EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

The key to making better decisions is to increase your emotional intelligence through renewing your mind daily to God’s word.

Dear friends and readers of The Guide Online Magazine, the goal of growing wiser emotionally is very important for us as Christians.. Unfortunately, many Christians fall into a perspective about emotional life that hinders them. Emotional intelligence allows people to alter their emotional state when needed. Emotional intelligent people are also sensitive to what those around them are feeling, and can help them navigate and change their moods calming them or lifting their spirits.

Emotions move us and motivate us. They can sustain us through our struggles and crown us in our victories. If we’re not careful, they can also derail us. Everything we do involves emotions. Emotional intelligence is the synthesis of the heart, mind, and soul. It helps us bring our thoughts and feelings into alignment with God’s Word and will so that we can “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Throughout Scripture, we see that this is God’s desire for His people. Proverbs 16:32 says, “Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s emotions than capturing a city” (CSB).