A Scripture-Based Guide to Identify Lies, Renew Your Mind, and Walk in Obedience

What do you do when emotions feel overwhelming? Anxiety. Anger. Shame. Fear. They rise suddenly, demand attention, and often control responses before we stop to examine what is happening beneath them.

In Emotional Check Engine Lights, Dr. Stacy Wright, PsyD, HSPP, licensed clinical psychologist, offers a Scripture-based framework for identifying the lies beneath emotional distress, renewing the mind through God’s Word, and learning to “take every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Drawing from both clinical psychology and biblical truth, this book moves beyond symptom management and into spiritual transformation. Readers will learn how thoughts shape emotions and behavior, how to confront distorted thinking with Scripture, and how obedience—not emotion—is the pathway to freedom.

Inside you’ll discover:

• Why emotions function like “check engine lights” for the soul

• How thoughts shape emotional and behavioral patterns

• A practical journaling process for exposing distorted beliefs

• How perseverance, spiritual armor, and Christian community strengthen renewal

“Based on a genuinely biblical psychology, this book introduces readers to a powerful journaling format developed to help those struggling with negative thoughts and emotions learn how to share their hearts with the Lord, so that He can bring a deeper healing within than is possible on our own. God’s children will be significantly blessed by this constructive Christian approach to dealing with one’s emotions.”— Eric L. Johnson, Ph.D., Director of Training, Christian Psychology Institute

Whether you are a believer seeking deeper transformation, a counselor integrating faith and practice, or a pastor walking alongside hurting people, Emotional Check Engine Lights offers a practical, biblically grounded tool for moving from knowing truth to living it.