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Controlling Your Emotions

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Participants: John Bradshaw (Host), Neil Nedley

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00:36 JB: This is It Is Written. Thanks for joining me today.
00:39 I'm John Bradshaw. Today a subject that touches the
00:43 life of every breathing person on the planet.
00:48 We've been made a certain way by a creative God who's given us a
00:52 mind with which to think, and he's made us
00:55 to be emotional beings. And you know that there are some
00:59 people who just don't seem to be able to control their emotions.
01:02 Or perhaps, perhaps I'm talking about you and me.
01:05 There are times when our emotions just seem to get the
01:08 better of us. So how can we be
01:11 emotionally intelligent? There's somebody who's going
01:14 to guide our thinking on this subject; that's Dr. Neil Nedley.
01:17 He's the president of Nedley Health Solutions.
01:20 Dr. Nedley, thanks for joining me today.
01:21 NN: Thank you. Great being here, John.
01:23 JB: How do we analyze our thoughts?
01:25 NN: Well, we have to actually put them into our frontal lobe
01:28 to analyze them. In other words, when we feel
01:31 emotional some way, we have to be aware that that's happening.
01:37 Then we need to look at the belief or the thought that is
01:41 causing us to have the emotional consequence, which then has
01:45 a behavioral consequence. We call it the ABCs of
01:49 emotional intelligence. The A is the activating event,
01:52 or being aware. The B is the belief.
01:55 And the C is the consequence. And a lot of people think it
01:58 just goes from A to C. Now, we have a role to play
02:01 in regard to our emotions, and that's our belief about
02:05 the A that brings about the emotional consequence.
02:09 JB: So when things happen, it's wise that we become or that we
02:12 choose to be the type of person that says, wait a minute,
02:14 what's really going on here, and how should I be thinking?
02:18 NN: Exactly. JB: Right, we don't do that when
02:20 suddenly we just react in a rage.
02:23 NN: That's right. JB: Lose our temper,
02:24 fly off the handle. NN: Exactly.
02:26 JB: When people aren't thinking straight,
02:28 their thoughts are distorted. What are common distorted
02:31 thoughts? NN: Well, one of them is
02:35 magnification and minimization. We have a tendency to major in
02:40 minors and minor in majors. And an example would be Saul.
02:47 When Samuel came to him and told him about the problems of why
02:52 he hadn't done all of the instructions,
02:54 he minimized it, acted like
02:57 it wasn't a big deal at all, explained it away.
03:00 JB: This is when Samuel said, look I asked you to wipe out
03:03 everybody. Why didn't you do it?
03:05 Oh, it's not such a big problem. We brought those animals to
03:08 sacrifice to God, so we're okay. NN: Yeah, exactly.
03:11 JB: It wasn't okay. NN: And then he only became
03:13 concerned when the consequences came down for that action,
03:17 and we know God is the righteous judge,
03:19 so it was appropriate consequences, and he began to
03:22 dwell on the unfairness of that punishment.
03:26 Really, it all started as a result of magnification of self.
03:32 There's a book that you might want to pick up.
03:36 We mentioned this in our book "The Lost Art of Thinking,"
03:38 but there's another psychologist who picked it up, called
03:41 "What Your Counselor Never Told You:
03:43 The Seven Sins That Lead to Mental Illness."
03:47 And the first sin that he mentions that leads to
03:49 mental illness is the sin of pride.
03:51 That's when we magnify ourselves.
03:55 Then he gives you a little test to see whether you might
03:57 have it: trying to be noticed, craving attention,
04:00 itching for compliments, needing to be important,
04:04 detesting the idea of being submissive, flaunting your
04:08 individual rights, thinking you have excellences
04:11 you don't have. Those are all indicators of
04:16 pride, and when an inflated sense of self comes about,
04:20 you will then eventually have wounded pride, and then you're
04:24 going to end up with feelings of worthlessness, which is also
04:28 the other side of the equation. So it always starts out with too
04:32 much pride, before we get to the very poor self-esteem,
04:39 poor self-worth, feelings of worthlessness, which then,
04:41 of course, results in severe depression, suicidal thoughts.
