Is This God, the Enemy, or My Own Emotions? | Therapy & Theology
We must avoid living in one of these two extremes: obsessing over the spiritual realm or completely neglecting it. The most balanced place to live is where we're operating in spiritual discernment by the power of the Holy Spirit. Because the devil is crafty, but he is not creative, and God has given us tools to grow in awareness of his schemes without giving in to fear.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How to discern what’s spiritual warfare and what’s simply part of living in a broken world.
- How to experience feelings like anger, anxiety, and desperation while learning to rule over them and refuse to give in to sin.
- The difference between spiritual discernment and spiritual bypassing.
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