{"id":4538,"date":"2025-09-23T01:09:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T00:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2025-11-09T00:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T23:15:36","slug":"triggers-the-stomach-feeling-you-shouldnt-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/triggers-the-stomach-feeling-you-shouldnt-ignore\/","title":{"rendered":"Triggers!! (The Stomach Feeling You Shouldn\u2019t Ignore)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

You know that weird stomach feeling? The one that shows up out of nowhere? Like the kind you get right before jumping into a pool or stepping on stage? That\u2019s how I used to know I was being triggered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019ll come with a quiet tension in my body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triggers are real.<\/strong> And they\u2019re not sin on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re signals\u2014like warning lights on a dashboard\u2014telling you that something familiar is happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something that once led you down a dark path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trigger<\/strong> is anything that awakens a feeling or memory that once pulled you into lust. Here\u2019s how triggers latch unto you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t start on the day you visit that adult website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It starts in the moment of weakness before it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A stressful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fight at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A long, bad day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in that moment, when you give in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your mind enjoys the feeling\u2014and slowly, it attaches itself to that feeling and setting that led to you giving in, it clings to your everyday lifestyle, your habits, your moods, your routines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So much so that every time there\u2019s a stressful day or a fight at home, you begin to feel triggered again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s how a trigger is formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why we must stay alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to learn what makes us feel tempted\u2014and prepare before it happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a little trick that helps me remember this. It\u2019s called HALTS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n