04:45 JB: We see how fundamental this is just by thinking about that
04:47 common expression, "What was he thinking?"
04:51 NN: Exactly. Yes, exactly.
04:53 JB: And if only the individual had stopped to think--people in
04:56 a rage grab a gun, or so on--in and at the same time
04:59 tyrants and despots. NN: Yes.
05:02 JB: They get to where they get because of this very distorted
05:06 thinking, not looking at things really rationally or accurately.
05:11 NN: Right. And they tend to be very
05:13 egotistical individuals. In contrast, we have the life
05:16 of Christ. One of the best biographies
05:19 states him this way: "He was never elated
05:21 by applause, nor dejected by censure or disappointment."
05:27 Among the greatest opposition and the most cruel treatment
05:30 he was still of good courage. Why was that the case?
05:33 Because he was never elated by applause;
05:36 he never allowed himself to have this egotistical self
05:40 as being the rule. And that's a key element
05:44 of having emotional intelligence--to know what our
05:47 weaknesses are, to be humble, to give deference to others.
05:51 That's one of the things that is important in emotional
05:55 intelligence, and certainly not magnifying self.
05:59 JB: Now, you look at another person in the Bible, Solomon.
06:02 Now, it seems almost that Solomon might have suffered
06:06 from depression. NN: Oh, He did.
06:09 JB: Well, talking about distortions, what was his big
06:11 distortion in his thinking? NN: Emotional reasoning.
06:14 It was different from Saul's. Emotional reasoning leads
06:19 people to seek things that cause others pleasure.
06:26 And so they want to be happy, and actually more pleasure
06:30 leads to less pleasure. JB: How's that?
06:33 NN: Solomon tells his story in Ecclesiastes.
06:35 He says how he used alcohol, I think opium was involved,
06:38 so there was alcohol, there were drugs,
06:41 and then he said, I didn't allow myself
06:44 to not view anything. In fact, anything that caused
06:46 me pleasure I would go for. So there was pornography, and
06:49 then there was live pornography. Those are all false ways of
06:54 altering the way you feel. The way of altering the way you
06:58 feel is to actually change your thoughts.
07:00 But when you go for substances or events to try to alter
07:06 your feelings, first you get a high from that,
07:10 but then as you do it more, you actually get less of a high,
07:13 and in between times you have severe distressing sense
07:17 of deprivation, even though there's nothing going
07:20 wrong in your system. Solomon had everything
07:23 going right for him; he was the wealthiest man on the planet,
07:26 he had a lot of things going right,
07:28 but he ended up severely depressed from actually going
07:33 through frontal lobe suppressing activities
07:36 to try to get happiness. JB: So many examples of people
07:39 who seem to have it all, but their lives are miserable
07:42 because in their own minds they don't have
07:45 what's most important. NN: Well, emotional reasoning
07:48 goes something like this as well, it will progress to this.
07:52 First you seek pleasure in any way that you can find it, and
07:56 then you get to the point where you're saying, "I feel like a
07:59 dud; therefore I am a dud." I feel overwhelmed and helpless;
08:03 thus, my problems are impossible to solve.
08:07 And so just because you feel that way, you conclude that
08:10 it has to be true. And you know, feelings come and
08:12 feelings go, and feelings can be quite deceiving.
08:16 JB: We'll talk more about this in just a moment.
08:18 Thinking straight, thinking healthfully, so very, very
08:22 important when it comes to a person's relationship with God.
08:25 We'll have more in just a moment.
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08:53 JB: Life often throws up circumstances that provoke a
08:56 person to lose their temper. Now, I've often heard it said,
09:00 well, you can't blame him, or her, given the circumstances.
09:04 But look at this; it's Proverbs 16:32.
09:06 The wise man wrote, "He who is slow to anger
09:08 is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit
09:11 than he who takes a city." It's virtuous to control
09:14 your temper, not to lose it. The Bible never recommends
09:17 blowing up, giving people a piece of your mind,
09:19 letting it rip. God's grace is given to us so
09:22 that we can be Christ-like. And Jesus was a model of
09:26 evenness every day of his life. The Pharisees plagued his steps,
09:30 he had Judas and Peter to deal with, demon-possessed people,
09:33 and yet he never lost it. Challenging, isn't it?
