Developing Healthier Thoughts & Emotions (A Biblical Deep Dive)

[@QueenViolet8]

Thank you I need this I’ve been going through some stuff with 2 crazy family members!

[@christiangeekcentral]

My pleasure. So glad it was useful. -Paeter

[@kubabooba548]

Ya. I used to listen to that Hans Zimmer Man of Steel song during the day. It made everything feel important and dramatic, even when I made tea. I get the same vibe from the Skyrim trailer song. It hits me thinking about how I'm living better then Jesus did, and he's the Son of God, a King. I can buy food through a window, I have a comfortable pillow, and He died for me and lived a poorer life then I did. How do you sit with that one?

[@christiangeekcentral]

Oh man, I don't reflect on that near as often as would be good for me. But when I do I think it usually leads me to thanking God and being thankful in my perspective. -Paeter

[@kubabooba548]

@ 25min mark you're wondering if you can trust Jesus. I have those days, and I remember what Jesus went through when he was crucified on the cross. I think about the crown of thorns, the lashings, the spitting, or when Jesus prayed to the Father asking for this cup to be passed from him. Then I think, if God asked me to go through that and die for the sins of a single person, someone who ate my lunch, cut me off while driving, took my parking spot, an adulterer, a murderer, who knows? Would I do that? I don't think so, but Jesus did, and he died for the sins of the world, he didn't pick and choose. That's intense. Knowing that Jesus was the man of sorrows also tells me that Jesus knows how I feel, and even if my prayers do go unanswered, I know that I've received the gift of salvation by faith and death in Hell is far worse then death in this life, and heaven is waiting for me. I would feel sadness, or disappointed if my life was left unfulfilled, but it could be worse, much worse.

[@christiangeekcentral]

Thanks for your thoughts, Kuba. I appreciate your thinking and how you're fighting the "good fight" in your mind. -Paeter