We’re getting dumber

We’re getting dumber

 

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We are getting dumber….

 

Current study with over 17000 participants and over a 20 year period… exposed flaws in our western culture…glaring flaws!

 

What Is Emotional Intelligence?

Emotional intelligence is a complex construct consisting of four factors: well-being, self-control, emotionality, and sociability. The factor of well-being encompasses one’s positive self-evaluations, as well as feelings of happiness and optimism. The factor of self-control includes the ability to regulate one’s feelings, including emotions, stress, and impulses. The factor of emotionality involves relationship skills such as one’s ability to accurately perceive one’s own as well as others’ feelings and one’s capacity to experience empathy. The factor of sociability includes one’s ability to communicate effectively, exert influence over others, and build social networks (Khan et al., 2021).

Three of the four subdomains of EI decreased significantly over time. These were emotionality (perceptions of one’s understanding of others’ emotions), self-control (self-efficacy in regulating one’s own emotions), and well-being (positive evaluations of the self).

 

Now mix these findings with 2 years of covid, panic, anger and isolation from real relationships. It only ignites this problem to a far worse degree. 

 

 

2 Tim. 1:7,8 7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. 8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.…

Sound mind: acting out God's will by doing what He calls sound reasoning 

One expositor suggests that the word sodzo could actually depict a person who was on the verge of death but then was revived and resuscitated because new life was breathed into him. It comes to life to LIVE… there is action behind a mind that is alive. 

The second part of the phrase “sound mind” comes from the Greek word phroneo, which carries the idea of a person’s intelligence or total frame of thinking — including his rationale, logic, and emotions. The word phroneo refers to every part of the human mind, including all the processes that are engaged in making the mind function and come to conclusions.

When the words sodzo and phroneo are compounded into one word, they form the word sophroneo, which pictures a mind that has been delivered, rescued, revived, salvaged and protected and is now safe and secure to act and decide according to Gods will and word. 

 

How do we learn to have a sound mind? it simply says in verse 8 be willing to be ashamed and suffer… what does that mean really? 

 

First let me say this… I have found through thousands of kids in youth ministry years that the more mature a kid was typically the more pain, trauma, hardship etc… they had gone through. They had to mature, adapt and grow due to life. And there was some structure offered in society to be able to do that. 

 

Much the same happens in our Christian walk. 

Work out your faith, put action behind your faith. 

WHAT IS THE NUMBER 1 PROBLEM IN YOUTH MINISTRY TODAY AND CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES (and honestly most churches)? They do not require you to put your faith into action. That is why I love lifestyle Christianity school. Your weekly curriculum is to go out and preach the gospel, evangelize, pray for the sick etc… be willing to be mocked and not be ashamed, be willing to suffer and not be ashamed.

 

The amount of maturity that takes place in an active follower of Christ compared to a couch potato Christian is worlds apart. 

Don’t be dumb any longer, get in the fight. Embrace the suck, love hard things, suffer for Jesus… what ever you want to call it - just do it!