09:37 But it's what Jesus can do in your life, and he wants to do it
09:40 today. I'm John Bradshaw for
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09:47 JB: This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw.
09:49 I'm glad you've chosen to join me today.
09:52 What a blessing to have Dr. Neil Nedley here.
09:54 We are discussing emotional intelligence and how to think
09:58 straight, thinking healthfully. It's true, isn't it, that when
10:03 we learn to think right, and even when we learn to think
10:05 right about our thoughts, we're going to do a whole
10:08 lot better emotionally and spiritually as well.
10:10 NN: Correct. JB: We see people in the Bible
10:13 who fought their way into difficult situations.
10:17 I'm thinking about Elijah. NN: Yes.
10:20 JB: You don't think about these great Bible heroes as being
10:22 emotionally weak, or at least momentarily messing up their
10:28 thinking processes, but it seems he did.
10:30 NN: Elijah was different from Saul and Solomon, which gives us
10:33 an example that people who have depression, there's always a
10:36 different set of causes that are there.
10:39 It's not always the same causes. With Saul it was magnification
10:43 of self. With Solomon it was
10:46 emotional reasoning. And Elijah was not a prideful
10:50 individual like Saul. He didn't do things for the sake
10:53 of pleasure only like Solomon did.
10:56 He was a very godly man, but he ended up with severe depression.
11:01 If you remember the story, God was trying to prepare him
11:04 for something great, for transforming the nation.
11:07 And first there was no rain, and then Elijah went to the brook
11:12 and was being fed by the ravens. He wouldn't believe until the
11:15 brook dried up, and even then he didn't leave until the Lord
11:18 told him to go to Jezreel, Jezebel's home town.
11:21 Then he was put on a plant-based, vegetarian diet,
11:24 trying to get him even better ready.
11:26 But even then he wasn't ready for Ahab until he proved that he
11:29 could live with an argumentative woman successfully, who'd lashed
11:33 out at him when things went wrong.
11:36 And when the Lord saw how calmly he dealt with that woman,
11:39 he said, okay, you're ready for Ahab.
11:41 And this tremendous event occurred, the beginning of the
11:44 transformation of the nation, and then Jezebel within 24 hours
11:48 threatens his life, and Elijah takes off running
11:51 to save his life. JB: And suddenly this man,
11:53 who'd seen God work incredibly powerfully,
11:57 fire from heaven, he's threatened by this
12:00 harridan, and off he goes with his tail between his legs.
12:03 NN: Yeah. Of course, he had reason to
12:05 fear, because she had feared other prophets, you know, there,
12:07 so he had reason to fear. But he didn't wait on God.
12:09 He went and started running, and then 30 days later he asked
12:14 for the Lord to take his life. He says, it's over with,
12:16 I'm depressed, just take my life.
12:19 And really, it was about as close to suicide as a godly man
12:22 would have. And the Lord had to put him
12:24 through a program. He had to, you know,
12:26 come and feed him food. I think there was some
12:28 flaxseed there. He had to put him on
12:30 an exercise program. He actually had to get him out
12:32 into the light, out of the cave. But what really helped Elijah
12:37 was the still small voice. That was what we call cognitive
12:41 behavioral therapy, where the Lord was coming to see what
12:44 thoughts were there, and to help Elijah analyze his thoughts.
12:48 Elijah began to tell what was on his mind.
12:50 He said, I'm the only one that has not bowed the knee to Baal.
12:55 That's called overgeneralization.
12:57 JB: That certainly was not true. NN: He should have said,
13:00 I'm the only one I know of, maybe.
13:02 JB: Right. NN: But instead, he just knew he
13:04 was the only one. And the Lord let him get by with
13:07 that the first time, but the second time he had to stop him,
13:09 and he said, Elijah, you're wrong;
13:11 you're not only wrong, you're wrong by a factor of
13:14 seven thousand. JB: Yeah, now let me ask you
13:16 this question, because we're talking about a prophet of God,
13:20 a man who was taken to heaven. NN: Yes.
