The Power of Emotions

Understanding Soul Ties Today’s Focus: The Power of Emotions Greetings Sons of God: One of the major resources the devil uses in his plight to oppress us and cause us to disobey God is in the area of our emotions. Now I am not talking about the emotions within the spirit of a man. I am talking about the emotions within the soul of a man. Let me explain, the emotions within the spirit of the man reflect the emotions of God. God does have emotions: Happy, sad, angry…etc. and when we are fully vested and connected in the spirit to His Spirit, the things that God feels and emotions He has toward a particular situation, we can actually express. Now what is the difference is between the soul and spirit. The soul is the center of your free will. This was the unique aspect that God gave you so that you will freely choose to worship Him and love Him freely. Not as a robot but as a son. But your soul has emotions also. The soul is the area that the enemy consistently hits and attacks because it is the one aspect of you (Flesh, Soul and Spirit) that can act independent of God. Many times, your soul will consistently bump-heads with your spirit because the soul is all about self and self preservation and protection. This is why the scriptures in Genesis 3 speak of their eyes being opened. It is the eyes of the soul or the eyes to self-governance that they have experienced and with this new perception, the enemy will attack mankind and make him see “reality” the way the devil wants him to see it through oppression, strife, disobedience and rebellion. When the soul is dominant within an individual then the perception of reality is stunted and hindered. They cannot perceive things the way God sees them but relates things and situations on a carnal level from experience in the past, experience in the current situation and at best guess at the future. God does not desire for His sons to live in this manner because it produces fear of the unknown. So because you fear the unknown you do things to protect and preserve your life and ultimately these things end up causing or even hacening death. When our emotions are in conflict about a situation they affect the way we think and the decisions we make. We should not be governed by damaged or affected emotions and here is a perfect scenario: 1. God’s Word says forgive (mind) 2. Now I need to decide to forgive (will) 3. But I do not FEEL (EMOTIONS) like it because….etc. As you can see the emotions from the soul can actually hinder you from doing God’s work and obeying His Will. God tells us to forgive and we will be forgiven but because of how you FEEL you will forsake the law of the Lord because of your emotions. In the perfect situation we want our mind, will and emotions under the complete guidance of the Holy Spirit. That is what we want and when that happens we will see the glory of God being reflected from the sons in the Earth. The process by which the Father translates and transitions the sons from being soul-dominant to spirit-dominant is called the Baptism of Fire. When the Lord administers these trials they are meant to challenge you from being soul-dependent to spirit-lead and spirit-dependent. In the situation you will desire to do whatever you can to make the situation better and the reality is all of your efforts will fail. But when you make up in your mind that you will trust the Lord and lean on Him as your Source and deliverer then you grow (mature) closer to Him and depend more on Him. You can count on the Lord doing this because He knows that a person that is being lead by their soul will always fight the desires and will of the Spirit. Do not allow your emotions to hinder your walk with God. It is important to remember this because when we start to discuss soul ties you need to know that the enemy attacks the soul and introduces another doctrine or knowledge to you that conflicts with the Word of God but the knowledge will appeal to your soul. It is at this point of conflict soul/spirit where soul ties can either form positive results or negative results. Peace, Love and Grace, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.