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We in a series entitled, “How to get through what you are going through!”

It is interesting the timing of these messages as we have had some some serious storms hurricane Harvey and Irma hitting the US coast line.…

What we know about Storms are often unpredictable and they can cause a lot of damage..

Not only are there physical storms that we can face but there are other kinds storms … such as health storm, financial storm, relationship storms, spirtual warfare storms and there are also emotional storms..... What we talking about in this series is “How to get through what you facing..”

The word that is central to this series is the Word Through…

The Good News is that.... that we are looking at how to get through the storm..

Jesus said to the disciples before they even kicked off from the shore that that they were going to make it to the other.

Then he got into the boat with the disciples and when the wind and the waves threatened to sink them…… He gets up and he rebukes the Storm - He commands the storm to be be still… Tim Keller…tells us the fact that Jesus rebukes the storm is that he uses the strong language.…

because it was spirtual in nature… “shut up and stay shut.”

We can speak to the storm s this morning… Because of the great name

Disciples were in awe when nature itself took note and lake waters became still like glass.

We need to speaking Gods work in the middle of storms… There is both power in prayer and power in the name of Jesus..

This morning we need God’s word to encourage us and to speak to the issues we are facng...

The first thing is be encouraged.....God is going to get you to the other side

We can take great comfort in knowing that whatever you are going through today...God is going to get you to the other side

How do we get through the Storm of Discouragement?

What does it mean to be discouraged?

Discouragement is that sense or feeling of unhappiness arising from a loss of confidence in ones own abilities or in the reliability of God or in the power of the Gospel

Discouragement is a powerful emotion...

John Stott said that ....

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

John R. W. Stott

None of us is immune to discouragement… we all face it.

What we need to know is how to handle it .

What often happens in life is that we just keep going through the motions… if we can just push through another day… suppress our feelings.. Instead of taking time to stop… My professor … Rod Cooper once said to us students “If the horse is dead dismount.”

Keep on doing what we have been doing with out stopping..

There are times where we think that we could just push through…suppress our feelings.. get through another day… but here is the things you cannot ignore your emotions..

There are times where we think that we can just push through…suppress our feelings.. get through another day… but here is the things you cannot ignore your emotions..

What often happens in life is that we just keep going… if we can just push through… suppress our feelings.. get through another day…

In the first Century Stoics saw any admission of emotions as a sign of weakness… don’t be sad… dont be discouraged just put on a happy face every day… but yet deep inside we are hurting… One thing about emotions is that you can’t ignore them… you have to deal with them… the reason is this..

It is kind of thinking that was present in the in the first Century by the Stoics who saw any admission of emotions as a sign of weakness… don’t be sad… don’t be discouraged just put on a happy face every day… but yet deep inside we are hurting… One thing about emotions is that you can’t ignore them… you have to deal with them… the reason is this..

Our emotions are interracial part of who we are as human beings… God created us as holistic beings with a spirit, body and soul.

But how many of us truly connect the dots on a daily basis and realize the direct impact our emotions have on our physical health?

When we aren’t feeling well, often our instinct is to relate the problem to a physical illness, what we’ve been eating and drinking, or whether we’ve been exercising and getting enough rest.

But sometimes the deeper part of the problem—the root of it all—stems from negative emotions that we permit into our life.

As humans we are complex beings and human emotions and sentiments are of importance to life and our well being in general.

There is a connection between our physical bodies and the way we feel…

we are complex and emotions and sentiments are of importance to life and our well being in general.

There is a connection between our physical bodies and the way we feel…

When we were living in Maine my primary doctor happened to one of the members in our church.

She was from Nigeria her name was Dr AO… it was abbreviated because her real name was too long to pronounce… she wonderful doctor… I had been struggling a with viral infection and causing me to experience vertigo.. … we couldn’t figure out what really going on… so I had several appointments with her...

Every time, I went to her office my blood pressure seemed to sky rocket.

I asked her why this was happening … She calmly told me that it was more about my anxiety of going to the doctors visit than actually anything physically wrong with my body….. Our emotion can affect our physical health..

Sometime we want disconnect from our our emotions… ignore feelings…

There is this connection between our emotions and our physical bodies… Psychologists talks about our emotions as reflexes…connected to muscles and motor functions

emotions are reflexes

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almost all unpleasant emotions are associated with increased muscular tension in all or some muscles, whereas pleasant emotions are associated with decreased tension in all or some muscles

For example negative feelings are associated with increased muscular tension, whereas pleasant emotions are associated with decreased tension in all or some muscles.

Our emotions have a direct affect on our health an our well being in general…

This is from Bakers Phy

Personality is built on a foundation of emotional expression.

