A Word from Our Pastor
June 18, 2026
Subject: What's Beneath the Surface? - Week 2 Recap: Emotionally Healthy Series
Dear Beloved Church Family,
I hope this message finds you well and that you've had time to reflect on the powerful move of God's presence we experienced together this Sunday. What a privilege it was to worship in His holiness and witness the shofar sound, declaring that the Lord descended upon us just as He did on Mount Sinai.
Summary: This week's sermon, "What's Beneath the Surface," continued our Emotionally Healthy series by diving deeper into the roots of our emotional responses. We explored how every emotion we experience is not the problem itself, but rather a symptom pointing to something deeper within our hearts. Just as anger, jealousy, fear, and shame are messengers trying to inform us about unhealed wounds, unresolved trauma, or deeply rooted beliefs, God is inviting us to investigate rather than suppress. The message challenged us to stop fighting the fruit while ignoring the root—because if the root remains, the fruit returns. This sermon has profound implications for our spiritual life: until we allow God to search our hearts and heal us at the root level, we will continue cycling through the same emotional patterns, bleeding on others, and missing the freedom Christ died to give us.
Takeaways:
Every emotion has a root, and emotions are symptoms, not the problem. We spend our lives managing anger, fear, jealousy, and insecurity without ever asking what's producing them. Until we deal with the root cause—unforgiveness, past trauma, criticism, or unmet needs—the same emotional fruit will keep appearing in different areas of our lives.
Ask three critical questions when emotions arise: (1) What am I feeling? (Identify it honestly—no more "I'm fine"), (2) Why am I feeling it? (What belief was triggered? What wound was touched? What fear was awakened?), and (3) What is God trying to show me about me? Every emotion becomes an invitation from God to reveal something that needs healing.
The emotions you ignore will eventually control you, but the emotions you investigate will lead you to healing. God cannot heal what we refuse to identify. Like David in Psalm 139:23-24, we must pray, "Search me, O God, and know my heart...point out anything in me that offends you." Most spiritual growth begins when we stop looking outward and start looking inward, allowing the Great Physician to perform the necessary surgery in our hearts.
I want to encourage you this week to be brave enough to investigate the emotions that surface in your daily life. When correction feels like rejection, when anger flares up over small things, when fear grips you in certain situations—pause and ask those three questions. God is not trying to shame you; He's trying to heal you. The trigger is revealing what still needs to be healed.
Remember, the goal isn't emotional suppression or even just emotional expression—it's emotional understanding that leads to transformation. Let's commit to becoming emotionally healthy so we can walk in the freedom and peace Christ purchased for us.
May the Lord continue to search your heart and lead you along the path of everlasting life.
In His Love,
Pastor
Dear Beloved Church Family,
I hope this message finds you well and that you've had time to reflect on the powerful move of God's presence we experienced together this Sunday. What a privilege it was to worship in His holiness and witness the shofar sound, declaring that the Lord descended upon us just as He did on Mount Sinai.
Summary: This week's sermon, "What's Beneath the Surface," continued our Emotionally Healthy series by diving deeper into the roots of our emotional responses. We explored how every emotion we experience is not the problem itself, but rather a symptom pointing to something deeper within our hearts. Just as anger, jealousy, fear, and shame are messengers trying to inform us about unhealed wounds, unresolved trauma, or deeply rooted beliefs, God is inviting us to investigate rather than suppress. The message challenged us to stop fighting the fruit while ignoring the root—because if the root remains, the fruit returns. This sermon has profound implications for our spiritual life: until we allow God to search our hearts and heal us at the root level, we will continue cycling through the same emotional patterns, bleeding on others, and missing the freedom Christ died to give us.
Takeaways:
Every emotion has a root, and emotions are symptoms, not the problem. We spend our lives managing anger, fear, jealousy, and insecurity without ever asking what's producing them. Until we deal with the root cause—unforgiveness, past trauma, criticism, or unmet needs—the same emotional fruit will keep appearing in different areas of our lives.
Ask three critical questions when emotions arise: (1) What am I feeling? (Identify it honestly—no more "I'm fine"), (2) Why am I feeling it? (What belief was triggered? What wound was touched? What fear was awakened?), and (3) What is God trying to show me about me? Every emotion becomes an invitation from God to reveal something that needs healing.
The emotions you ignore will eventually control you, but the emotions you investigate will lead you to healing. God cannot heal what we refuse to identify. Like David in Psalm 139:23-24, we must pray, "Search me, O God, and know my heart...point out anything in me that offends you." Most spiritual growth begins when we stop looking outward and start looking inward, allowing the Great Physician to perform the necessary surgery in our hearts.
I want to encourage you this week to be brave enough to investigate the emotions that surface in your daily life. When correction feels like rejection, when anger flares up over small things, when fear grips you in certain situations—pause and ask those three questions. God is not trying to shame you; He's trying to heal you. The trigger is revealing what still needs to be healed.
Remember, the goal isn't emotional suppression or even just emotional expression—it's emotional understanding that leads to transformation. Let's commit to becoming emotionally healthy so we can walk in the freedom and peace Christ purchased for us.
May the Lord continue to search your heart and lead you along the path of everlasting life.
In His Love,
Pastor
