episode 5

In this episode, the speaker discusses the topic of faith versus feelings. They talk about the importance of being rooted in faith to navigate through big emotions. They suggest controlling feelings through prayer and taking deep breaths. The speaker also emphasizes the need to not sin in anger and to give all burdens and anxieties to God. They share verses from the Bible that support these ideas. The speaker encourages listeners to have faithfulness during emotional times and to let go of burdens. They differentiate between happiness and real joy, stating that real joy comes from believing in God and going to heaven. The episode concludes with a reminder to stay tuned for future episodes and potential guest appearances. Hey guys and welcome back to all things Christian. So today we're going to be diving into faith versus feelings and I'm excited because this is a very off topic, but yesterday I won a pie eating contest and I won $70. So I may be able to actually, after I get back from camp, purchase a microphone. So I may be able to get a microphone so that this audio will be a lot better on the podcast. So I'm excited about that in the coming weeks to come. And this will be my first episode that y'all will see while I'm at camp. So right now, when y'all are listening to this, I'll probably be out somewhere outside doing something, hopefully having fun. So today's topic, we're going to be diving into faith versus feelings. And I know that there's a lot of relatable, or this topic is really relatable today because you really have, whenever you have big emotions and big feelings, you have to be rooted in your faith to control those and to navigate through your emotions and feelings. So what are feelings and how do we control them? So feelings are emotions. We need to control them by kind of praying and kind of just controlling them. So basically what I like to do is like, if I'm getting really angry and I'm about to do something, I just kind of like take a deep breath in and just kind of calm down, take a deep breath in and just think before I speak or before I do something like, oh no, I probably shouldn't do that. I know I shouldn't do that. So controlling feelings is actually really hard because emotions can really take over you. So it's pretty hard to control them and it takes a lot of practice. I practice all the time. I have to practice to control my emotions and to control other things too because your emotions can just go over you. Like you can be like so angry and just start going in a fit of rage and just start throwing things on the floor and just running around, stomping, getting super mad. But that's why we have to control them and we need to learn to control them. And always praying about your feelings, just saying, God, I'm going through this angry time. I've just been very angry. Please help me to look at the positive and to not be angry at this and kind of forgive if somebody did something or if something happened, just kind of think about it and say, why is this making me angry? And find a reason why it's making you angry and pray over that reason and just hope to kind of ease your anger and then God will help you ease your anger and not lash out at anyone. So it's pretty good to read God's word and just kind of look in different places in his word where it may give you some wisdom about this because Proverbs has definitely given a lot of wisdom. Like there's been some scenarios that I'm in that really help give an outlook on what my side is and what the other side is because in Proverbs it compares bad versus good and it just supposes them. So I kind of see like it's just like a fool will let his anger just, I don't know if this is actually a verse, but like, it's just kind of a example. Like it'll be like a fool lets his anger take him over, a wise calms his anger down or something like that. And it gives you a lot of different scenarios that people are in where people are bad and people are good. So I try to just, I can turn back to some of those verses later whenever I'm getting emotional and getting, having a lot of emotions so that I can look back and just kind of think like, Oh no, I don't want to be like the fool. I want to be like the good, obviously, but it's, that doesn't really help sometimes because you're just in so much anger and you look back and you're like, Oh, I'm just so angry. So that's why I really recommend like breathing and praying about it because breathing deeply really helps me to, when I'm about to do something, I just go, and I just kind of walk away from the situation. So that's kind of how I control my feelings and there are tons of different ways to control your feelings because you want to cast all your anxieties on the Lord and cast all your, any burdens or anything that you're thinking about, just give it to the Lord because he will take care of you. This is why I love this verse, Ephesians 4 26. It says, in your anger, do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry. I just love this because it kind of relates to the topic controlling our feelings because in your anger, do not sin. We can definitely be angry. We have a right to be angry, but we do not need to sin because of our anger. So that's why whenever I'm angry, I just like to take a deep breath and before I kind of lash out, I just take a deep breath and just walk away, kind of come sit in my room and think on it a bit and be like, no, I definitely should not do that. And it's just perfect because you really just, in your anger, do not sin. We can't, if we are angry or we're just getting angry, we can't lash out. We can't immediately go at them or something. And then do not let the sun go down while you are still angry. Like just don't sleep while you're still angry. Kind of give your anger to the Lord and give it to him before you rest and be like, okay, now I can rest in peace. Just give your anger to the Lord and then you probably, honestly, sometimes I just forget why I was angry the next day, which is kind of funny, but I do sometimes. So it really comes back to the controlling the feelings because it's kind of hard. It really is hard. Like if you're angry, you really like your first, my first instinct, at least it's just go, ah, and just start like saying mean things to them and like all this stuff and like maybe like going in their room and like throwing pillows off their bed. But like, I know I shouldn't do that because that makes them mad. And so that's why we just need to not sin or anger. And it's harder than it seems. But you can, if you practice, it makes it a lot easier. So we need to have faithfulness during our emotional times. So we, especially being close to the Lord during these emotional times, during these feelings is so important because the Lord will help you navigate through your feelings, navigate through your emotions. And it's so important because you don't want to be going through things in your life without the Lord by your side. So that's why being close with him during these emotions and during these feelings will help you navigate through them and turning back into his word and, and just reading it, giving you some wisdom and giving you some tips and advice and just give you advice. So that's why you really need to have faithfulness during your emotional times, because even if you're angry and you're like, Oh my gosh, why is God doing this to me? You just need to say a prayer and say, I give all my burdens to you Lord, just give all