J. Alasdair Groves

Winston T. Smith

Christians often view their emotions in one of two ways: either they don't matter at all or they are the most important thing that defines a person. However, neither extreme is true to God's good purpose for emotions. Written by two faculty members at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, this book sets forth a holistic view of emotions rooted in the Bible, offering a practical approach to engaging with both positive and negative emotions in a God-honoring way. Readers will be encouraged to see their emotions as an opportunity to explore themselves, their values, and their affections, and to move toward deeper worship of God.

God's Gift of Emotions

Untangling Emotions

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What you care about shapes what you feel. Your emotions are always expressing the things you love, value, and treasure, whether you understand them or not.

Sharing in the experiences of others is fundamental to the very nature of love. Paul writes in Romans 12:9, "Let love be genuine" and then follows that with a laundry list of the many ways genuine love is expressed in re- lationships. He describes one of those ways in verse 15: "Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep." In other words, one of the ways sincere love is shared is by emotionally entering into the experience of others. 

This motivational aspect of our emotions is God's way of helping us put our values into action.

Godly joy and godly distress both reflect godly worship. 

The bottom line is this: mixed emotions are the right response to a mixed world. 

Thus, your emotions at any moment are a mix of your responses to everything around you! 

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