September 1, 2019 - Triggered

It's common these days for younger and older generations to talk about or mock the idea of being "triggered" emotionally by something. Every one of us has things that trigger certain responses and emotions; past experiences, pains, and pleasures create patterns of reaction. Instead of being "warning lights," these unwanted emotions seem to control us. What sets them off? How do we move beyond surrendering in safe spaces or stuffing our emotions down in denial? Join us Sundays at 10 AM in September for "Triggered" Romans 7:15-20, Galatians 5:22-23, 2 Corinthians 4:4-5

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September 01, 2019

TRIGGER TRAPS
1. Fight/Flight and Conflict.

2. Just how it is...
This is just the way I am...I will always be “X”

Beginning to Confront Triggers
ROMANS 12:2, ROMANS 7:15-20, GALATIANS 5:22-23, 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4-5

How do I Break the Power of a Trigger? (David Batty,Sallie Culbreth)
First, identify the triggers

Second, try to understand what happens before...

If you don’t make up your mind, your unmade mind will unmake you.
-E. Stanley Jones
		
There comes a crisis, a moment when every human soul which enters the kingdom of God has to make its choice of that kingdom in preference to everything
else that it holds and owns.
-Catherine Booth
What are Triggers?

Third, take your finger off the trigger

Fourth, attack the lies associated with the trigger

FORMAL
Psychological Use:

Fifth, choose a new response to the trigger and the memory of the past.

One common Example - A Critical Attitude

INFORMAL
Sin+Triggers:

TAKE WITH YOU
Do a trigger inventory
Common Use:

Next Sunday: Triggered - Digging deeper into Identity.

Sources: livingfree.org, Goodtheraphy.org, Seeing is Believing, G. Boyd; You Are What You Love, James KA Smith; Emotionally Healthy
Spirituality, Peter Scazzero; Others.



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