Foundations of Emotional Health January 2021

    My husband Rick will be teaching Foundations of Emotional Health in January through Cebu Graduate School of Theology.  This class will give you a strong biblical foundation in dealing with the emotional and relational struggles you face.  This is also a great opportunity to strengthen relationships and get to know another person at a much deeper level.  It's great for spouses to take together or friends who are looking to deepen their relationship with the Lord together.

    There are 2 sections:  Friday mornings or Thursday evenings

    You can find more information about how to register at this FACEBOOK EVENT

    Jesus said that he can sum up all of Scripture in 2 sentences:  Love God and Love your neighbor as yourself.  Yet, Christians are following society and becoming so busy, so numbed and so distracted that we are not loving well.  And if we are not loving well, then we are not maturing as Christians.  The whole point of Emotionally Healthy Church is that spiritual and emotional maturity are inseparable.  It is impossible to be spiritually mature and remain emotionally immature (meaning that we are unable to love well those who are around us – the people closest to us don’t feel loved).

    Often Christians ignore their "negative" emotions (anger, sadness, fear, pain) for fear of sinning.  This is called denial and it has long term impacts on a person's physical and emotional health.  These “negative” emotions are meant to tell us something and should be brought to God so He can deal with our hearts.  If we are ignoring them, we are missing what God wants to do inside of us. 

    It is difficult to break off from the powerful patterns of our past until we know what they are and how they impact our present lifestyle and our walk with God.   Jesus' life-transforming power needs to penetrate and change many of the patterns of relating that we learned growing up in our families.  These patterns are expressed not only in our current family relationships, but also in our relationships in the workplace and in ministry. 

    Foundations of Emotional Health looks at 7 principles to help us experience deep transformation through our relationship with Christ.

1. Looking beneath the surface of our lives at the things that are tripping us up

2.  Breaking the power of past experiences that have shaped our emotional lives and behaviors in ways that are not loving

3.  Learning to live in vulnerability so that we can openly express our hurts and our love.

4.  Realizing our limits as human beings so that we will not burn ourselves out

5.  Grieving our losses before the Lord instead of pretending everything is ok

6.  Paying attention to others like Jesus did so that they feel loved

7.  Slowing down the pace of our lives so that we are spending quality time with the Lord and our cups will overflow.   Then we will be able to love others well and lead with integrity.  

The course is interactive and reflective.  We will learn skills and do activities that will help us to understand ourselves so that we can love better – both the Lord and those around us