13:25 JB: ...without seeing death. And he suffered from depression.
13:29 NN: Yes. It tells you the sympathy that
13:31 the Lord has for people in depression.
13:33 JB: It's okay to be depressed, isn't it?
13:35 You understand what I mean. NN: Oh, absolutely.
13:37 It's okay to be depressed. But it's not okay
13:40 to stay depressed. JB: No, no.
13:42 NN: And if you just ignore it, and try to protect it,
13:48 without getting the actual help you need,
13:51 it can be a problem. JB: I want to clarify this.
13:54 It is acceptable for a believer in God to, to be suffering
13:59 from depression. I don't mean wallow in it,
14:01 but hey, it's okay. NN: That's right, Elijah had it.
14:04 JB: Yeah, there you go. So there's the proof
14:06 right there. NN: Yeah.
14:08 JB: So we want to learn to think straight and to be
14:12 emotionally intelligent. I have a feeling that emotional
14:16 intelligence has more to do with just thoughts, more to do
14:20 with--there's more to it than just thinking straight.
14:23 Perhaps in a moment we'll explore that.
14:24 NN: Good JB: Emotional intelligence.
14:28 Learning to think in such a way that you thrive emotionally,
14:32 and that you can have a strong relationship with God.
14:36 So often people who get into this "nobody loves me,
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15:14 JB: This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw.
15:17 Thanks for joining me today. Today,
15:20 controlling your emotions. Dr. Nedley, a moment ago we
15:23 talked about really a surprising figure,
15:26 the great Elijah, taken by God to heaven
15:29 in a chariot of fire, and yet emotionally he was
15:34 a wreck there for a while. NN: Yes.
15:36 JB: But God put Elijah on a program that brought him back to
15:39 emotional health. NN: Yes.
15:41 JB: So we want to be the kind of person who's emotionally
15:43 healthy. What was that program that God
15:44 put Elijah on? NN: It was good nutrition,
15:48 it was exercise, it was light therapy,
15:51 and it was helping him to analyze his thoughts and
15:56 correct his distorted thoughts. After that was done,
16:00 it still wasn't complete until Elijah actually carried out the
16:05 instructions of God in areas that he did not want to do.
16:11 JB: Hmm, that's interesting. Hey, first I want to ask you,
16:13 light therapy. What's that?
16:15 NN: We actually need bright light for our brains to function
16:18 good every day. And, you know, when we're
16:21 depressed, we have a tendency to get into a cave and, you know,
16:23 just enclose ourselves in. And that's why God sent the
16:28 earthquake and the storm, to try to get Elijah
16:31 out of that cave. He sent a fire.
16:33 He kept trying to get him out into the light.
16:35 Finally, after he got him out into the light for a while,
16:38 that's when the still small voice came, which was helping
16:42 him to get rid of his distorted thought.
16:44 JB: Hey, isn't that interesting, that it was key for Elijah to
16:47 start doing the things that God asked him to do?
16:49 NN: Yes...yes. JB: Why is that important?
16:52 NN: Because God always wants us to do things that are best for
16:56 us and best for others. JB: I wonder, too, if when a
16:59 person knows they're not doing God's will they're wracked by
17:02 guilt and can't be healthy emotionally.
17:05 Is that part of it? NN: Oh, it can very well be part
17:08 of it. I mean, that's why Jonah ended
17:10 up, you know, very depressed in the situation that he was in,
17:14 and others as well. If we are convicted that the
17:16 Lord wants us to go this way, and the evidence is in his Word
17:20 to go that way, but we go another way,
17:23 that's self-sabotage. JB: Okay, now, what's the path
17:26 to emotional wellness, the path to controlling
17:30 one's emotions? Perhaps what we might say is,
17:34 what are the characteristics of somebody who's got it
17:36 figured out? Because we want to be
17:38 those people. NN: Sure.
17:39 Yeah, characteristics of people who do have it figured out is
17:42 they're actually going to be curious about people
17:45 they don't know. They're actually going to be
17:47 well liked by most people-- not by everybody,
17:50 we're not asking anyone to be liked by everybody.
