Title: Wisdom for the Heart
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02:44 What Proverbs Says About Emotions
04:04 Deceit Is in the Heart of Those Who Devise Evil
07:12 Our Emotions are Often Mixed
16:16 Only One Can Truly Feel Your Emotions Like You Do
20:16 A Crushed Spirit is Devastating
22:06 A Look at Some Specific Emotions
22:06 Fear
25:24 Anger
30:40 How To Handle Our Emotions
30:40 Be Slow to Anger
32:20 Go to God
35:12 Find Examples in Scripture
37:20 Seek Help From Godly Friendships
40:32 Practice Self Control
45:36 Emotions Are Messengers
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Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan peace have joy.
Proverbs 14:10, 13
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy... Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
Proverbs 15:13
A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.
Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 18:14
A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 16:32
Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Proverbs 25:27–28
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Proverbs 29:11
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 19:11
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 22:24–25
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
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In this final message from Proverbs, Jed Gillis walks through how God's wisdom speaks into our emotions: joy, sorrow, fear, anger, and shame. Emotions, he explains, are like dashboard lights. They do not control the direction of our lives, but they signal what is going on beneath the surface. Proverbs calls us to neither obey our emotions blindly nor ignore them entirely. Instead, we are to understand what they reveal about our hearts and submit them to God's truth.
Gillis emphasizes that our emotions are often mixed and personal. No one else will fully share the depth of your joy or sorrow. But Jesus, our faithful high priest, truly understands. While others may not feel exactly what we feel, He knows and cares. Proverbs also warns of the danger of a crushed spirit. When emotions go unexamined or are bottled up, they can lead to spiritual shutdown. God’s goal is not emotional numbness but joyful, godly engagement with what we feel.
The message points us toward self-control, a fruit of the Spirit. Self-control means learning to recognize emotional signals and respond wisely, not reactively. Gillis urges us to check the condition of our hearts when emotions flare up and to bring our fears, anger, or sadness before God and into godly relationships. God's Word and Spirit, like a skilled mechanic, help us repair what is misaligned in our hearts.
True wisdom with emotions means remembering that they are not enemies to fight or rulers to obey. They are messengers meant to help us walk more closely with Christ.
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