your things to him and he will keep them and you just have them off your shoulders. Like he'll carry all your burdens because Jesus died on the cross. Jesus will carry all your burdens. It just, we're so blessed that God sent his one and only son to die on the cross for our sins because now we can just give all of our sin, all of our burden up to Jesus and say we're sorry. And it's kind of over and done. And then we just have to practice and apply new ways to not do that sin again and to help us navigate through emotional times because I know sometimes when I get emotional or just get angry or kind of just get sad or excited, even when I'm excited, sometimes we do bad stuff like I'll just like jump around the house kind of being crazy and screaming kind of, or like, like, and that's not good because it really, because we don't want to disturb anyone. But like sometimes even when you're excited, like if you're excited, you could be like, maybe even just be very excited and accidentally like hit someone like you're like, I'm so excited and like throw them around and stuff. But obviously you don't need to do it, but you still may hurt them, which kind of sounds weird, but you still, even during excitement, like all the motions, it definitely has a way that it can go downhill from your emotion because if you're angry, it's, you can be angry. That's okay. But you can't sin on it. You can't be so excited that like, you're just, I don't really know, but you're just so excited that you start not really thinking before you say stuff and people are like, why are you so excited? And you're like, you're so mean. You're so weird. I'm excited. Cause it's actually good. Or like stuff like that, all emotions has a way that you can send through it. So that's why we just need to have faith and just be like, oh, yay, we're a, or no, not. Oh, yay. We're angry. Okay. God, please help me guide through this anger and not sin on it. And this is just why I just love having Jesus and God, because they just help me so much because you can always just turn to them and just, you always have them to just put all your burdens on. All your burdens on Jesus because he died for our sins. So whenever you're going through a hard time or going through like a lot of anger and a lot of sadness, I would just encourage you to just pray about it and to just be, think before you action or do something because really it, as the last verse said in your anger, do not sin. So we should just really not sin while we're trying to do our anger. So let's, we can all practice that. I know everyone can practice that. It's really hard. It's a really hard thing to do, especially if you're really, really angry and you just want to lash out. That's why I just like to remember that verse in your anger, do not sin. So I just like having faith during emotional times, especially during emotional times, because you can really help navigate. God can really help you navigate through that. So first Peter five, seven, it says, cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. So as I've been saying, like you can just put your burdens on God. You can just put your burdens on Jesus and they will take all of your burdens. And it's just so great because you can just kind of move on from your burden. You just move on and you just go praise the Lord and other things. So that's why I like it. And it says, cast all your anxieties on him because he cares for you. He cares for us. He cares for each and every single one of us on this planet. And we can just give him all of our anxieties because he cares for us. And I just love, love it. So it kind of goes into my next topic is let your burdens go. I have actually been really trying to do this lately and it helps so much. If you're thinking about something, if you're nervous, like I've been kind of nervous for camp lately. I just say, God, please take my nervousness and just take it away. And then I really feel like, oh, nothing can really go wrong. Or like things can go wrong at camp. But like I have Jesus and God, I have Jesus that can be with me by my side the whole entire time. So it's just so great to just give your burdens to Jesus. Give your burdens to God because it just, it really takes away off your shoulders. Like I've just been kind of nervous and like kind of have some anxiety lately. And I just say, God, please take the anxiety off my shoulders. And because you care for me, as it says in this verse. And it really, it really felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. Like, oh, I'm not nervous. I wasn't that nervous anymore. So ease is so important because I feel like sometimes people don't really think of letting their burdens go. They just kind of let them sit on their shoulders and then they pile up, pile up. And then you just have so much, not sin, but so much heaviness on you. So much things weighing you down that it really is just hard to kind of even go through a normal day because all you're thinking about is, oh, I'm so nervous for this. Oh, I have so much anxiety about this test coming up. I can't, like, you can't think about anything else. So that's why I just think it's so important to just let your burdens go. Just say, if you're, if you said, if you did something bad or if you said something mean, just say, God, please take this off my shoulders. I am so sorry. And of course you still have to say, sorry. But he forgives you and then he just takes those burdens and takes those sins. So it's just so great and so important because if you haven't really ever, like, been like, God, can you just, sorry, can you just take this anxiety off my shoulders, please? And just help me to know that you'll always be with me. And just say a little prayer about that. It helps so much. Like, I can't even stress this enough. I did this the other day and it really helped a lot. It made me just kind of feel like, oh, God's with me no matter what. Everything's going to be fine. It just makes it feel so much better and so much more great. So faith versus feelings. Faith, you have to, you have to distinctuate or you have to contrast and compare. Faith versus feelings. They're two different things. You can be feeling happiness, which is, this is a pretty common comparison, I think. But you can feel happiness. But faith gives you real joy in heaven. You get real joy. Happiness comes from circumstances around you that make you happy for a period of time on this earth. Things make us happy for a period of time. But eventually that happiness wears away. And the only real joy we can get is being in heaven with Jesus and God. So that's how we need to determine, like, feelings versus faith. Happiness is definitely not eternal joy. Happiness wears off. So while we can be happy by getting a present here on this earth, it's not real joy. The real joy comes from believing in God and getting to go to heaven with Jesus. That's where real joy comes from. So that kind of wraps up today's episode. I hope you all enjoyed it. I hope you all tune in next Friday for our last week of the Proverbs series. I'm so excited. It's just three chapters, but it's really good. And it's just, I'm really excited to wrap it up. And then we're going to be doing some short little books on from there. So make sure you stay tuned. There's a lot of good episodes to come. And I'm trying to get some good guests on here, but I don't really know who yet. So I hope I can get a guest on soon. And I hope you all have a blessed day and peace out.