17:52 You can't be liked by everybody a hundred percent of the time.
17:55 JB: Curious about people you don't know?
17:57 Why is that important? NN: Well, remember, part of
18:00 emotional intelligence is managing relationships
18:03 with others. If you're not curious about
18:05 people you don't know and want to see what makes them tick and
18:09 to help get to know them, that's an issue.
18:11 That's why you need to have your thoughts corrected.
18:13 We are social beings. And actually, when we get into
18:17 the social isolation mode, that's going to hurt us,
18:20 as well as hurt others. So that's an important element.
18:23 If you're on an airplane, are you going to talk to the person
18:25 next to you and see why they're there, and try to get to
18:28 know them some? Emotionally intelligent people
18:30 do that. Then they also are very aware of
18:33 their strengths and weaknesses. They have a sense of humility
18:36 about them. They also know when to say no,
18:40 but at the same time they will slow down to help others.
18:43 They will have an empathy for others, so they'll even disrupt
18:46 their schedule to help others, but not in everything.
18:50 Someone else might need help and they realize they're not the
18:53 best person for it, and they're going to say no,
18:55 I'm not going to do that. When they do have a fall,
18:58 due to a distorted thought or due to something else,
19:00 they actually take responsibility for it,
19:03 and they get back up, instead of minimizing
19:06 the importance of that fall. And they are committed to
19:11 improving. If you have all of those things,
19:14 with intelligence you have the ability to be a great leader.
19:17 So often emotionally intelligent people become very
19:19 transformative in their environment, and they can be
19:23 a great leader for God. JB: Help me to understand how we
19:28 bring this into our relationship with God, how possessing these
19:32 characteristics can help me to thrive as a believer and be a
19:36 successful Christian. NN: Well, it gets down to the
19:41 sentence of the Apostle Paul, who was also very emotionally
19:44 intelligent. Be transformed
19:47 by the renewing of your mind. If we're not willing to have our
19:51 minds renewed, we're not going to be able to be transformed
19:54 into comprehensive emotionally intelligent people.
19:58 JB: I think it's important for us to understand, and this is
20:00 where the Word of God becomes so very powerful.
20:04 Anybody can achieve this, with God's help.
20:08 NN: That's right. JB: Okay.
20:10 Now, somehow an individual's got to learn to go to God with their
20:13 issues and their problems and say, "God, help me
20:16 through this." NN: Yes.
20:17 JB: Not everybody's able to come back from where they are and
20:21 say, God can help me. It's remarkable that even
20:24 believers get to the place. I spoke with an individual very
20:27 recently, and it was over for this individual, because a
20:31 mistake had been made, and God can't help me now.
20:33 Which is contrary to everything you read in the Bible.
20:36 NN: That's right. JB: God even said to Israel,
20:39 if you mess up, the consequences are going to be so terrible
20:42 for you. However, if you repent,
20:43 I'll take you back. NN: Exactly.
20:46 JB: And I'd like your thoughts on this.
20:48 Perhaps it's really important in terms of emotional intelligence
20:51 to have a clear understanding of what God is like.
20:55 NN: Absolutely. JB: Have you seen in individuals
20:57 who have a distorted picture of God that it negatively affects
21:01 them emotionally, and if you have, how?
21:04 NN: Oh, absolutely. I mean, almost to a person,
21:09 those that come for our treatment-resistant depression
21:12 and anxiety program have significant issues with God.
21:16 They think God has abandoned them, or they maybe think,
21:19 you know, he doesn't exist anymore,
21:21 because if he did, why isn't he helping them?
21:24 And they have significant issues with God.
21:26 And it's often due to misunderstanding God.
21:30 And that's why part of our program that we utilize for
21:33 mental health is a spiritual congruence therapist, you know,
21:38 someone who helps them to think along a logical pathway.
21:44 We don't necessarily change their world view there, but we
21:48 want them to be able to think in a practical way where God can
21:52 influence them in a positive way, and that requires
21:55 some consistency and belief in thought.
