{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dad Tired","title":"When The Enemy Gets in Your Head","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":982,"description":"Important Links:\nDad Tired Annual Retreat\nHost A Dad Tired Conference at your church\nJoin the FREE Family Leadership Program\nShop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear\nWhat is really happening when anger, discouragement, anxiety, or apathy suddenly takes over?\nIn this raw solo episode, Jerrad processes his own battle with comparison and insecurity after watching other successful men in ministry. What initially felt like simple discouragement revealed something much deeper: an old wound had been touched, and the enemy was using it to whisper familiar lies.\nJerrad also shares a surprising example from UFC fighters Sean Strickland and Dustin Poirier that demonstrates what can happen when a man has the courage to stop numbing and ask, “Why am I actually feeling this?”\n\nWhether your emotions come out through anger and impatience or disappear inward through silence, withdrawal, and apathy, they may be pointing toward a wound that needs attention.\nYou’ll learn how to:\nRecognize emotions as warning lights on the dashboard of your soul\nIdentify the wound underneath your reaction\nNotice the lies being whispered in moments of pain\nStop using anger, alcohol, pornography, entertainment, work, or your phone to numb\nSlow down and invite the Holy Spirit to reveal what is really happening\nReplace the enemy’s lies with the truth of God’s Word\nBefore you react, withdraw, or numb yourself, pause and ask:\nWhere is the wound?\nWhat is the lie I’m believing?\nGod, what truth do You want to speak over me?\n\nMature men are not men who never experience strong emotions. They are men who learn to recognize what they are feeling, bring it honestly before God, and allow His truth to lead them.\nScriptures Mentioned\nJohn 8:44\nPsalm 139:23–24\nMatthew 6:25–34\nRomans 8:28","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dYTexbkvAH7EjY4sdrnUJpRzc4P9Vasgn9FyCcMZZxc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMjIx/YTIwZTkyNmQzYjVk/NmFkNWJhNjRmYjdl/M2VlZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}