Weekly Magazine | Faith Over Feelings: Have Emotions Been Shaping Your Decisions?
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Dear Friends,
Have emotions ever shaped your ideas about faith? One thing we’ve found is that some days, our faith feels unshakable. Other days, our emotions seem to steer every decision, leaving us anxious, doubtful, or exhausted. It’s easy to think that if our feelings are strong enough, they must be the ultimate truth. But this week, we’re exploring what it looks like to live with faith over feelings—to let God’s truth, not our fluctuating emotions, guide our choices.
This isn’t about denying your feelings or pretending life doesn’t hurt. It’s about learning to recognize when emotions are trying to take the driver’s seat and gently letting God’s Word reclaim control. Together, we’ll uncover practical ways to anchor ourselves in faith, trust God in uncertainty, and experience the peace that comes from letting Him lead.
Let’s journey into a week of hope, clarity, and steady faith, no matter what our hearts feel.
Encouraging you in God’s truth,
Glide, Swoop, and Soar | Sandy Mayle
Through the surprising habits of a seabird that rarely touches land, Sandy explores what it looks like to rest in God, trust His leading, and grow a faith that carries us through life’s storms.
The Altar of My Kitchen Table | Dianne McKim
In seasons of financial strain, single motherhood, and deep emotional wounds, Dianne shares how choosing faith over feelings—one kitchen-table prayer at a time—revealed God as her faithful provider.
God, Why Aren’t You Doing Anything About This? | Lysa TerKeurst
When emotions feel overwhelming and answers feel far away, faith invites us to remember what God has already done. In this powerful and tender reflection, Lysa TerKeurst shares how tracing God’s faithfulness can steady our hearts—even when joy feels fragile and feelings run deep.
BONUS: Choose Joy Today | Pam Farrel
Our emotions are part of how God designed us—but faith invites us to live from a deeper, steadier place. Pam Farrel encourages you to discover the joy and freedom that come when God’s truth leads your heart, even when negative feelings seem strong.
Also:
DaySpring Hope and Encouragement Bible
The world’s voices can drown out the truth of who we are in Christ, and it’s easy to forget God’s promises. The DaySpring Hope & Encouragement Bible was created to help you remember your true identity. It’s a reminder that you belong to God, that he loves you deeply, and that he has incredible plans for your life. This Bible highlights 12 indisputable truths about who you are in Christ—truths that stand firm, regardless of how you feel or what you may believe. You’ll also enjoy wide margins for journaling, 52 DaySpring devotionals, and over 250 inspirational reflective readings to deepen your faith. Explore the incredible calling God has lovingly planned for you with the DaySpring Hope & Encouragement Bible.
Glide, Swoop, and Soar
Faith Lessons from the Wandering Albatross.
By: Sandy Mayle
It was, for me, the Winter of the Wandering Albatross.
No, none had wandered from their Antarctic climate to relatively warm Pennsylvania, where I live. I’d never personally seen one. Yet suddenly it was albatross this and albatross that, and to his credit my husband never batted an eye when I bought the huge, used-but-expensive book: Albatross: Their World, Their Ways. Or when I brought home a child’s library book on… you guessed it.
Why this peculiar interest? Because I’d read (where, I can’t remember) that there is a seabird that flies over the Southern Ocean… for years. It doesn’t ever touch land in all that time. I was gobsmacked. Not touching land for years?
