'Faith is the Substance of All Things': Navigating Emotions and Thoughts

by Dr. Ioana Popa

While striving to balance professional responsibilities, family, church commitments, and personal well-being, it's not uncommon for uncomfortable thoughts and emotions to arise inside.

As a reaction, many times our default is to try to 'analyze' them, to find the 'root' cause and 'fix' them.

While this approach has its place, especially when we are guided by a trained professional, in our day-to-day this is not enough, and can get us in trouble.

You might ask - is there something else I can do?

Yes!

Here is one of my favorite Scripture verses: "Now faith is a substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1

What could 'substance' means in this context?

How could this verse be linked to emotions and thoughts and the choices we have in dealing with them?

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