CounselingChristians

Q: My husband bought a swing set for the kids, which I had no idea until I saw him and an employee bringing the packages into the backyard.  After they got everything in the backyard and he was opening it up he noticed it had a lot of pieces so I asked him how can I help and then he told me what he needed help with so I set up a picnic blanket outside and put the baby on it to play with some toys (we have a 9 month old, a 4 and 6 year old together and a 13 and 18 year old from his previous relationships).  Around dinner time and with us still building the set ...I ordered the kids pizza for dinner because I wouldn’t have time to make dinner. When the pizza arrived the order was wrong and I was annoyed because it happened the last time I ordered but I set up the kids with their pizza then I went back in the backyard where he and his son who is 13 were and I was telling him about how the pizza order was wrong and he got upset with me and told me he doesn’t want to hear about it...

Q: I REALLY struggle with relying and prioritizing my emotions. I take things emotionally and take them as an attack, and it’s incredibly hard for me to come out of my emotions when they’re negative. I know the Biblical answer is relying on God, not self. I know the Bible verses but I don’t know how to "apply" that.  I know God gave me emotions for a reason and they’re not inherently bad, but when they control how we view things and interact with them, it’s an issue. How do I get control over my emotions and how they skew things in my head without just turning them off completely? He gave us emotions.  A: Yes, God gave us emotions but they are to be lived out in righteousness, but because of the fall, and even if we are born again, we drag this sin stained body around and like Paul lament our sins. God has given the Redeemed the power and ability to live in righteousness by the new nature, and we are to kill, conquer & have victory over each and every one of them. We do i...