumstances. 02:00.703 --> 02:09.409 [SPEAKER_01]: I felt happy or sad based on others' opinions, the pressures of life, and opportunities I had were didn't have. 02:11.050 --> 02:18.996 [SPEAKER_01]: As a result, I was on a constant emotional roller coaster following the ups and downs of this shaky world. 02:20.517 --> 02:30.184 [SPEAKER_01]: I found myself controlled by the things of the world, rather than the foundation of love laid before me by the sacrificial love of Jesus. 02:32.434 --> 02:37.098 [SPEAKER_01]: Scripture continually describes a link between emotional health and trust. 02:38.459 --> 02:49.487 [SPEAKER_01]: Isaiah twenty six verses three and four says, you keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you. 02:50.648 --> 02:52.489 [SPEAKER_01]: Trust in the Lord forever. 02:53.310 --> 02:56.172 [SPEAKER_01]: For the Lord God is an everlasting rock. 02:58.604 --> 03:05.586 [SPEAKER_01]: Psalm fifty six verses three and four says, When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. 03:06.526 --> 03:13.067 [SPEAKER_01]: In God whose word I praise, in God I trust, I shall not be afraid. 03:13.747 --> 03:15.308 [SPEAKER_01]: What can flesh do to me? 03:17.268 --> 03:25.770 [SPEAKER_01]: In Psalm thirty three verse twenty one says, For our heart is glad in him because we trust in his holy name. 03:28.146 --> 03:35.610 [SPEAKER_01]: We are robbed of having our emotions rooted in God whenever we take on more pressure than we are meant to carry. 03:37.231 --> 03:41.454 [SPEAKER_01]: Our emotional health is directly linked to our level of trust. 03:43.115 --> 03:51.420 [SPEAKER_01]: We feel pressure at work when we look to our job and co-workers for our provision, identity, purpose, and fulfillment. 03:52.912 --> 04:00.496 [SPEAKER_01]: We feel pressure in our relationships when our worth isn't based on God's perspective, but the opinion of others. 04:02.017 --> 04:12.882 [SPEAKER_01]: We are robbed of peace when we try and plan our own steps rather than following our good shepherd into the green pastures and still waters. 04:15.014 --> 04:20.515 [SPEAKER_01]: In John, fourteen, twenty-seven, Jesus says, peace, I leave with you. 04:21.555 --> 04:23.136 [SPEAKER_01]: My peace, I give to you. 04:24.036 --> 04:26.617 [SPEAKER_01]: Not as the world gives, do I give to you. 04:27.677 --> 04:31.778 [SPEAKER_01]: Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 04:34.538 --> 04:37.199 [SPEAKER_01]: God's heart is to fill you with peace. 04:38.768 --> 04:43.472 [SPEAKER_01]: He longs for you to have all the fruit of the Spirit dwelling within you. 04:45.053 --> 04:53.200 [SPEAKER_01]: He has consistent, constant peace available to you, but you must trust him in every area of your life. 04:54.495 --> 05:02.401 [SPEAKER_01]: You must hand over the reigns of your relationships, job, identity, and plans to your good shepherd. 05:03.522 --> 05:08.806 [SPEAKER_01]: You must trust that He will guide you perfectly into an abundant life. 05:10.947 --> 05:13.049 [SPEAKER_01]: Look to your Heavenly Father for peace. 05:14.630 --> 05:16.912 [SPEAKER_01]: Find rest in His abundant love. 05:18.691 --> 05:27.240 [SPEAKER_01]: find yourself worth in the fact that God so desired relationship with you, that He laid down His own life to have it. 05:29.153 --> 05:33.174 [SPEAKER_01]: Your father counts you worthy of the death of his only son. 05:34.275 --> 05:35.195 [SPEAKER_01]: Trust him today. 05:36.515 --> 05:50.280 [SPEAKER_01]: Place your entire life in his capable hands and experience abundant life in the area of your emotions, rooting and grounding yourself in his unconditional, available love. 05:51.867 --> 05:57.560 [SPEAKER_01]: May your life be marked by increasing emotional health as you grow and trust. 05:59.023 --> 06:02.130 [SPEAKER_01]: Take time to practice these truths in guided prayer. 06:31.047 --> 06:45.715 [SPEAKER_01]: as we begin, meditate on the link between trust and emotional health, allow scripture to stir up your desire and willingness to trust God with every area of your life. 06:47.516 --> 06:55.880 [SPEAKER_01]: Psalm thirty three verse twenty one says, for our heart is glad in him because we trust in his holy name. 07:38.503 --> 07:43.768 [SPEAKER_01]: And next, where are you not experiencing abundant life in your emotions? 07:45.269 --> 07:50.134 [SPEAKER_01]: Where are you void of peace, joy, passion, and purpose? 08:30.468 --> 08:31.028 [SPEAKER_01]: and last. 08:32.129 --> 08:37.250 [SPEAKER_01]: Ask God to help you discern what part of your life you are not trusting to Him. 08:38.891 --> 08:44.973 [SPEAKER_01]: Hand over that area to Him and find peace and rest in His trustworthiness. 09:27.037 --> 09:29.740 [SPEAKER_01]: Don't settle for less than Jesus died to give you. 09:30.921 --> 09:38.189 [SPEAKER_01]: Your life can be completely wrapped up in God's presence, unconditional love, and ability to guide you. 09:39.631 --> 09:42.093 [SPEAKER_01]: You can be filled with the emotions of God. 09:43.475 --> 09:47.840 [SPEAKER_01]: Don't settle for pressure, stress, anger, and frustration. 09:49.227 --> 09:53.012 [SPEAKER_01]: don't settle for sadness, insecurity, or depression. 09:54.374 --> 09:55.956 [SPEAKER_01]: Place your trust in God. 09:56.977 --> 10:05.708 [SPEAKER_01]: Open your heart and receive the peace that can only come from your life being hidden in the heart of your perfect heavenly Father. 10:37.145 --> 10:39.726 [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for listening to today's podcast. 10:40.146 --> 10:41.927 [SPEAKER_01]: I'm Josh Miller with verse sixteen. 10:42.927 --> 10:51.011 [SPEAKER_01]: If your emotions start to get the best of you today, one thing that helps is stopping and taking a few deep breaths for a moment. 10:52.031 --> 11:03.116 [SPEAKER_01]: There's a long tradition of using breathing as a form of prayer, allowing it to be a way to center your heart back on the reality of God, His nearness and His goodness. 11:04.355 --> 11:08.761 [SPEAKER_01]: May God lead you to a lifestyle of healthy abundant emotions. 11:09.883 --> 11:12.286 [SPEAKER_01]: And may he bless you today as you see Kim.