Assignment:
A Way To Listen to Every Negative
Emotion
(Note that the way to pray about the emotions once you
identify them will become clearer as you read the rest of
the book chapters).
It is of utmost importance that you actually act in applying
the blood of Jesus every time you judge, or you will have
no change in your life.
You will have the most success in walking out your healing if you
have a practical routine to use. Otherwise it is easy to slip back
into your old pattern of not listening to your emotions.
I suggest that you make it a practice to listen to every negative
emotion, and I have created an assignment that you can do daily.
The following are common questions people have
expressed about their healing walk:
• How can I truly make peace with myself and come to love
myself?
• How can I hear the voice of God so He can lead me in my
healing?
• How can I take down the wall inside me?
• This healing thing is so complicated. How can I possibly get
it right?
• How can I keep from losing the healing I have already
attained?
• How can I know that the Lord has healed a bitter root?
• How do I know when there is a deeper root behind what just
happened that triggered me?
• How can I know when I should be done praying?
• How can I possibly "count it all joy when I encounter various
trials?"
Listening to every negative emotion is a very powerful practice
that can provide the answers to these questions and peace for the
anxiety that results when emotions are stirred up.
Your negative emotions are a powerful tool that the Lord can use
to direct your healing. He is in charge of your healing, truly wants
you healed, and knows the path you need to follow to get healed.
Therefore He puts you into situations that are divinely ordained to
bring up the next issue He wants to work on. He will tell you about
it by the negative feeling that comes up. It is like a dentist poking
around in your mouth. When he touches a sore spot, you know it.
Therefore, your negative emotions are a powerful way that the
Lord can lead you, all day every day. Therefore, you can "count it
all joy," because the pain is going to lead to healing.
THE ASSIGNMENT
Pay Attention
Keep a pad of paper with you to write down every incident of a
negative emotion, no matter how small. It can be a short note or a
long journal. It is your choice.
A major purpose of keeping a written list is so that if at the end of
the day your paper is blank, you will know you haven't been
listening. We all judge (and therefore have a negative emotion)
many times every day. It is very easy to fall back into the old
pattern of not listening if we aren't careful.
Pray over each item on your list
Be diligent to set aside time to get quiet and comfortable where
there is a minimum of distractions. Look at each item on the list.
Close your eyes and remember the recent incident that triggered
the negative emotion.
• Choose a feeling word to describe the feeling. Most negative
emotions are signals that you have judged. If you need help
naming the emotion, see the attached list of emotions.
• Forgive whomever/whatever you have judged.
• If your Treasure Inside is the one you have judged, ask
him/her to forgive you.
Ask the Lord to forgive you for the judgment,
• To remove the bitter root
• To cleanse that place with His blood
• To fill that place with His spirit.
Sample Prayer
I always hesitate to give sample prayers, because we need to be
praying as Jesus leads, not in a rote prayer. But I am including an
example to get you started. As soon as possible, try to begin to
pray in your own way.
For example, suppose a man cuts me off in traffic. I feel anger
spring up at him, I honk my horn and utter some words. Then I
would catch myself and say something like,
"Lord, I have just judged that man." I would name the feeling
behind the anger, in this case "demeaned", or "belittled." I would
speak directly to the man,
"Mister, I forgive you for pulling out in front of me, for treating me
as being of less importance than you, for ignoring my safety.
Lord, forgive me for judging that man, for taking Your place on the
throne as the judge.
I ask You to reach down inside me and remove that bitter root I just
planted.
Wash that place clean with Your blood, and then please fill that
place with Your Holy Spirit.
Lord, bless that man's day, and keep him safe.
I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen."
After you pray
Review the incident and see if there is peace. If there is peace, you
are done. If not, there is more praying to be done. The further
praying may have to do with the current event, or there may be an
older, deeper root to be prayed about.
• When you have peace, you are done. Peace means that the
work the Lord wanted you to do right now is done. It does not
necessarily mean that every bitter root with respect to that person
or type of situation is gone. If there is more, in due season the
Lord will bring it up.
• Once you have prayed and have peace, then just go on and
enjoy the day.
Continue Paying Attention
If on any given day you have an almost blank piece of paper, this
always means you haven't been listening. We all judge many
times a day.
Making Friends With Yourself
If you have a history of judging yourself, once you begin to listen
you may be astonished at how awful you are to yourself.
