What is a danger of being controlled by our emotions?

Toby Logsdon explains in this video that if we just follow our emotions instead of being rooted in God's Word, we will be easily swayed by how we feel, the newest fad, or by the world. 

To combat this, we must let God's Word dictate what we believe and how we live our lives. God's Word is true and unchanging and will allow us to weather the ups and downs of our emotions or opinions. The newest fad or belief system will fade; but God's Word will endure. 

Proverbs 4:23 (NKJV) - "Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life."

 

I think the most important thing to remember is that we aren't to be led by our emotions because our emotions can be affected by so many different things. It might be cloudy outside for a couple days, I might not see sunshine for a couple days and so I might be feeling blue. And if I'm just following wherever my emotions take me, it's going to be a roller coaster. But rather what I need to do is make a decision for what I'm going to do and do it. So if I'm not enjoying God, if I'm not enjoying the scriptures, I still need to be going to God, and I still need to be going to the scriptures every day, leading my emotions and finding out, letting God's word as I'm studying it, as I'm reading it, as I'm meditating on it, letting it do its work in my heart so that I do start to enjoy it.

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