Have you ever struggled with Mental illness or emotional distress and been told by someone to, “Just pray more!”
Hearing this statement will put you in the fast lane to discouragement! “Why” you say? Because it dosent work!
It leads people to feel as though….they must be a bad person.They must be a bad Christian. It leads them into depression.They feel as though they have failed. The reason praying more does not help in our emotional/soul area is that, Spiritual disciplines don’t help our soul/emotional area.
We are Body, Soul and Spirit.. We are like a three legged stool or we have 3 separate silos. When we get hungry, does prayer fix that problem? Of course not, We have to fix our body issues with body solutions. When our body is sick, we go to the Dr. or take some over the counter medication. When we received His Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues, our body didn’t automatically get healed of any illnesses, nor did our emotions get suddenly healed! We just received Gods Spirit. What makes us think, we can pray and our emotions/soul issues will suddenly disappear?
To repair soul issues there are solutions and Biblical answers but, we don’t fix our soul/ emotions with Spirit or Body solutions. Those will not work and will only lead to deeper discouragement, failure and depression.
I personally believe this is why we have backsliders/ missing in action. They had some mental Illness going on and was told, “Just pray more!” It dosent work and they became discouraged and gave up the fight and gave in to failure.
Yes! They love God but felt they couldn’t be a good Christian in their current state of mind. How sad that is. There is a proper and Biblical way to fix emotional/ soul issues… We must process where our hurts came from, usually our childhood. This takes time to do. It is like pealing an onion one layer at a time.
We must forgive….forgiveness is many times a process also….it takes time…Another major healing factor is “Taking every thought captive” This is a must, and a lifestyle change. It will dramatically change your life. These are just a few examples of what healing our emotions/soul looks like….
Remember you are Gods workmanship:
God will work on you and help you to become what you need to be in Him. God is patient, and kind! His love endures forever!
There is always Hope!
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