5. What happens at this point?
You are now proceeding down
a path God doesn’t want you to
proceed down.
6. Cain went down this path
So Cain was very angry, and his face
was downcast.
Then the LORD said to
Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is
your face downcast?
If you do what is
right, will you not be accepted? But if
you do not do what is right, sin is
crouching at your door; it desires to
have you, but you must rule over it.”
13. Usually…more Pain.
He will try to get you into a
position where it is harder for
you to move back in the right
direction.
14. When Adam and Eve sinned
against God. What did they
experience?
Anxiety and Fear
Shame and Guilt
Depressed and Angry
15. What to do?
1)Admit that you have a problem with
fear, worry, anxiety… Isa 41:10; Heb
13:5,6
So do not fear, for I am with you; do
not be dismayed, for I am your God.
Isaiah 41:10
16. What to do?
2) Recognize these emotions/thoughts
are part of life apart from God…Draw
near to God. 1Jn 4:18
Perfect love drives out all fear…
17. What to do?
3) Reduce your choices
Too many choices exhaust us, make
us unhappy and lead us to sometimes
abscond from making a decision all
together. Researcher Barry Schwartz
calls this “choice overload.”
18. What to do?
4) There is a huge ministry for helping
others with emotional problems. Find
a way to help, or be helped
Charles Kraft claims that “complete healing
does not come unless both the emotional
and spiritual components of a person’s
problems are addressed.”