A key to healing is to make friends with your Treasure Inside. This
friendship, built on a growing trust, comes about by listening every
time your Treasure Inside sends up a negative feeling, It is a bit
like a parent with a child. If the child cries, a good parent will ask
the child what is wrong, with the idea of correcting whatever is the
problem. When a parent does this consistently, the child grows to
trust the parent, knowing the parent has their best interest at heart.
Positive Emotions
Also listen to your positive emotions, because they are also
directional. They point you towards things that are good for you.
It is not selfish to listen to your positive emotions. Of course, no
prayer is necessary, because they are not pointing out sin. Just
enjoy them!
The Questions
What about the common questions posed at the beginning of this
article? By letting the Lord lead you through your negative
emotions, and forgiving and being forgiven (applying the blood of
Jesus), you will find all these questions being answered.
You can't do it, but Jesus can - and wants to! Through this
process you will be changed into the image of Jesus, step by step.
Negative Emotions
Anger (When you feel anger, you need to go deeper. Look below the anger,
and you will find another emotion that is being expressed as anger. It is
important to find the underlying emotion, because it is a clue as to what went
wrong when you judged; and therefore helps you to know how to pray).
Other Negative Emotions
Positive Emotions
Copyright 2003 Edward Kurath
A Way To Listen to Every Negative
Emotion
(Note that the way to pray about the emotions once you
identify them will become clearer as you read the rest of
the book chapters).
It is of utmost importance that you actually act in applying
the blood of Jesus every time you judge, or you will have
no change in your life.
You will have the most success in walking out your healing if you
have a practical routine to use. Otherwise it is easy to slip back
into your old pattern of not listening to your emotions.
I suggest that you make it a practice to listen to every negative
emotion, and I have created an assignment that you can do daily.
The following are common questions people have
expressed about their healing walk:
• How can I truly make peace with myself and come to love
myself?
• How can I hear the voice of God so He can lead me in my
healing?
• How can I take down the wall inside me?
• This healing thing is so complicated. How can I possibly get
it right?
• How can I keep from losing the healing I have already
attained?
• How can I know that the Lord has healed a bitter root?
• How do I know when there is a deeper root behind what just
happened that triggered me?
• How can I know when I should be done praying?
• How can I possibly "count it all joy when I encounter various
trials?"
Listening to every negative emotion is a very powerful practice
that can provide the answers to these questions and peace for the
anxiety that results when emotions are stirred up.
Your negative emotions are a powerful tool that the Lord can use
to direct your healing. He is in charge of your healing, truly wants
you healed, and knows the path you need to follow to get healed.
Therefore He puts you into situations that are divinely ordained to
bring up the next issue He wants to work on. He will tell you about
it by the negative feeling that comes up. It is like a dentist poking
around in your mouth. When he touches a sore spot, you know it.
Therefore, your negative emotions are a powerful way that the
Lord can lead you, all day every day. Therefore, you can "count it
all joy," because the pain is going to lead to healing.
THE ASSIGNMENT
Pay Attention
Keep a pad of paper with you to write down every incident of a
negative emotion, no matter how small. It can be a short note or a
long journal. It is your choice.
A major purpose of keeping a written list is so that if at the end of
the day your paper is blank, you will know you haven't been
listening. We all judge (and therefore have a negative emotion)
many times every day. It is very easy to fall back into the old
pattern of not listening if we aren't careful.
Pray over each item on your list
Be diligent to set aside time to get quiet and comfortable where
there is a minimum of distractions. Look at each item on the list.
Close your eyes and remember the recent incident that triggered
the negative emotion.
• Choose a feeling word to describe the feeling. Most negative
emotions are signals that you have judged. If you need help
naming the emotion, see the attached list of emotions.
• Forgive whomever/whatever you have judged.
• If your Treasure Inside is the one you have judged, ask
him/her to forgive you.
Ask the Lord to forgive you for the judgment,
• To remove the bitter root
• To cleanse that place with His blood
• To fill that place with His spirit.
Sample Prayer
I always hesitate to give sample prayers, because we need to be
praying as Jesus leads, not in a rote prayer. But I am including an
example to get you started. As soon as possible, try to begin to
pray in your own way.
For example, suppose a man cuts me off in traffic. I feel anger
spring up at him, I honk my horn and utter some words. Then I
would catch myself and say something like,
"Lord, I have just judged that man." I would name the feeling
behind the anger, in this case "demeaned", or "belittled." I would
speak directly to the man,
"Mister, I forgive you for pulling out in front of me, for treating me
as being of less importance than you, for ignoring my safety.
