Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

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Without this skill, church teams remain silenced - unable to speak truth and creating the conditions for an environment of frustration, resentment, and judgement. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality was birthed out of the realization that key areas were missing in the church’s spiritual formation/discipleship initiatives. Over an 18-year period, these missing elements were identified and were found to be applicable around the world as essential to engaging in deep, beneath-the-surface spiritual formation. This is grounded in the conviction that genuine growth cannot help but release the life and gifts of God through His people out into the world.” Despite a promising title, the cover of the book had a few red flags: "Unleash a revolution in your life in Christ!" I don't really know what that means, despite it being the sort of phrase of buzzwords that has surrounded me for years, and the words "unleash" and "revolution" paired with "life in Christ" made my skin crawl. The tagline on the front, "it's impossible to be spiritually mature, while remaining emotionally mature" had a cadence that made me read it exclusively in the voice of a movie trailer narrator (and now you are too. You're welcome). Our ability to grow as disciples and human beings depends on our response to grief and loss. Jesus was fully God, but also fully human, and he models for us the struggle and the treasures available for anyone brave enough to face ‘loss’ God’s way. Allowing our Christian lives to be shaped by the rhythms of the Christian calendar rather than the culture

You might also set limits around the amount of work you take on or the types of projects you’re willing to work on. Rest and Sabbath The way Pete S the co founder started was due to the effectiveness of Christianity. He exclaims that one of his followers told him I have been a first year Christian for 23 years not 23 years of Christianity. He seen many people were good religious people on the outside but did not go to further steps to ensure they followed and preached as disciples of god.I would never recommend this book to anyone, especially anyone not solidly rooted in Biblical and theological truths. Join us for a powerful journey that will walk you through a door that will change forever the way you love God, others, and yourself. Learning the capacity to resolve conflict maturely and negotiate solutions that consider the perspectives of others It can also be an opportunity to reflect on your life and make changes that will lead to greater happiness and fulfillment. Whether you prefer podcasts, books, or in-person resources, there are many options available to help you grow in emotionally healthy spirituality.

What do we do to replace all we are now stopping during our Sabbath time? The answer is simple: whatever delights and replenishes you. (168)The goal of the Christian life is to love well. Jesus was aware that true spirituality included not only loving God, but also the skill of loving others maturely. Growing into an emotionally mature Christian person includes experiencing each individual, ourselves included, as sacred, or as Martin Buper (a twentieth century philosopher & religious thinker) put it, as a “Thou” rather than as an “It”. Part of the bestselling Emotionally Healthy Spirituality book collection, The Emotionally Healthy Woman provides women a way out of surface-level spirituality to genuine freedom in Christ. Remember that emotional health is not just about feeling good, but also about being able to handle difficult emotions and situations in a healthy way. It teaches us to love ourselves and others, to forgive, to manage our thoughts and emotions, and to seek help when needed.

Accurately self-assessing our strengths, limits, and weaknesses and freely sharing them with others This approach to spirituality emphasizes the importance of integrating emotional health and spiritual growth, recognizing that the two are interconnected. To feel is to be human. To minimize or deny what we feel is a distortion of what it means to be image bearers of our personal God. To the degree that we are unable to express our emotions, we remain impaired in our ability to love God, others and ourselves well. (26) Understanding your emotions and how they relate to your spirituality is key to achieving emotional health.

Eventually, God awakened him to a biblical integration of emotional health and the spiritual practice of slowing down and quieting your life to experience a firsthand relationship with Jesus. It created nothing short of a spiritual revolution in Scazzero, in his church, and now in thousands of other churches.

Sabbath provides for us now an additional rhythm for an entire reorientation of our lives around the living God. On Sabbaths we imitate God by stopping our work and resting. (163) The sad reality is that most of us will not go forward until the pain of staying where we are is unbearable. (21) Emotionally healthy spirituality is about having a healthy relationship with God, yourself, and others. Recently on the podcast, I shared 5 timeless leadership axioms - portable and powerful phrases that have become adopted by emotionally healthy leaders all around the world.It also involves developing healthy coping mechanisms for dealing with difficult emotions, such as stress, anxiety, and grief. Emotionally healthy spirituality involves integrating emotional health into your spiritual journey. It is about being vulnerable and authentic with yourself and others. The Journey Towards Emotional Health Pete hosts the top-ranked Emotionally Healthy Leader podcast and is the author of a number of bestselling books, including The Emotionally Healthy Leader and Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. Pete and his wife Geri also developed The Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Course (Part 1 and 2), a powerful resource that moves people from a shallow to a deep relationship with Jesus.