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
