32. Emotional Resilience and Spiritual Leadership, with Ron Ovitt

Empower Ministry’s goal is to empower people to overcome their addictions and emotional challenges so they can fully be who they were meant to be.

Ron Ovitt grew up with a fair amount of anxiety and depression.

Ron Ovitt studied psychology, which played a part in his emotional healing.

He discovered that emotional resilience is a key component of the inner healing people need.

The Five Signs of a Healthy Christian:

Love Jesus
Love God’s Word
Emotional Resilience
Spirit-led
Outwardly Focused

Emotional resilience refers to the ability to bounce back from painful experiences and return to joy.

Emotional resilience can be broken down into three parts:

Emotional recognition
Emotional regulation
Emotional relearning

Ron Ovitt likes to say, “If you embrace it you can erase it.”

People who struggle emotionally are unable to talk about it at church because of the stigma. The church should be the safest place in the world to talk about emotional struggles.

Ron Ovitt’s book, Power Up!, is available as a free PDF at www.empowerministry.org/powerup