Almost all unpleasant emotions are associated with increased muscular tension in all or some muscles, whereas pleasant emotions are associated with decreased tension in all or some muscles.

In other words your body responds to the way you think, feel, and act…

If you ignore your emotions and feelings of discouragement… your body will let you know..

Jesus said to the disciples that they were going to the other side of the storm… We are going to be talking about the Emotional life… As humans we are complex beings and human emotions and sentiments are of importance to life.

It is proven that negative feelings are associated with increased muscular tension, whereas pleasant emotions are associated with decreased tension in all or some muscles.

John R. W. Stott

T/s How do you get through Discouragement… the first is to..

How do you get through what you are feeling… the first set is to..

1. Get in touch with our Emotions.

Are your in touch with your emotions?

write this down somewhere… little self examine you can do at some point..

Can you list your top 3 emotions?

How do those emotions impact your life and those around you?

One of the topics in leadership circles is this idea of Emotional intelligence… this the ability to identify access your own emotions and also understand and accurately perceive the emotions of those around you… Leadership is more that IQ or having the right competencies or skill sets… it’s about how you relate to others at an emotion level…

God created with a mind, body, and emotions.. they are interconnected with each other.

… Our emotions not only affect our physical life… but also impacts the we relate to others...One of the topics in leadership circles is this idea of Emotional intelligence… this the ability to identify access your own emotions and also understand and accurately perceive the emotions of those around you… Leadership is more that IQ or having the right competencies or skill sets… it’s about how you relate to others at an emotion level…

personality and our emotions are inseparable..

If we are always sad and discouraged it will have effect on those around you.

One of the topics in leadership circles is this idea of Emotional intelligence… this the ability to identify access your own emotions and also understand and accurately perceive the emotions of those around you… Leadership is more that IQ or having the right competencies or skill sets… it’s about how you relate to others at an emotion level…

"Scripture reveals God as an emotional being who feels various emotions.

tells us that God embodies the emotion of love — God is love… Everything that God does is motivated by love…

— God is full of Compassion during the period of the Judges time and time again God would rescue Israel and when God heard their affliction he was “moved with compassion.”

When Jesus looked upon the crowds he took pity on them because they were like Sheep with out a shepherd.

God is a God of Joy and delights in his people…God is also has the emotion of Anger… God was angered over sin in the book of Joshua.. Jesus was angry over the money changes in the temple and he chased them out.

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Whether we know this or not… Our emotions not only affect our physical life… but the we relate to others....

If we are always sad and discouraged … it will impact those around us..

In other words our emotions not only affect our personality but also affect those around us...

If we are always sad and discouraged it will have effect on those around you...

David is one of those intriguing characters in the Bible…He is one who spent hours working through his personal struggles..…

He got in touch with his feelings.. His emotional life was integrated into his personal life.. not two separate things.

We touch on the life of David last week and saw that most of the psalms he wrote were in the genre of laments… that is how David Dealt with his many of the challenges and struggles he faced..…

David spent most of his life as a fugitive running from King Saul - There is this point where David realizes that he will never be reconciled to King Saul - and he and his band 600 men and families move into the land of the Philistines….and

they take refuge in in a town called Ziglag....

There is this point where David realizes that he will never be reconciled to King Saul - and he and his band 600 men and families move into the land of the Philistines….and

they take refuge in in a town called Ziglag....

and he and his band 600 men and families move into the land of the Philistines….and

they take refuge in in a town called Ziglag....

David has small band of 600 men who are his supporters… they take refuge in together in a town called Ziglag....

When David hears that Philistines are going to war against Israel

and he and his men actually fought battles alongside the philistines..

When David hears that Philistines are going to war against Israel… He and his men go to the front line to offer their services.

David and his men found themselves living in the territory territory of the Philistines and because of this they were forced to make alliances with the Philistines… so they often fought battles alongside the Philistines… This was working out fine until the Philistines went to war against Israel…

David had to make aliences with the Philistines and fought battles alongside the philistines..

When David hears that Philistines are going to war against Israel… He and his men go to the front line to offer their services… But the philistine commanders don’t trust David because he might change sides and win the battle for Israel… David and his men go back home to Ziglag… The Amalekites have taken advantage of the battle between the Philistines and attacked David at Ziklag…

The Philistines are preparing to go to war against Israel at a place called Aphek… David and his men go to the front line to join with the Philistines..… This must have been quite a conflict for David...

The Amalekites have taken advantage of the battle between the Philistines and attacked David at Ziklag…

Life often presents us with difficult challenges.. God has a way of working even in the midst of challenges..

Romans