Learning how to heal from our relationship with God requires us to go back to the basics. The basics of Christian life are easily identifiable: emotional regulation, prayer, filling our mind with Scripture, seeking strong Christian community, and serving others.
On today's episode, I discuss how the practicing the basics of Christian life can helps us heal in our relationship with God. I also discuss the following topics:
Experience all the emotions you are having
- They’re just emotions
- Here are some examples of strong emotions felt by the Psalmists:
- Psalm 22:1-2; 42:3, 5, 11; 55; 77:1-3; 88:13-16
Pray with Honesty, Humility, Awe and Patience
- “Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy” by Mark Vroegop
- His key point was that we just need to keep praying
- Cry out to God
- The key here is to allow yourself to feel the depths of the pain you are experiencing.
- Pray your struggles
- Everyone struggles and we all have friends we can share these struggles with (Gal. 6:2) but the purpose of sharing our struggles with Him is because He understands.
- Pray your questions
- God will carry out his will in our lives and we sometimes do not understand
- God WILL listen and He WILL empathize with our questions
- God DOES care about those questions.
- Pray the Gospel
- John 3:16-19
- Romans 5:8-11
- 2 Cor. 5:21
Fill Your Mind with Scripture
- Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, in the largest book in the Bible (chapters-wise) and the focus of it is on the importance of the Word of God in our lives.
- Just continue to fill your mind with Scripture.
Connect with a strong biblical community
- Who we surround ourselves with will affect how we view our faith in Jesus and how we live out the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
- It is an encouragement to be with each other, encourage each other, struggle together and be open with one another.
- I remember learning that the Latin word for compassion is compassion which means “to suffer with”.
- Supporting verses
- Psalm 33:1-3
- Proverbs 27:17
- Romans 12:4-5
- Hebrews 10:24-25
Serve One Another
- Use your gifts
- Serving each other provides opportunities for humility
- Serving each other allows for your gifts to be used to bless others
If you have any questions or comments on this topic, feel free to email me at slconnect08@gmail.com
Here are some resources mentioned:
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy
Is Crying Good for You?
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