Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

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In 1530, John Calvin wrote in his opening of the ‘Institutes of the Christian Religion:’ “Our wisdom….

In fact, the spirituality of most current discipleship models often only adds an additional protective layer against people growing up emotionally.Kinda wild it took 23 years and this book for me to realize how my emotional maturity impacts my spiritual maturity. Review of Scazzero's other book "The Emotionally Healthy Church", which touches on a lot of the same points as this book and how many of these ideas (included in "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality") are not biblical: https://9marks. As emotionally mature Christian adults, we recognize that loving well is the essence of true spirituality. The book presents a “radical truth…a simple but profound reality”, referring to the concept that emotional health and spiritual maturity are inseparable. To lead, not with the external shell of positions, achievements or titles, but from an internal commitment to a deep, abiding and transparent relationship with Jesus.

The reason why is not only because I know pastors and ministry leaders who have prayed this kind of lament, but also because I have voiced this kind of lament to God myself. Jesus was fully God, but also fully human, and he models for us the struggle and the treasures available for anyone brave enough to face ‘loss’ God’s way.It was the typical psycho-babble-esque words like "inner child" and "authentic self" that really annoyed me. Introducing a new series on Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Pete Hughes explores the importance of knowing ourselves so that we might know more of God and His heart for us. In addition to the workbook, there are a number of podcasts and other resources available to help you grow in emotionally healthy spirituality.

The consequences of sin are absent, many Scripture references are absent, the incorrect emphasis is placed on personal effort and not much on the work or power of the Spirit. Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you can’t be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. It also involves developing healthy coping mechanisms for dealing with difficult emotions, such as stress, anxiety, and grief.

Scazzero does use those terms somewhat frequently, but the spiritual depth he included with them made me feel a bit better about them.

I hope next books of Peter Scazzero will be really interesting and full of new information about spirituality.Over an 18-year period, these missing elements were identified and were found to be applicable around the world as essential to engaging in deep, beneath-the-surface spiritual formation.