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him of sins we've got you live always so honored to get to spend this time with you

in fact i look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully

inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your understanding of God's Word and that heightens

your awareness of his very real presence in your life. Well, you know, emotional health is crucial

as we go through life and the world we live in has this perspective on what makes for emotionally

healthy people, but is it trustworthy? Today we're

going to look at the life of Christ and how he modeled the highest form of emotional health.

You and I, we are works in progress, and guess what? We get to be without the condemnation.

Even so, if I'm honest about the state of humanity, it seems sometimes we may make too many excuses. Sometimes we

stay stuck because we don't think growth or change are possible or we don't want to engage

and do the work of maturity, which I think it does take work to respond in ways that are different

than your flesh wants to. But God intends for us to mature, to grow, to heal so we can help others do so as

well. Dr. Chris Thurman joins me again today to talk about his book, Emotionally Healthy Christianity,

following in the psychological footsteps of Christ. We're going to get them on in a minute,

but here's my question because you know I love engagement. So I'm asking a favor. I want you to

text me. Who's the most emotionally healthy person

you know? Tell me about someone in your life. Who's just steady? Who's sturdy? I would tell you

my husband is that guy. He's humble. He's constant. He's a hard worker. He's gentle and kind,

but he's not a dormant. He has a backbone. He's just steady. And I feel like living with him and walking with

him has made the character of God more tangible to me. So I'm so grateful I can say that about my

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