The Narrow Road of Emotions- Life Group Questions

Psalm 116:1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

Psalm 42:4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng.

Depending on how we grew up and the messages we heard we may have learned that we should deny and repress emotions because they don’t matter and are untrustworthy…or we grew up in a way where we were led by our emotions. The bible doesn’t shy away from emotions. Especially the Psalms! To walk faithfully through this internal world requires us embracing our emotions without being owned by them. There is a difference between controlling our emotions and emotional regulation and awareness. Much of the health in how we deal with others in learning to navigate that space.

1. How were you taught to interact with your emotions growing up?

2. What did you do with your emotions as you got older? What decisions did you make about how to you were going to operate in that world?

3. How do you understand the difference between controlling your emotions and emotional regulation?

4. What do you think is the next step for you in terms of growing in this area? What do you think God wants to say to you about your emotional space?