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Redirecting Emotions Toward the Lord
May. 19, 2022
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Transcription

What are some truths and promises that will help redirect and guide my emotions and desires back to the Lord. That's one reason we have church is to constantly redirect people back to the Lord. I actually have a great question because I've got people that I talk to, young people I talk to all the time that says, I just don't feel like I want to read my Bible. I don't want to pray. I do, but I don't enjoy it.

I don't feel like it. I come to church and I'm not excited. Just going through the motions. What do I do? What do I do?

And they're not living in or they're not confessing any known sins. They're just worried about a lack of zeal and lack of pervency. And I think God allows us to go through those times so that we can see the need that we need the need. So it's like David's soul panted as the deer pants for the water brook, he panted after God. It's like, well, I'm not feeling that.

Well, you could at least feel that you're not, and that can be a desire to ask God for that. But I think the real answer, how to remedy that is to, the way to remedy that is to keep seeking the Lord. I'm a person that can love any type of music. Honestly. Any music.

There's certain music I hate. I literally do. But I know that if I heard it enough, I would like it. And the reason I don't like it is because I don't allow myself to hear it enough. And I'm a chameleon when it comes to music styles.

Jazz, like who likes jazz? I wouldn't ever want to listen to jazz. But I know that if I listened to it, I would like it if I just listened to it long enough. That's, you know, just put yourself in the presence of God and keep putting yourself in the presence of God and He's altogether lovely. He's altogether worthy of worship and all.

So what do you do? You just keep putting yourself in the presence of God. You become, you know, you love that which you associate with. It's just if you associate with sinners you're gonna like sin. So you just keep putting in front of you the things of God.

Not only works if you're a Christian, you can't become a Christian by association, but if you are a Christian, keep associating yourself with the things that are good and lovely and beautiful, and your affections will follow. But you

Conference
Holiness to the Lord
Speakers

Scott T. Brown is the president of Church and Family Life and pastor at Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Scott graduated from California State University in Fullerton with a degree in History and received a Master of Divinity degree from Talbot School of Theology. He gives most of his time to local pastoral ministry, expository preaching, and conferences on church and family reformation. Scott helps people think through the two greatest institutions God has provided—the church and the family.

Jason Dohm is a full-time pastor at Sovereign Redeemer Community Church in Youngsville, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992 with a BA in education and proceeded to a lengthy career in electronics manufacturing. Jason has been married to Janet for thirty years and has six children and five grandchildren.

Jeffrey D. Johnson is a Pastor of Grace Bible Church, the President of Grace Bible Theological Seminary, and the founder of Free Grace Press. He graduated from Central Baptist College with a BS in Bible and earned his MRel in Biblical Studies and a DMin in Systematics from Veritas Theological Seminary. He is also the author of multiple books, including The Pursuit of Glory, The Church, and The Kingdom of God. He and his wife, Letha, live in Conway, Arkansas with their four children—Martyn, Christian, Britain, and Evelyn.

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