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Joy-Filled Healthy Living: Discover Your Five Deepest Longings by Carol Kent The Five Deepest Longings of Women 1._________________________________________________________________ 2._________________________________________________________________ 3._________________________________________________________________ 4._________________________________________________________________ 5._________________________________________________________________ “All my longing lie open before You, O Lord; my signing is not hidden from You.” Psalm 38:9 NIV The Journey to Joy-Filled Action Steps: 1._____________Expectations_________________________________________ 2._____________Disappointments______________________________________ 3._____________Longing_____________________________________________ 4._____________Emotion_____________________________________________ 5._____________Belief System_________________________________________ 6._____________Ruling Passion________________________________________ 7._____________Action______________________________________________

2 Joy-Stealing Lies of the Enemy 1._____I’m not_____________________________________________________. 2._____If I’m a good Christian, God will_________________________________. 3._____A true Christian doesn’t________________________________________. 4._____A genuine believer doesn’t ever__________________________________. 5. ____The abundant Christian life is always filled_________________________. The Joy-Producing Formula 1._____Focus_______________________________________________________. 2._____Look_______________________________________________________. 3._____Renew______________________________________________________. 4._____Rewrite_____________________________________________________. “Surely You desire truth in the inner parts; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.” Psalm 51:6 www.carolkent.org www.speakupconference.com www.facebook.com/authorcarolkent www.instagram.com/carolkentspeaks www.twitter.com/carolkentspeaks

Jo Joy ‐ Filled illed Heal Healthy Living Living Carol Kent

The 5 Deepest Longings of Women: 1. Significance 2. Security 3. Intimacy 4. Success 5. Spirituality

“All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.” Psalm 38:9 (NIV)

Expectations Expectations Innate or Learned

Disappointment Disappointment Hoped ‐ for relationship or experience that falls short of what we anticipate

Longing Longing For Change

Emotions Emotions Initial Automatic Response

Belief System Belief System Run emotions through the grid of your convictions

Ruling Passion Ruling Passion Determined by Belief System

Action Action Resulting action will be for good or evil

Expectations Disappointment

The Enemy’s Lies: Lie #1 “I’m not worth anything.”

The Enemy’s Lies: Lie #2 “If I’m a good Christian, God will protect me from pain and suffering.”

The Enemy’s Lies: Lie #3 “A true Christian doesn’t have relationship problems.”

The Enemy’s Lies: Lie #4 “A genuine Christian doesn’t ever feel angry, anxious, or depressed.”

The Hope-Giving Formula: 1. Focus on the “lie” long enough to recognize a trouble spot.

How to Eliminate the Lies: 2. Look for a biblical base for the thought. If none can be found, recognize it as coming from the “Father of Lies”.

How to Eliminate the Lies: 3. Renew your mind with the WORD OF GOD.

How to Eliminate the Lies: 4. Rewrite the lie with truth. “Surely You desire truth in the inner parts; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.” Psalm 51:6

The 230 Pound Psalm “Strict is my diet, I must not want. It maketh me to lie down at night hungry. It leadeth me past Baskin Robbins; it trieth my will power. It leadeth me in the paths of starvation for my figure’s sake. Yea, though I walk the aisles of pastry departments, I must buy no sweet rolls, for they are fattening. The cakes and the pies, they tempt me. Before me there is a table with celery and lettuce, My day’s quota runneth over. Surely calories and weight charts shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in the fear of the scales forever. Amen.” Anonymous www.carolkent.org www.speakupconference.com www.facebook.com/authorcarolkent www.instagram.com/carolkentspeaks http://www.twitter.com/carolkentspeaks