Emotions and Burdens

[cleopatra77]

Hi it's me again!!!

Thank you for your response to my last post about my calling to prophetic ministry.  It was very insightful and helped tremendously.  I have another question.  For as long as I can remember, I have always been "emotional"...crying about something, depressed, kind of moody, and at times too self absorbed.  I have gotten a lot better over the past several years in being more balanced in my emotions.

God has been delivering me from emotional eating.  Eating to suppress negative emotions such as anxiety, fears, anger, insecurity, etc.  As a prophetic person, is it easy to "pick up" what others are feeling, and somehow, be burdened with it, even sometimes believing they are your own emotions? 

I think that may be what has been going on with me all along.  Coming from a turbulent home, I can sense tension, anger, sadness, fear....all the undercurrents in a place or a household.  How can I know where these emotions originate from, and how can I put them in their proper "place" ?  Sometimes I feel at a loss in how to handle them.

Please advise,
Lisa

[Patrice Aka]

Hi Lisa,

The problem with emotions is that they can be influenced by all kinds of sources. The ideal is for your emotions to be subjected to your spirit. God's original order was Spirit, Soul and Body. When your soul is subjected to your spirit, the emotions that manifest are healthy.

You see, your spirit manifest itself through your soul which is made up of the mind, the emotions and the will. By your will you need to decide to block off the unhealthy sources. But the problem is that the will is easily subjected to the emotions that's why you end up doing what you feel like doing. The Good news is that the emotions are easily influenced by the mind. The Bible says, "As a man thinks, so is he". So it is all about what is in your mind, what you allow to enter your mind. This is why the Bible says in Romans 12 not to be conformed to this world but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. So the key is to make sure that you fill yourself with the word of God. Sadly this is big weakness of many who are interested in the prophetic. They like being in the Spirit and not in the Word. A balance is needed.

One thing to watch out for when it comes to emotions and the prophetic is "compulsion". The Holy Spirit is not compulsive, the Spirit convinces and wooes instead. So if you receive a revelation and suddenly you feel this strong emotion, which is compulsion somehow urging you to speak now or else, then please hold back. This is not the Lord. Remember the Holy Spirit is Dove.

Hope this helps you.


Blessings


Patrice Aka

Apostle and Founder

[singtall]

can i AMEN what you said about the balance in the reading of the word?

i received a vision 5 years ago that the Lord would not allow me to interpret, but instead made me go to my pastor for the interpretation. the bottom line: the interpretation was a rebuke for being too dependent on prophecy and not enough on His word. i immediately felt that deep in my spirit and repented.

many people read a lot when they first dive in but soon after they get caught up in "new words" only and miss the meat of the word.