“Emotions were created to be conduits of the love of God. We experience the love of God as the fruit of the Spirit: one fruit, multiple functions (see Galatians 5: 22-23). • Joy is love rejoicing • Peace is love resting • Patience is love enduring • Kindness is love giving • Goodness is love motivating • Faith is love trusting • Gentleness is love esteeming (“ esteem others better” than yourself, see Philippians 2: 3) • Self-control is love restraining (power under control) When sin entered the picture, Adam and Eve were catapulted into a kingdom of disharmony, toxic emotions, and evil tormentors. In just a few short verses of Scripture, Adam and Eve felt hurt, fear, lust, anger, guilt, and shame (see Genesis 3: 1-24). Every negative emotion signals an area where the enemy has legal ground. The banner over the kingdom of God is love, but the banner over the kingdom of the devil is fear. God’s emotions are love-based emotions but negative emotions are fear-based.”
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 20:47:53 +0000