Lord, forgive me for judging that man, for taking Your place on the
throne as the judge.
I ask You to reach down inside me and remove that bitter root I just
planted.
Wash that place clean with Your blood, and then please fill that
place with Your Holy Spirit.
Lord, bless that man's day, and keep him safe.
I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen."
After you pray
Review the incident and see if there is peace. If there is peace, you
are done. If not, there is more praying to be done. The further
praying may have to do with the current event, or there may be an
older, deeper root to be prayed about.
• When you have peace, you are done. Peace means that the
work the Lord wanted you to do right now is done. It does not
necessarily mean that every bitter root with respect to that person
or type of situation is gone. If there is more, in due season the
Lord will bring it up.
• Once you have prayed and have peace, then just go on and
enjoy the day.
Continue Paying Attention
If on any given day you have an almost blank piece of paper, this
always means you haven't been listening. We all judge many
times a day.
Making Friends With Yourself
If you have a history of judging yourself, once you begin to listen
you may be astonished at how awful you are to yourself.
A key to healing is to make friends with your Treasure Inside. This
friendship, built on a growing trust, comes about by listening every
time your Treasure Inside sends up a negative feeling, It is a bit
like a parent with a child. If the child cries, a good parent will ask
the child what is wrong, with the idea of correcting whatever is the
problem. When a parent does this consistently, the child grows to
trust the parent, knowing the parent has their best interest at heart.
Positive Emotions
Also listen to your positive emotions, because they are also
directional. They point you towards things that are good for you.
It is not selfish to listen to your positive emotions. Of course, no
prayer is necessary, because they are not pointing out sin. Just
enjoy them!
The Questions
What about the common questions posed at the beginning of this
article? By letting the Lord lead you through your negative
emotions, and forgiving and being forgiven (applying the blood of
Jesus), you will find all these questions being answered.
You can't do it, but Jesus can - and wants to! Through this
process you will be changed into the image of Jesus, step by step.
Negative Emotions
Anger (When you feel anger, you need to go deeper. Look below the anger,
and you will find another emotion that is being expressed as anger. It is
important to find the underlying emotion, because it is a clue as to what went
wrong when you judged; and therefore helps you to know how to pray).
Other Negative Emotions
Positive Emotions
Copyright 2003 Edward Kurath
Divinely Designed
Being changed into the image of Jesus
Being changed into the image of Jesus
Belittled
Betrayed
Controlled
Cross
Disvalued
Exasperated
Fear
Betrayed
Controlled
Cross
Disvalued
Exasperated
Fear
Fearful
Frustrated
Furious
Grouchy
Ignored
Indignant
Insecure
Frustrated
Furious
Grouchy
Ignored
Indignant
Insecure
Mad
Not heard
Powerless
Threatened
Unimportant
Not heard
Powerless
Threatened
Unimportant
Abhorrence
Agitated
Aggravated;
Alarmed
Aloof
Annoyed
Anxious
Apathetic
Apprehensive
Ashamed
Attacked
Aversion
Baffled
Bewildered
Bitter
Blah
Boastful
Bored
Callous
Cautious
Confused
Conniving
Contempt
Cranky
Defeated
Defensive
Defiled
Depressed
Desolate
Desperate
Despondent
Different
Dirty
Disappointed
Discontented
Disgusted
Dislike
Disdain
Domineering
Doomed
Dull
Agitated
Aggravated;
Alarmed
Aloof
Annoyed
Anxious
Apathetic
Apprehensive
Ashamed
Attacked
Aversion
Baffled
Bewildered
Bitter
Blah
Boastful
Bored
Callous
Cautious
Confused
Conniving
Contempt
Cranky
Defeated
Defensive
Defiled
Depressed
Desolate
Desperate
Despondent
Different
Dirty
Disappointed
Discontented
Disgusted
Dislike
Disdain
Domineering
Doomed
Dull
Edgy
Egotistical
Embarrassed
Envious
Exhausted
Fiendish
Foolish
Forlorn
Forgetful
Friendless
Fussy
Gloomy
Gossipy
Grasping
Greedy
Grieved
Grim
Half-hearted
Hate
Helpless
Hesitant
Homesick
Hopeless
Hurt
Impatient
Inadequate
Incapable
Incompetent
Indifferent
Inferior
Inflexible
Inhibited
Insecure
Insignificant
Intimidated
Intolerant
Irritable
Isolated
Jealous
Lazy
Lethargic
Egotistical
Embarrassed
Envious
Exhausted
Fiendish
Foolish
