"For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword..." — Hebrews 4:12 Have you ever wondered what God has to say about your emotions? Many of us have been taught to ignore our feelings, suppress them, or even believe that strong emotions indicate weak faith. Yet ...
Emotions in Scripture: Transforming the Mind and Emotional Renewal with Romans 12
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” (Romans 12:2 NLT) In that miraculous moment we accept Jesus as our Lord and ...
Pathways to Healing
Research often shows various approaches to healing different areas of our being such as biological, psychological, social, and spiritual. But I recently read an article that took a whole-person approach to healing and referred to hope as medicine. This caught my attention because who of us could not ...
Emotion in Scripture: Rollercoasters and the Life of Joseph
There is no doubt a host of emotions on display in the lines of the scariest rollercoasters and rides at any local theme park. I often shudder internally as I remember hanging upside down from Carowinds’ “Frenzoid” in the late 90s alongside my friends… just hoping and praying that whatever was ...
Anger in Scripture: Emotion, Warning, and Wisdom
Anger gets a bad rap in our world–not just the Christian world, but in the general culture. Some Christians are taught that to be angry is inherently wrong. Most people would rather be called “a sad person” rather than “an angry person” because anger is often equated with danger, toxicity, and ...
When Hope Hurts—What Psalm 13 and Hannah Teach Us About Hope Deferred
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” -Proverbs 13:12 Have you ever experienced emotional pain from the ache of waiting for something deeply desired that has not come? Maybe you are battling financial hardship, sickness, fertility issues, desiring ...
Psalm 42: Battling Depression with Hope in God
“Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?”” Psalm 42:3 NLT Psalm 42 is a passage full of raw emotion. The psalmist describes intense emotions like, yearning, sadness, discouragement, grief, doubt, and pain. Feelings we ...
Emotion in Scripture: Happy Easter!
All of us at SureHope Counseling & Training Center want to wish you a very Happy Easter! This year in our blog we have been focusing on emotion in Scripture. When examining this topic, we see powerful examples of many different emotions expressed throughout the scriptural accounts of Passion ...
Emotions In Scripture: How Jesus Models Emotions
Many Christians have grown up with the subtle belief that strong emotions are something to control, minimize, or even feel ashamed of. Anger, grief, fear, and distress can sometimes feel “unspiritual,” as though maturity in faith means remaining calm and unaffected. Yet when we look closely at ...
Scripture Validates Human Emotion
There is something profoundly comforting when we recognize and deeply internalize the truth that God made himself in human likeness (Philippians 2:7), and Jesus both understands the realities of being human on this side of eternity and empathizes with our weaknesses (Hebrews 4:15). He doesn’t expect ...
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