Feelings vs Facts
How do feelings become facts?
They begin with: I FEEL unloved, unacceptable, unworthy.
Then because I FEEL this way, I ACT like I’m unloved, unacceptable, and unworthy.
Next, because I both FEEL and ACT this way, I BELIEVE that I’m unloved, unacceptable, and unworthy.
Finally, because I FEEL, ACT and BELIEVE this way, I make it a FACT by saying:
“I AM unloved, unacceptable and unworthy.”
This phenomenon is accomplished by allowing feelings to appear as truth. Feelings are very powerful, but we must not look to them to find truth. Only thoughts possess the quality of discernment. So, if feelings tell lies to us, it’s because they are based UPON incorrect or deceptive thoughts. The DECEPTION is accomplished by the thoughts, not the feelings.
FEELINGS >>> ACTIONS >>> BELIEF >>> FACT
The way to control feelings is by controlling thoughts. The key to controlling thoughts is basing them upon solid FACTS: BIBLICAL TRUTH
Here’s a FACT: God has loved us and made us His children
"See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are."
~ 1 John 3:1
I BELIEVE it is the Truth. Because this is a FACT and I BELIEVE it I ACT like it is true. My FEELINGS come as the result of my ACTING by FAITH on the TRUTH.
FACTS >>> BELIEF >>> ACTIONS >>> FEELINGS
Since my thoughts control how I respond to feelings, I keep my thoughts upon God’s Truth and recognize that my feelings are not facts. Therefore, I do not treat my feelings as if they were facts. By understanding this and resting upon the truth of who I am in Christ, I stop letting feelings control me.
OUR TRUE IDENTITY IS BASED, NOT UPON FEELINGS, BUT UPON TRUTH…BIBLICAL TRUTH.
‘Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.'
~ II Corinthians 5:7
‘And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.’
~ Hebrew 11:6
‘For in it (the Word of God) the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.”
~ Romans 1:17
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