Forlorn
Forgetful
Friendless
Fussy
Gloomy
Gossipy
Grasping
Greedy
Grieved
Grim
Half-hearted
Hate
Helpless
Hesitant
Homesick
Hopeless
Hurt
Impatient
Inadequate
Incapable
Incompetent
Indifferent
Inferior
Inflexible
Inhibited
Insecure
Insignificant
Intimidated
Intolerant
Irritable
Isolated
Jealous
Lazy
Lethargic
Listless
Lonely
Lustful
Mangy
Martyred
Mean
Mediocre
Melancholy
Merciless
Meticulous
Miserly
Misjudged
Misunderstood
Morose
Mournful
Muddled
Mystified
Naked
Nauseated
Neglected
Nervous
Obstinate
Out of control
Out of place
Overcome
Overworked
Panicky
Paralyzed
Passive
Perplexed
Pooped
Pressured
Reluctant
Repulsed
Resentful
Resigned
Restless
Restrained
Ridiculous
Sad
Sarcastic
Lonely
Lustful
Mangy
Martyred
Mean
Mediocre
Melancholy
Merciless
Meticulous
Miserly
Misjudged
Misunderstood
Morose
Mournful
Muddled
Mystified
Naked
Nauseated
Neglected
Nervous
Obstinate
Out of control
Out of place
Overcome
Overworked
Panicky
Paralyzed
Passive
Perplexed
Pooped
Pressured
Reluctant
Repulsed
Resentful
Resigned
Restless
Restrained
Ridiculous
Sad
Sarcastic
Scheming
Seductive
Self-conscious
Shabby
Shaky
Shy
Sick
Skeptical
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Sulky
Suspicious
Tearful
Tempted
Tense
Terrified
Threatened
Timid
Tired
Traumatized
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Two-faced
Undone
Uncaring
Uncertain
Unconcerned
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Un-loveable
Upset
Unglued
Unstable
Unsure
Unwanted
Uptight
Vulnerable
Weary
Wilted
Worried
Worthless
Seductive
Self-conscious
Shabby
Shaky
Shy
Sick
Skeptical
Stubborn
Sulky
Suspicious
Tearful
Tempted
Tense
Terrified
Threatened
Timid
Tired
Traumatized
Troubled
Two-faced
Undone
Uncaring
Uncertain
Unconcerned
Uneasy
Un-loveable
Upset
Unglued
Unstable
Unsure
Unwanted
Uptight
Vulnerable
Weary
Wilted
Worried
Worthless
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Affirmed
Alive
Ambitious
Amused
Appreciated
Approved
Astonished
Awed
Belonging
Blessed
Bold
Brave
Calm
Carefree
Cheerful
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Compassionate
Confident
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Cooperative
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Alive
Ambitious
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Appreciated
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Belonging
Blessed
Bold
Brave
Calm
Carefree
Cheerful
Comfortable
Compassionate
Confident
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Contented
Cooperative
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Creative
Curious
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Desire
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Ecstasy
Efficient
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Empowered
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Energetic
Enjoyment
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Gentle
Glad
Gracious
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Ecstasy
Efficient
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Enjoyment
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Exuberant
Free
Friendly
Generous
Gentle
Glad
Gracious
Grateful
Happy
Helpful
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Hospitable
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Longing
Love
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Mellow
Merciful
Merry
Met
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Patient
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Safe
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Interested
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Kind
Liked
Longing
Love
Loveable
Mellow
Merciful
Merry
Met
Open
Optimistic
Overjoyed
Patient
Peaceful
Pleasure
Reasonable
Relaxed
Romantic
Safe
Satisfaction
Secure
Self-assured
Sensible
Sensitive
Sensual
Sentimental
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Serious
Soft
Sophisticated
Sure
Sympathetic
Talkative
Tender
Tenacious
Thankful
Thrilled
Tranquil
Transparent
Triumphant
Unbiased
Under-
standing
Understood
Validated
Valued
Vibrant
Yearning
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Sensual
Sentimental
Serene
Serious
Soft
Sophisticated
Sure
Sympathetic
Talkative
Tender
Tenacious
Thankful
Thrilled
Tranquil
Transparent
Triumphant
Unbiased
Under-
standing
Understood
Validated
Valued
Vibrant
Yearning
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