MOOD SWINGS | PAUL DAUGHERTY

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#mentalhealth #moodswing #emotionalhealth #victory #pauldaugherty #sermon #message SERMON NOTES MOOD— a temporary state of mind or feeling.//// a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion : feeling He's been in a good mood all week. also : the expression of mood especially in art or literature. 2 archaic : a fit of anger : rage. /// (especially of music) inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind. "mood music" ---playlist---what changes your mood--- a song, a person, a situation, a feeling- MOODSWING—defined—an abrupt change of mood----the "mood swing" phenomenon is a common concept used to describe rapidly and intensely fluctuating emotions. People often describe mood swings as a “roller coaster” of feelings from happiness and contentment to anger, irritability, and even depression. ---What mood are you in? Moods are emotions that tend to become FIXED for hours, days, weeks, months...marked by excessive sensitivity and impulsive behavior, unpredictable in behavior, a state of conscious mind or predominant emotion, a fit of anger,receptive state of mind predisposing to action, MOODY: subject to depression, gloomy, temperamental ---Proverbs 4:23 --- get control of your emotions--- ----BEING in the wrong mood--- can cause us to miss opportunities that God has for us—to receive His blessings, His favor, to be His witness to others, to show his compassion, to bring healing and love and salvation, can cause you to miss out on precious moments with friends and family, can cause you to disengage with relationships that need your engagement, can cause you to lose a job or promotion, can cause you to lose a competition, a game, etc, to miss out on the present, to reflect poorly on the past, and to have no hope for the future, it can wreck everything… ---- GOD wants you to have VICTORY over your MOODS… ---WHO or WHAT’s putting you in a BAD MOOD--- when someone disrespects you, when someone doesn’t thank you for what you did for them, when you don’t get your coffee, when your kids are being whack, when your boss or coworkers are getting on your nerves, when you spill something that stains your shirt or dress or clothes, when people show up late to something you planned, when you are late, when traffic is bad, when you don’t get enough sleep a bad day doesn’t have to turn into a bad week, bad month, bad life… feelings are like waves, we get to decide if we’re gonna ride them and how long we choose to ride them… ---Who have you given the keys to your heart and they get to decide what kind of mood you stay in--- WHO have you handed the TITLE DEED of your heart to ? OUR SOCIETY has this built in language of blaming everyone and everything for our moods and attitudes---- it’s their fault I feel this way--- they put me in a bad mood--- he made me angry--- we want someone else to be responsible for our state of mind--- we want someone or something to take ownership of our emotions and our moods… GUARD YOUR HEART---- ---Proverbs 4:23 --- above all else--- guard your heart--- for everything you do flows from it… --ABOVE IT ALL guard this--- guard what’s going into, staying in, and simmering in your heart… not everyone needs to know what’s going on in your heart---sometimes no one does—because it’s too dangerous to open that up… -- John 15:11 ---- Jesus and joy are not opposites, God and happiness are not opposites--- God wants you to SPILL OVER WITH JOY--- I was glad when they said lets go to the house of the Lord… You can’t endure what you don’t ENJOY… You have to ENJOY something to ENDURE IT---- Hebrews 12--- Jesus was able to ENDURE the CROSS because HE ENJOYED the PASSION for why He did it… ---WHAT HELPS YOU SNAP OUT OF A BAD MOOD---- 1----think yourself out of it --- Phil. 4:8 2----talk yourself out of it—Matthew 15:11- what comes out of your mouth affects you---- if you insist on saying whatever you feel, you will eventually FEEL whatever you SAY…. YOU SAID what YOU FELT, and NOW YOUR’RE FEELING WHAT YOU SAID---- what you FEEL is a result of WHAT YOU SAID… ---SPEAK THE WORD. 3----thank your way out of it----gratefulness /// finding something to be grateful for.. ----a good conversation with a good friend ----hanging out with good friends 4----GET YOUR EYES off YOURSELF and LOOK to HELP OTHERS around you---- one of the best ways to get out of a bad mood- is focus on encouraging and serving and helping others… -5---PRAISE your way of it---- get your heart and mind and mouth focused on the GOODNESS of GOD---His love, His forgivesnss, His hope HOW YOU CAN STAY CONNECTED WITH VICTORY Victory Church Website: http://victory.com Victory Church Facebook: http://bit.ly/2lfgplu Victory Church Instagram: http://bit.ly/2E7Qd48 Victory Church Twitter: http://bit.ly/2lp29pM Paul Daugherty Facebook: http://bit.ly/2BOyCN9 Paul Daugherty Instagram: http://bit.ly/2CiieFH Paul Daugherty Twitter: http://bit.ly/2E9tx3q

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