Today we'll explore how emotional health and trust are linked. We're all emotional

beings and how we're doing emotionally affects us all on a regular basis. God has

something to say about your emotional health and it's my hope. You're encouraged and

feel afresh how deeply you're loved by the Lord as we focus in on this truth. Welcome

to the first 15 podcast. Do you know that God cares deeply about your emotions? Your

Heavenly Father longs for your life to be marked by emotional joy, fulfillment, satisfaction

and peace. He longs for your emotions to be rooted and grounded in his steadfast love

and goodness. Our God is an emotional God. He's not void of feelings. We feel because

he feels we have emotions because we are made in his image. For much of my Christian life,

I thought my emotions had to be based on my circumstances. I felt happy or sad based

on others' opinions, the pressures of life, and opportunities I had or didn't have.

As a result, I was on a consistent emotional roller coaster following the ups and downs

of the shaky world. I found myself controlled by the things of the world rather than the

foundational love laid before me by the sacrificial love of Jesus. Scripture continually describes

a link between emotional health and trust. Isaiah 26, 3 and 4 says, you keep him in perfect

peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever

for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. Psalm 56, 3 and 4 says, when I am afraid, I put

my trust in you. In God whose word I praise. In God I trust, I shall not be afraid. What

can flesh do to me? And Psalm 33, 21 says, for our heart is glad in him because we trust

in his holy name. We are robbed of having our emotions rooted in God whenever we take

on more pressure than we are meant to carry. Our emotional health is directly linked to

our level of trust. We feel pressure at work when we look to our job and co-workers for

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