Emotional Control, Emotional Maturity, Emotional Intelligence

Many adults who are mature physically and intellectually are not mature emotionally. God has blessed us with the capacity for a wide range of emotions, but He intends for our minds to control and rule over our emotions and feelings. People who are highly intelligent (who have high IQ’s) often are not as successful as people who less intelligent but who have high “emotional intelligence” (high EQ’s). Emotional maturity goes hand in hand with spiritual maturity and the Bible has many scriptures on this subject.

Don Hooser is a minister for the United Church of God. He lives in McKinney, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  He and his wife Elsie had three children, and she died in August 2020.  Don married Judy in January 2022.  Mr. Hooser graduated in 1963 from Southern Methodist University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and graduated in 1966 from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas.  For most of the time since then, he served as the pastor of churches in Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. From 2011 until his retirement in 2021, his primary responsibility was answering the many letters written to the Church.