21:58 And the transformation that takes place--these people in ten
22:01 days become great advocates of obeying as well as
22:07 serving the Lord, because they see him from a
22:09 whole different perspective now. And now he's able to influence
22:13 them. The reason why he wasn't able to
22:14 influence them wasn't because of God; it was because of them.
22:17 JB: They weren't thinking right about God.
22:18 NN: That's right, yes. JB: So if you were to list two,
22:21 three, four, five points, here's how a person
22:23 ought to view God in an emotionally healthy way,
22:27 you would want them to know that God is, or God does,
22:29 or God is about, what? NN: Well, God is about love,
22:34 self-sacrificing love. The Bible says God is agape,
22:38 and so having that empathy, self-sacrificing love
22:43 for all of us. Secondly, God is a God of truth,
22:46 accuracy in thought. And then thirdly,
22:49 God is a God of freedom. When we have emotional
22:52 intelligence, we are actually free to have complete
22:56 self-control. The Lord wants us to be in
23:00 control of ourselves and to have a balanced mind.
23:03 And that means we're not a slave to any habit.
23:06 That means we're also not coercive to others.
23:08 We want to influence others, but not control others.
23:10 And we become empathetic individuals who can help others
23:14 think truthfully as well. JB: So for the person who
23:17 continues to lose his or her temper, the person who is
23:21 governed by very sensual, over-sensual way of thinking,
23:26 somebody who's exceedingly jealous, someone who's very,
23:29 very greedy, that person can learn to, with God's help,
23:34 control his or her emotions, be a far more happy
23:38 and productive person, and a Christian
23:40 thriving under the love of God. NN: Yes.
23:44 Absolutely they can be transformed.
23:47 Nebuchadnezzar himself was transformed, but it required a
23:51 process and, you know, a change in his diet, and a change in,
23:56 you know, his activity. And then a change
23:58 in his thoughts. So if we are willing to,
24:01 as individuals, with all of those problems,
24:03 submit ourselves to a... to God's process, we can be
24:09 completely transformed. JB: This is part of what
24:13 Jesus said. They asked and they tried to
24:15 trick him, what's the great commandment and the law?
24:16 Jesus said, first one, love the Lord your God with ALL your
24:22 heart, soul, mind and strength. It seems that if we want God to
24:25 really transform us and make us what we can be, we've got to be
24:28 prepared to be all in with God and let him have everything that
24:31 we are. NN: Exactly.
24:33 JB: And when we're all in with God, that's when we enjoy not
24:36 only the blessing of God, but the peace that passes all
24:40 understanding, the peace that comes from allowing God to work
24:44 in us to control our emotions.
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26:16 JB: Dr. Nedley, again thank you so very much for
26:19 joining us today. This has been
26:21 a wonderful discussion. NN: Thank you.
26:23 JB: I've been blessed. We've all been blessed.
26:25 Thanks so much. NN: Thank you.
26:26 JB: We'll go to God and pray now.
26:28 Would you join me in praying? We'll thank him for his goodness
26:30 and pray, and pray expecting God to control our emotions.
26:35 ♪ [Tender melody] ♪ Our Father in Heaven, we thank
26:38 you so very much that God is love, you are love, that God is
26:41 good and ready to forgive, that God is able to transform
26:46 us by the renewing of our mind. You are good.
26:49 We thank you for Jesus, who died for us, and your Holy Spirit;
26:53 it brings to us your very presence.
26:55 Lord, with your presence we don't have to be controlled by
26:59 our emotions, but we know that, yielded to you, you can bring
27:05 our emotions to where they need to be, liberate us from the
27:09 thralldom of self-centeredness, and enable us to live under the
27:14 shadow of your wings. We look forward to the day when
27:17 we'll be with you forever in your very presence.
27:20 Let that day come soon. And until then, keep us,
27:23 in Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
27:26 NN: Amen. ♪ [Music rings out] ♪
27:45 ♪ [Theme Music] ♪ JB: Thank you for having joined
27:48 me today. I'm looking forward to seeing
27:50 you again next time. Until then, remember,
27:53 It Is Written: Man shall not live
27:56 by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds
28:00 from the mouth of God. ♪ [Theme music continues] ♪


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