“Pray your Bible, not your emotions”

 

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“Pray your Bible, not your emotions” means: Feelings go up and down like Wi-Fi signals 📶. If we only pray when we feel something, our prayers get shaky.

God’s Word is solid, it never changes. When we pray Scripture, we’re locking our heart onto truth, not mood swings.

✨ Example: Instead of: “God, I feel so alone.” Pray: “Lord, You promised You’ll never leave me (Heb. 13:5). Help me trust that.”

Instead of: “I’m scared!” Pray: “Father, You said You gave me power, love, and a sound mind (2 Tim. 1:7). Fill me with that.”

So, it doesn’t mean you ignore your emotions 💁🏼‍♀️they’re real and God cares about them💙but it means you anchor your prayers in Scripture, so your prayers are guided by truth, not just by changing feelings. 🌻 I hope this helps you understand the context.

Look at David in the Psalms, he cried, shouted, even complained to God. But here’s the key:

He started with emotions (“How long, O Lord?” 😢), but he ended with truth (“I will trust in Your unfailing love” 🙌).

So the idea is: • Emotions = your starting point (be real with God). • Scripture = your anchor (don’t stay stuck in your feelings).

Think of it like GPS: •Emotions show where you are. •The Bible shows where you’re headed. 🧭

That way, you pray honestly like David, but you also pray faithfully like Jesus taught.

#My_Personal_Thought

We usually pray because our occupied mindset prompts us to do so, a mind full of burden, manifesting out with emotions! Meanwhile, we cannot trust our emotions. It is like Revival session of Pentecostal church where youths delve into depth of prayer and worship out of their emotions and rest of their days, they put a setback. Emotions are merely emotions that keeps fluctuating!

But the Word of God sets a boundary in our life. Word of God sets us all the necessary directions regarding how we should live if we really call ourselves children of God. His Word must direct our paths. We proclaim his Word in our life and pray according to his will. It is now Word of God that gives us precise path to walk. Our emotions should actually take us to the Word. Just remember what happened to Jesus at Gethsemane garden. He was almost emotional! Pleading for the resistance but he ultimately chose Father's will in his life. Later we can read in Phil. 2:5-11, where Father put him because of his obedience till the horror of the cross.

Our emotions often lead us to chaos while God's Word comforts us! An emotional believer can give up upon his faith while Word-fed believer thinks like Paul and keeps running his race regardless of any circumstances in life. Modern day Word of Faith movement, Prosperity Gospel, Hyper-Charismatic movements are some great examples of Emotionally led Christians. They end up with apostasy!

Our foundation should only be the scripture even if the igniting stuff is our emotions. We should be taking care of ourselves and pray without ceasing in guidance of the Holy Spirit who can teach us to control our emotions and root our life in the Word of God.