1. Emotions are ____________________.
“The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents. Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, ‘Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!’ (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, ‘First sell me your birthright’ ‘Look, I am about to die.’ Esau said. ‘What good is the birthright to me?’ But Jacob said ‘Swear to me first.’ So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright” Genesis 25:27-34
Emotional Richter Scale
2. _______________ can lie, but _______________ sets us free.
“Jesus told the people who had faith in him, ‘If you keep on obeying what I have said, you truly are my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32
3. We _______________ the truth in our lives by our __________ (chooser).
“If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.” John 7:17
How to handle our emotions God’s way:
• _______________ the truth
• _______________ the truth = Faith part 1
• _______________ to live (work out) the truth – Faith part
“Work out your salvation...” Philippians 2:12
“You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that’s wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they’re unchanged—they remain demons. O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony?” James 2:19-20
Faith is not a feeling. Faith is an action. Faith is something you actively do, regardless of your feelings.
4. _______________ follow faith (eventually).
I can’t feel my way into a new way of _______________; I must __________ my way into a new way of _______________.
